Isabella's POV
I can safely say that I am way in too deep and I can't breathe, I feel suffocated by mother and things she wants from me. She doesn't know this but what she wants me to do will destroy me from the inside. What she wants from me will destroy me.
She has made up her mind about what she wants, she has made clear about what I should do and she won't back down. I wish there was another way around this but I know that there isn't. If I try to walk away from everything and start a new life with Tristan, she will ruin things for me.
She has left me with no choice and that only makes me resent her even more. I know that this would be very easy for me to do but it will also be the hardest thing I could ever do. Tristan is nothing like my other marks.
I actually love him, I didn't want to admit this to myself before but at the auction, when he held me close and I felt his warm
Tristan's POVTalking to my brother has given me a lot to think about, especially when it comes to Isabella, I want her and I have to have her. I don't think I've wanted anything else more than the way I wanted to be with Isabella. I love her a lot and I am man enough to admit it.It's kind of cute because any other woman would have thrown themselves at my feet, why wouldn't they? I am young, I am rich and handsome. Any other woman would have grabbed the opportunity with both hands. They would have been here already.After my brother left I realised something. I realised that Isabella is afraid of something, I just don't know what it is, maybe the things that I think attract women to me , might be the very things that scares Isabella away from me.I can't say that I blame her either, guys like me are usually play boys, they age countless girlfriends. The first time I
Isabella's POVI have always thought that falling in love was going to be amazing, I have always imagined that it would be like a fairytale, just like I read in the books. I thought that it was going to be perfect but I guess I was wrong, it is nothing like the fairytale I had imagined.Not with the mother I have, not with the life I live, I feel so caught up, I don't even know what to do. He kissed me and I let him, I let him kiss me and I loved it. I wanted it so bad and now that it happened, I know that I can't turn back the hands of time."Are you okay?" Tristan asked me. I think that he felt me tense up."Yes I'm fine, I think that maybe you should leave." I said and walked towards my bedroom but he stopped me before I could go in."Stop... What are you afraid of Isabella?" He asked me.
Tristan's POVI guess I should have believed Isabella when she told me that she was not the woman I thought she was, maybe I would have saved myself a lot of trouble. Last night was supposed to be the beginning of something beautiful but it turned out to be an epic failure.I didn't think that things would turn out the way they did last night. I was trying to show her that I really care about him, that she is the woman I want. I wanted to be honest about my feelings so that she could be honest about her feelings for.Now I understand what they mean when they said that "be careful of what you wish for." I wanted her to tell me the truth and now that she did, I don't know how I feel for her at this point and time. A part of me wished it wasn't true because I didn't want to believe it.I guess I painted this picture in my head, a picture that Isabella was perfect and that she could do no w
Abigail's POVMy sister left early for work and the whole day I have been sitting in apartment waiting for Tristan to call me, after what I told him last night, I figured that he would probably have tons of questions for me, that he would want to know why I was this way.I told him the truth knowing very well that this where I might end up, that this might be the real end of us. Still I remained hopeful that someday he would find it in his heart to look beyond what I told him and see that I never meant to hurt him.As if that stress was not enough stress on its own, my mother decided to give me a call, she asked if he had called me and set up the date yet, she said that she wanted to know, so that she can be there to check on me and make sure that I do what she wants me to do.I guess she know me too well or at least we'll enough to know that I would somehow
Tristan's POVMy father might have just torn my wold in two, he decided to change the rules of the game, he decided to put in a corner and put me under pressure. I don't know if I can handle having someone else running the companies I have worked so hard to make a success.There's three of us and everyone of us knew what they had to do, I guess we have always figured that he would probably write a will, while my brother's thought that he would leave everything to me, I didn't think that. My father loves all of his children and right now he wants was best for us, even if he is going about it the wrong way. I don't even understand why he would do something like this.He is forcing my hand and I might not have a choice but to comply with the rules of the game, this is not just about me taking it all, this is about my family's legacy, my father has worked so hard to make a name for us, he has worked very hard t
Isabella's POVMy sister has been working for a few days now, the job came with great perks, one of them being a new apartment, we are going to move so we decided to do it on the weekend. This is why I had been collecting boxes, between the two of us we don't really have much stuff but I think that we are doing good.She seems to be having a great time at work, she said that she is happy working, despite the fact that we haven't told our mother, we decided that we are going to see her on Sunday, my sister thought that it would be great if we invited her to lunch at our new place. I hope she likes it, it's certainly bigger than this apartment.I don't know but I have this fear that it won't matter if we want to be on our own, my mother will still call the shots, this is because she thinks that we owe her for raising us. I actually thought that we did but the way I see it, we have done more than we shou
Tristan's POV"You look lovely..." I said to Isabella who was standing on the balcony over looking the garden. There was a huge fountain in the middle. She looked like she was lost in thoughts. I know that because I have been standing for a few seconds and she didn't even notice it.When I opened the door and saw her beautiful face, I didn't know wether to kiss her or just dismiss her, I think we know what I chose to do. I told her to go to the balcony and I went to my office to get papers. I know that I have feelings for her but she has made it clear to me that she is not interested in having a relationship with me, infact she shot me down everytime I tried. Now I am not saying that I am giving up but that I have to be careful with her.I have to thread carefully and protect both my heart and my wallet. A woman like her is lethal, she's beautiful and kind on the outside but her inside is very differe
Isabella's POVI must admit that when I went to see Tristan, the last thing I expected was for me to leave his place with a contract, I didn't see this one coming at all. When he told me that he wants us to pretend to be in love, I felt a sharp pain in my heart, it was like someone had stabbed me with a dagger. My heart sank but I kept it together, I didn't want to show Tristan how hurt I was that he even suggested something like this, that he is willing to pay me to get what he wants. I don't know but it hurts to know that you are being used.The reality of this whole situation is that Tristan is going to be with me because he wants something from me. Maybe he had feelings for me in the past but now I fear that his heart has lost interest in me, his heart has given up on me, he is doing what he needs to do to get what he wants. Pretty much the same way I used everyone to get what I want. This is the hardest decision of my life, for me to ac