Chapter 17 Foolproof Plan

When the door swung open, she was totally dumbstruck and her mind went blank for a few seconds. She was surprised and shocked.

'What the heck is this? Was it really him? She couldn't believe it!' She muttered to herself in disbelief.

"Ethan?"

She whispered out her words shortly as if she wasn't really sure about the man's identity whom was now standing in front of her.  

Izzabelle froze on the spot and keep on rooted from where she stood. She couldn't still imagine seeing him now. After almost 7 years of their separation without words to each other, now they finally meet again face to face. They just starred at each other's eyes and no one ever break the silence lingering around the two of them.

Suddenly, she was pulled by a pair of two strong  musclular tattooed arms into an embrace. She was mentally blocked and didn't even noticed that she was already picked up and brought up inside the apartment. She was just brought back to her senses when Ethan kicks the door and slammed it shut.

Ethan put her down gently without breaking their tight embrace. He just hold her tightly in his arms and buried his face into the crook of her neck. Sniffing her scent slowly.

Izzabelle also hugged him tightly. Unable to control her mixed emotions for him, her tears flow out from her eyes freely just like a nonstop water falls. Her longing, love, hatred and anger for him were all mixed together. She missed him so much throughout the years since they separated. 

She was always been a loner back then during her senior years. And it's just that only Ethan took the initiative to approach her and nobody else made an attempt. That's why they became friends and eventually dated and became a couple until they separated from each other.

Since then, she just focused on her studies to divert her attention from thinking further of her hurtful memories with him. She had also hated him so much thinking that he chose to leave her behind.

And now, they're finally facing each other's face. She had lots of interrogations to make to satisfy her curiosities and confusions. But she was in a trance that she didn't know where to start her inquiries.

The young woman was still in a daze and was totally lost on her own thoughts until she felt a little suffocated and that's when her right state of mind returned back.

Izzabelle tapped Ethan's broad shoulders softly indicating him to break free from his bone crushing hug, but instead of breaking free, he ignored her gentle tappings and tightened his hold even more around her instead.

"Babe... please let me just hug you for a while... I missed you so much!"

He whispered pleadingly with so much tenderness in his voice that made her heart melt. She didn't have the heart to decline his simple request as she also longed for this moment to come. His longing and love for her evident on his voice as he speak and his tight hold. 

"I missed you so much too... And I hate you so much at the same time for leaving me behind..." She whispered back to him rising her voice a little higher and pretended to be angry.

Ethan finally loosened his arms which was circling around her and chuckled softly. He holds up her delicate chin using his thumb and forefinger as he starred straight into her hazel fiery eyes and caressed her rosy cheeks lovingly. His beloved Izzabelle had changed so much during their separation and so though himself. He had noticed that his silly girl before was now getting more attractive and gorgeous compared to the past.

They're both became adults now and both living independently according to their separate interests in life. They could make their own choices now accordingly unlike before. But as of now, they could make do with this kind of arrangement for the meantime. They still have a lot to do together and so much more to encounter.

"Ethan..?"

Izzabelle called him out softly. She wanted to ask the questions that was lingering on her mind for a long time. Her curiosity was killing her slowly.

"Babe..."

Ethan sensed that he was about to be questioned by his girlfriend and he wasn't still ready to tell her everything so he added,

"We will talk about everything later okay? Let's just savour this moment. I Want to kiss you badly, can I?"

He whispered softly as he was asking for her permission. 

Izzabelle just nodded her head to show her consent then she closed her eyes and... as if on cue, Ethan immediately captured her soft pink lips with his thin hungry ones. He nibbled on her lower lip as it opened slowly and let his tounge run into her delicate mouth back and forth.

When Izzabelle gasped, he had found an opportunity to shove his tongue completely inside her mouth and search for hers. The woman pulled him closer to deepen their kiss as she encircled her arm to his waist and took hold of his nape with possessiveness.

She was already losing her ounce of sanity to his kisses and played together with the same rhythm. Their tongues danced and explored in  each other's mouth.

Through their making out session, their phones were suddenly ringing interrupting their sweet moment. Both gasping for air to breath. They starred straight at each other's eyes again for seconds and both averted their gazes to their mobile phones and finally received their incoming calls.

"Yes, what's up? Alright, I'll be right there tomorrow."

Came Etan's cold and emotinless reply before hanging up the call. He was pissed off by the sudden interruption. He glanced at Izzabelle which was still talking on her mobile phone in the corner and pricked his ears.

"Hey... What's up? Uhh.. okay... I'll be right there on time, how about the others? Alright, Got it!" Izzabelle's stern voice came out low enough as she also took a glance at Ethan while speaking on her phone.

The couple were both curious about each other's phone calls but chose hide it at the moment and just act casually. Whatever it was about, they would eventually know sooner. It's because their chosen jobs are related to each other. But they are not aware of it. Not yet.

Finishing their separate respective calls, they both seated in the wide gray couc. Ethan pulled Izzabelle closer to him and wrapped his arms around her waist as he was kissing her forehead. The woman also snuggled up closer to him leaning on his shoulder. Both are silent and lost in their own terrain of thoughts. 

"Ethan, where have you been all those years?"

Izzabelle asked gently. She was curious about his whereabouts for almost 7 years.

"It's a long story babe... I will tell you some other time but not now..."

He replied casually as he was contemplating on how would he start to talk about everything. He wants to spill everything to her but they had to discuss something else right now.

"Then why do you have to threatened my nanny just to meet me? You know... you can just visit me right? And what's that car that followed me on the way here? Was there something wrong that I should know?"

She questioned curiously as she was really puzzled by his weird arrangement. 

"It's a foolproof plan. Linda was not just your nanny. There was someone behind her. She was hired to keep an eye on your family. I choose to threaten her to make her believe that you have another enemy which was me.

Eventually she would report this situation to someone who had hired her. We can't see each other openly because we're both being watched and monitored. And those car that keeps on following you all the way here is to make sure that you could make it to come in one whole piece."

He blurted out his explanation in one breath hoping that his woman would understand him. He just had a day for himself and explaining such situations would take a lot of time.

Izzabelle who was leaning on his shoulder and nuzzling on his chest frowned when she heard his words. She straightened herself slowly and took a few inches off from him.

"What do you exactly mean?"

She demanded an accurate answer. Her voice turned cold and her hazel fiery eyes flickered as she looked at him sharply. She was literally waiting for more possible explanations to come.

Ethan released out a long sigh as he couldn't even get the right timing to explain out everything to his girlfriend. The time was too short for them.

"Everything isn't as simple as you think it is Izzabelle... there's a lot of things that you have to know but this is not the right time for it."

"Why don't you try me then? Do you think of me as an innocent being?"

Izzabelle berated with anger as she wasn't expecting that her boyfriend was the first person to judge her based on her appearance. She was disappointed because of it. She wasn't the type to flock highly her full strength and power and shoved it into every person's face. She was just a low-key person.

"Come on babe... we just seen each other today after our long separation, don't get mad at me please..."

The woman still hold unto her stern expression and crossed both her slender arms on her chest and snorted coldly while starring him directly in the eye.

"How did you know that I'm back? I just arrived yesterday!"

"It's purely a coincidence..."

"Then why didn't you approached me at the airport if you had seen me there?"

"I told you, everything isn't that simple. You have to trust me on this babe, I will tell you everything soon."

Izzabelle finally lost her last ounce of patience. She was having enough of his 'everything isn't that simple' litany which he repeatedly insinuated. She then stood up from the couch defiantly and took a glance at her signature wrist watch.

"Fine! I'm leaving now, I still had a lot of things to do."

As soon as she was done with her words she strode out from Ethan's living room and was about to open the door.

"Babe, wait!"

The man called out anxiously and  stood up from his seat and ran towards his girlfriend. He was desperate to spend time with her and he wasn't letting her go without having anything.