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CHAPTER 44
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The 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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Chris walked toward his son and looked at him carefully. He squinted just a little and he shook his head slightly. He was a little surprised by what Billy had just told him.“I didn't know you were so much into Andrew's daughter. In fact, your way of acting around her the other day seemed strange and a little exaggerated. I didn't know you were interested in her.”"I like Isabelle, dad, I like her a lot, but we will never be more than friends. She doesn't love me; she will never love me.""So, why are you..." Chris began talking but stopped when he saw a strange sparkle in his son's eyes. Oh, now I’ve got it... You're playing God right now. I don't think it's very clever of you to tease Shawn this way.”“Look, dad, these days I&r
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There could be heard a strange noise in the room... a weird song. Isabelle opened her eyes and looked everywhere around her trying to figure out what was the noise she was hearing. Maybe it came from outside... sometimes the stable guys while working were listening to music on the radio. The little song was still going on and Isabelle rose from her armchair. The noise seemed to be coming from her desk drawer. Isabelle opened it, but at this point, the noise stopped. The only thing Isabelle saw was the cell phone Marie had given her. The display was on and she took it and read what was written on it: ‘you have 3 missed calls’ and ‘you have 3 new messages’. All of them were from Marie. Isabelle had been home for three days and she remembered that she hadn’t called Marie yet as she had promised her before leaving the villa. Isabelle had put the cell phone in the drawer and forgotten
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Once out of the room, Isabelle closed the door and leaned against the wall. She was trembling violently. This reaction wasn’t the result of fear, it was the consequence of the anger and frustration she was feeling at that moment. Until a few days ago this reaction was always caused by her discussions with Shawn... And now, the arguments with her father had the same effect on her. Isabelle felt so tired of this constant humiliation on her father’s part, but she knew that she couldn’t continue arguing with him, that all this could lead him to have a stronger crisis or could lead to his… death. After this last confrontation with him, Isabelle realized that her father will never be the same as before. His headaches had become more frequent, causing the man he had been until a few years ago to vanish completely. She remember
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The hospital continued to be a place that kept sending chills down to Isabelle’s spine. The last time an ambulance had brought her father here, all their lives had been changed forever... and not for the better. At least, this time the situation was under control, as the paramedics had managed to stabilize Andrew after she had given him CPR. One of the paramedics had told her that by doing it, she was the one who had saved her father's life. Once they arrived in the emergency room, her father went through all the check-ups. Because of the fall down the stairs that Andrew had seven years ago, the doctors decided to do a CT, just to be sure that everything was alright. Dr. Jones, the neurologist who treated her father the night of his accident, was still working there and he was paged immediately. After asking Andrew a couple of routine questions, Dr. Jones left the patient under the
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Isabelle closed her eyes and felt a cold shiver running down her spine. She remembered all the times she had asked her father to see a doctor about the headaches. Even now, she could hear his hateful words, his violent language against her and against Lucy."If he had come sooner to see me, maybe I could’ve done something." Dr. Jones got up too, walked towards her, and put his hand on her shoulder. “Dear girl, I may seem too harsh, but I have to tell you what’s going on. I don't want to give you false hope. I'm not that kind of person. You have to know that this tumor will take away your father and it would be pretty quick. But I promise you that I will do everything in my power to keep your father from suffering too much.” She looked at the doctor with eyes full of tears. She wa
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Once they’ve got back to the ranch the next morning, Isabelle prepared Andrew's new room. After what happened lately, she had managed to convince her father to move into the guest room on the ground floor. It was still a big and comfortable room and was near the small sitting room that Andrew had the habit of using as his ‘office’, where he was planning the fate of the world. At this point, Isabelle was very convinced that all her father was doing in this room was to drink and to fantasize about things that would never happen. The rest of the week went away without too much stress. Strangely, her father behaved in a very… fatherly way and even his headaches seemed to have disappeared forever thanks to the new treatment prescribed by doctor Jones who kept in touch with her even after allowing Andrew to lea
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She was still shaking when Billy came to get her, but Isabelle managed to control herself when she saw him enter the house to greet Andrew. Her father got up from his armchair and had come to say hello to him. He was once again normal, calm... pleasant even."Andrew, I'm going to bring Isabelle home at a reasonable hour," Billy promised him. He turned to Isabelle. "Shall we go, Belle?" Billy asked, offering her his arm to accompany her to the car. Isabelle nodded, and after she greeted her father, they both approached the car. Before opening the door, Billy looked at her tenderly, mesmerized once again by her beauty and sweetness. Her usual... cowgirl clothes disappeared and Isabelle was wearing an above-knee pale pink with some black lace dress, and a pair of pink pumps. Her beautiful hair was tight i
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They returned to the car and got in, but Billy didn't start the car. He took a deep breath before continuing the story. What he remembered happened to Shawn was still fresh in his mind. Billy still remembered Shawn's despair, his pain, his unease about not knowing what had happened to his girlfriend. Isabelle wanted to know what had happened and waited in silence; she didn’t want to push Billy too much. He was a bit distraught, but she didn't have to wait too long to hear what happened next.“He found her all right. Jennifer was living in a bad neighborhood on the Paris peripheries, practically a dump, amongst drug dealers, addicts, pimps, and prostitutes. Her... prince charming had left her in a small, dirty room and, before leaving her, he took whatever he could sell or pawn... He had even left her without her passport. Jennifer was no longer the woman Shawn knew... she became a drug addict; she
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She felt slightly embarrassed; Shawn's words made her shiver a little, catching her off guard. She tightened her bridle and the horse became nervous. He took a few steps back and almost threw her on the ground. Totally worried, Shawn jumped off his horse and, quickly, calmed Isabelle's horse down. He continued to caress and talk to him slowly until the animal stopped moving and being agitated. Isabelle was still shaking even though her horse was much calmer. Shawn helped her get down and held her hand as they walked away from the two horses that began to graze, unaware of what was going on. Isabelle had been so impressed with the way Shawn had handled the situation, with his self-control, that seeing his pale face and feeling his hand shaking as he held onto hers, left her perplexed."My love, are you a
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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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Isabelle raised her head and moved away from Lucy enough for the woman to look her in the eye and understand that she would never choose to marry Shawn if she wasn't desperately in love with him."Lucy, I really love Shawn Grayson. I have always loved him, since that day, at my mom's funeral, when I saw him for the first time. I would never be able to do such a thing; you know it very well. You taught me better than that!" She got up from the couch and went to the window. Still worried, Lucy continued to look at her. Isabelle was like a daughter to her and didn't want her to make the wrong choice."Dear, until yesterday, you were saying that you didn't need a man to make it happen...""And I don't, Lucy. I made my choices, but what I didn't unde
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Isabelle stared at him rather perplexed, unable to fully understand what Christopher Grayson was saying to her."After what happened to your mother, your father and I, we took our separate paths, and I pushed away from my head those plans to bring our families together. But your father didn't, he always tried to make me understand how right you would be for my son, Billy." Chris smiled slightly embarrassed. "When your father called me a few weeks ago to remind me of this understanding that we had, I told him that this isn't our decision to make, that my boys and you were no longer kids, but adults who could choose for themselves that one special person.""That's why my father always insisted that I marry Billy, that's why the whole clause thing..." Isabelle added, getting up from her chair quite suddenly."What clause ar
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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
