LOGIN~Isabel~"Hey," I said gently, uncoiling my arms from my knees and reaching out to take her hands. I held her palms between mine."What is really wrong? Are you angry with me because I left you with Professor Alister that day? If this is what this whole silent treatment is about, then I apologize, Chloe. Truly. I know I can be a bad friend sometimes. I was wrong, and I shouldn't have just walked away and left you there…""No.., no…, Izzy," she interrupted, cutting me off as she vigorously shook her head, dragging her eyes away from mine.I noticed the skin around her neck and cheeks flushed red.She refused to look me straight in the eye, her attention remained glued to her duvet between us.An uneasy feeling settled in my stomach. "Then what is it? What is wrong?" I asked, my voice rose a bit as my confusion turned into pure frustration. "You even broke up with Marcus out of nowhere!" I yelled.I couldn't understand this sudden shift in her attitude, this wall she had built overnig
~Isabel~"Hey Chloe," I called, moving closer to her. She dropped the small notebook and pen she was holding on the counter, the plastic clicked hard on the surface. "You came all the way here?" she asked, placing her hands on her waist."Yes, I had to come find you. You've been ignoring me for days now. You said you'd call back the last time we spoke on the phone, but you haven't," I explained, looking her over. My chest felt tight, but I forced my voice to stay level. I was studying her face for any sign of a breakdown, any justification for why she had ignored me for days and left me drowning in my own thoughts. Watching her she didn't look any different or sick. In fact, she was glowing, her skin clear and her hair neatly pinned back. So what could be wrong? It seemed I was the only one carrying a visible weight of my issue on the outside.She sighed just then, a voice cleared behind us. We both turned to the man behind the counter as another young lady came to join Chloe fr
~Isabel~His head snapped toward me, his eyebrows drawing close together before his lips parted into a small smile. I didn't even know where the question had come from, it had just slipped past my lips before I could stop it."Love," he said, shaking his head. "Yeah, a long time ago.""What happened?" I whispered.My eyes drifted over him, noticing the small details I usually overlooked, his curly hair was trimmed much shorter than before, at the office, he always wore a vest sweater over his shirt, but now, Now, with just a shirt stretched across his shoulders, I could see he was lean muscled while William was thicker. Shit! I swore, I had compared him to the person I wanted to take my mind away from. "She fell out of love and ended things," he shrugged, his eyes still on the road.Fell out of love, I thought. To be completely consumed by someone one day, then the next, the feeling just evaporates into nothing? How? If you fancy someone, you fancy them. How do you just turn it o
~Isabel~ I scoffed at the message "push him?" He was the only one who had not only pushed me but stomped on my heart. My fingers tightened on the edges of my phone, holding back the heat rising in my throat as I bit down hard on my tongue. The nerve of him to come meet me for a talk after spending time with Juliana, counting the number of times i had seen them together these past few days was annoying, a knot tightened in my chest that wouldn't loosen. Oh, William, how could you play me this way? How? "What's going on with you and William?" Jax asked. He peeled his eyes away from the road to glance sideways, his gaze dropped to my grip on the phone before his chin jerked back toward the windshield. "Nothing," I said, my voice flat. He shook his head, his hands shifted on the steering wheel. "That doesn't look like nothing, Mayfield. Did you see what he did? He nearly created a scene just now," Jax stated. Not nearly, he created a scene, he just stopped because maybe Jul
~Iaabel~She was in a haste to go out, I watched her retreating figure walk down the corridor. She hadn't even spared me a glance nor given me that glare she always had on when she looks at me.Picturing her actually getting married to William, made my insides turn, the room tilted, i gripped my chest, hitting my fist on it just to force the air back into my lungs.Mrs. Brian watched me from her desk, with a cocked brow."Miss Vane dropped some work for you again," she said, gesturing toward my desk with a stiff nod. A single folder with the word 'Confidential' stamped across it sat at the center of my workspace, looking like a threat.'Fuck,' I swore silently under my breath. I really didn't have the energy for this right now. My world was falling apart, and here I was expected to sit and review sensitive corporate files. I forced myself into the chair spending the rest of the day going through the file, Immediately the time struck for dismissal, the others started leaving. I
~Isabel~I gripped my phone hard, as I rubbed my palm across my face to clean the tears. My whole body felt weak, I forced myself to drag one foot in front of the other, just trying to get away from the restroom area. It was so not fair. It shouldn't hurt this much, but it did. My heart ached. Anyone who saw me right now will notice how dejected I was, it was clear right across my face, from my red eyes to my pale lip. I can't even face Juliana right now. How can I look at her? How do you stand in front of someone when the man you like is being engaged to them? The worst part was hearing it through office gossip.I had almost gotten to the legal department when I met Jax. He stopped where he was going too, cutting his stride when he saw me. He was carrying a stack of files, but his focus shifted entirely to me the moment our eyes met."Hey? Are you okay?" he asked, his eyes dropping to my face."Yeah, I am fine," I replied. I forced out a smile"You look pale," he said, his brow
~Isabel~He gestured at my hands again. "Your hands. Look at your hands."I brought my hands up to see I had injured my palm with the key, the edge had dug right into my skin. Shit, and I didn't even feel the pain. The cut was deep, blood was smearing on my fingers. I had a bigger pain in my he
~Isabel~Bella blinked, her mouth opened slightly. "I didn't throw them. They fell on their own," she lied in defence "I saw you push them with your bag the exact second you walked past my desk," I countered, stepping closer. "They were sitting perfectly fine on that desk all morning. Why did they
~Isabel~Leaving the hospital I got into my car, dropped my bag onto the passenger seat, turned the key in the ignition the engine rumbled to life, but the sound was drowned out by Arthur’s warning words running through my head. I steered into the evening traffic, my hands gripped the wheel tight
~Isabel~"This is even serious Isabel, whatever is starting between you and my son. End it. I don't care what it is, put a stop to it!" He warned. The sudden change in topic shocked me. "William may not listen to me, but I can't let him sabotage his future with gossip or a scandal, especially now







