After what seemed like ages for Isabella, she and Moira reached the location, a five stars hotel.‘I should have gotten used to it by now, they are practically made of money.’The car ride was quiet, she glanced through the window all the way there, trying to plan her next steps and Moira respected her need for space, she never asked a question, she was by far the most considerate person Isabella had met in years. ‘She confronted her cousin for a stranger like me, this speaks a lot of a person.’As they were heading to the suite, Isabella couldn't keep it to herself any longer.“I am really grateful for what you did.” She uttered remorsefully.Moira’s face widened in a huge smile. “Don’t be grateful until we order more food that we can eat and drink more alcohol than we can handle.” She joked while opening the door and inviting Isabella inside the breathtaking beautiful suite. “Besides, I should take the blame for having an idiot cousin.”Isabella burst into laughter, thinking that h
Back at the hotel suite where Isabella and Moira were staying, the hours passed without them even noticing, they were busy finishing almost half of the pile of food and two bottles of red wine.They did their best to dampen the atmosphere, but at some point, a weird silence settled in the room.“I think that being cheated on is written somewhere in my destiny.” Isabella found herself mumbling.“Come on, that’s not true. You just met a bunch of assholes. You’ll find the right guy in time. I’m sorry it was not Edmund, I should have known that he wasn’t able to move on from that horrible woman. I swear I don’t know what she does to drive men crazy!”“She must be a witch, putting a love spell on them.” She joked as a result of too much alcohol in her system. She never had more than a glass, but this time the situation required it. The wine numbed her body, her mind and even her senses.‘Anything to take my mind from what I witnessed, from his lies and betrayal. From the fact that he offe
Though they met recently, the little moments they spent together were enough to have an everlasting effect on Edmund, her beauty and innocence acted like a drug to him. ‘I am an addict and my drug’s name is Isabella.’ He missed the sweet taste of her skin while he claimed every single part of her body, he missed the sensual music created by her delicious moans. ‘Fuck! I miss all of her.’ Edmund could not sleep a wink the previous night, he spent half the night pacing the room and the other half running different imaginary scenarios in his head, things he should have said or things he should have done, but didn’t. Regret was crawling under his skin, ripping him apart, touching the core. The hurt in her eyes was an image that would haunt him for the rest of his life, the frustration was eating him raw. As a matter of fact, he believed it would be easier for him if someone would rip his heart out of his chest. His body was fuming with a mix of anger, despair and disappointment. H
Isabella woke up with a feeling similar to a panic attack, her breathing was uneven as her eyes explored the surroundings, searching for the one her heart was yearning for, Edmund.She was in a hospital bed, she pretty much made a habit of crying and fainting the last few days.‘Where is he? Where is Edmund?’ She became anxious to know.Without her knowledge, he became her safety net or something similar.Her regard was drawn to some papers on the table beside her bed, she grabbed them. Putting aside the memory stick that was on top of the documents, she picked up the first page, a note written by hand, her pulse racing in anticipation.’ll be well attended in my absence.I must admit that it’s very worrisome for me to know you always tend to hurt yourself by making hasty assumptions without w
Isabella’s senses were on high alert, yet she tried not to panic, nothing good was bound to come from that. “I am back. Alec, where are you? Alec?” She heard Moira’s voice outside along with footsteps, and she released the breath she did not realize that she was holding.Ales loosened the grip on her shoulder and opened the door. “I am in here, with Isabella, she needs her bag and tablet.”“But I left them in the living room.” Moira replied confused.His body stiffened suddenly. “I must have moved them with my luggage, my bad.”Isabella got a weird gut reaction being all alone with him in the suite and the fact that Edmund’s cousin returned lifted the suffocating burden from her chest.Watching the happy couple together made her feel that she panicked for nothing. Moira looked at him as if he was the only man on earth and he gazed at her the way one would gaze at their soulmate, that person that one could not live without.‘Why is my body responding like that when he is around?’Isa
Edmund was pacing anxiously around the room, making holes in the floor. He dialed Isabella's number again, but there was no connection. He got word that she left the hospital hours ago, so he honestly expected her to be home by then, yet she wasn’t, and for some odd reason he could not explain, he felt very uneasy.‘Did she not read my note? Did she not watch that fucking video?’He was so delighted when one of the nurses called to let him know that she ate everything on the plate before leaving. He was so glad that he rushed the meeting he had and speeded home, only to be faced with disappointment.At least to his satisfaction, Regina was already gone when he got here, she spared him of her dire and tremendously undesired presence. He loved her so much only to have his heart broken twice, first when she abandoned him, second when his brother confessed everything about the ten million dollars the cunning bitch preferred instead of him.‘The fucking bitch!’ He muttered a string of cur
“Let me go!” Isabella shouted from the top of her lungs. She was struggling to release her hands from the ropes encaging them behind her back. It was useless, there was no result other than making her feel all weak and pathetic. “W-what is this place? And what are you talking about? M-my sister is fine!” Her voice was breaking as her heart thundered erratically against her chest.‘Luisa must be safe! Please, God, let my sister be safe!’Alec checked his watch and shook his head in disapproval. “By this time, my most trusted and highly skilled man should have already embarked your sister and Edmund’s brother on their trip to Hell, or Heaven, it really depends.” His lips shaped into a devious grin while speaking nonsense.“W-what? No, that’s not true!” She screamed, panic invading her already shivering figure.“Oh, trust me on that!” He assured her, full of confidence. “They were trouble, how dare they survive the car accident that I perfectly plotted, raising no suspicion at all!” H
“Moira!?” Isabella blinked nervously. “W-what are you doing here? W-why are you doing this?” She struggled to free herself, but the more she tried, the more she hurt her hands in the process.Moira glanced at her nail polish, looking bored. “I have many reasons, darling!”“B-but you are Edmund’s cousin. He really cares about you!” Fright and confusion heated her face. “You took care of my sister and Noah the night I arrived.”She smirked. “No, I was actually trying to find a moment to finish what Alec and I started and failed. Too bad the hospital surveillance was damn tight.”Isabella was choking on her tears, thinking Moira was too good of an actress. While she always had a weird gut sensation regarding Alec, she trusted Moira completely. She never had a clue about her schemes, she was such a good liar that it scared her. “What about the love story you shared with me?” She inquired, studying both villains. “Ohh, that? Of course, I made that up! Why are you so naive, Isabella?” “B