Isabelle has lived most of her teenage life and her entire adult life by her billionaire Husband's side in her reserved, calm and understanding nature. But when her husband Lucas Archer decides to entangle himself with a new and younger love interest he divorces her leaving her with nothing to her name. Now she must start her life all over in order to live and afford herself. She unexpectedly runs into a familiar face and possibly love interest.
View MoreIsabelle brought her car keys out of her purse. She turned towards Lisa and said goodbye. "What? No. Why would I let you drive alone in your state?" Lisa argued as she rubbed Isabelle's shoulder. "I'm coming with you." "I need some time to my self," She forced out the words. Talking was the last thing she wanted to do. She needed to think, to process what she had just seen, how it had happened, and how she felt about it all. "I understand, but please let me make sure you get home safe, and I will leave you alone if you still want me to. I promise." Lisa raised her pinky finger, hoping that some humour would help Isabelle feel better. Isabelle knew Lisa would not leave her alone no matter what she would say to try and convince her, and she was not in the mood to try, so she just nodded in agreement, and they both walked to her car. Lisa tried to talk to Isabelle during their drive back to Isabelle's apartment building, but Isabelle asked that they just drive their quietly.
Lucas woke up and sat at the edge of his bed. He let out a groan when he felt pain in his head as he tried to stretch his body. He buried his face into his palms as he tried to remember what had happened the previous night. All he could remember was arriving at his house and being pulled away from the crowd by his mother to get scolded about arriving at his own event late. As he was still trying to process the previous nights events, he felt movement in his bed behind him. He slowly looked back to see who he had shared his bed with and saw a naked Mia under his sheets. He let out a loud groan that woke her up from her slumber. "Good morning, Mr Archer," Mia said in what sounded like a purr. "Was last night not amazing? It was one of the best nights of my entire life, all thanks to Lucy.
***** "Thank you for bringing me out for brunch, I have been cooked up in my tiny apartment for days now." Isabelle gently grabbed Lisa's hand and gave it a tight, soft squeeze. They both giggled as they walked the curb that led to the restaurants entrance. They walked into the restaurant and found an empty table with two seats close to the restaurant's glass walls that gave a view of the street. "Perfect." Lisa exclaimed as she nodded her head in the direction of the table for Isabelle to look. They both walked towards the table and settled in sitting across each other. A waiter brought their menus to them and walked away when they asked to be excused for a few minutes while they decided on what to order. "Have you had a chance to speak to Marcus?" Lisa asked with concern. Isabelle had mentioned her intentions to call him but never told her how their conversation went. "Uhm.. No, not yet," Isabelle exhaled sharply, her eyes glued to the menu. "I wanted to call him yesterd
"I still can not believe he agreed to this, it-it still feels like a dream," Mia shrieked in excitement as she watched people walk into Lucas's house with decorations and other things meant for her engagement party to Lucas. "I told you not to worry. My son is a gentleman who takes pleasure in fulfilling his promises." Lucy said with a smile on her face. Mia walked closer to Lucy, almost skipping in her heels, "Can I hug you?" She fake pouted. Lucy took a few steps closer to her and then hugged her first. "After tonight, we will be family, and you will not have to ever ask for my permission to hug me." Lucy had been asking Isabelle while she was still married to her son Lucas when they would have a baby, Lucas had made it clear to Isabelle that he was not ready and dis not want to talk about it but Isabelle dis not te her that. Instead, she kept it to herself and never gave Lucy a response anytime she would ask. "You should go get ready, the party will begin in a few hour
"Lucy, I was not expecting you today." Lucas said sternly as he watched his mother close the door behind her after she had walked into his office abruptly. He sensed there was something wrong, Lucy had a hard time hiding what she felt or thought, and one could simply read her mood from her facial expressions. "I did not think I needed to notify anyone before coming to see my son," she responded, sarcasm laced in her tone. "That's not what I meant. Why are you here?" Lucas knew his mother as much as she knew him, and in that moment, he knew that she was not in the mood for small talk. "You are getting engaged. Tomorrow evening." Lucas tried to speak, but Lucy raised a hand to silence him. "Don't you know better than to interrupt me when I am speaking?" She scorfed. Lucas laid back in his chair as he crossed his hands and brought them to his chest, his lips touching, forming a straight line. "Good. As I was saying, you promised me that you would engage Mia and then offic
"Annnd.... what did you say?" Lisa shrieked, unable to hide how excited she was."He said he liked me when we were in high school, and he still does. I reminded him that I am pregnant and he insisted that it does not change anything." Isabelle sighed deeply as she finished her sentence."Oh, why do you not sound excited then? Is that not good news?" Isabelle could not see Lisa's face, but she imagined the shock and confusion."I told him I needed some time to think about it." Isabelle defended herself."Yep! That makes sense," Lisa giggled. She knew Isabelle liked Marcus too, but she also knew Isabelle well enough to know that they only reason she was holding back was because she still hoped that one day Lucas would come back to her."I just-I guess I do not know if he is really fine with starting something with me knowing that I am pregnant for someone else," Isabelle tried to find an excuse that Lisa would believe. Even though she had developed feelings for Marcus, part of her was
She got to the coffee place twenty minutes earlier than planned so she could pick out the best spot in the cafe and to ensure that she had enough time to calm her nerves before he arrived. She got out of the car and walked into the cafe. "Isabelle," she looked around to find whoever had just called out her name. Her heart skipped when she saw Marcus rising from his seat, waving her towards him. She walked towards him with one of the biggest smiles she had ever worn, "Heyyyy," he reached out to hug her and proceeded to pull out her chair for her. "Thank you," she whispered as she waited for him to take a seat. "You are early." "So are you," he responded, and they chuckled in unison. "I wanted to," they both said almost at the same time. They were both nervous and could not hide it. They realised this almost at the same time, and it made them both realise that they felt the same way about each other. Somehow, the realisation helped them calm their nerves. After they h
As she sat at that window, thoughts about her night with Marcus after Lisa's book launch event. 'I need to give my self chance to be happy.' She decided in that moment that she would reach out to Marcus. She thought of why she needed to sit alone every day crying about the divorce and her ex-husband moving on from her and her marriage to someone else. 'I deserve to be happy too.' She stood from her seat at the window and walked to the couch where her phone was. She picked up the card Marcus had left with his contact details on it from her side table and dialled in his number. She wanted to call him but decided against it and sent him a text message instead. 'Hello, stranger. This is me texting you and hoping we are good.' She clicked send on her screen and immediately regretted it. She did not regret sending a text message to him. She just wished she had gone through the text message a couple of times before sending. She kept her phone in her hands in hopes that he would
"Thank you for inviting me to lunch," Isabelle offered as she hooked her arm to Lisa's as they walked out of the restaurant. "I really needed it." "I know," Lisa laughed playfully. Marcus walking right behind them. "So, how did your doctors visit go?" Lisa asked in a whisper to avoid being heard by Marcus. "Uhm," Isabelle hesitated for a while as images of what she had seen at the hospital earlier came back to her. "Good," she coughed up. Lisa and Marcus's company had made her forget. Forget that she had seen her ex-husband leaving the hospital with his now fiancé who he probably cheated on her with when they were still married. 'How could he be with her like that? I was his wife but there I was going to my appointment with the doctor by myself.' Isabelle scorfed out loud. Lisa noticed Isabelle's mood change. She wished she had not brought it up at that time. She had not seen Isabelle that happiy in a while and she had just ruined it. "Marcus, I will ride with Isabelle
Isabelle woke up early in the morning, realising she had just spent the night on the couch. She sat up and stretched her neck while trying to figure out why she had just spent her night in the uncomfortable couch instead of her bed. She picked her phone up to check what time it was when she realised that she had been calling her husband Lucas before she fell asleep. "He hasn't called me back?" She said to herself while she ran her fingers through her curly hair as she always did since she was a little girl. "Where could you be Lucas?" In all the thirteen years they had been together, Lucas had never spent the night away from home without informing Isabelle about where he would be, this was new. Isabelle was worried that something could have happened to him. Something terrible. She had called his office the previous night but was informed that he had just left the building at the time, so she waited a few hours before calling his driver who had informed her that Lucas had insiste...
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