ISABELLA POVI woke up with a banging headache. Groaning, I slowly peeked open my eyes and saw that the light in my bedroom was shaded by the curtains. Whoever brought me back here must have considered that the harsh sunlight would be a disturbing factor. It was kind of sweet for them to think of me in that aspect, which means…Hold on a damn minute.I sat up with sudden alacrity as images assaulted my pounding head. There was Madison—Alex’s ex—constantly asking me questions related to my marriage. We were playing a game, if I could remember vividly. A truth game. I gasped aloud as I came down quietly from the bed.What the hell had I gotten myself into?Hands shaking, I checked around for my phone. I was still in my last night outfit and my purse was dumped on the floor, which made me wonder how the hell I got home. Was it Alex or had I just stumbled myself in? If Edwards wasn’t in, then that means he hadn’t seen me yet.So what happened last night?I know for sure that Madison kept
ISABELLA POVI was not allowed to see Alex. For a moment, I stood, astonished. In my ride of anger, I had driven to his office with the sheer intent of seeing him and skinning him alive. I’d forgotten that I was just known here, that I was practically a secret. Edward didn’t introduce me to his job because he didn’t want people knowing too much about me; he just wanted to keep me at home as the perfect wife while he worked and inaugurated his sons into the working life. So it was perfectly normal for the receptionist to immediately see me and turn me away. They probably thought I was just another female aiming to meet Alex.“You don’t understand,” I said for the third time. “I’m quite close to Alex. I need to see him now.”There were three behind a long desk. The first one shook her head at me tiredly, as if she understood my predicament and was tired of turning puny females away.“Ma’am, if you don’t have an appointment, I cannot help you,” she said.Now I felt insulted. I would hav
ISABELLA POVI followed him into his office. Just as I entered, he looked back at me impatiently.“What do you want?” Lucas asked harshly.I gulped as I struggled to explain. “Please understand, what you saw isn’t what it is. It’s just that—”He rolled his eyes and walked to his desk, who’d distracted me and stopped my sentence in the middle. When he looked at me again, his eyes were blank and serious at the same time.“Isabella, there’s no point explaining what that was. I’m just lucky to have seen it, that’s all.”“You don’t understand, Lucas—”“You’re right, I don’t. You should know that I have no problem whatsoever with what’s going on between you too. Matter of fact, that's exactly what I want and you know it.”“That’s what I’m trying to explain! Nothing is going on between us. He doesn’t even like me like that.”I could see that Lucas’ impatience was morphing into anger. He stood up and walked to me once again.“Isabella, you’re going to make him fall in love with you. How hard
ISABELLA POVHe dragged me away. I don’t know what made me follow him like a ragged doll. My mind was blank then, and I was already planning on leaving the company before he jumped on me from nowhere.“Alexander!” I hissed.“Shhh!” He said to me, dragging me still.I struggled to keep up with him, but I didn’t have to try for too long. Before I fell flat on my face due to the force he dragged me with, he pinned me against the wall in a dark corner. The dark corner was a thin wall between an office and another, which was risky as hell—especially with the position he put me in. “What are you doing?” I asked as I tried to push him away. “You can’t do this!”“Do what, exactly?” He smiled at me. “Surely, you don’t think we’d get caught this way?”“You can’t keep doing this with me, Alexander. Back in your office, your brother saw us kissing!”Alex scoffed. “He didn’t see anything.”“How would you know that? You didn’t even lock your door.”“Isabella, don’t tell me you’re getting all angry
ISABELLA POVEdward looked at me contemptuously, he had never looked at me this way, his eyes trailed at me as if I were a dirt. This is the worst thing I’d ever imagined.My shorts were thrown somewhere in the room and one of my boobs was hanging outside my top, and then my legs spread wide apart with the vibrator drumming on my clit.His face was red with anger, so red that I immediately felt the same shade of embarrassment and shame waving through me. I moved instinctively; pushing aside the vibrator and grabbing the sheets to cover myself. Edward straightened, his anger seeming to stretch in my awkward moments. The vibrator continued to add to the tense silence until I turned it off.“I can’t believe you’re masturbating with my son’s name on your lips,” Edward said in quiet rage. “Are you imagining him inside you, too?”My face heated up. “No! No, that wasn’t what I was doing!”“That wasn’t what you were doing? Do you think I’m dumb or something? I heard you right from the door!
ISABELLA POVIn the general bathroom that was situated close to the dining room, I watched the video again, and again. Just when I thought the noise was getting too loud, I turned it off. This was crazy. Who would have sent me this? Who was there?Pacing, I tried calculating my thoughts. Who really would have done this? This video was taken exactly when I went to Alexander’s office to confront him. We’d been kissing, and I was loudly slaking him to touch me there. It was all in the video, loud and clear.“Gosh,” I slapped my forehead.“God, Bella, you’ve been so careless!”And I truly was. Several times I promised I wouldn’t be in that situation with Alex again, and all those times the rules failed. Even when Lucas caught us, I still went back to the dark corner with him.“Stupid, stupid, stupid!” I muttered to myself. “You really are stupid!”My phone rang, causing me to jerk in shock. I stilled my breathing and looked at the screen. It was an unknown number, just as an unknown numbe
ISABELLA POVA purring sound from the outside garage indicated that someone was driving in. Hopefully, it wasn’t Edward. The house was empty now and I didn’t want him to see another excuse in pinning me to the bed and having his way with me. That’s just way too much torture I can handle after he heard me calling out Alexander’s name during my masturbating session.When a knock on the door came instead, I knew it wasn’t him or any of the family. Everyone had their own key, and sometimes they’d wriggle the handle to check if it was open first before coming in.“Isabella! Are you home?” Brianna’s voice called from outside. “Damn, I knew I should have texted her before coming. If only she could pick up her darn calls.”Smiling, I pushed my salad plate aside and opened the door. She was just about digging into her purse when I opened the door.“Yes, I’m home.”Brianna rolled her eyes and pushed past me as she entered the house. “Why can’t you pick up your phone when it’s ringing?” she comp
ALEXANDER'S POVI strolled into the revolving doors of the building that housed my father's company. I walked confidently, and I was fairly certain that on the outside, I looked totally in control.But on the inside, my nerves were tied in knots and my chest had become severely constricted. All of this had absolutely nothing to do with it being my first working day in my father's company after many yearsThe last time I had been this nervous was more than Eight years ago when I was fired from my last job.Since my last encounter with Isabella, I hadn't gone back to the house. After I left Madison's place, I stayed at a hotel, just to avoid seeing Isabella. Needing the space myself to think, to work out my own emotions- the turmoil slowly brewing in my heart.I was immediately met in the reception by half a dozen men in suits. I immediately recognized Tom Bradley, the current CMO of the company.The team of executives introduced themselves to me then we rode up to the three floors of t