Isabella’s POV
When I woke up, I could feel that my eyes were swollen. The room was dim, curtains drawn out, Carter must have carried me to the bedroom last night. I pressed the automatic curtain opener on my bedside table, the curtain opens and I could see that the sun was out completely.
I moved the blanket that was over me to the side. Carter must have done that. My heart squeezed. Carter. He had taken care of me.
I felt so safe around him, I have never actually told anyone the extent of what happened to me in details. The only people who knew what happened to me was my parents, then my two best friends Alessia and Lydia and ofcourse my friend Demi and I didn’t tell them anything in detail.
I sat up, and despite my sore eyes, I had
Carter's POVI have been putting off meeting George my best friend for days now and he has been hounding me. I told him to cancel the background check I asked him to do on Isabella but I have a feeling he didn't, I honestly don't care what's she's hiding I want her and she wants me nothing else doesn't matter.I leave Isabella's apartment not willingly, I can't get enough of her I don't want to get enough of her, honestly I'm obsessed. I have never felt this way about any woman and I don't want it to end.I head into one of George's famous clubs and go downstairs into a little private office he works sometimes at, I was supposed to meet him hours ago but instead I was with Isabella."Is he here?" I ask his personal assistant."In his office." She nodded toward the stairs, but I was already headed in that direction. I knew the layout of the place we play poker here every first Saturday of the month with a couple
Isabella’s POV I didn’t hear from Carter since he left my place yesterday night in a hurry to meet with his friend. I sent him a text when I woke but he hasn’t replied yet, anyway I’m not worried I’ll see him in the office and ofcourse our relationship has never been better we’re in a very good place right now. “Hey you.” Ryan says joining me by my desk. He’s one of the only friends I have made since I started working here. There aren’t alot of female workers in my department. He’s a software engineer like me and has a great senses humor so we get along well and technically there are only about 2 other female software engineers here but they work with a different division hence me being friends with Ryan only. “Hey.” I say sitting down. “How are you feeling? Heard you were sick.” He says then I remember I didn’t show up to work yesterday, Carter had called the office and said I wasn’t coming. Now thinkin
Carter’s POVJohnny and I watch Isabella walk back into the office building before I turned to him, his face filled with questions.“You and Isabel?” My brother Johnny asks raising his eyes a mischievous grin on his face.“Isabella and I nothing.” I say trying to avoid the whole topic.“Oh my God, she’s the girl you’re obsessed with. I get it now that’s why you were so adamant about me staying away from her.”Johnny says still grinning.“I’m not obsessed with her and stop that.” I say pointing at his face.“Stop what?” He asks his grin expanding.“That grin stop it.” I say and he laughs.“You know I don’t get you, why wouldn’t you just tell me you’re interested in her and I would stay away.” Johnny says. “You didn’t have to go all macho and kis
Isabella’s POV Carter is acting super weird, I mean he sometimes acts odd but this is just blatant weird. He left my apartment last night without so much as a goodbye and when I called him he didn’t pick or return my call. I just don’t understand men, what the hell is his problem? If something is on his mind why won’t he just talk to me about it instead of acting weird. And he hasn’t been in his office all morning, I checked twice. His secretary is practically tired of seeing me and I suspect she knows about me and him. My phone rings and I quickly grab it to see if he’s calling me back but it Alessia my best friend. “Hey where are you? I’m downstairs.” She says immediately I answer her call. “What? Downstairs where? I’m at work.” I say through the phone. “Yeah I know, I’m at your office. Can you tell them to let me up, I need some bestie audience.” She rants through the phone. “Yeah of course I’
Isabella’s POV After our little heart to heart conversation Carter and I have dinner in front of the tv while watching friends. After we cuddle on the couch, I don’t know how long we sprawled on the couch like that, connected and close, my head on his shoulder and his hands caressing the curve of my spine. I check the time to see it’s almost 11 pm and I was supposed to meet with Alessia hours ago, I already have angry messages from her. "I have to go." I say looking at my phone. Carter pressed his lips to my temple and murmured, “Stay.” “I can’t Alessia will kill me if I don’t meet her in the next 30 minutes.” I say still cuddled against him. He hugged me. “You’re coming back though?” He asked. “It’s already late, see you tomorrow at work?” I ask. “I’m flying to Silicon Valley tomorrow.” He says nuzzling his nose on my hair. “When will you be back?” I asked pouting.
Isabella’s POVCarter and I are ready to leave for his sisters fashion. It’s in Hammerstein Ballroom, a New York events venue on West 34th Street. This is not actually my first time attending one of his sisters fashion shows, I usually attend fashion shows all the time. Being a New York IT girl has it perks and I’m used to it but today I’m nervous, well mainly because this will my first time out with Carter as a couple.A limousine was waiting at the curb, and the driver opened the door when Carter and I stepped outside. I slid across the bench seat to the opposite side and adjusted my dress.I breathed him in, telling myself to relax and enjoy his company. We’re both quiet, he’s typing on his phone not paying attention to me.“Carter are you sure this is okay? Maybe we should just go separately.” I say bringing his attention to me.“Why? You’r
Carter’s POV I lay in the darkness, my gaze fixed sightlessly on the ceiling as Isabella lay nestled in the crook of my arm. I knew she was awake. She hadn’t yet settled into the soft breathing and limp body he associated with her rest. But she lay there quietly, curled into my side, almost as though she were processing everything that had occurred. I was a bastard. I knew it. Suffered some regret. When she told me the truth about herself I believed her or atleast I thought I did till I ran into her father in Silicon Valley few days ago. She had told me her father didn’t know she was working for me, another lie. But when I met he knew she was working for me, he insinuated she had taken the job as a little project before she finally goes back to working with him. Meaning she was spying on kings telecom as her little project. Her father though doesn’t know my relationship status with her giving me a leverage to whe
Isabella POV I’m in Carter’s office. I’m sitting on the sitting area away from his desk having lunch while Carter worked. The whole office has been buzzing with gossip about Carter and I, few people who were at his sisters fashion show saw us together so there has been speculations about our relationship. No one has directly asked me anything as of yet but I have been receiving glances all over the office all day. So I was glad when Carter asked me to have lunch with him in his office, technically he’s working and I’m eating. Carter’s intercom line buzzed, and he frowned at the interruption. He had told me he has a busy day working on some project, he didn’t really expand but he looked busy when I walked in and I heard him tell his secretary he didn’t want to be disturbed. “What,” he barked into the intercom. Ella’s nervous voice wavered over the line. “I know you said you weren’t to be disturbed,