Christian's POVI watched Belle's face as I showed to her the picture of one of the women. There was no expression there. She just sat and stared. Narrowing down the many list I had to just two had not been an easy task. Louisa had been very helpful cancelling the ones that lived afar and narrowing it down to ten for me.Belle looked at the picture and after a while, shook her head absentmindedly. "She's not." She replied. There was actually something in her voice that said otherwise."Are you sure, Belle? She's the most likely to be the one I am searching for."She studied again, tilted her head to the side and gave a gaze of someone who was really trying her best to recall."She's not. Your father's Jessie is really stunning."At her words, I looked at the picture, wondering what wasn't stunning in the woman i saw. "She's also very stunning, Belle." I said, shaking my head and swiping my phone to the next picture. "What about this one?" I asked her.This other Jessie was dark in
Belle's POVI stared horridly at the champagne stain on Natasha's white dress and the horrendous look on her face simultaneously. The tall red head who had barged in on us still stood face to face with Nick, wearing an angry expression on her face.Nick looked at his wife and noticed how embarrassed she was before facing the redhead whom I was sure was either an ex girlfriend or a mistress. There wasn't any surprised look on Christian's face, so definitely, the woman wasn't a stranger."What the hell, Felicity."Aha, Felicity was her name. Definitely not a stranger."You don't do that to people, how dare you?" Nick exclaimed. "That's my wife.""I'm perfectly aware that she is your wife, Nick" Felicity said to him without a look of remorse in her face. "She's the bitch you left me for, without even the decency to cut off the relationship with me."Natasha looked at her husband in disbelief. People were staring already and some made sure not to miss the opportunity of capturing everythi
Belle's POVStaring at the ceiling in my room, I wondered just how to get up and prepare for the meeting Gabrielle, Lucy and I would be having with Jessie. Something in me felt like she would run away from the city but at the same time, she didn't look like a timid woman.I got up from the bed and decided to run a quick shower, all the while thinking about my situation with Christian. Yesterday had been a weird one as I was desperately hiding from him. We hadn't seen each other since the other night where he had asked me to sit and have a drink with him but I had been too scared to. I knew it wasn't going to end well and really didn't want us acting weird towards each other.After dressing up in casual jumpsuit and parking my hair in a ponytail, I picked up my purse and walked out of the room hoping sincerely that Christian was out already.But he wasn't.He sat in the living room, staring at the television and sipping his coffee slowly. His head turned when I allighted and his eyes l
Christian's POVI tried my best to make sense of the situation I had just witnessed while staring at the three women in my life.After getting a call from Robert, my bodyguard who had followed Belle to make sure she was safe and didn't come across any accident on the road, I rushed down when he told me what they were up to."Really, Belle?" My mother exclaimed, staring at Belle with eyes wide open in combined shock and annoyance."I didn't do anything, I swear." Belle replied. "I really don't know why he is here and how he got here." I laughed at all of them. Although we were standing close to the roadside, I didn't care if we were going to be captured on camera or not."Well, I'll tell you how the hell I got here, my lovely wife." I said looking from one person to the other."Robert called me, you know Robert right?" I asked, pointing at his car parked just few blocks away from them. Their eyes followed my hand and saw whom was been spoken of immediately."I asked why he was calling
Belle's POVHis face was closer to mine and I could feel his breath on my cheeks. It was confusing what he wanted and annoying that I really wanted the desires I saw in his eyes to be true.After spending close to two months with him, I still wasn't aware what our relationship was. Was he still angry with me? Is he coming around to forgiving me? Or does he only want to act on the tension between the both of us and continue his behavior when he's gotten what he wanted.I looked at Christian again, trying desperately to read his mind but his eyes on me made it difficult to think.I loved the way his gaze usually travels from my face and lingers on my lips. It made me feel desired and desperately wanted. His eyes does the magic, making my heart beat with excitement.But things like this was not want you decide on impulse. The remaining months of my life as his wife depended on my decision this moment."Step away, Christian." I said softly to him, turning my face away and fixing my stare
Belle's POVThe kiss was soft and sensual and I felt my heart beat with excitement. He didn't force it, didn't use his tongue. It was just a touch of lips that weakened my knees and I was very grateful that I wasn't standing.He pulled back and looked into my eyes, wanting to be sure that I wanted this. I searched his face, stared at him for a moment and without thinking, without considering the consequences, I leaned in and gave him a peck again, to show consent, to let him know that I wanted this as much as he did.Christian slided his right hand behind my hair to cup my neck softly and he looked at my eyes again, carefully, before hungrily taking my lips this time around. The kiss was like a dance by experts. His tongue moved expertly inside my mouth, tangling with mine and dancing together.I moaned in my throat and as if that was the invitation he sought, the pressure on the back of my head increased and he deepened the kiss again.Yes. This is what I wanted so badly. This is wha
Christian's POVStorming out of the house, I stopped to calm my nerves before getting to the garage. What the hell had she been expecting? Someone who saw no future with me, of course it had just been sex and it had been a damn good one.I had forgotten just what it meant to have her in my arms and hear her moan to my touch, last night was a good reminder, but it was just what it was.Sex.No meaning attached to it.In the next six months, she would be out of my life. Like she said, there was no need trying to complicate the whole thing. Everybody had sex, it is just a normal mating of two people attracted to each other.Anthonio and my bodyguards bowed in greeting when I got to the car park and I nodded my head in response."I'll be going with the black sedan." I said to them and Anthonio hurriedly went over to open the car door for me."Belle will be going out today too, so if she insists on driving herself again, allow her to and have someone go with her like you did the last time.
Christian's POVThe question hit hard like a rock and I struggled to catch my breath. How the hell had he found out about that? Had he threatened Belle again to get that information from her? I trusted the doctor a lot, he would never mention anything to my father as long as I had asked him not to."Why aren't you speaking anymore, Christian?" My father asked, completely enjoying himself. "Have you already lost your voice? You should know how to talk." He said to me. He loved moments like these. Moments where he is able to seek control over me.I sighed in despair, hating my self but hating his guts more. How could he say things like that to me? I desperately wanted to rub it on his face that I knew about his little mistress and the shinanegans going on in his life, but I thought about my mother, how desperately she wouldn't want me to do this. That, was enough to calm my nerves down and signal my brain back to normal."I don't have anything to say to you father." I replied finally. M