Chapter 5 WHY

Isabella woke up next morning with her body aching all over and she carefully got down from the bed moving to the toilet to ease herself.

She got to the toilet and did her thing. She noticed a towel spread on an hanger while walking out and her eyebrow furrowed. So it wasn't a dream. He truly cleaned her up after their activity the other night.

She had wished it was all a dream and she wondered what it meant now that it wasn't.

She stood under the shower and turned it on as she carefully washed herself clean.

"Arrgh"she groaned in pain as she washed her under. She'll probably be sore for days.

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"I placed breakfast here"Agnes' voice sounded behind her as she stepped out of the bathroom and she flashed her a smile.

"Thanks,Agnes"she said and walked towards the mirror.

She gently let her towel loose as she began to apply cream to her body. She met Agnes' gaze through the mirror and her eyebrow furrowed as to what the woman was still doing in her room.

"Is there anything you want to say to me,Agnes?"she asked and Agnes smiled.

"What do you plan on doing today?"she asked and Isabella frowned.

What else was she supposed to do asides sitting around the room all day?

"Why do you ask,Agnes?"Isabella threw back at her.

"I have some knitting kits so I was wondering if you'll love to try knitting"Agnes said and Isabella smiled.

Knitting was something she loved doing with her mom but she hadn't tried it in years so she ain't sure she'll still be good at it.

"Bring in the kit once am done eating,Agnes. I'll love to try knitting"Isabella said and Agnes smiled as she nodded on walked out.

A sigh of relief escaped Agnes' lips immediately she went out. The boss had warned her to make sure Isabella doesn't suck up sitting from one corner of the room to another.

He asked her to get her something to do or better still get her a book from the library but she was skeptical about it since Isabella had always kept to herself for the past 9yrs.

Thank goodness,Isabella had agreed to knitting so she won't have to face any warrant from the boss.

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Isabella sat with Agnes, watching her knit. She had asked Agnes to show her how it was done as she could barely remember.

"I used to know how to knit," Isabella said, smiling. "My mom taught me when I was little."

"That's lovely! What made you stop?"Agnes' asked and almost regretted asking as a sad gloom fell over Isabella's face.

"Am sorry,Isabella. I didn't mean to"Agnes said and Isabella flashed her a small smile

"It's fine,Agnes."Isabella simply said.

Agnes sighed as she noticed the mood have dropped due to her question and she quickly decided to lighten up the mood.

Agnes handed Isabella some needles and yarn.

"Now it's your turn. Try to knit like this."Agnes said and Isabella smiled.

Isabella's hands trembled as she tried to knit. Suddenly, she pricked herself with a needle.

"Ow!"she squealed in pain and Agnes panicked.

"Are you okay,dear? Should I get the first aid kit?"she asked as she hurriedly stood up but Isabella held her back

"Don't worry, Agnes. Little accidents like this happens sometimes while knitting"she said as she sucked on the finger.

Isabella smiled and continued knitting. With Agnes's help, she slowly got the hang of it. They sat together, laughing and chatting as they knitted.

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Meanwhile,someone's eyes darkened as he watched that scene from his tablet. He was in a meeting with the shareholders but his attention was else where. How could she be so careless to prick herself with a needle?

And she won't even take care of it? What if it got infected? Why'll Agnes allow her to knit in the first place? He said she shouldn't allow her sit around but that doesn't mean she should let her harm herself.

He better go and check her by himself. He quickly took his suit and draped it over his shoulder as he walked towards the door exiting the meeting hall.

"Boss"Trevor's voice stopped him as he was about to open the door and he turned to see all eyes on him and they were all dead silent.

"The meeting is adjourned"he simply said as he stormed out.

"Our apologies,sirs"Trevor said as he packed his files and ran after Sebastian.

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"Drive to her place!"Sebastian ordered and Trevor stepped on the pedal with no questions asked zooming off out of the company.

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Isabella kept knitting with a smile on her face as she reminisced on memories with her mother. The very first day she knitted,she knitted a glove for her elementary school crush then.

He was about to leave the school and news got to her so she knitted him a glove as a gift.

The cold look on his face that day was unforgettable but then he smiled at her.

"Thanks for this,Kiddo"

He had said to her as he ruffled her hair. Ever since she hadn't seen him.

The next thing she knitted was a socks and she gave it to her Beloved boyfriend. She could remember him teasing her about her tacky knitting skills and she thought he'll not wear them.

To her surprise,he wore them to the basketball court the next day.

She had knitted a few things after that but she never knitted something for herself.

"What are you knitting?"she heard Agnes' voice behind her and she looked up to see Agnes holding a try of snack and juice. She had went downstairs earlier to prepare those for lunch.

"A scarf for myself"Isabella said with a smile as she continued knitting and Agnes chuckled placing the tray before her.

"Well,you have to take a break now and eat. You can continue later"Agnes said and Isabella hummed as she stopped what she was doing.

"I'll continue later"Isabella said.

"There won't be a later" a familiar husky voice thundered from the doorway and they turned to see Sebastian looking at her intently.

"Boss"Agnes said as Sebastian walked in with his eyes still on Isabella.

"Welcome,Master"Isabella said with shaky voice as she tried to kneel but mistakenly poured the snacks and juice on the floor.

The shattering of glass followed.

Oh no! Isabella screamed within as she quickly tried picking up the glass with her hands. It cut her and she winced softly but kept trying to pick as she could feel his gaze on her.

"Stop what you're doing!"he thundered and she froze.

This was it! She pissed him off already. How could she be this stupid?!....she always maintained her composure for the past 9yrs and stuffs like this never happens.

"Get up"his voice echoed around the room again and she obeyed.

She fiddled with her fingers as her kneels fidgeted.

"Get the first aid box and something to clean up this place,Agnes. I don't know why you're standing there!'Sebastian thundered as his eyes darkened at the sight of her bleeding fingers and knees.

He grabbed her hand and sat her down on the bed while Agnes rushed out to do as she was told.

"How could you be so daft? You first used a needle to prick yourself and you didn't get it treated. But the next thing you'll do is to jump at a shattered glass and start picking it up like you've got an invisible protective glove around your fingers"Sebastian scolded as he assessed the wound.

It was bleeding a lot and Agnes wasn't up yet. It'll be bad if she loses too much of blood so he took her hand to his mouth and sucked on her fingers to stop the bleeding.

"Aargh" Isabella winced softly as she stared at him sucking on her fingers but his eyes were on the door like he couldn't wait for Agnes to get up stairs.

"Thank Goodness,Agnes!"Sebastian groaned as Agnes got in with the first aid kit and he quickly collected it from her and proceeded to treat her wounds while Agnes packed the shattered glass.

Isabella winced each time the cotton wool came in contact with her wounds but he ignored her.

"If you don't want the pain then you'll be careful next time"Sebastian said as he placed a plaster on her knee and got up.

"All done"he said and turned to Agnes who was at the door watching them.

"No more needles,yarn or whatever shit you use for knitting in this house...that means I don't want anymore knitting here. If she's bored and has nothing to do then she can go to the library and wallow in books or I'll rather her sitting around like she have been doing for the past 9yrs rather than hurting herself"Sebastian said as he made to leave.

"Thank you"he heard her tiny voice behind him and he froze as he felt like she still had more to say.

"But why do you care?"she asked and he slowly turned to meet her gaze.

"I don't think I have to answer you and don't misunderstand my actions either. I can't fuck a woman with wounds and scars that's just it"Sebastian said as he left.

Isabella's eyes burned in tears of joy and relief.

Call her "crazy" but she's glad there ain't anything more to it. She doesn't want him craving her more than expected so it'll be easier to let her go when the time comes.

"So no more knitting"Isabella said with a sigh as she turned to Agnes who was packing up the knitting kit.

"Yeah...I'll get you a book from the library instead" Agnes said and she flashed her a smile.

"Thank you,Agnes" she simply said.

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Sebastian got into the car and loosened his tie as he sighed in relief. He almost got tensed when she asked that question but was quick to cover it up with a cold facade.

"Do you care to explain what's going on?"Trevor asked and Sebastian looked at him.

"Not now,Trevor. Just drive to where we're meeting with the Red blazers"he said as he shut his eyes.

"Why do he care?".......that kept ringing in his head but he had no answer

He had left in the middle of a meeting just because she got pricked by a needle and he could feel himself losing his sanity when she was cut by the glass.

Why was he feeling that way?

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"The Avengers are here"a guard announced as Sebastian walked into a dimly lit room with Trevor behind him.

"It's been a while"a voice resounded from the corner of the room and Sebastian's fist clenched as he could already guessed who it was.

He turned towards the corner. Lo and behold,he was seated there.

Shiny brown shoes,Brown suits,milky brown skin,thick muscles than can be seen beneath the top buttons that are let loose,Perfect jawline,heart-shaped lips,elegant green eyes,thin eyebrows and brown hair.

All are features of Damian Gilbert,the second-in-command of the Red blazers and the only son of their Don.

"I see you've been doing miserable as I expected,Damian"Sebastian greeted with a smirk and Damian chuckled as he stood up and approached him.

"You wish,Sebastian but not granted"he said as he patted his shoulder and took a seat on the end of the round table.

"You can have your sit" he said and Sebastian hummed as he sat on the other end while Trevor remained standing.

"I see you're still his loyal dog after many years"Damian directed at Trevor with a grin but Trevor ignored him.

"Are we doing business or not"Sebastian asked through gritted teeth and Damian flicked his tongue.

"Tsk!Tsk!..Patience"he said as he waved his hands and one of guards passed him a file.

"Check this out"he said as he handed the file over to Sebastian.

Sebastian took a look through the file be yawned boringly before passing it back to Damian.

"Boring....what's it about?"he asked and Damian chuckled.

"I guess you still have poor reading ability"Damian said while Sebastian glared at him.

"We supply good to Persia,Cairo,Taiwan,and the northern part of Spain but recently your men have been trespassing our lands and shipping your goods there too."Damian said as he looked at Sebastian who still had a bored look on.

"We want them to stop"he added and Sebastian's eyes darkened.

"And what if we don't?"Sebastian asked casting him a daring look while Damian still looked calm though a storm was surfacing beneath.

"We'll waylay them, kill them and take the goods away. Am sure you won't want that"Damian said and Sebastian burst into laughter.

Then he suddenly stopped laughing and stood up on his feet.

"What makes you think I don't want that? Let your men dare it and see who gets killed"Sebastian said as he made to leave.

"What a waste of time"he added and Damian chuckled.

"And you think you'll just walk out like that?"Damian asked and Sebastian turned to him with a smirk.

"We both know you won't do anything to me,Damian. Not now,not here"Sebastian said as he walked out with Trevor behind him.

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"Arrgh" Damian growled as he hit his fist on the table.

How come he never wins against Sebastian all the time?! They had history together. They had always been competitors all through their lives. In elementary then high school then college and finally when they took over their respective clans.

"I'll win one day,Sebastian..I'll win"he said with a fire of determination and anger in his eyes.

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"Coward" Sebastian said as he entered his car chuckling.

One thing was certain...he'll always win over Damian Gilbert in ten times a million times.

TBC...