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 you, I care about you and I don’t want you to give this child away in exchange of money” he says and Isabella was emotional.“ Thank you sir” she says and Richard left the kitchen.It’s already time for dinner and Anita is back home and she joined Richard at the dinning, Isabella served the dinner and Richard thought of talking to her not to adopt the child anymore and they both stared eating.“ Anita! Can I speak you about something?” Richard ask and Isabella stood in one corner to listen.“ Off course yes” Anita replies.“ I was thinking you should not adopt Isabella’s child anymore” he says and Anita gets upset and and drop the spoon.“ Why?” She ask in anger.“ I was thinking that Isabella might still come back for the child so to abound this kind of scandal, I think you should forget about the deal”he says.“ You are right but you do not need to worry about anything, this will be on agreement, I already told the lawyer to get the papers ready, she is going to signing them after she give birth to the child beside, she can’t take care of the child. I am sure, she will not want to see her child suffer just like she did. I am sure she don’t know the father of the child that is why, she does not want the child, I know her type” Anita says.“ What if that is not case? Anita! I am sure you know about personality, I guess, you should forget about the child and the deal” Richard says.“ Never! I can’t. We already have agreement and I can’t go back.” She says in anger.“ We just married weeks ago. What about we try having our child” Recharge says just ti convince her and Anita was upset and she stood up from the dining and she was about to leave and Richard stop her.“ I arm sure I have not upset you by what I said.” He says.“ Off course, you did and it has made me lost appetite already. Good night” she says and she went upstairs and because of Anita’s reaction, Isabella wants to keep her child for herself and she thought in her mind that there is more to it why Anita wants her child and she walked to the dining where Richard was seated.“ I don’t think this will work. I can see the anger in her eyes, she wants my child. I was a fool and so silly to agree. All this won’t have happened” she says.“ You don’t need to worry, no one will take your child” he says and he promised Isabella but he was already having feelings for her, it was so easy to fall in love with Isabella because his wife Anita is not his choice.As weeks passed, Richard could not hide his feeling for Isabella anymore and he decided to confess his love for her, Anita was not around and Isabella was alone in her room and he went her room, Isabella was surprised to see him in his room and she stood up from her bed.“ Sir!” She says and Richard kissed her and she was surprised, she was also having feelings for Richard but Richard is a married man.“ Why did you do that sir?” She ask and Richard old her hand.“ I can’t hide my feelings towards you any longer, I just have to purr out my mind today. I love you Isabella” he says and Isabella could not believe his words.“ Sir! You know that is impossible even though I am also in line with you” she says.“Are you saying this because of my wife? I do not love her and I am sure you also noticed that” he says.“ If you do not love her then why did you get married to her?” she ask.“ That was because my parents force me to get married to her. The first day, I set my eyes on you, I fall for you but I don’t know how to tell you” he says.“ I am sorry sir but this can’t work, ma’am Anita loves you so much and I always see the way she looks at you” she says.“ I will keep on chasing you until you says yes to me” he says.“ What will happen to ma’am Anita, I am sure you will not want to hurt her” she says.“ I don’t want to hurt her but she will leave me no choice than to field divorce because I have tried to love her but it’s not working, I don’t love her” her says and Isabella was surprised that he wants to divorce his wife and they both stare at each other.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
Chapter 13It’s the next morning and Anita and Richard walks downstairs and they met that Isabella has already serve their breakfast, Isabella stood in the dining side and she smiled, Anita and Richard walk closer to the dining and they stood.“ Good morning ma’am Anita and Mr Richard, I hear decided to serve your breakfast earlier than usual because we don’t want to both to be late to office today” Isabella says and Anita was upset because Richard was staring at her with some romantic eyes and she hit more angry and she smiles to pretend and she tap Richard so that they can have their seat and eat their breakfast and they have their seat and eat their breakfast, Richard still focus his yes on Isabella, Anita notice and she can’t take it anymore, she was pained and she was about to cry but she hold her tears, she stood up from the dining and Richard and Isabella wonders why she stood up from the dining, she was about to leaving and Richard hold her hand and she stare at Richard.“ You
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