Semua Bab CRAVING ISABELLA: Bab 191 - Bab 200

NOAHOnce she does that eye roll thing, I know for a fact that she's come to peace with everything in her heart. I find it surprising that the truth just sprung up like this. I mean, Greta must have been in a really bad place for her to just open up and spill the truth like that when she knew she had a chance of losing Isabella for a lifetime.My girl, is a really strong girl. She's... the definition of strong and perseverance. I didn't think she'd have the survival instinct in her at first but she's proven herself to be strong.I love her so much. She deserves more of my love and everything she can get. She deserves the world. And while I'll always fault, it's a miracle that she keeps taking me back every damn time.I just hope she works this thing out with her family. I don't support Greta's actions. It just came as a shock to hear of them. I do know how Isabella loves her parents. And I know that hating on them will only keep her from being happy."What do you think about planning

ISABELLA The past few days have been uneventful. Full of surprises that don't surprise me. Noah has come up with a long list of things he wants to do with me before we start planning our wedding which must be scheduled after my graduation and exams.Yeah. Exams are almost done. I have some documents to sign by the end of today, I've just talked to Chloe, filled her in on the gaps in my life... not before apologizing profusely for disrupting her honeymoon. I'm currently seated cross-legged as I scroll through a list of wedding venues Chloe has just sent me. It's not as if I asked her to. She's just particularly invested in my wedding more than I am. I sniff a little and pause at one picture. It does look compelling. Better than any one I've looked at so far. I actually have to increase the brightness of my phone so I can take a proper look at it.It's not until I feel arms encircling my waist that I know that I'm not alone in this house. Fuck. My eyes go wide and my body stills. I l

ISABELLA"I have an idea. I was thinking about your mom."The moment he says that, I can't stop the frown that finds it's way to my face. I'm sure he notices it. "Hey, you heard what I said right?""No, I did not."“Minnie, look at me.”“I don’t want to.” My fingers curl tighter in my lap. “If I look at you, you’re going to say something that makes sense and I don’t want anything to make sense right now.”There’s a pause. I can feel his eyes on me anyway.“Okay,” he says finally. “Then don’t look at me. Just… listen.”I let out a shaky breath. That’s the best he’s going to get.“She told you the truth,” he starts carefully. “A messy, horrible, ugly truth… but still the truth.”“But that doesn’t erase everything else.”I laugh under my breath. “It kind of does, Noah.”“No, it doesn’t. It changes things. It complicates things. But it doesn’t erase them.”“It erases her being my mother.”“It doesn’t erase her being the one who raised you.”“That doesn’t count!” I snap, turning to him n

ISABELLA "Relax, it's just me." My heart is pounding hard as I hear the familiar voice and the face appears in front of me. I squint my eyes at Chase who's laughing, his two palms placed on his both knees to emphasize how funny he thinks this is."What the hell was that for?" I narrow my eyes at him.He's still laughing. "I just thought it would be good to scare you. You know? It's been... a while." He shakes his head, his laughter finally dying down."You thought that was funny?" "Come on, I know it was." He tells me."Chase stop. I almost had a panic attack. You don't just go around scaring people." "I'm sorry. It was...""Not funny." I counter."Jeez. Can't you take a joke? What's up with the uptightness?""Nothing. You could have just come to me and said hello like every normal human being but no. You had to go and make me annoyed. Noah's almost here so..." My voice trails off."I'm sorry, okay? I saw you enter the hospital and I wanted to come say hi." He tries to explain."Y

ISABELLAThis is upsetting. It's genuinely upsetting when Noah acts like this. When he starts this... authoritative stuff and tries to go all macho on me. “Noah, I genuinely don’t understand why you’re upset.” I say, crossing my arms and leaning against the kitchen counter, watching him pace the floor.He stops abruptly, turning to me. “Because you didn’t think to tell me first.”Not this again. There's no big deal. At least that's what I think. “Tell you what?” I throw my hands up. “That I invited my best friend over? Wow, Isabella, what a crime.”“That’s not what I’m saying and you know it.”“Then what are you saying? Because from where I’m standing, you’re acting like I just did something completely out of line.”Noah exhales. “Chloe just got married, Isabella. She’s literally on her honeymoon.”“And?” I blink at him. “She’ll be back. I didn’t drag her out of it. I said after.”“She should be with her husband,” he insists.I let out a disbelieving laugh. “Oh my God. She is with he