The next morning when I woke up, I was alone in bed and I wondered for a while if I had dreamed about him coming to sleep with me last night.But when I got out of my room after freshening up, I saw Alexander sitting on the couch reading a magazine while sipping coffee and James was nowhere to be seen.“Good morning.” I greeted and he turned his head towards me and smiled softly as our eyes met.“Good morning, Bellissimo (beautiful). You slept well?” He asked and I nodded, then passed him to get to the kitchen but he stopped me.“Sit down, I’ll prepare a delicious breakfast for both of us.” He offered while standing up after putting away the magazine.“Haven’t you eaten yours already?” I was confused as he was already sipping on his coffee when I emerged from the room.He shook his head, with a smile. “I was waiting for you to wake up. I only drank the coffee, not eaten anything yet.” I pursed my lips, disapprovingly.“It’s not healthy, Alex.”“What?”“Drinking coffee on an empty stom

Alexander: (II)“What is it?” We both asked at the same time. She gave each of us an envelope with our names on it. James quickly tore the envelope and pulled out a piece of paper. He read it urgently and then cursed.“What did she write?” I asked out of curiosity and he simply handed me the letter. It said; “I am very glad to tell you that by the time you will be reading this, I have already left the country. You tried again to use me for your benefit, but now I am no longer the old Isabella you used to bully, ordering her around and she would do anything for your compassionate gaze! I’m leaving, never to return, with the conviction that if you have ever loved our parents in the slightest, you will stay away from me and let me make the decisions of my life freely, happily. As I go along, I would like to make a confession that I have always loved you immensely, and always respected you as my brother. But you took away both my child and my love from me so now I hate you more than the l

It was one a Sunday morning and I was sitting on my couch, drinking a hot cup of fresh coffee checking my emails and also waiting for Saira to wake up. She stayed with me last night and we watched a movie together. I couldn’t remember the last time I slept in. Every time I tried, I just ended up lying there, staring up at the ceiling.Yeah, I’m pathetic but I can’t do anything about it!Today was the last day of the week I gave myself to wait for his return but after tonight, I’ll never give him a thought or even hope for anything.My phone alerted me about a message I received. I opened up the text which came from Jan. He wrote to me that he was flying in the evening and I told him that I’d be at the airport, to see off. I smiled after sending him the message.“Why are you smiling?” Saira asked out of nowhere and I jumped. When the hell did she come out?“Oh, nothing. I was just texting Jan, he’s going back in the evening.” I told her & she sighed.“Good morning by the way. I was wai

I was drawing rough sketches on the paper for ideas when Saira entered the office but stopped when she saw the floor which was almost covered with balls of discarded papers and I was getting frustrated with the time. “Isabella baby, don’t do this to yourself, please. Eat something, you need to take a proper rest as your body still hasn’t recovered from the shock.” She exclaimed with concern and I huffed in annoyance. “I’m fine, Saira. I just want to…. I don’t need rest, I need new ideas to draw but it’s…..” “Hey, I know you’re pretending to be okay but you’re not and that’s normal because what you have been going through emotionally is far from ‘okay’ but I assure you that everything will be alright soon. Just have some faith!” She came closer to me and rubbed my back to comfort me but it never works nowadays. I got the memory of that last moment back after 5 days of returning from the hospital and it broke me down again, utterly. John and Saira were there to keep me on my feet but

Alexander:“She practically kicked me out of her place instead of kissing the hell out of me.” I expressed my disappointment and John chuckled while shaking his head.“I told you not to go there, not to throw this bomb on her but you didn’t listen to me,” John said after a while and I sighed.“I... she’s so confusing. Sometimes I thought that she loved me & then other times it was like she hated me the most in this world. I swear I’ll go crazy from this dilemma of hers.” I was exasperated.Me & John were sitting in the living room of John’s penthouse, while Saira was in the kitchen preparing pancakes for us. As Isabella saw me she confirmed that I wasn’t an illusion, the next minute she threw me out of her place demanding the spare key of her place but when I refused to oblige she yelled at me and then slammed the door on my face.I was not in the plane when it crashed as the staff made me jump out from the jet into the ocean below. There was only one parachute in the plane at that ti