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 Today was the end of my semester and I was happy to be able to pass all my subjects with good grades despite the things that happened during these months, and this meant a lot to me, because there were days when it was too difficult to study when I thought about my dad or Alexander.I had missed him like crazy all this time and I didn't know how I restrained myself not to call him but I had done it and that was another achievement although not a satisfactory one.An accomplishment that my heart was not at all happy with, all my nights I thought about him and even dreamed of being in his arms again and in my days it never left my mind, I always wondered how he would be and if he missed me as much as I did."It's good that this semester is finally over" says Caroline with a smile, she was super happy."Yeah, that's great" I concurred as we walked."Hey can you go by yourself today? Use my car, I'm going to Mike's.""This..." I hadn't finished speaking when I hear someone inter
ALEXANDER Since I said goodbye to Isabella that day everything has become so monotonous, I went back to my job at last, but the things I used to enjoy I haven't felt the same.I feel an emptiness in my heart that I have not been able to fill with anything, and instead my mind is full of her, she is all I can think about and she has even crept into my dreams.I have been about to call her a million times to tell her that I am dying to see her, but I have held back not wanting to disturb her peace, after everything she has been through I just want her to be happy, even if it is without me.I just have to find a way to forget her, to get her out of my skin and that's what I'm trying to do today, in one of the most exclusive bars in Manhattan located on the top floor of a building from which you can see the city.Seeing all the lights around me as I take another sip of my drink, I look at my companion for tonight, an old friend, who looks perfect today, hoping I can take her to my bed.A
ISABELLA Soon the day came to fly to New York, my stomach was upset by the nerves of starting something new, in a different place and where there was a chance to meet again with the man I love and missed too much, being both in the same city again filled me with anxiety, if forgetting him was difficult knowing that I had no chance of seeing him, forgetting him knowing that I can meet him at any time seemed impossible.I knew that I would be constantly thinking about whether I would see him that day, while secretly wishing it would be so and at the same time being afraid that it would happen.But I had already made a decision and I had to deal with it, plus I can't dwell on something that may never happen. So here I was at the airport saying goodbye to my friends to go in search of a new beginning."I'm going to miss you so much" Caroline said hugging me "if you don't feel comfortable there I'll be happy to welcome you back to my home, you'll always have open doors.""Thank you for th
ISABELLA I had already started college and had gotten a job at a bar as a waitress at night, because it would not interfere with my classes and with the tips I could save more to move out of Andrew's apartment. Besides, the bar was great, one of the most expensive in New York, and the people there were very wealthy, so the pay and tips were good, and the people there were not much trouble.As for living with Andrew and Maddie I think things were not going so well, they were still very nice, but things felt really tense between the two of them, well that's how I was feeling and I was afraid that my stay there could be the reason, so I was doing everything I could to save as much as possible to leave as soon as possible."Isa, go clean that table and put it as reserved, someone important is coming," ordered my boss pointing to a table in the back of the establishment, more hidden than the others, where the lights of the place almost did not focus, it was VIP.As if this person did not
ALEXANDER When I saw Isabella I thought I had gone crazy from missing her so much or that I was just dreaming, I couldn't believe that she was the one here this time so far away from where she lived and different from how I was used to see her, but when I realized that this was not a dream or an illusion, I wanted to lock her in my arms and not let her go again, but I restrained myself and tried to talk to her and when she refused being about to cry was that I realized how imbecile I was being, I was hurting her again.She wanted to forget about our past and me telling her those things, but they were the truth, there is not a single day that I don't miss having her in my arms, that I don't miss every part of her.And here I was, in the crowded bar, at a table tinged with darkness and half a bottle less, drinking to her, to see if my feelings would go away with the alcohol, to see if with that I could cushion all this pain of not being able to have her with me, of having lost her.But
ISABELLA I was furious, Alexander did not stop drinking one drink after another, it was too much and I did not want to see him like that, besides feeling his intense gaze all the time on me.Worried about him, when my shift was over I had no choice but to approach him to tell him to stop and after my insistence he had accepted and was leaving, but maybe I was being silly again or I had lost my mind, but I could not leave him alone in that state, so I decided to take him, I did not want anything to happen to him.I went to get my things while I left him waiting for me and to deliver the money from his account to my manager."Here is the money from that table" I said handing him the money and pointing to where Alexander was at first."Perfect you can go." he said taking it and I nodded and went to where I had left my purse and met Mariam who did not have a good look on her face."You're going with him? Apparently you're not as saintly as you look" she hinted grimacing.I didn't say any
ALEXANDER After the alcohol left my system, I reacted to the idea that I had had Isabella around all this time, after I had stayed away from her that last time I only checked on her whereabouts after she got out of the hospital to make sure she was okay and the last I had heard from her was that she was living with her friend and still at the same college, after that I tried not to relate to anything to do with her, except the search for her bastard of a father and I had no idea she had moved here.What I didn't understand was, why, and more importantly, alone? I know her friend is here and because of the building she lives in it is impossible for her to be renting it or own it.I know there's nothing going on with him on her side, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want something more even though he has a girlfriend, so I just can't help the jealousy starting to eat away at me because of that.Plus I was so grateful to her for caring about me after all, she's definitely an angel and s
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