Chapter 4

• Nervous could not describe what Isabella is feeling right now. She thought of aborting the plan and leaving. But she knew that was not an option.
• Earlier on after they left the hotel, Isabella and Alessia went to the hospital so that Isabella could be tested. After which they both went shopping and then Alessia dropped her off at Mat Agency before she went home.
• Right now, Isabella is together with the owner of the company who is briefing her the rules she needs to follow. Isabella had not expected this. She was being council as if she was meeting the president.
• After signing a non disclosure agreement, a driver was assigned to drive her to the client location.
• Isabella looked out of the window all through the ride. By the structures of the buildings they were passing, Isabella knew that they were driving towards the upper class area of the city.
• The streets were heavily decorated with Christmas decorations since tomorrow is Christmas. Isabella had never been to this side of the city before since she had no one to visit and so she was fascinated by the beauty of the buildings and kept looking out of the window until they arrived at their destination.
• When they arrived at their destination, the driver opened the door for her and told her to go up to the penthouse.
• With shaky legs and hands, Isabella had her way into the elevator and pressed on the button to the penthouse.
• Once Isabella got to the penthouse, she marveled at the interior of the hallway.
• “If the hallway is this beautiful, how much more is the penthouse itself?”. Isabella thought to herself. The walls of the hallway are made of white dazzling marbles. There are lamps on both sides of the hall which are made of gold. And there are also Abstract paintings hanging on both sides of the wall.
• Isabella kept looking at the paintings as she walked down the hallway to the only door. It is obvious that this pent floor only belongs to one person.
• “Money is good!”. Isabella thought as she stopped in front of the door.
• “Here goes nothing!”. She took a sharp breath and pressed on the door bell. After a minute, the door atom automatically opens itself. Isabella took that as a clue to enter.
• Isabella is marveled at the sight that greets her once she steps into the penthouse. With her mouth wide open, she stares at the beauty of the penthouse.
• It looks like something she sees in the movie. She forces her to walk deep into the room with her mouth wide open as. She keeps looking around. The lounge room she is in is furnished in Ash, black and gold furniture. Everything about the whole room screams “money”. Isabella was also shocked that there were no Christmas decorations at all. She found that strange since according to all the movies she has watched, rich people love the Christmas decorations. She ended up concluding that the owner of the penthouse must not be a fan of decorations..
• Isabella made her way to the sofa to sit down. She let her hand run over the soft sofa. She was so lost in admiring the beauty of the place that she didn’t realize someone was in the room. She heard a clear throat and then looked up.
• At this point, Isabella felt like is going to have a heart attack. Standing before her is the most handsome man she has ever had in her life.
• The man is tall and well built up. The shape of his face is so perfectly sculptured that Isabella felt that it’s not fair for someone to look this good.
• “Take a picture, it will last longer!”. The man said in a husky voice as he smirked at her.
• “Sorry!”. Isabella said and tried to stand up but the man beacon on her to remain seated. The butterflies in Isabella's stomach were now dancing.
• “So what’s your name?.” The man asked as he came closer to her.
• “Isa.. Isabella…” Isabella stuttered.
• The man smiled and sat on the same sofa but kept his distance from her which Isabella is grateful for.
• He poured a drink from the bottle on the table and offered it to her.
• “Sorry I don’t drink!.” Isabella said and gave him a small smile. He raised his brows and without saying anything, he drank all the content of the glass at a go.
• He dropped the glass on the table and came and sat right next to her. He is so close to her that Isabella can feel their things rubbing against one another.
• Isabella's heart is beating very fast right now. She is very sure that the man could hear the sound of her heartbeat since he is seated close to her.
• The man wrapped his hand around her waist and bend his head and kiss her on the side of her head. At that moment, Isabella panicked.
• “No! Please stop!”. Isabella panicked and pushed herself up from the sofa.
• “What’s wrong? Are you okay?”. The man asked, looking at her with concern.
• “No! … I mean yes! Sorry, may I use the washroom please?”. Isabella asks as she inwardly cussed herself for behaving so rowdy.
• “Sure. That’s the door to the washroom”. The man pointed at the door close to the entrance door.
• Isabella embarrassingly made her way there.
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• Lucas let out a small laugh when the lady entered the washroom. When he saw her earlier, he was shocked for a minute because she looked like she wanted to be anywhere but here.
• And to confirm his thoughts, she kept shifting away from him when he sat next to her.
• “She doesn’t act like the other ladies!.” Lucas thought to himself. He doesn’t know if that is a good thing or not. Either way, he finds her actions cute.
• Lucas wonders what is taking her time in the washroom. Just as he wanted to go and check on her, he heard the ringing of his phone which is in his office next door. He went to pick up the phone.
• It was an important call from one of his international clients and so he couldn’t decline the call. After speaking on the phone for about thirty minutes, he ended the call and went back to the lounge room.
• “Sorry I had an important….” Lucas started to say but kept quiet when he saw the lady ready asleep on the sofa with the empty bottle of drink lying next to her.