MasukCHAPTER EIGHTY-ONEADRIAN'S POVI said I was going to let Sebastian handle Julius and Dominic but I couldn’t help but worry about Isabella. Even though I still had a week left of work in Spain, I tried to take care of everything so I could handle it from Chicago. I left Sebastian in charge and got back on the jet to fly straight to Chicago.When I landed and got to the house, the sun was just rising. Theo and my mum were coming down the stairs when I got in.“Daddy, I missed you.” Theo threw himself at me.“I missed you too, Theo.” I smiled.“I thought you weren’t going to be back until next week.” My mum said as she hugged me.“That was the plan but I couldn't just be there after what happened.” I answered truthfully. “Where’s Isabella?”“She wasn't in her room so we came downstairs to see if she was already up.” She said as we walked into the living room.Isabella wasn't awake as my mum had thought. She was asleep on the couch and it looked like she had slept there intentionally.“
CHAPTER EIGHTYISABELLA’S POVI was still in a state of shock by the time I’d gotten to Adrian’s house. What if he hadn’t called me? What if I had refused to take his call? I would have been shot and nobody would have found my killers. I was sure of it.I still couldn’t believe that Julius had a hand in it. Did the breakup hurt him that much that he wanted to kill me? Even though he had been the one to end things between us.After an hour of staying at Adrian’s house, his mother and Theo joined me. “Are you okay, love?” Vivian asked.“No.” I shook my head. I didn’t want to lie. “I almost died.”“But you didn’t.” She squeezed my hands gently. “You’re okay now. Adrian will take care of it.”“I should have listened to him.” I cried. “I shouldn’t have met up with Julius. He warned me. I was angry at him and it clouded my thinking and it almost cost me my life.”“You’re okay now.” She hugged me. “It’s alright. You just wanted to get answers.”“I should have listened to him. I can’t believ
CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINEADRIAN’S POVThe workload on me had doubled. Sebastian was focused on solving the Dominic and Julius mystery and that meant I had to take on some of his responsibilities. I wasn’t complaining though. I had done more work before.I hadn’t spoken to Isabella since I basically schooled her about Julius. I didn’t stop texting her though, even if she didn’t respond to any of my texts. I still communicated with Theo on the phone. I was hoping that she would say hi but there was never a word from her.After a long day, I finally returned to my hotel room. It was only one week till we were done with this madness and back in Chicago. I got out my phone and sent a text to Isabella. I didn’t ever stop to think if I was overbearing. I spent the last few days telling her how my day went and about my feelings for her.I didn’t expect her to reply so once I sent the text, I threw my phone on the bed and went into the shower. I came back out a few minutes later to find Sebastian
CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHTISABELLA’S POVTo say I was shocked would be an understatement to what I actually felt when Adrian told me that Julius might have had a hand in helping Dominic. I didn’t like the way he relayed the news to me though. He was condescending and made me stupid for wanting to think it was a misunderstanding and Julius was actually innocent. I didn’t expect him to send me an apology text 30 minutes later.I kept staring at the text when I received it and read it over and over again. It had been almost five days and every morning, I went back to read the text. I didn’t grace him with a reply though. I simply didn’t know what to say to him. His apology didn’t erase how hurt he made me.He and Theo spoke to each other a few times. I was right there but we didn’t say anything to each other. I simply handed Theo the phone and let them talk on their own.I didn’t receive any other message from Julius. I hadn’t even replied to the last one he sent me. I wanted to listen to Ad
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVENADRIAN’S POVIt had been two days since I confessed to Isabella that I had feelings for her. We haven’t spoken again since she told me goodnight and hung up the phone. I didn’t know when I would talk to her or even see her next. I was going on a two-week business trip.Before we got on the jet, I decided to text her.“I’m going on a two-week trip. I’ll see you when I get back and hopefully we can talk more.” I sent the text to her.It was only two minutes but it felt like hours of waiting. The three little dots popped up showing she was responding to my text.“Safe travels, Adrian.” That was the only thing she said.I was itching to talk to her some more. I wanted her to respond to the part where I hoped we would talk more. I knew she wouldn’t.“I’ll try to talk to you and Theo anytime I have the chance to.” I texted back. I had to sneak Theo in there so she wouldn’t think about it too much. As much as I loved Theo, I wanted to speak to Isabella more than I wante
CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIXISABELLA’S POVAdrian dropped me off at home and he and Theo went to his house so they could spend the weekend together. I had totally made the wrong mistake by going to Vivian’s house that morning. I couldn’t stop thinking about what he said earlier. Why did he have to go and make things more awkward between us?I stripped my clothes off and got into the shower. It was almost time for dinner already. I looked at my reflection in the mirror. My bruises were turning purple. I’d done a good job of hiding my visible hickeys with foundation before I left the house earlier. I couldn’t wait for them to fade. I didn't want to keep being reminded of my bad choices.After I was done freshening up, I ordered pizza because I wasn’t in the mood to make dinner. I got a text from Julius saying he was done with work here and had flown back home. I didn’t bother replying because I didn’t know what reply to give. He had been acting strange.The doorbell rang not even five minutes
CHAPTER FIFTYADRIAN’S POVI originally didn’t plan to come with my mum to see Theo and Isabella. After much convincing from her, I finally caved in. My original plan was to go to therapy and get better as much as I could before I got back in contact with Isabella and Theo.I also didn’t plan to as
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE ISABELLA’S POVAlmost two weeks had passed since Julius and I ended things. He had cleared everything he had from the house. Luckily, he left the car with me even though it was in his name. After our last conversation, we never had the chance to talk things through even though I
CHAPTER FORTY-TWOADRIAN’S POVAfter leaving my mum's house, I went straight to the office. There was still no update about the men who attacked me. Truth be told, I was still shocked about what happened. I’d never been bruised like that before. I rarely got into fights, even when I needed to. My m
CHAPTER FORTYISABELLA’S POVI woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I almost wanted to check on Theo but I remembered he went with Adrian to his mum's house. I picked up my phone and texted Adrian unconsciously. I had a feeling Theo woke up and cried.“Is he asleep?” I asked. I







