His Sweet Girl

Chapter 03: Looks similar

Georgianna is not happy to see Anabella again. She feels like burning both Anabella and Alex alive. Georgianna is always jealous of Anabella. Anabella is a natural beauty. Even with no makeup, her beauty stands out among the crowd. Anabella is an average tall girl with coffee-colored hair and doe eyes. She is kind and naturally captures the eyes of anyone. What makes Georgianna so jealous of Anabella is that Alex prefers Anabella way more than he prefers her. In fact, Alex never gave Georgianna even a tiny amount of affection, except that single night. Georgianna tried many times to win Alex over, but he never paid attention to any of her efforts. When she had the chance, she took it without thinking twice. She has no regrets about that. It was the hottest night she had ever experienced. Georgianna had been with many men, but only Alex was able to fulfill the inner hunger she had. If she cannot have him, no way in hell she would let Anabella have him. She will do anything in her power to put them apart. She is even willing to play dirty and misuse the power she has because of Paul.

Georgianna is still angry with Anabella for kicking her and her mother out of their old house. What she and her mother planned that night did not go in the way they wanted, but it gave them more in a different way. She got the money and power to buy a new place of her dreams, but she is still angry with Anabella.

Besides all these reasons, Georgianna does not want Paul to see Anabella. She is afraid of Paul recognizing Anabella and putting everything she has worked so hard for the last six years in the dumpster. She would never allow that to happen. She knows how powerful Paul is and is afraid of what he will do when he comes to know the real truth. It is a good thing that she decided to come a bit earlier.

The contract Georgianna and Paul signed for 5 years was finished a year ago, but still, she tries her best to keep Paul close to her. She still tries her best to win his heart over. Paul does neither object nor give any favors to Georgianna. He also has some certain benefits from keeping Georgianna around him, which especially helps him to keep unwanted attention from other girls at bay and to quench some level of trouble he always gets from his grandmother, about getting settled down and starting his own family. Paul never really wanted to think about starting a family of his own. He is definitely sure that that family will never be with Georgianna. He knows more about her than she thinks he knows about her.

Georgianna has begged and troubled Paul many times to take her out on a dinner date. She needs it to keep her flames alive. She tried everything she could to win his heart, but he never paid attention, even for a little bit. She still has some hopes in her, but seeing Anabella in the restaurant has challenged her authority. She needs to act quickly. She decides to play the victim card and use her flame to chase Anabella away from the restaurant before Paul comes, possibly even from Alex’s life, for her own good. She walks toward them, smiling evilly while they are lost in their own talk.

Anabella and Alex have no idea about Georgianna’s plan. They talk about a lot of things, what they have done in the last six years, who they saw and what is going on with their lives. Alex is surprised to hear that nobody tried to approach Anabella while she was in France. Their talk is interrupted by someone's throat clearing. Alex is not happy to see Georgianna, but he knows who she is and what power she has over him. He also understands that Anabella does not want to talk with her. Pallavi had told Anabella several times about Georgiana and her success in the country as a superstar and supermodel. Anabella never paid attention to entertainment news and never tried to search about Georgiana's new life. Anabella has no idea about Georgiana and who she is with now.

“Hello stepsister, long time no see. How have you been?” Georgianna mocked. Anabella does not want to talk with her. She just wants to ignore Georgianna.

“Hello, Georgianna. What are you doing here?” Anabella asked. She is not happy to see Georgianna. Georgianna wants to make Anabella angry. In that way, Anabella would bust out and Georgianna could play the victim of the situation. Georgianna knows that everyone in the city adores her, either because of her acting and modeling or her being the girlfriend of Paul.

“Not happy to see me? hmm...” Georgianna asked back with a fake sad smile.

“Please leave us alone, Georgianna”. Alex told her. He does not want to make any trouble. He somehow knows what is happening in Georgianna's thick head. He now knows the story of Anabella and what Georgianna did to her. He just wants Georgianna to leave them alone.

“I am not talking to you, Alex. I want to know how my sister is. What has she been doing in the last six years?”

“She was and still is doing fine, you know. Please leave us alone”. Alex responded to her, a bit rudely. He is getting irritated with Georgianna.

“Watch your tongue, Alex. You know who I am. You wouldn’t be here today if I did not do you the favour”.

Georgianna still wants Alex to remember who she is and how he got the job in The Robinsons Group. Alex closes his mouth, making Anabella confused. She does not understand what Georgianna just said and why Alex behaved like that. Neither Alex nor Anabella tries to elaborate on the topic.

“You know Alex, my sweet stepsister is not as sweet as you think. She knew that you liked her a lot, but she slept with another. I am sure that she has slept with many more than you did in the last six years”. Georgianna reminds Anabella of the memory Anabella is trying so hard to forget, which makes Anabella boil with rage. She immediately stood up and looked into Georgianna’s eyes. She is no longer the innocent girl to take crap from other people, especially not from Georgianna or her mother.

“How dare you?” Anabella asked her.

“I am telling the truth, am I not?” Georgianna mocked Anabella back. Anabella cannot control her anger anymore. She raises her hand to slap Georgianna across her face. Before it lands on Georgianna’s face, someone else stops her, holding her hand firmly and forcefully.

“How dare you raise your filthy hands on her?” Paul demanded. Georgianna is surprised to see Paul early in the restaurant. She is afraid that Paul may recognize who Anabella is, but when she sees the angry expression on Paul’s face, she knows that Paul has no idea who Anabella is to Paul. Georgianna took the opportunity to place the victim's card. She starts to have some crocodile tears in her eyes, showing Paul that she is innocent and did nothing wrong. What happens next makes Georgiana much happier from the inside. She thinks that her plan worked better than she expected. Once again, Georgianna has the upper hand in situations with Anabella.

Paul has no respect for Georgianna. What Georgianna does not know is that Paul knows way too many things about her. He knows all her secret affairs and how she uses her body to win contracts from other companies and agents. Paul knew very well that she had forced Alex to sleep with her, in order to help him to get a job in his company. He wanted to fire Alex in the beginning, but seeing how hard he works, he tolerates his presence in the company.

After what happened 6 years ago, as he agreed, he helped Georgianna accordingly. When the contract is over, Georgianna still sticks around Paul. He does not object to it. He has some certain benefits of keeping Georgianna around him. He does not like her at all. He does not even consider her as a friend but as a mere escort. He knows that Georgianna expects more from him, but he has no desire for her. She is the only person Paul tolerates besides his own family. Georgianna troubled him for many days about taking her out on a date. Paul did not want to do that at the beginning. As she troubled him more and more, Paul agreed. He thought to himself that it would be another way for him to distract himself from work.

Paul finished his work early in the office and decided to go early to the restaurant to have some drinks for himself. He rarely goes out. When he does, he usually goes alone or with his brother Mark Robinsons. When he came to the restaurant, the first thing he saw was that Georgianna was talking with Alex and another woman. He walked toward them. As he walked toward the table, the other woman stood up and raised her hand to slap Georgianna across the face. Paul was there at the right moment to stop the impact. Since Paul is taking Georgianna out for a date, he has a sense of responsibility to protect her.

Anabella’s action makes Paul angry. She does not answer Paul’s question. She rather stares at him for a few seconds. Paul stares back at her doe eyes. He finds that she has pretty eyes. She looks very familiar to him, but he just cannot figure out where and when he met her. His chain of thought is interrupted as Anabella angrily bites Paul’s hand to release his grip on hers. Paul is caught by surprise, and his anger is elevated. No one ever dared to disrespect him in the way Anabella did, especially to invade his personal space and physically harm him. He angrily releases her hand and drags his hand from her, which makes Anabella lose control and fall to the ground. Anabella has bitten Paul’s hand violently. It wounded Paul’s hand with a red-colored rash and Anabella's tooth marks. Paul takes a tissue from the table and cleans his wound. His guards are around him within a fraction of a second.

“Throw her out of here. She is not allowed to come to this restaurant anymore”.

Paul ordered his personal guards. They pick Anabella violently from the floor and push her out of the front door. She falls down on the road and cries.

Georgianna tries to inspect Paul’s hand while cursing Anabella and thanking Paul for his brave action. Paul pulls the hand from her. He does not want Georgianna to touch him. He stares at both Alex and Georgianna for a short while and leaves the restaurant. When he comes to the front door, he does not see Anabella anymore. She has left the place already.

When Anabella looked in the direction to see who stopped her hand in the middle of the air, she became speechless. He looks very similar; he looks like her own son, Manura. In fact, Manura looks like the younger version of the person in front of her. She does not know who this person is, but she could tell from his appearance and the aura around him that he is someone very rich and important, and has a sort of personal relationship with Georgianna. Anabella remembers what Pallavi told her about Georgianna's rich boyfriend.

“Is he the person who took my innocence six years ago without my consent?”

“Why did he do that?”

“Why does he look like Manura?”

“Is he the father of my children?”

“Did he ruin me for her, Georgianna?”

“Did he help them with their cruel plan to steal my fortune?”

“Why did he help her?”

Those were the questions that popped into Anabella’s mind. With each question popping into her mind, she becomes angrier and angrier toward Paul. She cannot control her emotions. She is angry and sad. She did something she could not believe in herself. She bit Paul’s hand. As a result, she was humiliated in front of everyone in the restaurant and thrown out. When she falls down in front of the restaurant, she can no longer contain her emotions to herself and cries. She hears several people laugh at her, from inside the restaurant. Some even film the entire scenario on their mobile devices. She feels humiliated again in front of Georgianna. At that moment, she promises to herself that she will behave more carefully around those people. She does not want any trouble for her kids. She put herself together and stood up. She called a taxi and asked the driver to take her home without even giving a second glance at the restaurant.

Alex was speechless about what happened in front of him. He wanted to speak up for Anabella, but he could not. Georgianna already scared him, and he did not want to offend Paul or go against him. He needs the job more than anything. He worked hard for it. Alex felt like a coward. He is also worried about Anabella. It is clear to him that Anabella does not know who Paul is. Otherwise, she would never treat Paul in such a way. Alex is afraid of Anabella not getting the job in the group. He knows how ruthless Paul is. If Paul comes to know that Anabella is going to work in the Robinsons’ Group, he would not allow that. Paul would make Anabella’s life a living hell.

Soon after Paul left the restaurant, Alex ran to the front door to look for Anabella. She has already left, without even a goodbye. He has failed Anabella again. He tried to call her several times, but she did not answer the phone.

While Anabella is in the taxi, she rethinks the entire scenario that happened in the restaurant. She still does not understand why someone like Paul helped Georgianna with such dirty work in the past.

“Did he do that for Georgianna’s body?”

“Did Georgianna sell my body to him for money and flames?”

“Why did Alex keep his mouth shut and head down?”

“What is the meaning of those words Georgianna told to Alex?”

"What help did Georgianna do to Alex in the last years?"

"What did I miss?"

“Can I really trust Alex?”

Those are some of the questions Anabella tries to answer by herself while in the taxi. She is glad that she did not tell Alex about her kids. She finds it hard to trust Alex any further. She gets several calls from Alex but actively ignores them. She is still not ready to talk with him. Alex also sends Anabella some messages apologizing to her about what happened in the restaurant and for being a coward, but she just ignores them as well.

When Anabella gets home, Pallavi has already put the kids in their beds. Pallavi is also in bed. Anabella carefully tiptoed to her room. She took a bath, got herself changed into some comfortable clothes, made the call she always makes before going to bed, and finally went to bed.