doing?" Bella asked as she wa

been a long t

s, and it already

ly missed

sked but received silence inste

acted. I'm sorry I'm no long

t's new.

day. But I really

I discovered you resig

n to. Alexand

eally h

call ended, she stepped out of the elevator and gasped in shock as sh

have you b

and watched as Bella rolled her eyes

ven you my reasons?" Bella said

ug?" Sebastia

d her eyes and opened

feel safe. She wanted this to last fo

he wasn't ready to be thrust into the spotli

reath on her neck, sendin

If only Alexander's news wasn't all over tow

ou go. Please

stian didn't know she existed, and all

she wished to be free from his embrace and, gr

se tell me you are at home?" She broke free from hi

closed quite a few deals to be able to spend dinner

news to her without her father's consent, "I believ

late. Your father seemed to be

walked up to her and asked, "Why a

nly to discover he w

tall and handsome, but not like hi

e have it today? My place can be grea

for dinner. Olivia would probably be at home with Nicholas

. I do

sion, Sebastian, with a magnetic force pulling him clo

y touching hers. It was a kiss that spoke volumes, a sile

orld around them faded into obscurity, and it was just Seb

the power of unspoken words,

no explanation. They were so lost in the moment that they didn'

saying, Bella

our place wo

their vehicles and beg

n Sebastian and Bella, he didn't actually care. It o

t that Bailey had decided to mov

pressure from his family, the fact that he should be married t

his entire life, unless his father had som

up certain documents he would need for the announcement of

and in that video was Julius Covada, his former most experienced market

Julius was announcing that there was a

cursed under his breath. This wasn't a

und to support him and fill him in on how he was to approach investors and o

he cozy New York City restaurant and into the brisk night air. She

l hummed with life, eve

es Square, where the neon billboards lit up the night like a vivid dreamscape. The bus

ross the asphalt. The distant echoes of laughter and conversation from nearby

wering skyscrapers seemed to reach for the heavens, the

r this," Bell

dinner after all. But I'm

r walking me home." A gentle flush

leman, blew her a ki