LOGIN~Isabel~I stood frozen in the middle of my room, staring at the closed door.I tried to make sense of William's last words before he walked out, but the whole thing had become a knotted mess in my head.I crossed the floor and looked out through my window. The rain from a few hours ago had left the grounds soaked, and his black Bentley remained parked outside on the wet pavement. He was still talking to his father.My stomach twisted into a tight knot.I just hoped he wouldn't confront Arthur over anything I had told him this morning.Since it was the weekend, I headed into the bathroom for a shower, planning to spend the rest of my day studying for my upcoming law exams. I stood under the hot spray, letting the water run over my face, trying to wash the anxiety away. As I stepped out and wiped the steam from the mirror, I paused to look at my reflection.I had added a little weight recently. It was weird. I felt constantly stressed and stretched thin, yet my cheeks were flushed p
~Isabel~"I think I have to go warn him to stop meddling in this," he said, getting up roughly from the bed to snatch his clothes off the floor."No, William, please don't. I beg you. Please," I pleaded as real fear built up in my mind. "You will spoil everything. Think about this first.""I have nothing to lose, Isabel. I have to stop whatever plan he may be thinking about this before he takes it too far, and he can't do anything to you." He shoved his arms into his shirt."I can take care of you myself…your car, your tuition, anything you need. Even with the internship, the company is mine now!"He raked his hands through his hair to arrange his tousled hair. I dragged my nightgown over my body to stand in front of him, blocking his path to the door."You're freaking out again," I reasoned, touching his hands that remained clenched into fists. "Hey, look at me. You had your plans before you accepted his deal for you to marry Juliana. He is your dad. I know he means well for you ev
~Isabel~"You are not serious, are you?" I asked, watching his face for any sign of humor."Do I look like I am joking?" he said, his voice dropped into a tone that showed me he felt insulted by my doubt."No, no. It's just, how do I pull it off? Your dad, my mom..." I eyed him, chewing on my lower lip while my brain calculated the trip.“I will let them know it's work-related…for real it is," he said, closing the distance between us to drag me flush against his chest. "I have a foreign conference on Saturday, and there's a business with an important investor I want to seal. You're coming with me for the conference, then you can actually put the skills you have been learning from the legal department to use. I will need you to draft the contract for the investment."He pressed a lingering kiss to my forehead. I rustled against the tangled sheets, noticing the rain had stopped battering my window, I watched him with pure adoration. How did I even manage to capture the attention of
~Isabel~"Don't worry about that," he cuts me off, his voice fierce. "Just stick to me, focus on me, I will handle them, trust me, okay?"I watched him for a moment then nodded, shit I know hell will break loose if this gets out, Arthur won't take it lightly finding out he was tricked by his own son. My stupid heart has trapped me here, rendering me unable to call him off despite the danger, and the stress could shatter his dad's unstable health."Your dad…" I started to say,"Shhhhhhsh," he cuts me off then leaned in to kiss me, erasing any remaining distance between us.As soon as his soft lips met mine, thunder cracked angrily outside and the rain which was subsiding poured down more, rattling the windows and hitting against the building. I moaned into his soft slow kiss…as his hot tongue twirled slowly in my mouth playing with my tongue, dominant and demanding.He tilted my head to the side, gripped my neck with his hand that was previously tilting my chin to his gaze, while hi
~Isabel~ "Fuck, Bel, ho..how did you know, it's just..." He shook his head, his fingers twitched against his sides. "How did I know?" "William," I called out his name but it sounded broken from my lips… So it's true, he was really going to marry Juliana, it wasn't just some rumor. I was praying it was, maybe those staff heard it wrong. No, for him reacting this way… "You played me, you're going to marry her and you didn't bother to let me know?! You don't think I deserve to know?!" "You fucking slept with me just yesterday morning!" I whispered, blinking back my tears. "Isabel, I plan on not telling you because…" I held my hand up to stop him, cutting him off before he could twist the truth. "Don't bother, I don't care. You can marry her for all I know and about this," I said, gesturing quickly to the crumpled resignation letter on the now cold floor. "He didn't do anything wrong, he followed me to Burford to find Chloe as I didn't know my way, that's all. My phone fell dow
~Isabel~ I woke up the next day to a loud knock on my door. I checked the time, it was 5:00 AM in the morning. Who is waking me up at this time? I quickly went into the toilet to freshen up, then wrapped my nightgown around my naked body as I sleep naked. The thin silk fabric barely offered any coverage against the morning chill. The knock came hesitant again. I walked over to open the door, only to find William huffing like he'd ran a marathon. He was dressed in a black tee and sweatpants. Before I could get over the shock of him standing at my door at 5:00 AM, he pushed in, forcing me to step back inside as he locked the door. "What are you doing here at this time?" I asked. He turned around with a dead look, walking closely toward me. I stepped back with every step he took forward. I can feel he was in a dark mood. "Where the fuck did you go to with Jax last night, Isabel?" he questioned as my feet stopped at the bed, I couldn't move further. I wrapped my
~Isabel~"Distracted? He questioned looking at me curiously "let hope you focus on your assignments and write well then Isabel," he said, "I’m expecting big things from you. He stepped around me then, his shoulder brushing mine as he walked past. I stood there for a long time, staring at the doub
~Isabel~The dining room was way too big for just four people. It always felt like the walls were leaning in, trying to hear our secrets. I sat there, moving a piece of chicken around my plate with a fork. Across from me, William looked like he’d been carved out of steel. He was now wearing a fre
~Isabel~ The mansion felt different when I walked through the front door that evening. I needed to do something normal to keep my mind busy. I needed to take my mind away from William’s text, So leaving the solitude my room I followed the smell of cooking spices toward the kitchen. Mrs. Da
~Isabel~“How”? I spoke out, still conflicted. I stood paralyzed in the middle of the buzzing cafeteria, staring down at my phone until the screen blurred. William’s words felt like a physical hand around my throat again. My brain was firing off a million questions per second, he was supposed to







