“I love you, Liam” Isabelle whispered to him as she watched him sleep peacefully with his eyes closed. She traced his jaw lines with her fingers as her mind wandered to what had happened last night. They had both confessed their feeling and fears to each other, settling their differences amicably. Her heart was jumping in bliss as she remembered the gentle kiss he had planted on her lips. She wished it would last for a lifetime but she had to be prepared for the worse.
“I will always cherish you no matter what happens in the future” she added and was about to place her head on his chest when she got startled by his voice.
“What would happen in the future?” He asked as his eyelids fluttered open. He stared at her with discerning eyes. “Do you plan on leaving me or what?”
Isabelle was shocked knowing he had heard her words. She racked her brain for any excuses and came up with one. “You know how the relationship is bound by an agreement so I fear what would happen in the future” Her heart hoped he would buy it.
“Just that?” He’s eyebrow furrowed in suspicion. Then he sighed and replied. “Then let’s get married” he suggested with a serious expression on his face.
“What???” Isabelle was flabbergasted by his words. She wasn’t expecting that.” um.. let’s be patient, Liam. We have a long way to go. Okay?” Her heart was beating erratically.
Liam frowned in suspicion, “we’ve been on this matter for a long time. Haven’t you prepared well enough?” He was upset by her words.
“Come on, Liam. We shouldn’t argue about this. We can talk about it later. Besides, I’m famished” she said in a bid to pacify him. Liam was about to retort when a grumbling sound was heard. She was truly famished.
“Let’s go downstairs” Liam conceded. “It’s almost past breakfast” he held her by the waist and walked out of the room down to the dining area.
Anastasia and Rose who were giggling at the dining table were stunned when the two lovebirds sauntered towards them. They were at odds with each other and it was supposed to get worse after last night’s quarrel, but here they were, in each other’s arms staring dotingly at each other.
Isabelle muttered a word of greeting to the two gossipy women while Liam readily ignored them and pulled a chair out for Isabelle to sit. It was like a whole new setting to them.
Isabelle was flushed with happiness at Liam’s gentlemanly gesture, she missed that part of him. A satisfying smile curved on her lips as she glanced at the two people across the table, just in time to see their bewildered expressions.
Anastasia was gritting her teeth in anger, her mind searching for ways to separate them at that moment. She picked up the teapot and strutted over to Liam’s side.
“Mr. Callahan, would you like some tea?” She asked with a seductive tone as she bent forward exposing her cleavage to him, but Liam’s gaze was fully focused on his pretty fiancee so he just nodded to her.
When her first attempt didn’t work, she decided to walk to the middle of the two lovers and bent forward to fill the cup. But the cold sensation she felt made her freeze on the spot. Her heart was completely engulfed in fear, fear of making the wrong move. The next words that came to ring up in her eardrums almost made her scurry away in great trepidation.
“Do you want to get burned?” Liam uttered in a frosty threatening tone that made the room temperature drop to an abnormal degree. He was furious. He had his suspicions but had kept it aside. The one thing that could make him deal seriously with her was if she made any attempt to hurt his fiancee, Isabelle.
“I… I … a…. am sorry sir, please forgive me. This won’t repeat itself. I promise” Anastasia was so scared to the bones that she couldn’t even utter a perfect statement. Her gaze darted to Isabelle who pretended to not have noticed anything. A deep sign of hatred flashed through her eyes as she gazed sharply at her. Her deformed brain made her assume that Isabelle’s presence in the house was the stumbling block that prevented her from having Liam. A plan crossed her mind as she walked away from them, still visibly shakened by Liam’s threat.
“My love, would you like to go for shopping or maybe a stroll?” Liam asked with a sweet voice that was a huge contrast to how he had spoken to Anastasia.
“Oh! Can I?” Isabelle asked with a surprised tone in her voice. “What about work, Aren’t you busy?”
Liam’s mind wandered back to the project he had been working on for the past few days but he ignored it. He wanted to enjoy the new chance he had gotten with the woman he loved so he lied. “I don’t have much work at the office so I’m free to take you anywhere, just mention it”
Isabelle’s cheeks turned red with excitement. She couldn’t wait to go out with him so she agreed readily. “Yes, let’s go. I would like to do a lot of things. I would also love to go to the studio. It’s been a while since I had the opportunity to paint for real”
“Anything you want, my darling” Liam responded with a smile on his lips. He was stinkingly rich, money was not his problem. He was ready to spend it for his woman and no one was going to interfere, not even that greedy mother of his.
Meanwhile, Rose was still shocked by the sudden change between the two couples, she suddenly felt like giving up until she saw the persistent gaze on Anastasia’s face. The young girl was ready to place her flawless palm into the fire, and she was going to get burned just like Liam had mentioned.
She quietly stood up from her seat and walked to her room while giving Anastasia a signal to follow her after.