★★★ "Dinner is delicious. Thank you, Aunt Merry," Isabella finished her plate and praised, which brought annoyance to Bernard's face. "You selfish lady, I made every meal for you every day. Your tone has never been so courteous and admiring towards me, but today your aunt Merry made a simple dinner. You are so overwhelmed," complained Bernard, wiping his lips before throwing the napkin on the plate. "Jealous nerd," Merry whispered and winked at Bella, making her laugh. "O, dad. You are my favorite all the time. Love your every dish, even my friends are crazy about your dish," Isabella said, and her adored face was hard to ignore for anyone, just as Bernard cheered up with his daughter's few loving words. "Thank you, love," Bernard was happy and together they quickly cleaned the dinner table and dinner plates. After that, Merry chatted with them for a few minutes before wishing them good night and left. Isabella kissed her on the cheek and walk with her to her house. Until she got

★★★★ Daylight pierced the window blinds, falling in the space next to Bella, though her arm could feel the heat. She twisted her body and reached for her phone. Turning it on, she saw she got up half an hour before the alarm went off. She did not lie down lazily but got up. Her puffed face with scattered hair gave her an adorable look. Getting out of bed, she went to her unwashed clothes, which she had used for a few days and did not wash. Tossed them one by one into a wooden basket and decided that she'd wash them before taking her bath as the washing machine was downstairs and she didn't want noises in this early morning while her father was still sleeping. When she grabbed the last pink color dress which she wore the day before yesterday but she felt a hole as her fingers crossed the fabric. Turned that side toward her, she found it was a big palm size hole made on her dress. However, it was not a simple hole it looked like a burn hole. Bella's complete face wrinkled upon that

★★★ "Hello, Rachel, how are you?" Bella asked and noticed Rachel was busy with the work. Managing a canteen was a hectic thing, however, no one could tell that they ever found miss Rachel tired or lacking attention but today Isabella felt Rachel was lost in thoughts as the movement of her hand was slow and shaking. "I am very good. How are you, girls?" Rachel said with a bright smile. She took out a paper and pen, and started muttering, "Three coffee with doughnuts and anything else." "Rachel, umm… We don't need anything. Are you okay?" Bella asked when Rachel gave her a forced smile. "Yea… I am alright," Rachel answered. Her voice was muffled because of the emotions she was clinching. She did not want to break down in front of these little girls but didn't have enough strength to hold them inside. "Can we talk, Rachel?" Danny requested, while her eyes selected a corner of the canteen. "Alright. Go ahead. I'll come in a minute," Rachel said to them before turning to her emp

★★★★"Hmm….." Isabella heard a hum and watched the person move away from her. Those purple eyes were inexpressible. Although they were looking at her closely, no emotion could be seen in their eyes. "Get out," Alexander's hoarse voice sounded terrible. She couldn't open her mouth as if the words were stuck in her throat and didn't want to come out.Her hand reached the door hand and made it slide. This time her movements were quicker because it was difficult for her to stand upright in front of the enormous pressure that Alexander was giving. Also, the distant feeling Alexander suddenly gave to Isabella kind of upset her. Her mood also fell and the uneasiness she couldn't shrug away after so many attempts. "Bella, what happened? Did he say something to you?" Bethany asked. Looking at Bella's droopy face, Bethany was worried. "No, there is nothing he can do. He asked me to speak to the principal," Isabella replied. "I already knew that," said Danny, hugging Bella. They are witne

★★★★ The way out of the cemetery was very peaceful, but this peace would turn to horror, Isabella had no idea. Isabella was happy she can see the narrow path. With it, she can reach the main road and she could hail a taxi home. She was quite excited and was about to leave her grip on Alexander's arm when the man twisted her body with a twirl and made her bump against the tree while blocking her with his both arms. "Enough to take the opportunity," said a hoarse voice angrily. His purple eyes were gleaming with anger and a churn was taking place inside Bella."Why you are angry?" Bella whispered. The hovering figure was so large and tall that she couldn't see anything around her. "So you don't know or you are pretending to be innocent," Alexander's roaring voice further frightened the woman. "I don't know," replied Bella and she was really confused about what she had done to fuel this anger inside him."Okay. I want you to sign the contract," said Alexander with grit. Only he knew