"Who is he? "
The four women watched her anxiously. Isabella didn't want anything to go wrong, everything's been going as smoothly as possible. Adrain never told her that he liked her or anything, he only said he wanted her. She was also confused, wondering what their relationship really is now. Now that she thought about it, she became a little scared to know the truth.
Should she ask? Does he likes her back? Of course not!
"It's still a secret " Isabella finally replied.
"What? A secret? Why would you have to make it a secret? " Riley asked
" Secret my ass. I don't even think you have a boyfriend at all" Blaire threw her head away, a proud look on her face.
" Hey, you make us all anticipate and then what? A secret?"
" What's so wrong about my relationship being a secret? I wonder where this crime had been written in. Maybe you should call the police on me for not telling you guys who my boyfriend is, then let's see what happens after that" Isabella retorted, glaring at each and every one of them.
" Ladies, Don't take it too hard. Secrets can't be kept hidden forever. Just take it easy, no need to get worked up" Connie took the last bite from her plate, gently dabbed the napkin on her lips and kept it back.
"Guess we shouldn't have expected much though " Isabella heard Riley mumbling, the whole back going quiet again. They spent the rest of the time like that, some finishing up their meals, and others looking into their phones. All this time, Isabella couldn't help but kept watching Connie very closely, she had noticed that the women kept smirking at herself, and once she glanced up and they locked eyes... She quickly turned away like she's been caught doing something bad.
The breakfast finally came to an end, and Isabella was dying to leave at once. She had just stood up from her seat, her fingers tucking back in a strand of hair that was roaming over her face and at the same time she was turning around, when she suddenly tripped on something... And her butt was on the floor the next second.
" Pardon me " A Familiar woman extended her hand to help her up.
Isabella ignored the offer and stood back up herself, "Watch where you're going next time, Connie. I'm in a really good mood this morning, so I'll let you off this hook "
Connie crossed her arms over her chest, a mischievous look on her face, "Tell me Alexa, what would you have done if that wasn't a Mistake?? "
So she tripped her on purpose huh? Isabella had seen it happening sometimes at the office before when she was a cleaner. A family once came to see their daughter that worked there as an employee, and had just won a megaaward in the company. Isabella had sworn they looked like the perfect family till she had seen one of the sisters intentionally trip her, making her fall in front of so many people.
The muscles in her jaw ticked. She had been so mad after what had happened. She almost defended the woman to tell everyone that she was tripped, but when she had seen her smile like it was nothing, while the sister chuckled...
God, she hated remembering that event.
What would I have done of that wasnt a mistake? " Isabella asked herself outloud, pretending to think about it a bit then she shrugged afterwards, "One, that leg might not been attached to it's socket the next second, and two... Whenever the year comes by again people wouldn't just remember it as the day your dear ol' Daddy kicked the bucket, they would remember it as the day Connie Patrick had her ass whooped by her so called friend, so you better watch who you mess with , Connie! " Isabella spat out every word with raw hate. Uggghhhhh! She couldn't believe she actually got angry and said those words by her own accord.
With one more deadly glare at her, she turned around and matched out of the building.
James had sent her a text just earlier. He had secured the meeting with the doctors and they would go to the hospitals to go and see them later today. The anger Vanished from her body, replaced with calmness. Yes, she shouldn't be getting mad over a woman that she probably might never see again-that is if they don't call for another breakfast again.
Getting home, Isabella jumped on her bed and hugged her pillow tightly. The question was still bugging her, what was she to Adrian? Like .. what are they exactly? Siblings? Hell No. Friends with benefits? She hoped not. f**k buddies? Please no! Boyfriend and girlfriend? No one said anything about that. She wanted to ask him, so as to clear the air between them.
But, she was determined to see the doctors first before she occupied her mind with something else, but was that even possible? Not when she had a mysterious bracelet in her room which was still under the vase or worse...Like someone was watching her from somewhere. The feeling had stuck to her since when she had woken up this morning, and to top it up with that voice she heard.
There were so many things to think about, like the things she saw at James's room. Life had really suddenly taken a weird turn since she signed that contract, huh?
It wasn't too long after that James sent her a text about how the meeting went. She began to wonder why he decided to text her when they were living in the same house. Oh well, As long as they still communicated and weren't mute to each other like strangers.
As Bella walked out to meet James at the compound, ready to leave for the hospital, she was surprised to see a woman standing by the car too.
"Anything wrong? " Bella asked because she wasn't seeing her Chaffeur anywhere.
" Not really. Just that Frank suddenly quit for some reason, and she would be your new driver" James gestured at the beautiful young woman standing by her car door. Woah... Where did she get such long eyelashes from? And the baby eyes... The baby eyes...!
" And here I was thinking you were about to introduce me to your girlfriend" Bella replied, and they both chuckled.
" Alexa, Meet Ciara Clarkson. And Miss Clarkson, This is Alexa Watson" James introduced.
" Pleasure to be of service to you ma'am" The woman said, and the moment Bella heard her voice, something clicked in her brain. The voice... It sounded kind of familiar.
" Let's go, shall we? " James broke the silence that and enveloped them since Bella had suddenly gone into shock.
Inside the car, Bella pretended to stare out the window while she worked her mind on where she had heard that voice in her mind. You know that situation where you're trying to remember something and you feel like the answer is right in front of you but you just can't grasp it? Like there's something there shielding you from remembering or finding out the truth? But you know it's so close?
That was what was happening to Bella right now.
At the end, she couldn't remember where she had heard the voice from as they alighted the car, standing in front of the first hospital they were visiting. James had told her they were seeing three heart surgeons- Dr Diane Marbat , Oliver Mark and Andrew Pierson.
They had the meeting with these three at three different hospitals, and after their interaction- Bella settled for the doctor that would seem more comfortable to Jess.
She just knew that Jess would hit it with him and would feel comfortable if he was the one carrying out her surgery. As they walked out of the last hospital, James asked, " So what do you think? "
" They are all so nice and seem to know exactly what they're doing"
James nodded in understanding, " But, who have you chosen amongst them?"
" I think Jess would like Dr Andrew the most. He's a actually a lot like her if you ask me"
" Oh... " James nodded in wonder
" But if I were the one having surgery, I would have picked Dr Marbat. She was able to reach into me during our conversation, and I believe she's a lot like me too. What about you? " She turned her head to him " who would you have chosen? "
James shrugged, " I don't know. Anyone that's the best doctor"
" Is that how you're supposed to choose? And I thought you said they are the three best? "
" They are. I would have just gone with anyone. That's all"
They got to the car, and Ciara began driving back home with them. She had heard most of what they had discussed with the doctors, but that wasn't part of her mission. She's only been asked to report the unusual things that happened, and so far there's none.
When they arrived back home, Bella couldn't take it anymore. As soon as James was inside the house, she turned to the driver... Her fierce eyes set on getting the Answers out of her on why she felt like she knew her from somewhere. Why does her voice sound familiar in her head?
" Miss Clarkson? " Bella began.
" Yes Miss Watson? " Ciara said. Before Bella even asked, Ciara knew what it was. So, she hadn't imagined it before, She had really heard her the other time.
' Stalking who? ' Ciara couldn't comprehend what had happened. How was she able to hear her from that distance??
" By any chance, have we met before?"
" I don't think so. Why do you ask? " Ciara pretended to be confused.
" I just... I just... " Bella then gave her a forced smile " I just thought I knew you from somewhere. I guess you're not the one"
" Oh, did I look like someone? "
" Something about you reminded me of the person. By the way, I would like to get to know you better since you're my new driver... Would you like a cup of tea inside? "
Ciara looked genuinely confused this time. Alexa... was supposed to be a ' not so nice woman' , wasn't she?
" What's wrong?"
" Nothing ma'am"
" Hm. Shall we? "
As they headed inside, Ciara began to wonder whether she had underestimated the woman she had been put in charge of. This wasn't what she had been expecting at all. But, That doesn't mean she's going to end up disapointing anyone...she's definitely going to get the job done and the first step in doing so
Is befriending her.