Warning: this chapter contains explicit violence, not suitable for sensitive people, if you decide to read it is at your own risk. I clarify that in no context the situations described in this chapter seem good to me or I approve of them.ISABELLAOn my way home I received many calls from Andrew, I don't know if Caroline or Mike told him about what happened or if he is just calling to congratulate me and see if I liked his gift, but right now I don't want to talk to anyone, not even him, I feel too broken, I just want to lock myself in my little world to try to heal my wounds alone and try to assimilate all this, so I turned off my phone before I got home.When I arrived I was surprised to find my dad sitting on the couch, looking really furious, like he was about to explode, his face was red and he had a bottle of whiskey in his hand which he was drinking straight from, this sight frightened me, I had never seen him so angry, so I wanted to just go straight up to my room trying to go
ALEXANDER Back at the hotel, I am surprised to find Caroline at the front desk and when she notices my presence she walks towards me furious and slaps me, which I didn't dodge, I knew I deserved it."How dare you do that to her?" she asks with her eyes clouding over with tears wanting to come out."I don't want to talk about it, excuse me" I say trying to walk past her, but she grabs my arm."You're not leaving like that, not after what you did to her" she said and without being able to help it anymore her tears started to run down her face "She didn't deserve that, I trust you and I give you all of her."Her words cut deep into my heart tearing it even more, I want to scream at her that I didn't want things to end like this and less on her birthday, but she is not the one I would have to explain things to."Please let me go" I tell her as calmly as I can, I don't want to keep hearing how much I hurt the woman I love and what an idiot I was for doing it."Why did you do it, did you r
Currently.ALEXANDER After Isabella got out of the emergency room I stayed with her all day keeping her company and had spent the night in the hospital, but in the afternoon of the next day I left her in Caroline's care to go to my hotel to take a shower and then settle some pending accounts.That's what I came to do the moment I arrived at the house where my sister lives, I believed everything Caroline had told me but I needed an explanation from Emma or at least to be held accountable for her actions."Good afternoon young man" Carmina greeted letting me pass."Where is my sister?" I asked directly, at this point I had no time for cordialities I needed to get back to the hospital as soon as possible."In her room." hearing her answer I went straight upstairs and opened the door to her room without knocking.She was lying on the bed apparently watching something on her phone and when she saw me enter she looked at me puzzled."What are you doing here?" she asked without preamble and
ALEXANDER I was just arriving at Isabella's room when a blond man of about my height and build upon seeing me walks towards me looking furious, I can deduce that it is Andrew as he is here accompanied by Caroline and Mike."What are you doing here you bastard? You have no right to go near Isabella." He said through his teeth and clenching his jaw."You're nobody to tell me what to do, so step aside.""No, I want you to get the hell out of here and stay the hell away from her.""I don't give a shit what you want." I blurted out losing my patience."This is no place for fights" Caroline interjected as she walked over."I know but he doesn't deserve to be around her when he's responsible for what happened to her."I am very clear that I don't deserve to be near Isabella, but I simply can't walk away and much less if she is like this, I need to see her well so if she asks me to walk away, the rest I wouldn't."Andrew that's enough, let's go get a coffee, let him see her." He said and the
ALEXANDER "What progress have they made?" asked Andrew referring to the search for Isabella's father.A month had already passed, Isabella was fully recovered from the blows but still did not wake up, the doctors said that everything was fine, but still there was no response from her and it was too scary to see that the days passed and she still could not open her eyes, it had us all very desperate.During this time Andrew and I found a way to be moderately at peace, after all we spent too much time in the hospital with Isabella, so we had to find a way to support each other, we could not make a scene in the hospital and it was too uncomfortable to be always hostile to a person you are with every day."Everything is still the same, they are looking for him but he hasn't left any trace" I answered frustrated.I was tired of Isabella remaining in a coma while that coward was free, without paying for what he did to her.It was very frustrating to know that he hurt his daughter so much o
ISABELLA My mind woke up first but my body was still not responding and I could start to hear hints of a conversation in the distance in which I was not able to recognize any voice and I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't open them and I didn't know where I was, but there could only be two answers, in a hospital or lying right where I fainted, I still couldn't believe what my dad was capable of and it scared me to think of having to face anger again, but not recognizing any pain in my body made me wonder if it was just a nightmare, but I quickly denied it, because it had all been too real and it had all hurt too much to be just a dream.Soon I began to hear more clearly and I could recognize who the voices belonged to and I was relieved that none of them belonged to my dad."Will you still be her boyfriend even if she never wakes up? Are you going to tell me that you would wait for her for the rest of your life?" I heard Andrew ask, they were talking about me, but I was confused ab
ISABELLA "Alexander is here, he wants to see you," says Caroline entering the room with two cups of coffee in her hands."Tell him to come in.""Really?" asked Andrew puzzled. "I thought you didn't want to see him.""Yeah, let him come in." I repeated, hoping I was making the right decision.I had to cut this out at once, it was the healthiest thing for both of us, I think if I didn't agree to see him he would keep insisting and it was better to clear everything up as soon as possible.Caroline came out to tell him to come in and there he was, looking as stunning as ever, but this time when I took a better look at him, I could tell he had lost weight and that made my heart squeeze."Hi, how have you been feeling?" he asked with a small smile, but I could tell he was nervous."Please leave us alone" I said looking towards Caroline and Andrew."Are you sure?" asked the latter looking unconvinced."Yes, please" I said and they both walked out."Please sit down" I said pointing to the cou
ISABELLA Today I was going to be discharged from the hospital and I had to figure out what to do, I didn't even have a place to go, I only had the little money I had saved in my account, because everything else was gone.The bank had repossessed everything my dad had in his name and he had never put anything under mine, not even the car he had given me, so everything was just gone and my life was totally changed.I was a little afraid to face these new changes, but after all, it was what I had always wanted, not the way things happened, but I had always wanted to get away from my dad and be free at last, not to be afraid of saying or doing something to offend him and end up getting beaten up.I wouldn't have to worry about that anymore and even though I knew I had to depend on myself I knew it would be worth it, plus I had wonderful friends supporting me.I knew I could count on them and that was amazing, I loved having people as good as them around me, they gave me so much more stre
ISABELLA Since that horrible day two years had already passed, it was a really difficult moment and to overcome everything that happened afterwards was even more difficult, but it was done and now I was here looking at the sea, missing him.Everything that happened that day was crazy, just thinking about that day makes my body shudder, but the only thing that relieves me is that the man who sired me is in prison, paying his sentence and I don't think he will ever get out, so he won't have the chance to harm anyone else.Besides, he couldn't hurt Mirtha and she was now living with her sister in Wisconsin, I had been to visit her a couple of times and she was happy and calm, that made me very happy.With that thought I continued arranging the table I was preparing in front of the sea, I had already made all the food, I wanted everything to be perfect when he arrived, since dinner was not the only surprise I would give him tonight.When I finished arranging everything I heard him arrive
ALEXANDER I was meeting with one of my partners in a restaurant when I received a call from one of the bodyguards that were left in Isabella's care and what he told me filled me with fear, I was terrified that something could happen to her.He was telling me that Isabella left without telling them in one of my cars and that when he tried to approach her he only accelerated and they could not chase her, this did not mean anything good, Isabella would never take one of my cars without telling me and she would not have left without telling me.I activated the GPS of that car to locate it from my phone and it showed me that it was around here but it was still moving, I tried to call her but it sounded busy and with my heart beating desperately I went to my car without saying goodbye to my partner I started it to follow Isabella.I drove as fast as I could trying to catch her, but failed and when I reached her destination I saw my car parked near an abandoned building and alerted the auth
ISABELLA Alexander had brought me to his grandfather's house and from here he would not let me leave, I had not even had a chance to see Maddie so I felt even more guilty, I had only been able to call her and apologize and she had told me not to worry and forget about it, but I could not, I had not talked much with Andrew but I knew that things between them were really bad, this made me very sad but I could not get involved and much less help.It has been five days since he brought me here and he tries to spend as much time as possible with me here, but sometimes he has to go out to see something of the company or check how the search for my dad is going, what I wanted most at this moment was to finally catch him, I think I had already lost all the love I could feel for him, what he did to Maddie was the straw that broke the camel's back.Today Alexander had had to go out, but I wasn't worried about that because we were highly guarded, he had even reinforced the security personnel to
ALEXANDER I was reviewing some documents in my office when I get a call from Andrew, I felt like ignoring him thinking that maybe he was calling me to try to convince me to stay away from Isabella, which I wouldn't do, so I decided to answer to settle this matter once and for all."What are you calling me for? If it's to ask me to stay away from Isabella, I'm warning you once and for all that won't happen" I clarified in one breath, as I took the call off the hook before letting him talk."Don't let Isabella come home or even go near there, she shouldn't even go out, her dad was in my apartment and attacked Maddie." he explained annoyed, though in his voice you could feel the concern and I shuddered.That bastard had attacked another innocent girl again, the worst thing was that he had come looking for Isabella, I can't even imagine what he would have done to her if he found her."Damn, that dirty bastard is she ok? What hospital are they in?" I asked furious and worried, I wanted to
ROBERT (Isabella's Dad)Now I find out that the daughter who betrayed me with that asshole, lives very happily with her friend in the best parts of Manhattan, while I live like a sewer rat, just hiding so I don't get caught, surviving on little food and living in a horrible place, after they made me lose everything I had accumulated over the years.But I would make them both pay, I had a plan to make them both pay for everything they took from me, Isabella would learn that she should never have betrayed me and Alexander should never have sought revenge against me, I would teach them the lesson of their lives, if any of them were still alive when I was done.The death of his father would be a sacrifice that he would have liked to pay without complaining for when I finished with them, he would understand that if his father was dead it was not because of me, but because his heart was already bad and he could not bear his failure to be so stupid as to let himself be swindled by me, for be
ISABELLA Earlier today I had gone to college and for that reason I had not been able to accompany Alexander to the reading of the will, it was supposed to be a family thing anyway, so it was fine, I just wished I had been there in case he needed my support.I was clear that he was an incredibly strong and powerful man who could deal with all of this, but I knew that these things affected him too and I wanted to be there for him.After that I had gone to Andrew's apartment where I took my time to talk to him and Maddie letting them know at that time that I would be moving, Andrew was not at all happy that the place I was going to live was in Alexander's apartment, he even tried to convince me to stay longer with them, to which I immediately refused and he had no choice but to accept my decision although to him it seemed very rushed because of the problems Alexander and I have been facing.I will not deny that at this point I agree with him, but I also knew that the longer I stayed in
ALEXANDER Here we were all the relatives listening to the reading of the will and the inevitable happened, the lawyer announced that my grandfather had left me almost everything, to my uncles he had left only a few shares and the houses and cars that he had bought them before, nothing more than that, which was not to their liking, they were furious because they wanted more.They wanted to be in charge of the company and get the power that I have, so they could be free to squander the money as they pleased."This can't be" my uncle Mark spat standing up furious "we are their children, this will must be annulled.""Mr. Walton made this will in full use of his faculties and he has witnesses, so it cannot be invalidated" clarified the lawyer, he himself had worked for years for my grandfather and was completely trustworthy, he would not allow my uncles to violate his last will."Who are the witnesses?" asked my uncle John "this brat could have taken advantage of dad and tricked him in so
ALEXANDER "Baby in a moment Emma is coming, yesterday before you arrived she showed up at my grandfather's funeral and I had no choice but to accept her coming today so she could leave without making a fuss, I don't know if you can stay in the room since I don't know what her purpose is." I told her, I was a little worried about Emma's visit with Isabella here, my mom had already left about an hour ago the driver came to pick her up and only she and I were left."No problem, but have you decided to make up with her yet? If you want to do it you know that for me there is no problem" she said with a beautiful smile, as if Emma hadn't hurt her, it was amazing how good Isabella could be, but I wasn't, I couldn't forgive Emma and my duty was to protect Isabella, so I wouldn't let her be in my life so she would have a chance to hurt her again.And if I had known Isabella would be staying with me yesterday I would never have told Emma to come along, I wanted to keep her as far away from Isa
ALEXANDER The death of my grandfather made me sick, but having Isabella with me at this moment soothed the pain in my heart, she gave me the peace I needed so much and I was so grateful to her for being here at this moment, for not leaving me alone.And now to have her here, delighting me with those soft lips ones was driving me crazy, I just needed her so much."Your mom can come out at any moment" she said pulling away from our kiss with her cheeks obviously flushed, looking so beautiful that the least I wanted to do was stop right now.I stood up and pulled her into my arms to carry her into the bedroom and she gasped in surprise."What are you doing? Put me down" she ordered with a frown, but I ignored her and continued to the bedroom, being there I let her down on the bed."I've missed you like crazy" I said as I sat down next to her."Me too" she confessed looking down a little shyly and that was all I needed to hear to throw myself at her again.I moved closer and took her in