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 Seeing so much suffering and regret in Alexander's eyes for what happened to me hurt me a lot, I could not believe how much he blamed himself for that and how much he had suffered for that day too, he was tormented.I am too, but at the same time being free from my father's reach helped me to leave all that behind and that was wonderful, before that I lived in fear every day and I don't feel that way anymore, I just want him to be caught so we can all be at peace and have the guarantee that he won't continue hurting other people.What Alexander feels is deeper, I don't even know if by catching my dad I can be at peace, I wish he wouldn't feel that way because it's not his fault, what happened that day had nothing to do with him.The only thing he was guilty of that day was breaking my heart by approaching me seeking revenge that he never collected, but him approaching me for that reason no longer allows me to trust him again to have a relationship, even though I still love h
ALEXANDER Today I had woken up in the wee hours of the morning with the horrible nightmare about that day, I am immensely grateful to Isabella for not blaming me for what happened but I can't let it go, not when those images haunt me.In many of my nights that day is replayed, filling me with fear for seeing her like that, replaying the same terror I experienced thinking she might be dead, the same guilt for allowing her to be harmed like that, for not being able to protect her from either my sister or her father.Every time I dream of that damn day I wake up sweating, my heart pounding and trying to remember that she is okay, that this is part of the past, wanting to make sure she is really okay and needing to see her.Then I have to calm my anxiety to see her, so as not to disturb her life and much less tell her what is happening to me, I hoped that at least by imprisoning the main cause these nightmares could be lessened.But that bastard is still free, this has me in a constant s
ISABELLA Yesterday I was really tired, the bar had been full of people all night and I hadn't had a second to rest and I ended up falling asleep in Alexander's car while he was driving me home and now I can't even remember how I got to the apartment, but I have like little flashbacks that I hope are not true and are just a figment of my imagination because if they are I would die of embarrassment with Alexander.I am supposed to want him away and what I did was to get closer to him if what I remember is true, with what face would I tell him to stay away? When I was the one who wanted to stay in his arms myself.The bar today was again overcrowded with people and I was also super exhausted, thank the creator that there was only half an hour left to finish my shift or I would end up fainting in the middle of the aisles, I felt that my body could not take any more."Blonde" I call a typical self-centered rich guy, who because he has money thinks I will be at his feet.I had already seen
ISABELLA Alexander accompanied me to the manager without saying anything else but I could tell he was still furious and I was still nervous about what happened, but it had upset him greatly and he was using his self-control not to explode in anger against the other idiots.Today I wasn't going to let him take me, but seeing him in that state I didn't want to argue with him and decided to let him do it, he was very tense because of the situation, I didn't want him to get more stressed.Already when we were in the car was that finally Alexander decided to break the silence, but only to tell me something that would not please me."Isa you can't keep working in that place.""I need this job and I'm not going to quit." I replied immediately, even though what happened had scared me, I couldn't quit, I needed that job very much so I could go ahead with my plans."Isa you saw what happened today, you're always going to be exposed to situations like that, many drunk men don't control themselve
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