the café's disaster from his s

ich woman as his date to suffering craziness from a rude

day get an

ight of Isabella standing at his door stopped him in his tracks. She w

ell is she

the last thing he expected was to see he

r eyes quickly flicking over his form. "You again?" she aske

both her presence and her questio

e over." She rolled her eyes and smirked as her tone dripped of her signatur

irritation build in his chest and mi

ught inviting me to your mother's house would make me fall for you? I didn

he was made speech

thought he

t believe

aid slowly as he tried to k

omentarily taken

d, her eyes, so like his own, sparkled as she smiled warmly at both

g look as she glanced back at Marcel. "Of co

t was going on. His mother was clearly happy to see Isabella which showed t

with Isabella's mother, reminiscing about old times. Meanwhile, Isabella sat with

tting off his mother mid-sentence. "You'

respond, Marcel

towards him. "Why else would you go through all

. "I didn't invite yo

e quickly recovered. "Oh, please, Marcel. Don't try to play it

her. Was she cr

l wrong. I'm not

ause I'm beautiful, I'm easy to impress? Sorry, darling, but it takes a lot

la turned her attention back to Marcel. "If you want a chance with me, Marcel, you're going to need to step

ment. The audacity of Isabella's demands was beyond belief, and the way she spoke down to

at they had caused. They would b

iet but it carried a hard edge. "This isn't about impressing you.

You're lucky someone like me is even sitting at the same table as you. A nurse?" She scoffed. "You're just a

t. Her hand trembled slightly as she reached for

could finish, t

e interruption because he was afraid he would d

tration. He moved toward the door eve. as his min

person he expected to see wa

Black

her at the cafe. Her sharp green eyes locked onto his the moment the door swung open. Beside her

in shock as he

l," Anna said with a

came to see you. I want to disc