There was an awkward silence in the library as the duo sat there pretending to be reading. While Isabella kept spacing out, Leo on the other hand was stealing glances at her in a way that she will not notice. He just couldn't stop himself from doing that even as he didn't want to. His eyes moved from her face and landed on her lips, the way they close and open was overwhelming his sense of reasoning. Right at that moment, all he could think of is to grab her waist and push his tongue inside her mouth. But then, he can't do that since he already promised not to disturb her. His phone started ringing, distracting him from staring at her. Bringing out his phone, the caller ID was his Dad. Leo cursed under his breath and stood up before turning to Isabella."Don't forget to go to my room, I will punish you if you disobey me" he warned. Before Isabella could reply, he was already out of the library. Once out, he picked up the call, ready for what comes after. It might really turn into a
"Of course not, we all enjoyed your food. That's why we are kin on confirming if it was really you, sincerely. You rock, you are a good cook" one of them corrected and Isabella sighed from relief. She wanted to ask if Leo found her pasta enjoyable too but she couldn't. This is the first time she's talking to them except Adam, some faces are kind of familiar to her. About three of them were those who brought her to that clubhouse. "That's true. Personally I think you should be secretly making meals for us anytime boss is away, what do you think?" another person said with a wide smile on his face as a little gasp escaped from her mouth. "We promise to keep it away from him, he won't ever know that" Adam added. Everyone agreed with each other. It will really be fun to cook but what if, just what if Leo finds out from one out of a million chances of him not finding out? But what can she do when they are all asking her to do the same thing for them? She sighed, once again glancing at t
Isabella woke up with the ray of the morning sunshine peeking through the window directly on her face. Just like yesterday, she felt arms wrapped around her. She doesn't need to be told before knowing who it is, she wanted to escape like she did yesterday again so she tried to get out of his grip but it became a failed attempt because his grip got tighter. "Stay for a few more minutes" she heard Leo's hoarse voice from behind and she automatically relaxed, closing her eyes from embarrassment. She didn't know that he is awake. As she laid back down by his order, she checked the time and it was a few minutes past 6. She's having a class by 8AM, there's still time for her to get ready but again, how many minutes is a few to her master?!She felt him snuggle closer to her, the moment they made a body contact, Isabella almost jumped out of the bed when his hot body touched hers. Her eyes widened as she removed his hand from her, turning towards him. She touched his forehead to feel his
Isabella entered into the school, she look around with so much excitement bubbling inside her. It has been just a week but she missed this place more than anything. She missed everything about it or maybe, what she missed the most is her classes. Entering into her class, the class suddenly became noisy on seeing her. Since she doesn't have friends, she ignored them, looked for a seat and sat down. "Hi Bella, how have you been? Did something happen?" someone asked sitting beside her, it's one of her course mates and if she is not mistaken, this should be the first time she is talking to her. She hardly talk to anyone and just sits on her own. "I am fine thank you and nothing happened" she replied with a bit of smile on her face. At least she is glad that someone asked about her which is a first. Soon, murmurs started as everyone stared at her."I heard she was married off to some old man by her uncle" Isabella choked on her spit on hearing that, married off to an old man? What kind
About ten minutes later, Leo's car pulled up in front of the gate. He looked around but there was no sign of Isabella so he called her. "I am outside your school gate" he said and Isabella showed up after a minute. She look kind of tired from today's activities which reminded him of his days in the University. "Good evening master" she greeted again, sitting down in the passenger seat in front with him. "How was your classes?" he asked the moment be ignited the car and drove out of the premises. "It was fine" she replied not knowing what else to say. "Good, did you eat?" he asked again which made her look at him, since when did he start caring if about her though?"I ate this morning" she replied truthfully, she had two consecutive classes after she ate with Jane this morning so there was no way they could leave the class."No matter how tight your schedule turns out to be, don't ever skip your meal. I don't want you to become malnourish, do you get that?" he questioned. "Yes" s
Isabella look from the maid to the people on the table with her, why is he requesting for her presence? Did she do anything wrong? Or is it on yesterday's cooking? What is she going to do if he decides to punish her? Not knowing the kind of punishment he is always talking about irk her the most. What if he order her to jump or do some kilometers race? Or even worse? She shook her head to get rid of the thought as it was beginning to put fear into her. She stood up with a fake smile on her face and nodded her head. "I will excuse myself then, see you later" she informed, Ellie wanted to say something but she couldn't because Isabella already disappeared out of the kitchen before she could even say a word. Instead of using the elevator, she absentmindedly climbed the stairs and when she knew she will be late to his room, she was already half way through the stairs. Isabella hissed loudly and screamed like a lunatic causing some of the workers to turn their heads to her. Embarrasse
Isabella stared at Leo like a lost puppy, her face revealed confusion. Sincerely, she doesn't understand a bit of what he said and what scare her most is the look in his eyes she cannot fathom. As much as she thought she could read him, she just can't because his eyes got darker as he continue to stare at her. After realizing what he said, Leo groaned internally at his stupidity. He let go of Isabella in embarrassment regretting what he just said. How could he have said that? He must be going crazy to have said that in front of her. What will she think of him? A creep? He was lost for a moment forgetting the fact that she is Bella, his little pet whom he is not supposed to show interest in. Clearing his throat, he took a step back from her creating a little distance between them. "Anyway, I hope you understand what I said. I hate repeating myself and also getting mad because of someone. You can leave" he said making gestures with his hand then turned around and entered into his
Adam faced the pool and dropped a tiny stone in the water, making a thud with it. Feeling too cold, Isabella removed her legs from the water and wore her shoes. "Where is she? Why is she not in this compound?" Isabella asked Adam who looked confused about her question, suddenly do not know who he is referring to. "I mean master's mother" she added to specify her question and Adam's face turned sour immediately, his face suddenly held horror as he look around in case someone or Leo himself will be passing. "Don't ever ask that question again, especially when Leo is around. Everyone in this mansion is forbidden to talk about her, I just got too into it a while ago and spoke about her. Please, don't ask anyone else, you've not seen one-third of his anger since you came here" Adam said referring to Leo. His mother is a sour topic for him. The only time he controls his anger is if it's his father that spoke about her, although he will be very mad but not compared to when outsiders talk
Isabella came out of her room fully dressed. There was a smile on her face as she came out of the elevator. She felt like she had won a lottery after both she and Leo settled their differences. Isabella hasn't been this happy in a while, she can't even describe the exact way she feels. She oddly couldn't explain her feelings but she knows that she is excited. "The smile on your face is luxurious" Adam whispered in her ear and she grinned at him. She is way beyond excited knowing that Leo has accepted her, he offered them a new beginning and she will stay by him. That's enough for her for now. She just wants to be by his side, seeing him alone is enough for her. "Because I am happy" she replied with laughter. "You are acting suspicious sis, did Cane give you anything to drink before we came there yesterday?" Adam asked while eyeing her suspiciously. "It's nothing like that" she waved it off with laughter. "Are you going for your exam? How prepared are you?" he asked. "Well, maybe
Isabella woke up with a sore arm, she tried moving her hand but it was as if someone placed something on it and she wasn't wrong. When she opened her eyes, her mouth went wide at the sight of Leo curled up next to her with his head placed on her shoulder. She was completely unaware of when he came in but what is he doing in her room? With the way he folded himself, it was obvious that he was cold. He didn't use the spreadsheet to cover his body. Isabella slowly began removing her hand making sure that he didn't wake up as a result of that and when she successfully did that, she exhaled, stretching her arm at the same time wondering if it's how men feel when a woman sleeps on their arm for too long. It does hurt! As she was about to come down from the bed to cover him with a blanket and disappear from the room before he woke up, he held her hand to stop her from going anywhere."Stay! I haven't been able to sleep for two days. I have insomnia and strangely, I can sleep with you by m
"You two Shouldn't have Cole with me, I can handle this just fine on my own" Leo protested. "We know you can but we are already here, I also want to teach that stupid man a lesson for having the guts to hurt our sister" Carlos blurted out. Immediately he realized what he just said, his hand flew to his mouth and his eyes darted to Leo while Sean stared at him like he had gone crazy. "I mean... I hmm—" "You don't have to explain yourself to me. It's okay if she is your sister, just protect her from now on. I need you all to keep her safe so that this won't happen again" Leo chipped in with a low chuckle. He had been furious since they left the house but this made him smile. Leo is aware that the guys see Isabella as family and their younger sister since she is the youngest of them. As long as it's just that relationship, Leo doesn't mind. He loves that they are getting along with her and they love her. Within a span of three to four months, Isabella has made everyone fall in love
Leo stared at the petite girl seated in front of him with a sigh. He reached for her hand and took it into his without breaking eye contact with her after making sure that she was looking at him. "Bella" He called. Isabella instructively shook her head to avoid his burning eyes. "Stop looking down and look at me" Isabella subconsciously raised her head immediately feeling like she was still his sex slave and owned by him. Since it's something she has done before, the habit has been instilled in her. "I know I don't have any excuse to have done everything I did but I am sorry, I couldn't do anything like a fool and let you go just like that. I thought letting you go would keep you safer than you being around me" Leo tried to explain but she couldn't wrap her head around it. How would she have been safer outside his mansion which is fully protected with strong security and enough people to look after her and care for her? "But I think that was a wrong decision and I am sorry" he ap
The small open space was turned into a bloodbath with most of Cane's men taken down. Leo made sure that only one person was unconscious, he didn't let the guys shoot him and gave him a shot on his shoulder instead of a vital organ that might be a hindrance to delivering Leo's message. After thirty minutes of a bloody fight with gunshots filling the air, every one of Cane's men that was there was taken down except just that one whose arm was shot. Leo walked up to him, he grabbed the man by his collar making him stand on his feet. "I am letting you go with just a shot on your arm so that you can deliver my message to your boss. You should be thanking your God for making me spare you so listen very carefully" Leo pissed as he hit the man's cheek for a few seconds then sighed to calm his breath. "Tell Cane Smith that I am giving him the chance to dig his grave in a way that suits him if he doesn't want me to do it for him. For every pain he inflicted on Bella, I will give him at leas
Isabella looked at herself in the mirror and then at the menu in her hand. She was standing inside the bar area and it was so noisy. She kept shifting uncomfortably while drawing down her gown. It was way too short and was exposing too much of her skin. She looked around the place filled with different calibers of drunks. They were talking and laughing within themselves, clearly wasted but still requesting more drinks. "Waiter bring another bottle of vodka" One of the men yelled. "What are you waiting for? Are you not going to attend to them?" Cane spoke into her ears out of nowhere. She jumped from being startled. Her mouth was shaking, even her hands were a bit left out. "I... I" "Stop stammering and get to work pretentious whore. I will be watching you from here to see how you will handle those men. Do not talk rudely to them and if they demand for your body, I will tell them the price" Cane announced and pushed Isabella forward after handing her a bottle of vodka.She held bo
Isabella didn't understand what Cane meant by her earning the money back for him until he went and came back with a dress and makeup artist. She was lost and confused as she was still hooked on those words Leo said about her. She wanted to get them out of her head so that she could stop hurting but she couldn't just like the way she couldn't stop herself from calling in love with him. Cane grabbed her up and made her stand on her feet even though she was looking unstable. "From now on, you will join the girls at my bar to serve the tables but yours comes with a special job because you will be rendering the service of your body to them as long as they pay me. Once I have gotten enough money to compensate for my loss, I will think of what to do with you" Cane explained clearly. It wasn't hard for Isabella to understand what he meant. While she is serving the tables at his bar, she will also be serving her body to the customers who need it. She gulped down and shook her head in disap
Jack Grayson was seen in a small house far from the city. He has been hiding here since the last time he spoke with Leo. The look on Leo's face that day was scary, it wasn't difficult to find out that the dangerous man had fallen for his pretty niece's charm. He'd come for her if he got to know that Jack took her from him not because he wanted to buy her freedom again but to sell her at a higher price. He had to flee his home to this place while he was processing his visa secretly. Just as he expected, Jack got a call from his neighbor about some people coming to look for him. It was obvious who it was. Leo did come to find him.Jack will be dead gone if he gets caught. Leo is not someone to mess with, the thought of going through what he went through the day they came to collect their payment made him shudder in fear. And as at that time, his boys were so lenient with him. Jack needs to leave the country for now else, it won't be long until he is caught. He made enough money from t
Cane Smith laughed to his heart's content on seeing calls from Leonard as expected. Leonard did value this girl here. "It seems your lover boy will find you soon but I am not sure about you being alive before then" Cane laughed again. He is suddenly feeling jelly for no reason. The fact that he just confirmed his guts and found out that he is right makes him overly excited. He pushed Isabella aside without saying anything else to her and left the room while laughing. He is going to be in a good mood today. Isabella exhaled deeply the moment her new master and his men left the room. They didn't care to untie her or remove the seal from her mouth. She just carefully stood up on her feet and sat down on the bed with all her body aching. She couldn't lie on the bed due to her hands being tied to her back. She is glad that Cane chose not to do anything to her body sexually. She'd feel dirtier than she already is and might end up developing PTSD without being able to save herself from t