Chapter 4: New Beginning for Isabella
It’s the following day and Isabella went to her former house to take her remaining luggages and on her way back to Richard’s house, she went with Jenny and they both hug.“ Jenny! What are you doing here?” She ask.“ I was in your house last night and knocked but no one answered. Where are you going to with your luggages?” Jenny ask.“ Well, I got a job and also a better offer” she says and Jenny was confuse.“ What better offer? It’s a good thing you got a job but what kind of a job is that?” Jenny ask.“ I got a job as a personal maid, one of the richest Billionaire in Lost Angeles, his name is Richard Jones and his wife Anita, they employed me” she says.“ Wow, that is so nice the lay must be good because I heard that to get a job in their company or House is being hard. How did you it?” Jenny ask.“ Actually! His car hit me yesterday and he rushed me to the hospital then I explained my situation for him and he decided to help me by offering me a job to work as their personal maid” she says.“ Wow that is good. Do you know that Richard was among the rich people who came to the val party that night?” Jenny ask and Isabella was surprised and she remembered the incident that happened.“ Really! I don’t want to talk about it” she says.“ Humm.. don’t bother I understand you. Tell me about the better offer” Jenny says.“ Ma’am Anita offered to give me money in exchange of my child when I give both to the child, she want to adopt my child, when I he or she is born” she says and she was happy.“ Did you agree to it?” Jenny ask.“ Of course I did” she says.“ You are such a fool Isabella. Why did you have to agree?” Jenny ask in anger.“ Anita! You and I know that I can’t take care of the child when I give birth to him or her and for the fact that I don’t know who is responsible or the father, I can’t keep child, it’s better if the stay in a family where by they take good of them child” she says.“ I understand your feelings but with this job, you can take care of child. I beg you in the name of God, don’t do this to your own child. I hope you will not regret this one day. It’s better if you change your mind now. Children are blessing” Jenny says and Isabella thought about it.“ But, I already agreed. What should I do now?” She ask.“ I don’t know Isabella, you already took the decision without thinking and now you have to find a way to think about what to do” Jenny says.“ I will take my leave now, I am getting late for work. Think about what I said to you” Jenny says and she left Isabella standing, after some times, Isabella got back to Richard’s house and she stood in the room, she was giving and she was already lost in thought and she heard her name.“ Isabella! Isabella! Isabella” Anita called her name and Isabella rushed out of the room and Anita was already dressed in a pink dress and ready to go to the office.“ Why did it took so long to answer me?” She ask in anger.“ I am sorry ma’am” she says.“ It’s fine, you are not going to be here for long because I can see that you are so dump but at the moment I need you to be here, you should serve my husband some fresh juice, he is upstairs in the room and also make sure you prepare the dinner, spaghetti and salad, that is what I want for dinner with some fried potatoes and make sure you don’t stress yourself to much because of my baby you are caring. I will tell my lawyer to prepare the agreement as soon as possible, you will signed it after you have given birth to the child” Anita says and she left for offhand Isabella touch her stomach and she remembered what Jenny said but still she is hesitating on keeping the child and she rushes to the kitchen to prepared Richard’s drink and she some minutes later, she rushed upstairs to the room and she knocks and Richard ask her to come in and she open the door and she went in, Richard was on the bed with his laptop ok his laps and Isabella serve his drink and she was about to leave and Richard stop her.“ Stop right there” he says and Isabella was nervous, Richard lift his laptop from laps and he move aside, he stood up from the bed and he went close to her.“ Did you think you made the right decision but accepting my wife’s offer?” He ask and Isabella don’t know what to say.“I am sure you know what you are doing. You want to give your child in exchange of money, I know that life is hard for you right now but I can help you with some money so you could start up a business instead of giving your child in exchange of money” he says and Isabella regrets that she accepted the offer and she is already having a second thoughts about it.“ Excuse me sir!” She says and she did not say anything and she left, she went to her room and tears fell from her eyes and she regretted ever accepting the offer but she does not know how to reject the offer, she will need Richard help to do that because she can see that Anita is desperate about her unborn child.“ Jenny is right and Sir Richard is right, I won’t give my child in exchange of money anymore” she says and she clean her tears.Chapter 5: Fell in love Isabella was in the kitchen and she was in a deep thought when she was preparing the dinner, she thought about what Richard said and also what Jenny her friend said, Richard walked pass the kitchen and then, he step back and he saw that Isabella was in a deep thought, he entered the kitchen and tap her and Isabella was shocked because she was not expecting him.“ Sir! I promise I will be done with the dinner in five minute” she says and Richard stop her.“ I know that you are thinking right now about what I told you but I want to forget about tte money and I think about your unborn child” he says.“ I already though about it sir and I think you are right but I am scared right now because ma’am Anita will think I am ungrateful, we already had a deal” she says.“ You can leave that to me and if she still insists then, you don’t need to worry, you can continue your job in the house and as well give birth to the child but I promise, I will protect you and support
Chapter 6Isabella is her room and she was enabled to sleep as she was in a deep thought thinking about her unborn child and Richard was not able to convince Anita to not adopt her unborn child.“ This is all my fault, I already accepted to give my unborn child out in exchange of money that was so silly of me, my late parents must me so disappointed in me in where ever they are, I am totally a disgrace right now” she says weeping and she remembered Richard confessing his feelings to her.“ I am in love with Richard but his wife love him so much and I wonder why he does not love her back, I do understand that his parents force him to get married to her but still he can get married to her” she says in her mind.“ I don’t want Anita to be hurt because of me, right now I don’t need love I just need to convince Anita that I don’t want her lie y anymore, and that I want to take care of my child my self” she says while she was in her room weeping and after some minutes, she heard a knock on
Chapter 7It was the next day and Anita is already dressed up in a yellow gown for her meeting, she went downstairs and the dining was not yet set and she got upset, she yelled Isabella’s name, Isabella was in the kitchen and when she heard her name, she was scared, she replies and she ran out of the kitchen and she ran to the living room, she met Anita and she can see that Anita was so upset, Richard was cloning downstairs and he stood in the stairs watching.“Yes ma’am, you called on me” Isabella says and Anita was upset and she went closer to her.“ Why is my breakfast not yet serve?” She ask as she frown her face and Isabella was not shut if words and she was stammering.“ Ma’am, I…I…I just finish with your special dish and I will be serving it soon” Isabella says and Anita yells at her in anger.“ What?!! Do you know what time it is already? I have a meeting and I need to be there as soon as possible and my breakfast is not yet serve, you are so dump” Anita says in anger and Rich
Chapter 8Isabella dressed up and she sneak out of the house, she stop a taxi and she entered and she told the taxi to take her to the address where her friend Jenny works, while Richard is in his office thinking about Isabella and he smiles and he hope that one day, Isabella will consider him and accept his love and live him back just as he did so he can be free from the bond his parents caused him, he wants to be free from Anita at all cost now that he has meet his perfect and true soulmate, While Anita was in her meeting, she was not concentrating and her mind was full of thought that Isabella might snatch Richard from her and also take the baby away, she was not ready to lose Isabella’s unborn child because she knew that her condition won’t allow her carry a child, she has coke up with an idea not to scold Isabella anymore till she will put to the bed, the meeting was still going on and the board directors, called out Anita’s name but she was lost in thought and did not hear what
Chapter 9Anita and Dan both walked out from Anita’s officeX Dan see her off to her car, the driver open the door for her and she entered, she wave at Dan and the driver drive off, Dan stood watch the car left.“ I love you Anita but it’s too late now that you are married” Dan says to himself and went back to his office. Anita has told the drive Eto drone him to Richard’s office and the driver did.Isabella got back home and the chief maid stop her.“ Where are you coming from?” The maid ask.“ From a friends place” Isabella replied to the old woman that is the chief maid of the house.“ Remember that you are in duty and the our boss Anita is very strict and sue don’t allow her workers to go out when they are on duty, you should be very careful by the way you look worried is everything ok with you” she ask and Isabella smiles.“ I am fine, you do not need to worry about me” she says and she went to the kitchen.The driver open the door of the car for Anita and she got down from the
Chapter 10Anita went closer to Isabella where she stood and Isabella drop her head down and Anita looked at the dining side and she smiled again.“ I can see that you already serve my food” Anita says and she smiles.“ I know that you are upset with me ma’am and that is I had to serve you this food when I heard the sound of the car that you are back, I just hope you can forgive me because of me you refuse to eat your breakfast before going to office and that hurts a lot” Isabella says and Anita smiled.“ I can see that you are a caring cook, I must says that’s I am impressed” Anita says and she went to the dining and Isabella was shocked and at the same time she was happy because Anita wants to eat the food and she quickly went to open the foods and Anita smiled.“ Wow! The dishes looks so yummy, I will have a taste of them” Anita says and she has a taste and she smiles.“ The dishes are so yummy. Thank you so much for taking your time to prepare all of this for me”Anita says and Is
Chapter 11It’s already in the evening and Richard is back home, Anita peep from the wi down in the room and she saw that Richard is back home and she tried to hide her anger so that Richard won’t suspect that she is up to something bad, she walked out of the room and she went downstairs, Richard entered the house and he saw that Isabella was happy and not worry anymore, Anita stood in the living room and expecting Richard to come to her, Isabella stop Richard and Anita saw that she was upset, Isabella was happy and smiling and Richard wonders why she was happy.“ You look so happy” Rocha says.“ Yes sir, I am very happy today” She says and Anita stood in the dining side while Richard and Isabella were in the living room and she wonders what they are talking.“ What are they talking about? Never mind. Now I see Isabella is so ungrateful, even though it was fake, I made her believe me that I left everything behind and now she wants to get more closer to my husband, I will teach her a l
Chapter 12Richard stare at Isabella because he love her so much and he hope that one day they can be together so he can be free from Anita.“ I was thinking if you could stop working here as a cook” he says and Isabella stare at him.“ Why should I stop working here as a cook, I need to save up some money” she says.“ I was thinking if I could get you an apartment then help you establish a business. What do you think about that?” Richard ask and Isabella wish she could say yes but unfortunately she want to reject the offer since Anita has already accepted for her to stay in the house and save up some money because she does not want to hurt Anita and she doesn’t want her to feel that she is taking her husband away from her.“ I am sorry sir, I don’t think this a good idea beside Anita had allowed me to stay here and work then save some money for my self” she says and Richard state at her.“ I understand that Anita already let things go but I will still advise you to leave the house, y
Well?" she asked, demanding a response from him."I don’t want to quarrel over this, Hannah." He was smart enough to recognize a loaded question when he heard one. Smart enough to extract himself as best he could, too. "All I’m saying is that I’d prefer it if you invested as much time in our relationship as you would in a job. There are only so many hours in a day. You can’t do everything, you know.""In other words you wouldn’t be willing to help with the cooking or the housework?"Richard was quickly losing his grip on his patience, which had always been in short supply. Isabella seemed to be looking for an excuse to pick a fight with him by tying him up in verbal knots. She had been from the moment he’d arrived home. Hell if he knew what he’d done that was so terrible now."I’d be willing to help with the cooking and housework." He fully expected his answer would take the starch out of her arguments. How willing he actually would be to help around the house was another question ent
Isabella ?" He spoke her name softly when he noticed the moist trail of tears that streaked her face. "Would it help any if I told you I was sorry?" He didn’t know what he was apologizing for, but it was apparent he’d hurt her, and knowing that didn’t sit right.She stopped and looked up at him through narrowed, suspicious eyes."Whatever I said, I didn’t mean it," he tried once more."You don’t remember?" She sounded incredulous."No," he admitted, reaching for her hand. "Come back to the house and we’ll talk about it. All right?"She seemed to be trapped with indecision. He raised his hands to her face and gently rubbed the tears from her cheeks. Each one was an accusation against him. His heart constricted at how pale her features were, how fragile she looked. It demanded every ounce of control he possessed not to take her in his arms and beg her forgiveness. He was a reckless bastard to inflict his drunkenness on so delicate a soul, and he silently vowed never to do it again."Com
Tell me," he said, walking toward her, fully intending to take her in his arms; a couple of kisses might reassure her even more. "You wouldn’t happen to be jealous now, would you?""Jealous?" She threw the word back in his face as though he’d issued the greatest insult of her life. "If you can honestly mistake integrity and principles for jealousy, then I truly wonder what kind of man I’ve married."With that she turned and walked into her bedroom and closed the door. Isabella had probably never slammed a door in her life, he realized.Air seeped between Richard’s clenched teeth. He’d done it again. Just when he was beginning to make headway with her, he got cocky and said something stupid. It was becoming a bad habit.He let a few moments pass, then decided to try once again. He knocked on her bedroom door, but didn’t wait for her to answer before turning the knob and walking in. A husband should be allowed certain rights. Isabella turned and glared at him accusingly."I didn’t mean
None of my business," she repeated calmly. Obviously she was traipsing across ground he had no intention of mapping. "I see.""It’s obvious you don’t. Damnation, woman, you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.""I most certainly am not," she replied, doing her best to hold back the flash flood of anger that threatened to drown her. "If anyone is being unreasonable, it’s you. Apparently the subject is a touchy one and best dropped. I’m sorry I said anything.""So am I."It seemed that Richard wasn’t watching the road as well as he should have been, because a car shot past them and the driver hammered on the horn as he sped by. Her husband muttered something under his breath that Hannah pretended not to hear."Are there others?""Other what?" Richard shouted. His frustration with her was clearly getting the best of him."Women," Isabella explained serenely. "I should know about them, don’t you think? It might save us both a good deal of embarrassment.""Are you asking for a list of e
He came around and helped her out of the car and cupped his hand under her elbow as they walked up the flight of concrete steps to his apartment.Once they reached the top, Richard unlocked the door. Shoving it open, he turned to Isabella and without a word calmly lifted her into his arms.Taken by surprise, she let out a small cry of alarm. "Richard ," she pleaded, "put me down. I’m too heavy.""Let me assure you, Isabella Jones , you weigh next to nothing." With that he ceremoniously carried her over the threshold, gently depositing her in the leather recliner.Isabella smiled at him, a little breathlessly, although he’d been the one to do all the work. This man was full of surprises. All week she’d been convinced she was marrying a monster, but Richard had gone out of his way to prove otherwise. Perhaps this marriage had a chance to survive, after all.Richard turned on the television and reached for the evening paper and, after a few minutes, Isabella excused herself and began unpa
Glancing at her now, sitting by his side as they drove to his apartment in nearby Port Orchard, gave him further cause to wonder. She hadn’t said more than a handful of words since the ceremony. He hadn’t a clue what she was thinking, but he figured she was looking for some way to get out of this."It was very nice of Chaplain Stewart and Lieutenant Commander Kyle to arrange housing on the base for us, wasn’t it?" she asked softly."Very nice," he repeated. He wondered how many strings his CO had had to pull to come up with that. The news had come as a surprise to Richard , who’d lived in a small apartment complex for the past two years."When will we be moving?""Soon.""How soon?"Hell, first he couldn’t get her to talk, now he couldn’t shut her up. "Next weekend.""Good. Packing will give me something to do while you’re gone during the day. Once we’ve moved, I’ll look for a job.""I don’t want you doing any lifting, you hear?" She flinched at his harsh tones, and he regretted speak
I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.""Obviously," he retorted, trapped in his anger. "No one in their right mind would do this to themselves. The question is, what the hell are we going to do about it now?""Oh, don’t worry. It isn’t necessary for you to marry me. I don’t know what ever made Dad suggest that."She seemed so damn smug about it, and that riled him all the more."Apparently your father feels differently. He seems to think my marrying you would salvage your honor."She nodded. Her hair was tied at her nape, giving Richard a clear view of the delicate lines of her face. As pale as she was, she resembled a porcelain doll, fragile and easily breakable. She looked dangerously close to that point right then."My father is an old-fashioned man with traditional values. Marriage is what he would expect.""What do you expect?" His tone was less harsh, his concern for her outweighing his irritation.Isabella placed her hand on her smooth stomach as though she longed to protect
She woke when her father made a sharp turn and eased to a stop in front of a guard house. He rolled down the window, and a blast of cold air alerted Isabella to the fact they’d arrived at their destination. She straightened and looked around. Although she’d never been on one before, she recognized immediately that they were entering a military compound. "Dad?" she quizzed. "Where are we?""Bangor," he announced a little too loudly. "We’re meeting Richard Jones."In Chaplain Stewart’s office Riley sat, ramrod straight, across the room from Isabella Brown and her stern-faced father. Richard gaze narrowed as he fired a look in her direction. Not once did she deign to glance his way. She sat, her back as rigid as his own, but although she held her head high, her gaze refused to meet his. Perhaps it was just as well.First thing the previous morning, Richard had been called before his commanding officer. When he arrived, he’d discovered Chaplain Stewart and Lieutenant Commander Steven Kyl
Richard blamed himself still. He feared he’d frightened her so badly that she’d fled in horror. Had he hurt her? She’d been so tight and so small. It was all he could do not to slam his fist into the wall every time he thought about their brief encounter, which was damn near every minute of every day. What had happened to her since? Was she sick? Alone? Frightened? Pregnant?He’d been in control of their encounter until she’d kissed him. Now it was weeks later and he still reeled at the memory of the gentle, shy way in which she’d pressed her lips to his. He cursed how he could close his eyes and continue to taste her. How sweet she’d been. How warm and delicate. Her lips had molded to his, and her flavor reminded him of cotton candy. That alone was enough to torment him, but it wasn’t all. Her fragrance continued to obsess him. It wasn’t a commercial one he could name. The only way he could think to describe it was to imagine walking waist-deep in a field of wildflowers.The woman ha