Even though Samuel had told Gabby beforehand that he would be around when She, Sera and Bella arrived, she confirmed it already when she saw one of his cars parked not too far from where Bella parked hers.Shy and nervous Gabriella was able to trick Isabelle into giving her a house tour before saying Hi to her Dad. Gabby made sure Isabelle took her time in showing her around. She couldn't help but think Bella's home was perfect. It was not too big and neither was it too small. It was very much modern and decorated with the finest pieces of furniture. There were two living rooms, a kitchen, a guest room, laundry and gym room downstairs while there

Isabelle Carter was starting to feel guilty about neglecting Sera and Gabby so she took an excuse from Jason to spend some time with her besties. The birthday girl went in search of Seraphina and Gabriella. She finally saw Sera in the living room, talking to some friends.As soon as Sera saw Bella approach her, She diverted her attention away from the people she was talking to."I hope the celebrant is having fun." She smiled at Bella.

After what felt like forever, Samuel Carter finally pulled up at his mansion. For the uncountable time, he took his phone and dialled Gabriella but it went straight to voicemail. While driving, he had left her several voicemails and She hadn't returned any of them. Sam was relieved when he got a text message from Jason that he would drop Gabby at her apartment. He had told Jason to let him know when they arrived at her place.Samuel got down from the car and made his way to the entrance of his home. He briefly returned the greetings of the house help who was cleaning the house and proceeded upstairs in search of his daughter, Isabelle. She had to

Isabelle's mother's place was decently big but not as big as Sam's home. Bella's stepdad, Victor, was a well to do Engineer while her mom works in an auditing firm."Stacy dear, go tell your sister to come down for breakfast," Rachael said to her other daughter who was already seated on the dining table."She wouldn't answer me so what's the point?" Stacy voiced out. She was asked to go call Isabelle down for dinner the previous night. Bella refused to open her door to see a

Samuel Carter was kind enough to set up a study space for Gabriella in his suite so she could have a comfortable area to do her assignments and study.After being glued to her books for exactly five hours and having a ten minutes break after every thirty minutes read, Gabby felt fulfilled and decided she had had enough for the day.She closed her books, arranged her reading table, rose to her feet and went in search of Samuel in the living room.