LOGINBella Danvers aka Isabella Powell is a 20-year-old college student who encountered the hot and ruthless CEO of the Rinaldi Corporation, Gabriel Rinaldi. They had a forgetful one-night stand that took a turn for the worst. Will he be able to find her before he is forced into an arranged marriage? Will she be able to tell him the news? Or will they be forced apart?
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I'm Bella, a 20-year-old college student. I was adopted from an orphanage when I was 5 years old because the couple that took me in couldn't have children of their own. I don't remember much about my past, but I have two amazing parents Terissa and Ronald, who took care of me and sent me to college. Even though they are not wealthy, they make sure I do not need anything. I didn't have to do any part-time jobs to get funds so all I can do is get good grades so they can be proud of me. When I was in high school I met a wonderful friend, Alissa. She is from a middle-class family. She always kept to herself until I finally spoke to her. She and I enrolled in the same college and have been inseparable since then. We live in the same dorm room. It was Saturday, 6:00 in the evening when my phone rang. I picked it up and answered drowsily. My best friend Alissa’s voice came through the phone. “Bella, are you still sleeping? I thought you would be awake,” she said shouting. “Shit, I forgot we had plans for tonight. I was tired from all the homework and fell asleep. Give me at least 30 minutes,” I replied. I hurried and got showered and put on a blue tank top, black leather jacket and pants. When I put them on, I realised it was too tight, but I couldn't take them off. I grabbed my leather boots and ran out the door. There she was standing beside her car. “What do we have here?” She whistled, looking at me, and I blushed. “I didn't have any more time to change,” I said. “Why would you though? You're looking smoking hot,” she said teasingly. “Alright, enough teasing. Where are we going? You didn't tell me,” I said, changing the topic. “It's a surprise,” she replied. “You know I hate surprises, Lissa”, I said. “I know, but this will be worth it,” she said, getting in the car, and I followed. 20 minutes later We pulled up to a club. “Lissa, what is this?” I asked, confused. “Isn't it obvious, we're going dancing. We will probably meet two cute guys and get laid tonight. Who knows?” she said, dragging me out of the car. “But I can't dance, Lissa, and you know this,” I said. “It's my third time doing this, so you will be just fine,” she replied, trying to reassure me, but it wasn't working. She dragged me into the club and pulled me over to the bartender. “Let's have a drink, it will probably give you a little courage.” “Give me two of your strongest shots, please”, she signals to the bartender. “I’m a lightweight when it comes to alcohol,” I said. “I know that's why I'm doing this so you can get courageous and stop acting like a chicken,” she said teasingly. “Stop teasing me,” I said, pouting and she laughed. “Here you go, ladies”, the bartender handed us the tequila, and I downed it in one go. “Damn, that burns”, I complained, and Lissa looked at me, astonished. “Well girl, how are you feeling?” She asked and I groaned. “I feel like shit. Let's get this night over and done with,” I replied. She dragged me out to the dance floor and started dancing. I don't know how a shot could give me so much confidence but I started dancing as well. We started to bring attention to ourselves. Lissa got pulled away by a tall handsome guy. She looked at me and winked but I couldn't care less. I just continued dancing until I felt a hand on my stomach and someone pressing against my back. I was about to turn around, then he pressed against me even harder, and I could feel his dick rubbing against my ass. I was startled, I didn't even know what to do next. He whispered in my ear to continue dancing, and I did. I started to grind on him and he groaned. He dragged my hand and spun me around to face him. I looked up to see a tall, handsome man with black hair and chiselled jawlines. He was breathtaking. “Want to go for a drink?” he asked, snapping me out of my daze. He dragged me towards the bartender and lifted me up on one of the seats. “Sure, but please note this would be my second drink,” I said. “And you look so tipsy already?” He said, smiling. “I'm lightweight, so I don't drink often,” I added. “Is that so?” he said, looking at me in a daze. He raised his hand to signal for the bartender to come over. “Alex, my usual and a margarita for…” he said looking at me. “Bella,” I said. “For Bella,” he added. “Roger that,” Alex said. “So your name is Bella. That's a beautiful name. I'm Gabriel, nice to meet you,” he said, looking at me, smiling. I smiled back at him and said, “Nice to meet you too.” His phone started ringing and he groaned. “I have to answer this, can you wait a bit? I will be back,” he said and I nodded. He walked away and I turned back to Alex. He handed me my drink and told me he was going to serve another customer and walked off. A message appeared on my phone: Lissa “I'm going to leave, you enjoy yourself with Mr Cutie *wink*” I turned off the phone and was about to drink when someone came up to me trying to strike up a conversation. I looked at him, rolled my eyes and turned back and focused on my drink, but little did I know the guy slipped something in my drink. I took a big gulp, and all of a sudden, I felt dizzy. I tried to stand but I was pulled from my seat. I tried to break free but my effort was futile. I was about to scream but he covered my mouth and pulled me to a secluded room in the club. He dragged me into a room and threw me on the bed.Bella's Pov “Bella?” Roger called but nothing from me. “Bella, please talk to me. Are you okay?” He asked worriedly.A strange image flashed in my mind. Something like a memory. Two boys chased me around a garden while I laughed. It was still kind of foggy, I couldn't see the boys' faces clearly but I could hear my carefree laughter as clear as day. The green grass spreads across the wide plot of land and the flowers blooming along the edges of the fence. The scene shifted to the taller boy running ahead towards the tree and we followed him closely. “Bella, please say something. Don't scare me like this,” he said with a shaky voice that snapped me out of the strange memory. My head was throbbing and my heart was beating fast.“I saw something,” I said slowly letting go of my head. I turned around to see that he was crying. I was shocked. “I'm ok Roger, please don't cry,” I said feeling guilty.I didn't know my disappearance had affected them this much. “You scared me. I thought
Gabriel’s Pov“I can't find anything on him,” “It's like they have someone protecting his information. The only thing on the surface is his basic information,” “Nothing?” I repeated myself, my grip tightening around the phone.“Nothing useful,” Dex said. “Your father covered his tracks or he has someone doing it for him,” he added.An idea came to me, “Check if you can find anything on that bastard,”“Okay, I'm going to check and call you back,”“I need to find something, at least a clue. Just something, anything to get me out of this shit. Damn it!” I almost threw my phone to the ground when I saw a call coming in from Dex again.“Anything?” “Sorry bro, nothing at all. It's the same thing as your father's,”“Those sneaky bastards,” I grunted.“What about their financial records? Phone history?” “I'm blocked from the financial records and their phone histories are cleared,” “I don't think they are working alone. They have someone covering their tracks,” I said, pacing across the
Bella’s Pov“For?” I asked, confused. “You're going to meet Roger. He is boasting that he is going to pick you up,” I was dumbfounded. ‘Out of all the possible things, this is what he’s jealous about?’ I thought.“Are you serious?” I asked, still trying to figure out what's going on.“Yes, I'm dead serious. I wanted to meet you first,” he said, acting childish. Sometimes I really have to wonder if I'm the youngest, or if it's actually them. “Send me your dorm location. I want to take you out too,”“I will but I can't be in two places at once,” I said smiling. “I will not interfere with him taking you out first but please promise me I will get to take you out tomorrow,”“Okay, I promise,”“Good, see you soon,” he said, sounding so happy.“Bella, someone is at the door,” Lissa shouted from the living room scared.“I have to go, see you soon big brother,” I hung up the phone and ran to the door. I peeked through the peephole before opening the door this time. “Hello, how may I help y
Bella’s Pov“Bel, wake up,” Lissa called, shaking me.“Hmn,” I groaned. “Five more minutes please,” “Get up, we fell asleep on the floor,” she dragged my hands trying to get me to stand. “What?” I asked, freeing one of my hands to rub my eyes. I looked around to see what she was talking about. “Oh, I guess we did,” I got up from the floor. “What time is it now?” I asked.“It's almost 11 p.m.” “I'm going to my room to finish sleeping,” “Before I go, are you ok? How are you feeling?”She sighed, “the event is still on my mind,”“It's going to take me a while to get over it,”“It's ok. I understand, that's not something you're going to get over fast because that was a trauma. It is something you ensured before getting away. Him showing up brought all those memories back,” “It's going to take you a while again to bury it. We just have to do things that will get your mind off it,” I said smiling. I yawned, “I'm going to finish getting my rest. Goodnight,” I waved at her and she sm












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