บททั้งหมดของ NO ONE ELSE COMES CLOSE: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

Despite Isabella's mother's warning, Angelo refused to leave. He kept kneeling on the floor and said, "please, just let me say goodbye to Isabella. I am very sorry Mrs. Monte. I was misinformed by someone I trusted completely. Please forgive me, let me see Isabella's body just once."Isabella's mother got up from her seat and charged at Angelo, pushing him and almost falling in the process. She shouted once again with tears in her eyes. "Get out of my house. What is the point of being sorry now? you've finally killed my daughter, my only child. No matter how sorry you are, you can never bring her back to life so just leave." Angelo did not want to leave but Isabella's mother kept pushing him and he realized that she was going to injure herself if he remained so he got up and left the house.As Angelo opened the door and left, Isabella secretly stared at him through the window. She could not understand the things Angelo had said to her mum. He seemed so sad yet he had shown so much ha

Angelo went back to the conference hall as it was almost time for the second segment of the meeting. The meeting soon began but Angelo's mind kept going back to the little girl he had met.After speaking and explaining what was needed to fund the creation of the chip and the dividends they would all receive, the major investor said, "I'll like to call in the cardiologist so she can allay our fears, for those of us who worry that the invention of this chip would negatively affect their hearts."The man went out and came in with a lady. The moment she walked into the room, Angelo got up from his seat with shock written on his face.When the lady stood before them all to speak, Angelo said, "Isabella."She briefly made eye contact with him, looked away, and began to speak. Angelo felt he saw an emotion flicker in her eyes, like fear but he wasn't sure. Some of the other investors stared at him in surprise until he sat back down.Angelo kept looking at her as if he was in a daze. He could

The night was unusually long for Angelo. He kept thinking about what would happen at the conference and each time he tried to sleep, his heart would trick him into thinking it was morning, only for him to wake up and be disappointed.The time finally came and as Angelo made his way into the hall, he promised himself that he was going to do things differently.He had taken his time to dress up and even wore powder on his face because he wanted Isabella to be attracted to him. She had once been, so he was confident that it could happen again.Contrary to what happened the day before, she appeared during the first segment of the meeting and when she was called in, Angelo stared at her without taking his eyes off even for a minute.Isabella seemed unbothered and gave her speech effortlessly. Angelo kept staring at her mouth as she spoke. He couldn't help but wonder if he kissed her, would he get the same feeling as he did before?The moment she was done, Isabella bowed respectfully and to

Angelo spent the night dreaming about his trip to Steve's house. In his dream Steve told him that doctor Elle was Isabella and after that, he confronted her, she agreed and they reunited.He woke up feeling quite happy and hopeful. Even though it seemed like he was building castles in the air he still decided to be optimistic especially since it gave him quite a good feeling.It was Sunday and the conference wasn't going to hold until Monday so he had so much time on his hands.He freshened up and ate his breakfast. Just when he was about to leave his hotel room, his phone rang and he saw that it was from his doctor in Panama.He had completely forgotten about Mirabella and what he asked the doctor to do. He answered the call and wanted to tell the doctor that they could talk about the test results later in the day.However, immediately after greeting him, the doctor said, "the relationship is that of father and daughter."Angelo paused for a moment as he tried to understand what the

Isabella's heart began to beat fast. Hamzat had told her that Mirabella's beads fell on the floor when they went to get ice cream and the hall where the conference took place wasn't far off from there.Also, Mirabella looked like Angelo's late sister so he would naturally be drawn to her. She quickly went on Instagram and searched for Angelo's account. She noticed that he used her picture in his profile and most of the pictures he had posted were of her.If someone did not know better, they would think he was an obsessive stalker. After searching for a while, she finally saw a picture of him. He wore a black suit and looked quite handsome but as usual, he wasn't smiling.She showed Mirabella the picture and asked "is he the one?""Yes, that's my friend" she replied excitedly."Did he ask you anything about your mummy?" Isabella prodded.She heaved a sigh of relief when Mirabella said, "no." Angelo may have just been nice because she looked like his sister. She had taken a huge risk b