Arabella's POVI check my appearance in the mirror before going downstairs for breakfast. It's been a few days since Sean asked me to work for his company. Today is my first day, and I'm feeling excited and nervous.I've bought some more formal clothes to wear to work, ensuring I have two pairs of suits in neutral colors in my closet while the rest are in pastel colors with no patterns to give variety to my outfit. I also bought a dress, but I'll wear it when I've worked longer at Sean's office.I can't wait to work again after such a long time, especially in a field that differs significantly from my previous job. There will be many new things I can learn, as well as new coworkers who will undoubtedly be more diverse than before."I hope I can do a good job and make other friends like Mel there," I mumbled in the mirror and went downstairs.Sean was already waiting at the dining table while Emi was organizing our plates that had already served breakfast. "Good morning, Bella." The ma
Arabella's POV"Hi, Bella?" A man stared and asked me questions, looking friendly as he approached me. I was a little slow to recognize him as the employee accompanying me when introducing myself to our team, the bracelet on his hand immediately reminded me.I smiled back and extended my hand. "Yes. "Nice to meet you in person, Alex.""Me too." Alex smiled wider, releasing my hand once we had shaken hands for a moment. She grimaced. "You're so much prettier than your picture that I was a little hesitant to greet you earlier."I snorted a laugh, appreciating his sincere-sounding pep talk. "Thank you.""Come on, follow me. "The others are waiting inside." Alex led me toward the glass door that slid automatically when the man stuck his identification card in a device attached to the door slats.I walked behind the man, breathing again as Sean had taught me when I faced a large room with several rows of cabinet-sized desks and employees at work. They all looked busy but fixed their gazes
Sean's povI hummed softly as I arrived at my office, feeling very happy that Arabella was now in the same office as me. She looked pretty earlier, though I didn't see her when we parted ways in the car."This way, we can get closer again, right?" I muttered, unable to help but smile as I imagined the situation when we could meet other than at home.I can also keep a better eye on her when she's in my company, compared to when she's home and walking around on her own. Arabella never forgot to check in with me, but once she didn't, a guy was already attached to her.I licked my dry lips, forgetting the face of the man who openly liked Arabella. "That bastard hasn't approached Bella anymore. That's good." I wouldn't let another man approach her for romantic reasons other than me.I activated my cell phone, waiting to hear from Arabella if she had any difficulties on the first day. I knew my girlfriend was brilliant, but I was worried because it was her first time working in a big compan
Arabella's POVI sighed softly as I got into the car, feeling a little heavy about going to the office and working with a coworker who openly disliked me. From inside his car, Sean watched me for a long time before finally sitting down and fastening the seatbelt."What's wrong, Bella? You still look sluggish after having breakfast with Emi's food." Sean sounded worried, knowing that his housekeeper's cooking usually cheered me up immediately under any circumstances, but not this time.I still remembered how Rachel had chuckled and whispered with the colleague next to her yesterday afternoon, just as I sat down and was about to get back to work. I tried to smile at them while saying hello, but they just fell silent and returned to their fun with occasional glances at me.I felt very uncomfortable then, but I couldn't do anything when they weren't openly insulting or hurting me. I could only remain silent and keep working, trying to understand the overall flow of my job from Liam and Ch
Arabella POV"What a bitch." I whispered furiously, not wanting my annoyance to be heard by others who might be in the restroom or suddenly enter without warning.I quickly exit my cubicle to wash my hands before returning to the room. Liam seemed waving to greet me, but my gaze was still directed at Rachel and the few friends surrounding her at another table. They must have been the women talking about me inside, but what could I do?Unlike Dallas, who could get emotional when upset, I was just an ordinary employee here, only on my second day of work and getting to know my other coworkers. I didn't want to use Sean, a CEO, or my brother in the same position to deal with them as he pleased.If I did that, I would lower myself to the same level as them, even lower due to their increasingly wild speculations. I could tell that they would think this far after hearing their judgment of me as a prostitute, just for being friendly to everyone and seeing my seemingly sexy appearance despite
Arabella's POVI received another tough assignment from Rachel but didn't complain. I'm starting to understand the flow of my work better after doing the same thing repeatedly, albeit with different documents and multiple trouble spots."Look at her, pretending to be serious despite not understanding anything." I heard one of Rachel's friends whispering too loudly for me to hear, but I didn't care.I just focused on working on the documents given to me and then sent them to my other coworkers to process. I also received revisions, but increasingly, I didn't make mistakes when I was done and checked it myself better."Mrs., here's the document you requested a printed version of." I approached Rachel after finishing, handing over the documents as she directed.The woman stopped her work, accepting the document I was working on to read straight through. Rachel looked serious while I was about to leave to return to my desk and continue working, but she stopped me. "Hey, where are you goin
Arabella's POVI looked at Sean in surprise, not understanding his sudden words when I was still a junior employee in his company. I didn't even think of owning and expanding the company like that man told Ellie to defend me."How can you say that, Sean? I had no idea that you had such big visions for me." I blinked, still not understanding his words, even though I had repeatedly thought about it quickly.For me, trying to keep working at this point was hard enough. I don't know what else I should do to learn and grow like Sean said, own a company, and become a successful businessman like that man did. That man's thinking was too amazing for me.Sean smiled at me, but before I could say anything, Ellie opened her mouth first and told my boyfriend. "That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard you say, Sean. That boy becoming a businessman? It'll never happen in a few years.""Hm, I think it might." Ellie's friend suddenly spoke up, making me take notice of the man I had just met today
Arabella's POVI wanted to catch up with Sean, who was only a few steps ahead of me after we parked the car, but Ellie was quicker to get to him and now had her arm around my lover's arm intimately. Nick stared at the incident as if it was normal and walked ahead.The woman seemed to smile gracefully and asked in a voice as sweet as honey. "What are you having for lunch today, Sean?""None of your business." Sean raised his eyebrows in surprise and immediately removed Ellie's hand from his arm. Seemingly annoyed by the woman's actions.Ellie was still trying to get close to Sean, who kept walking. I followed close behind, not far enough, but not so close that she didn't immediately turn her attention to me. I didn't want to accept her insult and chose to see her rejected by Sean directly.I know my boyfriend doesn't have any feelings for Ellie. He hasn't been able to repel her like the other women who have approached him so far. I didn't understand at first, but hearing the woman's ex
Arabella's POVDallas returned home three days later. He delivered the things I'd asked for perfectly, so I complimented him while he showed off how hard he'd worked to find all the things I needed."It wasn't too hard to find the snacks you wanted, but the embroidery took some time to do." He explained. "You know that Adele is old, so she taught me by example. I'm really good at copying what she makes quickly."I just nodded with a smile, accepting that Dallas' words weren't entirely true as the embroidery still wasn't very good, but I appreciated his efforts and his leaving, which had given Sean and me a chance to be alone while he was gone."Thanks, Dallas. Where are you going?" I asked as he quickly organized his other belongings instead of staying at our house as usual.He sighed heavily. "I have a job waiting for me.""Oh?" I looked surprised, though I could hardly hide my pleasure that the 'Days without Dallas' could continue for longer. "You're going into town again?"Dallas n
Arabella's POVIt had been seven months since my wedding to Sean, and it was only a few weeks until I went into labour. I stroked my belly, which had grown to almost twice my size, but my baby remained calm, a far cry from the two men in front of me who were feuding.They had been arguing for a while about where I should stay when I gave birth to my long-awaited baby. Sean, of course, wanted me to live with him in our house, but Dallas didn't like that and suggested something very similar to himself."Bella and the baby should stay with me for the first month." My brother said with determination. "If necessary, you can also come over occasionally, but I don't want you living in my house with them."Sean looked annoyed, letting out a breath that was so long it didn't sound like it was going to end. "Dallas, Bella is my wife, and the baby is my chil. There's no way I'm letting them stay at your house when we already have a house together.""So? I want them to stay a month at my house. Y
Arabella's POV"Now, Mr. Sean and Miss Arabella, please give each other a kiss to solemnize this marriage," the priest said to conclude our wedding procession.I felt so happy when I looked at Sean from behind my veil. He grabbed the end of the veil, flashing a smile as big as mine as he draped the veil over the tiara I was wearing, and then took my waist into his arms.I could feel the thrill of knowing what he was about to do and closed my eyes. The touch of his lips was soft, kissing me as we breathed and then opening my mouth with the help of his fingers. We kissed deeply and long until the applause from the guests was heard, as well as the excited cheers that made Sean and I stop our kiss.Our warm breath was faintly visible together, and then I lifted my gaze to look at Sean, who was also looking at me. We exchanged smiles again, knowing each other's feelings that we were both thrilled and happy with the wedding that finally happened that day."I'm so happy, Sean," I whispered t
Arabella's POVBefore I knew it, time had flown by. The preparations for my wedding with Sean were ready, and we were now at the building where our special once-in-a-lifetime event would be held.I had been looking forward to this day since Sean said he would propose to me, and it finally arrived in the blink of an eye. I had seen the decorations that Sean and the wedding organizer hired with a little help from Dallas.Everything looked amazing, even though I could only see briefly. Everything is no less, even more than what Ellie and Nick prepared for their engagement ceremony.I was sitting in front of the mirror, assisted by two people who took care of my makeup during the wedding ceremony that would last into the night and make me into the bride I had always wanted to be.Wanda was with me. She had been watching me get made-up and was looking at me as I was receiving lipstick on my lips. "I didn't expect that you, who has always been kept out of reach of men, would be getting marr
Sean's POVDallas was waiting for our return. He opened the door for me and saw me holding Arabella, who had fallen back into a deep sleep in my arms. The man let me in first and closed the door before asking me for his sister."Let me carry her to her room, Sean." He said, extending both his hands towards me, but I refused to let Arabella out of my arms.She was already comfortable. I didn't want her to be woken up by her brother's unreasonable request. "No need. I just need to go upstairs to lay her down. Thank you for opening the door.""I opened the door because I wanted to scold you."Dallas was already blocking my path to our room upstairs, almost reaching the stairs had the big man not been standing in between.I stared at the man, unafraid of his threats, which I had experienced many times during the time Arabella and I had been secretly dating until now. He always wanted to interfere even though his sister said he never liked it, as well as our agreement from the hunt, which
Arabella's POVSean took my hand. We walked among the beachgoers who were still arriving until late in the evening, and then headed for the less crowded side of the beach that was littered with a few shells stuck in the sand."I found one here, Sean!" I smiled broadly, pointing out the shells with beautiful-looking shells.The man approached, nodding approvingly as he took a long look at the shells I was holding before showing me the inside of the small bucket he was carrying. "Check out mine, Bella.""Wow, why are there so many?" I looked at Sean in disbelief when I saw that the number of shells he had caught had already reached half the contents of the bucket. "One, two, three... ten? You cheated!"Sean laughed. "I didn't cheat, the part of the beach I visited earlier did have a lot of them. I've only taken a few.""I'll go there then."I took Sean's hand, approached the beach that the man had explored earlier and shifted slightly to a place that he hadn't touched. He said that when
Arabella's POVI sat next to Sean, watching him take care of our wedding online by talking to the wedding organizer he had recently contacted while Dallas checked on the process of building our wedding hall in person.After my pregnancy checkup, they both agreed not to let me handle the wedding and told me to rest. Both of them didn't want me to get tired and asked me to pay attention to their busy lives."This is your first pregnancy, Bella. "You don't have to take care of the hassle like us, but take care of you and your baby during these preparations," Dallas said, reminding me again before leaving this morning.I was going to protest, but I also realized that my sister's words didn't hurt. "Can you take care of this alone?"I was a little worried because he acted quickly to take over the wedding affairs held by Sean before, while Sean took over my part. I only remembered that the construction of our wedding hall was already largely underway.Sean hadn't allowed me to see the progr
Sean's POVI swallowed, trying to listen to the words of the doctor who explained what Arabella should do for her pregnancy between the sharp eyes that didn't stop looking at me."Miss can take the supplements downstairs. This nurse next to me will take you." The doctor ended his explanation with a shady smile.We said goodbye to the doctor before following the nurse to pick up Arabella's supplements. I was trying to remember what I should do to help my beloved during her pregnancy, so I forgot about the threatening figure in front of me."You!" Dallas unhesitatingly grabbed the neckline of my T-shirt and pulled me hard. His piercing eyes clearly showed his desire to kill me when we arrived at the hospital's lower parking lot."You animal! You're not even married to Bella, Sean!"I said nothing, knowing that there was no point in adding oil to the fire that was raging before me. My neck felt constricted, but I still had room to breathe, so I didn't try to protest.Arabella tried to st
Arabella's POV"We're going to have our wedding at the same place as Nick's, but I'm going to expand it again," Sean said when we arrived home after our walk.I still felt tired, but I eventually pushed that feeling aside to listen to Sean's explanation better. "When did you plan this?" I asked."A few days ago, it seems or yesterday? I've asked Nick for a favour so we can rent the place right away for the next week." The man seemed relaxed explaining it to me, but it surprised me.I looked at him intently. "You said... one week?""Yeah, is it too soon for you?" He asked, instantly looking worried after hearing my question.I shook my head. On the contrary, I was feeling very excited about the timing of our imminent wedding, not in a month, but even less than a week when a few days had passed.I had initially been dreading this kind of fast-paced wedding, but after talking things over with Sean for some time and meeting Tya to make the dress I would wear when I got married, I felt our