Under the Facade

nd immediately contemplated if he was okay. They were meeting for t

me?" she as

just for a year. I mustn't know you. I prom

rriage. She felt her intestines being twisted as she sta

bout it like you girls do, you have just three hours

er boil in her. S

d to leave," s

g to think about it. Same time, same restaurant tomorrow

sleeping daughter on a hospital bed. The words the d

the bone marrow. She has Leukemia and she needs surgery as soon as poss

mitted. Now the bombshell was dropped. She wondered what she was going to do now. To maintain

when a tear ran

gentle, Isabella still jerked. She was surprised to

top," Sofia added, her beautiful you

immediately, quickly cleanin

ing?" She joked, fo

was down with illness, she would press on till her mo

the doctor

ble to leave this place," Isabella said, still with

s hair on her hand. She wanted to tactfully take it away from

ir, Mom? Am I

, so she said instead. "You

fluttered her eyelids

She responded as th

he took out a beanie and slow

er daughter's surgery, and at once the stranger's

She t

to an arranged marriage with a stranger she was

omeone she knew nothing a

sperate need, and she couldn't really thi

houghts," someone s

was her aged aunt Sofia cal

ave a sigh

erson sitting, caring

d. "If Sofia is going to survive, she needs su

r pain, but she too was hopeless, for she didn't know what to do t

offer? It could go a lo

othing about? And he's so arrogant and so mean. I can't stand hi

r, Isabella, think about her. You know the so much pain she's been going through, and it's

to do this for her daughter. She loved her, and she could do anyt

rself and mus

ly said, staring at her

tely it was 1:30 pm, she picked up her handbag from the counter, left Blooms a

ept telling herself she wa

were to meet, it wasn't in any way har

legs crossed, look

a smirk as he watched Isabella wal

would change yo

trace of mocke

t," she said firmly, s

he moved the paper with a p

event her shaking hands from being

d it back to hi

d been standing beside him the whole ti

and took out two silver

e to put

p. "Do I have

o make it

I put this on, can

frowned.

you doi

through his hair

e him, but he wasn't going to show

o Eduardo…"

he couldn't believe she was talking to one of the so

, respect, and, of c

ly look like them cause they were k

t she didn't even know his name till now

CEO of my family's company, and they don't like it at all. That's the reason. So I'm just going to carry you everywhere and

softly. So that w

so what

slowly slid the ring onto her middle finger, and it we

mily, get an approval from

ve she was actually goi

my house, and we start like ev

wondered how easy it was for him to say all he said while it was so hard on

y, f

mor

lla n

up. Send me you

ow

card," he said, r

ella said wit

to walk out but tu

d sound nice; m

for her to respond b

ating form and wondered what

iffi Boutique Milano collections. He had said they were going to meet his family, and, of course, the bu

the dumbest questions he had ever heard. What possibly could they be doing in

let you see my family i

iated. Nothing was wrong with the cl

he didn't in any way keep his temper in

move but turn

le, so please make things look real," he

hours, she had been changing clothes and coming out to show him like she was doing some parade, and every t

ast time, and if he didn't like it, then s

er features, and she hated it. Plus, the fact that she

he elegantly dressed drape

oses this," she said more to herself a

g look, she

his eyes as he looked up

particular one she wore now made her loo

ng her obvious hourglass

aw dr