Chapter 3

　　"Ow amazing!" Her eyes held a glint of excitement, she had seen it, her favourite of all time. A shiny Teddy wall.

　　"Gosh she really is Isa, but what was Dave saying?"

　　Austin hissed.

　　How could he not recognize her when they were all friends?

　　Bella grabbed a huge Pinky teddy along with the twinkling wallpapers.

　　She was sure to have a marvellous sleep now.

　　"Is that okay?"

　　Austin asked and she nodded rapidly, these interior decors were her typical decors back home. Exactly as she wanted them.

　　Austin does other shopping for her without letting her know and they went back.

　　When she got to her room, she began placing the decorations in their right places, but not without bliss in her eyes.

　　Austin watched her in amusement.

　　Everything about her was screaming Isa.

　　But then, how could she not know it was him or even recognize Dave a bit.. they really must have changed a lot, but then..

　　He went into a daze, until his phone began ringing.

　　"Yes, Grandfather." He muttered.

　　"Son, I'm on the flight now, talk to you soon."

　　"It's alright Grandfather,"

　　"And take care of your wife."

　　A smile crept to his face.

　　"Yes, Grandfather, you take care of yourself."

　　Then a message suddenly popped up on his phone.

　　"Boss, you need to come to the office now, there's an emergency stakeholder meeting."

　　Without spending any more seconds.

　　Austin sprang off from the apartment in his BMW Maybach.

　　Bella who was speechless at the sudden run off, continued arranging her room and then suddenly slumped on the bed.

　　"What sort of life is this though.. ran away from home and ended up with a cute stranger, trapped in his web now. How's Dad even taking this? Gosh, I don't even want to think about it."

　　She covered her ears with her two hands.

　　"This is choking!"

　　Her breath hitched, she suddenly held on to her chest, and she couldn't take in enough air anymore as she kept banging on her chest.

　　She had suffered panic attacks since she was little and now, she couldn't believe it was here again.

　　She staggered downstairs while breathing huskily.

　　Bella knew she could really die if she didn't do something.

　　"Who's there?" She managed to voice, but there was no one.

　　She wasn't going to let herself die like this.

　　Her stepmother would really have the final win if she allowed it.

　　"Who's here!" she screamed weakly again but there was no one to her amusement.

　　She dragged her foot, till she got out of the estate.

　　Her breath sprang up the more, she couldn't take it anymore and she fell on her knees.

　　Her pupil was on the verge of dilating now, but she dreadfully held on for dear life, until a familiar face approached her.

　　As though her soul had found solace in him, she gave in to darkness and fell completely to the floor.

　　"Bella!" he screamed as he immediately held her on the floor.

　　"Stay with me, Bella." His shaky voice echoed but she was gone now.

　　He swiftly grabbed her off the floor.

　　"Bella!" He couldn't stop screaming in fright as he held her to his car.

　　He drove recklessly down to the hospital with his mind shattered in several pieces.

　　It was good news that he found her, but then on the verge of death.

　　He paced up and down outside the hospital ward.

　　"She's stable now, you can go see her." The doctor pronounced making him jerk forward immediately.

　　When he got in, he figured she was tense on seeing him as sweat began tickling down her forehead.

　　Then tears suddenly dropped from the side of her eyes.

　　She couldn't believe her father whom she had run away from, was the one standing beside her bed now.

　　How did she get here? She tried to shake her head but nothing was moving.

　　Her body was stiff, her leg wasn't moving, not even her eyes were blinking properly, nothing was okay. But then hearing and seeing clearly? She was dreadfully frustrated inside.

　　"{I need to get out of here!}" She tried to move but got utterly disappointed again, She was practically a vegetable.

　　She suddenly paused, listening to whose voice was approaching.

　　Her forehead creased, and she got more tense when she figured it was her stepmother's.

　　"Luck on our side Henry, we need to get her married as soon as possible."

　　"She's sick Sarah!" her father yelled surprisingly.

　　Bella couldn't believe it, he had never stood up for her.

　　"That's the point, we can't have her run away again, and you know we need this marriage, Henry! We need to be in connection with the Kingston group."

　　"Not while she's sick. Yes, I agreed to your suggestion back then on getting her married to that lousy thing, but I never thought she disliked him so much to run away from her wedding. I nearly lost my daughter Sarah."

　　Bella gasped on the bed.

　　She knew it was her stepmother's plan to get her married for business all along, but today her father confirmed it for her.

　　Where as some angers were now developing in her guts, she was also relieved to find out her father still cared for her so much. Not until she heard them again.

　　"Audrey has just reported that the company sales have dropped by 10%, are you still sure you don't want this marriage?"

　　He was silent, getting Bella frightened on the bed, gosh. At this point she wished for a miracle, if her father got silent like this, then he was going to have second thoughts.

　　She needed to run off, her fright intensified when he finally spoke.

　　"How do you intend to do that?" He asked with a heavy sigh.

　　Bella knew this was going to happen, she had always known her father to be highly business minded, he could even sell himself for his company.

　　"Now, you're in your right sense Henry."

　　"Leave everything to me." She muttered confidently, leaving her jerking on the bed.

　　"Sarah, a wedding is needed, how are you going to do that?"

　　"I said to leave everything to me, I'll be right back." She cat-walked away beaming with all the excitement there was.