was the biggest mistake of her life. She felt like her world was crumbling around her. S
nto the room carrying a tray with some medicines. "Isabella, I brough
to process the news she had just received. She felt lik
r to her since her mother's passing when she was just seven years old. Her father, a wealthy businessman, had remarried soon afte
O of her father's company, but she had been feeling unwell for weeks and had locked he
ow are you feeling now, Isabella? I brought
clear the fog. "It's not needed, Lu
ous. "What's going on, Isabel
h before blurting out the
ent. Luca's eyes
oice shaking. "And the fa
rned grim. "Th
what this meant. She knew that she couldn't keep her pregnancy a
what this means, don't you? You can't keep this a se
whatever it takes to protect my child, Luca. I'll go
"How long can you keep running, I
on. "As long as I'm alive, Luca.
*
r 7
It was just a dream, she told herself, trying to calm down. But the
adding barefoot to the garden of her house. The dewy green grass felt cool beneath her feet, and the morning breeze c
side. "Your assistant called; you have some important
ep breath of the morning air
Zyne woken up, uncle?" Isabella asked
is up before you, as usual. He
es narrowed.
I sent two guards after him, wi
f relief. She knew that Luca would
u still have dreams of him, don't you
can I forget that man when his Xerox copy
ened. "I know, I
e my most favorite, well, I remembered. You gave me thirty years of
bella. And how can I leave you? Taking care
of her mother. She smiled, feeling a s
ed with a tray of coffee. "Good mornin
gh her body. Just as she was starting to relax, the
rds the noise. A group of men had entered the hous
had haunted her dreams for so long.
ELLA?" He thundered, his
ering on the floor. She felt like she was
hers. "You've been hiding my child from me f