Vicky whipped around, the spider forgotten, when she heard her mother's voice. Isabella watched as her daughter's pink cute face suddenly distorted as she burst into tears, flailing her arms around. "My poor baby," Isabella cried, rushing towards her. She picked her up and cradled her to her chest. Closing her eyes in relief. She had imagined so many things that could go wrong. Imagining losing her daughter. A shudder rippled up her spine as another unwanted image flashed in her head and she pressed the girl against her tighter. "Bella..." Vicky cried, her baby hands gripping onto her mother's shirt and never letting go."I'm so sorry. Mommy is here now. Okay? Shh." She consoled, rocking her slowly. Vicky looked better. She had healed up pretty fast and Isabella was grateful for that. Now all she had to worry about was Seth surviving the coma. And she would do everything in her power to make it happen. "Good to see you missed her." Her mother's voice reached her ears and she look
Kaitlyn took one look in the mirror and frowned. It seemed her makeup was too much. She looked perfect and from what she had seen of other pregnant women, they weren't supposed to be perfect. Sighing, she grabbed a tissue from the Chanel bag on her lap and began dabbing at the makeup on her face. Her makeup artist had simply overdone it. No pregnant woman had sparkling blue eyes, rimmed with black eyeliner, a bronzed-up face, and her hair looking soft, fluffy, and extra blonde. She would have to complain about it to the agency later on. But for now, she paused in her train of thought and stared outside the window. The city hospital loomed largely and by all things good, it had quite a several steps. "Crap!" She muttered staring down at her protruding belly. How would she climb up the damn stairs with her belly looking like she had swallowed a watermelon and it had refused to get out of her body?Turning her glance back to the rearview mirror, she continued dabbing at her eyes. One
"What the hell?" Isabella spat, rising to her feet. She had known that the bitch was pregnant. Heck, the crazy woman had flaunted it before her at the damned ball, causing a mad scandal and a terrible turn of events. Isabella could as hell blame all that had happened on Kaitlyn. If she had never tried to come between her and Seth, Isabella would have been oblivious to the brewing problems beneath her and would have continued to enjoy a happy, blissful life with Seth. But Kaitlyn just had to ruin things. She had tossed some stupid ass pregnancy result in her face and sent Isabella running. Like a pathetic weakling. Perhaps she should have stayed, Isabella mused, watching the bitch in question sashay into the room. Perhaps she should have shown the bitch just who the boss was. But the thought of sharing Seth with some other woman, the thought that he did not belong to her and would probably never terrify her. Isabella did what she knew best, she ran away from heartbreak as far as sh
Kaitlyn had known there was a catch, she just hadn't thought the fat ass bitch would be able to think of something so damn crazy. And she dared to repeat her words! Her face burned as she sucked air through her teeth in anger. There was no way she could keep her composure. False smiles be damned, Isabella had claws and that much was evident. Kaitlyn glanced down at her baby bump, palming it gently, and eyed Seth worriedly. What if he didn't wake up? Dammit, she never should have taunted the bitch in the first place. Now she was going to get shamed big time. "If you're too afraid," Isabella taunted, her brown eyes glinting in the light. "You can take your lousy self and leave." It was satisfying -gratifying even- to see Kaitlyn squirm. She could pretend to be a little miss perfect, but Isabella knew one thing about little miss perfects. They hated being wrong. It was like sacrilege to them and Isabella was not ashamed to play on that weakness. Kaitlyn had pushed her too far. She g
A drip. A drop. A beep far away. That was all Seth could hear. For how long? He had no idea. All he knew was that he laid there, alone, somewhere. It had taken a while before he could get his sense of orientation. Before he knew that he was on his back. Aside from that, it had all been a jumble of nightmares and memories. Or at least that was what it felt like. When he had first come into consciousness, unable to raise his hands, to open his eyes, to speak, it had been extremely uncomfortable. Heck, he had been afraid. He had felt quite suffocated as if he had been stuffed in a metal box by a magician who lost the key. Quite the imagination but really, terror had flowed through his veins enveloping him. But solace had come. It came in the form of an angel. His angel. A beautiful, brown-eyed angel, whose strong words soothed and calmed his nerves. Whose voice seemed familiar. His Bella. Sometimes he could hear her talk. Most times he couldn't make sense of it. She sounded so fa
"Well someone is looking quite enthusiastic," the doctor announced with a grin and the people in the room chuckled. Nate made his way toward him but was halted by the doctor before he could come any closer. "I'll have to check him first, yes?" The doctor asked and Seth almost laughed when Nate looked embarrassed and quickly withdrew, nodding like a fish out of water. "Yes, sure. You should. You're the doctor, sir." He mumbled awkwardly. Like a teenage girl. Seth wanted to laugh but we'll his throat had other plans. It wheezed and hurt and he got a pointed look from Isabella telling him how dumb he probably looked at that moment. His response to her look was a grin splitting his lips widely. Oh for the love of all things good, he had missed her. His eyes roamed her dress hungrily as the doctor checked his vitals. She was wearing a brown maxi mopey-looking dress. It looked rather horrid and he wanted to yank it off her and toss it out the window. Why the hell was she encasing her
"Eat slowly!" His mother ordered with a glare that told him if he didn't listen, he was going to get slapped on the shoulder. Hard. Seth grinned at her, mouth filled with spaghetti that threatened to slip out of his mouth. He swallowed slowly though, just to humor her and not because he was afraid she would smack him.Okay, it was probably the next reason but he would never admit it to her or to anyone else for that matter. All he wanted was to be finally free from the dashed hospital bed, instead of getting back into one. He sat on the bed in his wardroom. Over the past week as news of his recovery spread around, his room had changed from a bland empty one into a freaking teddy bear shop. There was a stack of teddy bears on one side of the room, almost as high as the ceiling. It was downright annoying. Why hadn't he woken up to teddy bear stacks? Were the people so certain that he would die? And now that he was alive, they kept trooping in with stupid smiles and fake happiness, clu
Isabella was aware of B's burning eyes as she served that morning's breakfast into the food warmer, but she ignored it. She would rather not know what was going on in that woman's head. Or even acknowledge at all that B was looking at her. After ensuring that the omelet was still piping hot, she covered that section of the food warmer and loaded the upper section with bread. Seth, like most men, was a voracious eater. The man ate like a boar. Especially after coming out of a coma, it felt as if he was making compensation for all the days he didn't eat solid food. B chuckled when the bread formed a tower. "He sure has been eating quite that much lately, hasn't he?" Terribly, Isabella wanted to say. I snuck into the hospital one time and saw him eating and he looked seriously like a pig. But she held her tongue instead and nodded glumly. She could not show an ounce of interest in B's words when she talked about Seth. Isabella planned to remain as detached as possible. Until he came h