Ryan's POV.I could still hear Isabella's sound of her heels ringing in my ears and her perfume scent still lingered in the air.My fingers slipped through my hair in frustration as my heart pounded in my chest due to the frustration . Damn her. Damn that smile in her eyes when she told me that she would never be mine. As if Declan Westwood could offer her anything I couldn't. I grabbed my phone and I checked my reflection in the mirror. My tie was loose and my shirt was half untucked, at that moment I looked at every bit of the wreck I felt inside of me.I needed a drink and something stronger than the wine I had downstairs. “Driver. Rosemont hotel now” I screamed into my phone as I stormed out of the private estate discreetly.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I was in my hotel room and I quickly gulped down the glass of whiskey. I couldn't even count how many glasses I have had but I knew that my vision was starting to become very blurry.I paced back and forth with anger inside of me. How dare Isa
Isabella's POV.Declan pinned me gently but firmly to the wall. His eyes burned into mine with something between suspicion and something deeper I couldn't quite name.“What is your connection with Ryan?” he asked with a low voice.And for a second I thought of playing it safe with him but then the playful side of me emerged and I raised my brow at him with a bright and visible smile on my lips.“Is that jealousy I smell burning here Declan Westwood?” I asked and he cursed under his breath.“Don't play with me Bella. I saw the way he was staring at you down there like you wanted to devour you. And it seemed as though you two clearly know each other very well” he said and I laughed at his words.“I won't lie to you Declan that I don't know Ryan. I do know him but I didn't know that he was your cousin until yesterday”, I replied as Declan's frown deepened at me but he didn't interrupt me.“And about your grandmother's poor grandson whose bride ran away,” I added, smiling at him. “That br
Isabella's POV.The air conditioner was the only sound that filled my room but my mind wasn't quiet. Inside of me, today felt like a storm waiting to break.Ryan.Cairo.Mia.Their faces always haunted my sleep every single fucking time I tried to forget about my worries. They were so fond of opening old wounds that they refused to close but I wasn't that girl anymore, not the one who trembled under their power.I was changing faster than I had imagined. And Declan he was the key to everything now and just immediately I heard a light knock on my door as though my thoughts summoned him.“Come inside Declan” I said, straightening my night dress and he stepped inside.Declan was dressed in a white short and a pink shirt, his sleeves were rolled up to his forearms and he looked effortlessly handsome and dangerous, only if he knew how much.“You are awake,” he said with a low voice.“I guess I couldn't sleep much Declan,” I admitted. “So spill it to me, what is going on?’ He leaned casua
Declan's POV.I woke up earlier than usual. All this while I was restless in bed, because the weight of too many thoughts refused to let me be all on my own.And one of them was Isabella. Even in my deep sleep, she still found a way to invade my mind. Her voice couldn't stop ringing in my ears and especially her eyes that seemed to carry the weight of unshed tears. And that final sentence from last night echoed in my head.“And what if I were to accept your agreement? What will be my own take in it?”She hadn't properly looked at me when she said all of that. I noticed that her gaze was fixed ahead as though she was speaking more to herself than to me, but it stirred something inside of me I couldn't quite name.I rubbed my palm over my face and swung my legs off the bed. My phone vibrated on the bed and I glanced at the screen, the message read that it was an early morning meeting from the investors.I let out a loud sigh because I knew what exactly I was going to do at that moment.
Isabella's POV.The rain started just when I was walking home. I know for a fact that Declan wouldn't be happy with me if he find out I left school all alone but today, I just felt like I needed some time to myself all alone.I didn't care about the rain despite a few drops soaked through my blouse. But I didn't feel any shivers through my body, and that could show anyone that I was already numb from inside.My head was bowed down as I kept on walking. Levi's words still rang in my ears .“Mia left me. She aborted my baby. I'll make her pay” And Ryan..Ryan had dared to show up at my school like he still owned a piece of me. Like I was his to summon. His to question and his to control.And I was ready to burn down that illusion of his to ashes. By the time I reached Declan's apartment, I noticed he wasn't home yet and he hadn't called me either.I was still angry by the fact that Declan was supposed to pick me up from school but he didn't. I checked my phone for the hundredth time, b
Isabella's POV.My phone buzzed for the sixth time in ten minutes and I didn't need to look to know that it was Ryan again. I ignored his call because I wasn't ready to see him or even hear his voice. Not after everything he made me pass through, the pain and the torments. He was so funny that he thought that he could just boss me around and everything could go back to normal because he wanted it to.It doesn't work that way, at least not with me. The ringing stopped and then started again, the ringing tune was just as persistent as him.I stepped out of the studio class before anyone could ask me where I was going. I needed air or maybe fire to quench the anger inside of me.And by the time I stepped out into the hallway. I saw Ryan's black range rover velar car and of course he parked right in front of the steps as though he owned the damn campus.I let out a loud sigh as I rolled my eyes at him. He stepped out of the car and slammed the door so hard that it echoed in the air.“Are