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CHAPTER 36
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2024-10-29 19:42:56It was one of the worst Sundays she had experienced lately. Danielle had stayed at the villa much more than usual, but at least she had avoided being outside, on the terrace, together with Isabelle and Marie. Before dinner, Shawn had decided to drive her home, so he took Billy's car and they both left for the city, to Danielle's apartment.
The girls were playing under the tree where Isabelle had thought to ask Marie to build a little treehouse for them. It would have been one more thing to bring the girls together. Frannie thought she was already a princess, so the treehouse could be her castle and Diana loved to climb trees.
“Sweetie, today I received some news from my husband...” Marie started.
“Oh...”
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They started walking in silence and after a few minutes, Shawn spoke."You avoided me all day," he said without too many words.“I had my reasons to do it.” Shawn took her arm firmly, but without hurting her, and Isabelle found herself in front of him. He wanted to see her face in the moonlight.“Little Belle, I want to hear something from you...”“Please, stop! I would like to go back inside!” she said fearfully."Isabelle, I want to hear you saying my name." She felt that she was about to die from all the emotion. The way Shawn was touching her at that moment wa
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His hands began to caress her face. His eyes followed the line of Isabelle's face and stopped on her mouth. Very softly, his head bent towards her.“This weekend, starting with the night of the party, has been extremely intense for both of us. Both you and I felt a fire burning strong within us, you can't deny it,” Shawn said to Isabelle in a hoarse voice. “I want to see how strong this fire is. Belle, I have to taste you again to understand it. I still want to taste your lips once again...” As he was still speaking to her, his lips joined Isabelle's. It was a test for him. When she protested, he felt the impulse to withdraw, but when Isabelle let herself go, he attacked again, enjoying the sweetness of her lips, the warmth of her mouth. Isabelle relaxed in his arms and Shawn pressed h
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A black truck entered the driveway that led to the "Villa Mimosa" main entrance. Isabelle put down her little diary and the pen and got up from her chair. The girls were playing quietly and Marie was inside, informing Rosa about the last touch of the lunch and dinner. The four Graysons had to be back home around lunchtime and Marie wanted everything to be absolutely perfect. She couldn't wait to see her husband, her two boys, and Christine, her daughter-in-law. Her impatience was so infectious that Isabelle had to take the girls out, to keep them calm. Isabelle took a few steps to better see the truck. It couldn’t be Mr. Grayson and the others; it was too early to have them home. Besides, Marie had decided to send John with the limousine to the airport to bring everyone home as quickly as possible. John had just lef
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Isabelle heard a shy knock on the door. She closed the closet and then went to open the door. In front of her were Frannie and Diana. Without waiting to be invited in, the two girls ran to the bed and sat down."What's happening, mes chères?" (my dears) she asked, trying to stay calm. Looking at their faces, Isabelle understood that the girls had come to say goodbye to her. “Do you need help to prepare?”"No..." they muttered together. "Granny told us that you will leave today..." Frannie added.“Reste avec nous, Belle! T'en vas pas!” (Stay here with us, Belle! Don't go!) Diana exclaimed getting down from the bed and approaching Isabelle to give her a huge hug.“Mes amours, (My babies) you
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Once she arrived in the living room, Isabelle witnessed an astonishing scene, something she didn't see every day. Chris was hugging and kissing his wife, Richard, and Christine, whom she hadn't known officially since she came to work at the villa, were holding their little girls, covering them with little kisses and hugging them tightly. Billy, who started to grow a nice, very chic beard, was talking and laughing with his mother. The only people out of place at this time were her and her father who kept drinking, sitting on the couch. This happy moment belonged to the Grayson family, so she tried to get close to her father to ask him to leave.“Belle!” Billy shouted loud her nickname and that scared her a bit. Hearing Billy, Andrew raised his head to better foll
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The last words were a direct message for Marie and Chris and they started smiling. Isabelle’s cheeks turned red. It was so embarrassing the shameful way her father was pushing her into Billy Grayson's arms. But Billy found this idea rather interesting since he also thought the same things about him and Belle."Your words are music to my ears," he replied, looking closely at Andrew. “I was thinking of inviting Isabelle to the theater Saturday night. We can have dinner first and then go and see a nice show.” He turned to Isabelle. “I know you like music a lot and I'd love to go with you and see a musical. I promise you that I will behave like a real gentleman and we won't be late.” A slight smile appeared on Marie's lips. Her son certainly wasn’t wasting time in small talk. But Isabelle's express
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The elevator doors were opening and Shawn was preparing to enter when his cousin's voice stopped him. He turned and looked at Billy. The two of them had spoken little since the return of Billy and Chris from Europe’s trip. Shawn didn't like the fact that his cousin was dating Andrew Baldwin's daughter. He was hoping that, since she no longer worked at the villa, that their little story would die the way that it was born... suddenly. He smiled at Billy and walked slowly towards him.“What’s wrong, Bill? Can I help you with something?” he asked his cousin. “I’m a bit short of spare time, I have to go and see Danielle. For Saturday night she has a special date in mind. There is a premiere at the Golden Gate Theater...”"You and I have an unfinished conversation and I think that it's time to put all our cards on
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"You are not capable of doing such a thing, my angel," he replied smiling tenderly. "The way you give in to my every caress is as real as my love for you." Again, they started riding next to each other. Shawn's opinion of her had left Isabelle totally surprised. She smiled softly and her gaze moved to the ring he had put on her finger. She was officially engaged to Shawn and was about to become Mrs. Grayson. She loved him very much, that's why she felt the need to tell him the story of her father's will. He had been so honest with her; it was time for her to do the same thing."You know, the engagement ring I gave you, belonged to my mother. It's one of the few memories I still have of her. I am happy to see it on your finger.""Oh, I didn't know... Shawn, are you sure of what are we going to do? You marry
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When she heard the words'my future wife', Danielle felt like she was about to faint... No, she couldn't lose him! She wasn't ready to let him go! Besides, Shawn was a gentleman, she knew he wouldn't do anything to her. Those were only empty words meant to scare her off, but she already had an idea of how to respond to him. Danielle got up from her chair, took her bag, and started walking to the door. Before getting out of his office, she turned to him."One way or another, you will come back to me! This doesn't end here!" she added and went out slamming the door. Shawn took a deep breath and tried to go back to his usual self. Danielle had always been such a drama queen, so it was better not to pay any more attention to her. He had other things to do and then he wanted to go back to his Belle and spend the day with her. He pulled out
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Whistling and smiling happily as never before, Shawn entered his office and sat down at his desk. He still had some small details to fix, he had to meet with the interior designer who had to prepare his apartment for Isabelle's arrival, and then he would return to his beloved. Shawn heard loud voices outside his office. Someone was arguing... it was the voice of a woman who, unfortunately, he had immediately recognized. It was Danielle and she was asking to enter Shawn's office right away. Shawn got up abruptly from his chair and went to get her and take her inside before making a spectacle of herself."What the hell are you doing here, Danielle?!" he said in a low voice. He took her by the arm and ordered her to enter. Shawn closed the door behind them, but when he turned to her, Danielle was close to him, trying to kiss him. "What are you doing? Are you insane?""You can't leave me
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Someone knocked lightly on her door and Isabelle smiled. She already knew who that person was, she had no doubt about it. The beating of her heart was proof that on the other side of the door it was the love of her life. She opened slowly, without making too much noise, then she took his hand and pulled him into her room.“I’ve missed you so much! After last tonight, staying away even for a few hours makes me insane!” he whispered. “Oh, my love...” She had heard those words a thousand times last night, but now, in the light of day, it was as if he was saying them to her for the first time. A strong emotion took hold of her body and her mind. Isabelle approached Shawn and passed her arms around his neck pulling him towards her. He smiled sweetly, got closer, and kissed her lightly. Shawn's lips linger
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Isabelle remained speechless. His mouth let out those words and Shawn's eyes showed to her exactly the same thing. For a few seconds, Shawn looked at her, totally lost in those blue eyes, in the emotion of the moment, in the love he was feeling for her. Then he began to gently caress the curves he hadn't forgotten for a moment. Isabelle's body surrendered in front of his sweet attack. Isabelle undressed him and he willingly let her do it."I'll take care of you now," he said helping her to sit on the bed. Shawn closed the door and returned immediately to her. He leaned towards Isabelle and kissed her breasts. “Brace yourself, my love, because what I want to do to you will take us a lot of time...” Shawn's hands returned to tease her warm skin, they got lost in the ocean of her silky
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She wanted to touch his face, to remove all that suffering that he was feeling. Shawn had hurt her in a dreadful way, but she didn't stop him. She loved him then as she was loving him now, in this instant. Shawn was so helpless, so sad, so desperate, so... human like she never saw him before.“I'm oknow, Shawn. I’m much stronger and I feel all right,” Belle replied smiling slightly. He looked at her and Isabelle saw tears in his eyes.“Yes, you are. And it's so good to see you standing on your feet, ready to move on, to build your new life. I just hope you will include me too... Marry me, my beautiful, brave, wonderful Belle!” Hearing his spontaneous proposal, Isabelle
