“Up yet?” Melody screamed over the phone as soon as Isabella picked up. It was another Monday of work. A solid month since she had arrived in Sacramento and though she had settled in with the people and the environment fast, she hadn't gotten accustomed to Melody's screams.Isabella didn't bother to get an alarm clock. Every weekday morning, Melody made it a point of duty to call Isabella early in the morning, they always did the trick. On the rare days when they didn't, Melody would walk over to her door and knock on it until she opened it, making sure she was awake. “I'm up, I'm up” Isabella screamed back through the phone sitting up in bed. She ran her fingers through her hair and looked at the wall clock. It was seven am. Perhaps she ought to be relieved that Melody hadn't woken her up by six this time. Work wasn't until nine, she had two hours to prepare. She put on a brown slip-on dress and decided to get some coffee from a nearby café. “Do I have something on me?” She asked
CHAPTER 140.The video did nothing but make Isabella furious.“Parading me everywhere like I'm a fucking trinket! Does he think I'm cheap? He thinks talking about the twins would make me go back to him! He wishes!” She said aloud to herself as she lay on her bed. A pang of guilt struck her as her mind drifted off to the twins and she buried her face in her pillow, quelling the urge to cry. She wished she had never left them behind. And perhaps, she would go back for them when she had made enough money to cater to their needs. Enough to look Seth in the face and tell him she didn't need his help raising her babies. But that was the future! Right now, the whole of Sacramento was beginning to get nosy! Everyone had stared at her constantly, probably wondering if she was the billionaire's baby mama or just some lookalike. Wait a damn minute! Melody had to have seen the video, right? Isabella sat up at the thought. Why had she acted as if she had absolutely no idea why people were st
Dressed in a suit and matching tie, Seth checked himself in the mirror before picking up his briefcase from the table and heading out to the corridor.After two months of an intense search for Isabella with futile results, Seth decided he couldn't put off work anymore unless he was ready to allow the business to go down the drain. He resumed his position at the office but didn't stop his search for Isabella. He contacted every TV show in the city and attended as many interviews as possible, yet he hadn't received a single piece of information from anybody. It was starting to get scary. Stepping out of his room, he went to the children's room to check on them before leaving the house. He met Beatrice trying to feed Vicky, who just kept on kicking her legs and cooing.“Let me do it,” Seth said, taking the bottle from her. He lifted Vicky from her crib and tried putting the bottle in her mouth the way his mom taught him, but she turned her face away, refusing the food.“I guess she's n
“Living the celebrity life,” Isabella remarked jokingly on her way home with Melody. She seemed to enjoy the attention she was getting, everyone kept on turning their heads in her direction as she passed. The stares no longer bothered her anyway. She was used to it. It wasn't like there was anything she could do to stop them. She had tried, but of course it was futile. Who was she to stand against the whole of Sacramento? Besides, she was convinced it was just for the meantime. Soon Seth would get tired of ranting all over the media and everything would be back to normal. “That's the dream, girl.” Melody replied, high-fiving her. “Give them something to talk about, and boom you're famous.” They both burst into laughter at this statement, attracting even more attention.“I noticed Eric talking to you earlier in the office. What was that all about?” Melody asked with a suspicious look on her face after the laughter subsided. "Didn't think I would ever say this, but Eric might just
“I'm talking to you, Seth!" Isabella said sharply. It had been fifteen minutes and Seth hadn't uttered a word to her. All he did was take glances at her over his shoulder occasionally. She might as well be talking to herself all along. Goodness knows she wished she knew what was going on in his head. “I give up.” She voiced, getting up from the stool and trudging out of the kitchen. She was tired of talking to herself while watching him cook. Her feet were aching badly, it had been a long day for her at work, and the last thirty minutes made her stressed. Her plan was simple. She would bathe, she would have dinner, and go to bed. Seth would be gone the next morning, and everything would be cream and peaches. As she marched her way to her bedroom, she cast a glance at Seth, her fingers playing lightly with the buttons of her shirt. Much to her disappointment, he was engrossed in pasta! With a growl low in her throat, she stormed into the room and closed the door. "I could file a
They both breathed heavily, staring at each other. Seth was raging hard and throbbing, eager for her to continue. But as he watched her eyes widen from their hooded form, he knew there was no way sex was happening. Not with the realization that filtered into her facial expression. He knew she still wanted him back. Although she didn't act like it, the look in her eyes gave her away. She still wanted him. She had proved that just a few seconds ago, and he was a damned man because Knowing that made him feel very much confident. She was still his Isabella however strong-headed she may be. Heck, he had half expected her to call the cops on him, but she didn't. In his head, call it whatever you wanted, but that could only mean one thing. She loved him. She had to. Now all he had to do was make her believe it, so she would come back to him. He was so close to getting the family he had always dreamed of, and he was willing to do anything to have that. Even if that meant groveling. Isabe
Isabella turned in her bed the next morning and groaned in pain. Pressing her hand to her head, it hurt a little.“Maybe it was the wine," she thought, getting out of her bed.Strangely, she had dreamt of Seth. Remembering it, she felt disgusted and excited at the same time.“Thank God it was only a dream," she said as she left her room. Stepping into the living room, Isabella noticed Seth curled up in a blanket. He had passed the night on the couch. “It was not a dream, after all, fuck this hangover.” She said, rolling her eyeballs.Memories of the last night came back to her, and she remembered walking out on Seth during dinner when he refused to tell her why he was there. With the way things turned out, she expected that Seth would be gone, but there he was sleeping peacefully on the couch. “Am I admiring him now?” Isabella thought to herself. She had stood there for some time staring at his face.She walked back to her room quietly and sat on her bed. Checking the time, it was b
Dash it! Dash it all to pieces, Isabella thought as she walked into the company. She was mortally exhausted and it had everything to do with the blonde in her house with sparkling green eyes that made her legs jelly. His stupid grin, his infuriating smirk, and his deliciously hot chest drove her crazy! Isabella tossed her head in a groan, trying to get rid of the image of him in her head. How the hell was she supposed to do so? He infiltrated her senses and drove her insane with desire and anger, it was madness! All she could think about, all that had kept her up all night was the feel of his mouth against hers. Hard and demanding. She ought to have kicked him out immediately when he stepped into the shower with her. Scratch that, she should have thrown him out the minute he stepped into her house. But Isabella had yearned for him, every minute they were apart. Every fucking second was a torture she felt she had imposed on herself. When he stepped in, discarding his clothes until he