“What the fuck was that? “ Isabella shouted him as soon as they entered the Bentley. “Have you gone crazy?” You didn’t even ask me for my opinion and pulled the stunt, now everyone in Santa Monica will know about it.”
Alex knew it was coming so he was already prepared for it. “Bella, I like you and besides Neely has been pestering me to pursue you and you know I am really busy to date anyone and you have been with me for so many years. I couldn’t think of anyone else I would like to get married to.”
“How long had you been planning all this Alex?” Bella looked at him with anger and was suspicious about the way he was behaving.
He looked at her guiltily and said. “Mom had called me that day after you went to Marina Del Rey and you know the way she pesters me to get married. She said she has already found a girl for me and guess who is that woman?” He said sarcastically. When Isabella remained quiet he said. “The Mayor’s daughter Liz Ferman. Bella you know I don’t like that woman she has been pestering me for a long time, I am not interested in her. “
Isabella who was listening to his outburst felt really helpless for him. Yes knew all about that spoilt lady she had been visiting their office numerous times to attract his attention but Alex never gave her heed. The only reason why he entertained her was that she was the mayor's daughter. He had just grabbed his foothold in Santa Monica and did not want to cause any trouble with the mayor.
Alex’s mother was very dominating and Alex and Nelly could never refute her. She had raised them alone after his father passed away when he was ten. So Isabella could understand Alex’s feeling he did not want to go against his mother. His mother was his weakness.
“Bella I am sorry for forcing you to agree at the jewelry store but I was helpless. I better get married to you than to some strange woman full of make-up and sinister character. I did a lot of thinking. Let’s just stay engaged and see if it works out and only when you accept me completely will we get married. And besides aren’t people pestering you too. This will give you a sense of security and no one will approach you with bad intentions, what do you say?”
Isabella was listening to him and wondering, in a way Alex is right, She will get definitely get a sense of security now that she is wearing his ring and it will stop people from gossiping about her marital status. Her aunt will also be happy as she had always liked Alex. And the most important thing, she will get rid of Adam Black. Thinking of him she sighed with relief.
“Alright Alex, l agree but promise me you won’t pester me till I am ready?”
“I promise Bella, You are my best friend. How can I lie to you? I will wait till you are ready, then only we will take the next step. Oh, by the way, Neely will be joining us for dinner, to celebrate our engagement, I hope you don’t mind.”
“She knows, You cunning fox. you had planned everything.” Bella asked with surprise.
“Yes because she is your friend too, so I had to get her consent before I proposed to you.” Alex grinned.
After some time they reached their favorite restaurant and when they entered Neely was waving her hand towards them gesturing them to come and join her. Bella looked at her and wondered, I haven’t seen her for a week and the color of her hair tuned into yellow. She was greatly amused. Alex saw her smile and looked at his sister with dissatisfaction.
As soon as they reached her Neely looked curiously at both of them and asked hesitantly. “ So……………………… aren’t you going to tell me what happened.”
Isabella knew what a curious cat she was and showed her the ring. Neely shrieked with surprise.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA……………….congratulations you guys, I am so happy for both of you.”
The way Neely screamed she gathered a lot of attention and not far away in a VIP box there was a man looking at them with interest.
“Neely stop screaming, let’s sit and order food to celebrate. “ Alex looked really embarrassed. Her sister had a habit of getting unwanted attention. And when did you color your hair Yellow? jeez………seriously it looks terrible.”
“I like it, so I don’t care about others opinion,” Neely said it with air, and Bella couldn’t help but laugh.
Bella loved Neely as she had been beside her since the time she came and joined Alex’s company. She was a local designer and loved to experiment with color, just like the ways she was, very cheerful and full of energy.
“I have already informed mom. She will be coming next week to give you her blessing. She is very happy and told me that she knew it was going to happen.” Neely informed them.
Isabella was really feeling helpless but she had already chosen her path, so she consoled herself saying that everything will turn up for good so let it be the way it is.
Soon their food arrived accompanied by wine. They talked and ate their dinner and Isabella forgot the count of her wine as Neely was busy talking and telling them her lame jokes.
After some time she felt a little tipsy and hot. She decided to go to the bathroom and splash some water on her face to compose herself. She excused herself and walked towards the end of the corridor.
Just as she was about to go inside a hand pulled her and grabbed her inside the men’s toilet. She was scared and tried to scream but the man had already found her mouth and was kissing her aggressively.
Isabella knew immediately, who it was and tried to push him away.
But his kiss became more aggressive and she felt helpless because of the amount of wine she had drunk she felt a little tipsy. He was holding her very tightly. He pushed her against the door. She struggled.
“Don’t move, you really don’t want your fiancé to know about your wild fantasy, do you? His hot body pressed on her and his hands were restlessly moving on her skin.
Isabella saw his eyes. His desires were not concealed.
“What do you want?” She asked desperately when he stopped kissing her.
“So you actually got engaged to Alex huh………” he said sarcastically when he lifted her hand and saw the ring on her finger.
“yes, do you mind letting me go now. Now that you know we are engaged don’t covet me as I am going to get married to Alex soon.” Bella said.
“Marrying Alex would be your biggest mistake, Isabella.”
Isabella felt a jolt of pain in her heart and thought did Adam just called her a gold digger? But she laughed at his stupidity and said. “I will marry Alex, whether you like it or not. And no it would never be a mistake.”
“No Isabella you will not because Alex is a very charming man but he can never control you, you are a wild cat who needs to be tamed by me. You look very naïve and simple but I know you are wild from the inside, full of passion. You can never settle down with Alex. What you need is me.” As he spoke his hands were moving around her body suggestively.
“You know nothing about me and Alex, Adam Black,” Isabella said with gritted teeth, she was trying to control her anger suppressing the urge to kill him. In one day Adam Back had succeeded in destroying her usual calm aura.
Adam laughed and said. “Oh, I know honey, I have been observing you both since the day I signed the deal and know that you are both not compatible. And besides, I have heard a lot of things from my mother, who never fails to put a word or two about you in my ears. You have hooked my mother around your fingers, Isabella.” Isabella was shocked and regretted having close contact with his mother. But his mother was different from him. She is a very friendly and humble woman so she had talked with her to her heart's content when they had met a few times on different occasions. She was really feeling guilty now. But hold on a second what is she thinking, why would it matter even if she told everything about herself to Mrs. Black, it was just a mere conversation. Why was she feeling guilty? With that, she looked straight into his eyes and said. “Whatever I speak to your mother is none of your business and besides I like your mother she is not like you, arrogant. And please stop interfering
It was almost nine in the morning the next day when Isabella woke up and she hurriedly looked at the time only to remember that it was Sunday. She took a deep breath and sighed deeply. But remembering the things which happened the previous day all her relief disappeared. She knew that Alex had dropped her at her door last night and left only after she had locked her door from inside. She couldn’t remember how she dragged her feet to her room and changed her clothes. “Why do I need to drink so much when I can’t handle its effect?” She grumbled. “And that Adam Black actually had the guts to challenge me. From now on I will stay away from that man. He is a big nuisance and a bigger distraction. I am an engaged lady and I should behave like one.” Isabella buried her face in the pillow and groaned. Then after a long time, she got up from the bed. And after freshening up went towards the kitchen. She was feeling all drained out and wanted to fill her tummy. It was growling loudly but as s
Adam was shocked and out of control when Isabella took the initiative and opened her mouth and let his tongue explore her mouth, she kissed him passionately. Adam looked at her with a smile and held her tightly. His slender fingers lifted her chin and kissed her hungrily.“Women, did you just kiss me back.” He whispered in between kisses.Isabella frowned deeply and turned her face to look around the store. She knew she was wrong in taking advantage of Adam but she was desperate. But when he kissed her so passionately. She had forgotten about everything and was enjoying his kisses only to be pulled back to reality when Adam whispered softly in her ears.No one had ever dared to flirt with her like this in public.“Bella, where are you? Please come and help me, the Zip of this dress got stuck, I can’t open it.” Neely shouted from the trial room.“I am coming,” Isabella shouted back.She was pull
It’s been almost two days and Isabella was sulking at home. She had requested Alex to work from home for a week as she did not have any designing work that month and the accounts could be handled at home. Alex had readily agreed because he thought Isabella was stressed out because of their sudden engagement. He did not want to pressurize her and let nature its course.Isabella was really scared as the person she had seen was none other than her Stepbrother Nathan Wilde. His mother married her father after her mother died and Nathan was adopted by her father Gregory Jones as he did not have a son.She did not want to think about them and had left everything and moved to Santa Monica. She did not want to have anything to do with her father who was willing to sacrifice her in order to save his face. She had enough of torcher when she was living with them. But she knew that Nathan has been looking for her for a long time but she hid her identity so well that he
“Ezra, are you trying to tell me that that he wants to get married to me so that she can get the estate. He is sick and crazy. Why would grandpa do such a thing to me? I know he wanted to secure my future but hasn’t the wealth and fame make me lose my mother. And now Nathan is must be searching high and low. That reminds me, where is he now?" “He dropped by into my office today in the morning, it seems he had gone out of the station and had just returned yesterday. I was shocked to see him as he has the habit of ordering me around to come to visit him, whenever he needs anything but today he drove in personally. Why are you inquiring about him all of a sudden? Did something happen?” Ezra noticed that Bella sounded a bit nervous. "I saw him at the pier on Sunday. I recognized him immediately and escaped from him as soon as I could. I did not know what to do I was so scared. I have been hiding from them for the past four years and if he finds me again, I don't
Harvelle’s always had a good crowd whether it was a weekday or a weekend, very lively. But luckily Neely, Alex, and Isabella managed to find an unoccupied booth above the dance floor.This was an unplanned get-together as Alex thought that Isabella was sulking at home so he wanted to cheer her up and Neely had been pestering him to take Isabella out but eventually managed to come along with them shamelessly. Alex felt hopeless around her sister. He wished she would find herself a steady boyfriend and settle down but that was not happening that soon as she always bullied the men around her. They had a good view of the dance floor from where they were sitting. But the noise was very loud. They literally had to shout and talk. After they sat down they gave the waitress their orders. And started looking at the people dancing around the dance floor. Isabella was very fond of dancing but today she didn’t have the mood to do so. It was a relief for her when she came to know that Nathan had
Isabella enjoyed dancing and when she was on the floor she forgot about everything. Alex was a really good partner when it came to dancing, as he moved gracefully with her as the DJ played “Torn” by Ava Max. Isabella gave herself away with the music releasing the tensions which were building inside her. Alex was enjoying and humming the songs with her. Isabella out of the corner of her eye observed that two people dancing near them were staring at them she lifted her head, she saw it was none other than Adam and Gracie. She noticed that Adam looked completely out of place in his dark business suit as people who came to that place usually wore colorful attires. But he stood out among others as he swayed his hips and moved with the music and Isabella found herself staring at his sexy back.I must be crazy she thought as she shook her head and concentrated on dancing. As she had to admit that Alex and Gracie did look very good together, especially when they mov
Isabella was swaying her hips and dancing on the floor as Adam was a very good dancer, apart from the overbearing personality, he had great dancing skills. She was impressed. The crowd was getting restless and it was getting hotter and hotter and Isabella suddenly felt nauseated and she burped real bad, she was embarrassed as she had not eaten any junk food yet she felt like puking. Maybe it was because of the heat so she decided to rush to the washroom. “Adam, I am sorry but I need to go to the washroom, please excuse me.” She said and ran out covering her mouth. Adam was surprised and stood still for a moment as to why did she panic and then stared at her back. Is she alright? He wondered and walked towards the place where they were seated, to wait for her as he could see that Alex and Gracie were still engrossed in deep conversation.Isabella went inside the washroom and threw up, it was really bad. She felt sick and disgusted.