Husband With Benefits
Chapter 388: Dazed

Chapter 388: Dazed

Isabella was in a daze as she stared up at the roof in her room. She should be sleeping. She’d been up since early this morning, had no rest over the weekend and needed to go to work in the morning again, but that sleep seemed to have disappeared. Her brain seemed to be treating Ian’s words as some sort of catchy music as his words repeated there, as if in a loop.

"We are in an exclusive relationship. This means you won’t be seeing anyone and neither would I. Also, about this morning, I did not do whatever your overactive imagination has you thinking! Erica was there for business and thought that she could use me to get it. All we did was talk business. Capsice? Understood?"

She’d nodded without comprehending but he wasn’t satisfied. Instead he’d continued to scold her! "And what do you mean it was just a bit of fun? Are you looking down on yourself. Don’t you dare do that! I cherish that you trusted me and angry that you trusted so little? And why are you not expecting a relationship? For that matter, even if you are not, you have a right to ask questions about us! So, am I clear about my intentions?"

And instead of answering him, she’d continued to stare at him as he stared at her. And then he’d smiled and caressed her cheek," Isabella, repeat after me. Ian and Isabella are in a relationship. I expect him to be totally committed to this relationship. And if he dares to break my trust, I will break his bones."

Isabella shook her head, sighed and muttered to herself," And like a fool, I even repeated the words."

But as she closed her eyes, she knew that there was a warmth in her heart. All these years, she’d assured herself that she was being herself. Even if it meant going against the expectations of her parents. But in little time, Ian had changed things around.

Everytime, he made her see a different version of herself. He’d somehow made her trust him and open up so that she realized that everything she had been doing until now had been a rebellion of sorts, trying to challenge her parents and test their love for her.

Unfortunately for them and even more so for herself, they’d been failing miserably. On the other hand, Ian seemed to take everything in stride and treat her differently. Not byhis words, but by his actions he had proven to her that people’s opinion of her or even her own low opinion of herself made no difference to him. He... cared for her. For her.

It made her feel ticklish inside. As if a thousand butterflies were dancing in her stomach. Maybe this was what it felt to be a female lead in a romance novel? Giggling, she caught the pillow on the side and hugged it to herself before something reminded her to ruin her mood.

Ian said that they were in a relationship. But he did not mention anything related to romance oreven any future to this relationship. He’d probably meant that they were going to be exclusive to each other while they got this ’lust’ out of their system and like a fool she’d started to imagine romance.

Once again she sighed to herself. "Isabella Ruffalo! If there were Olympic competitions for over-thinking you’d probably get a gold medal."

It did not matter whether the relationship had a future or not. She knew her heart and it was falling for Ian slowly and surely But she was going to let it and not stop herself. And if that meant heartbreak in the end, she would experience that as well and let herself feel it. Time to go with the flow and not think too much. With a smile, she closed her eyes and sighed. Tomorrow onwards, she would be with Ian without any fears and past prejudices.

The next morning, Isabella woke up almost late for work as she hurried around her house, getting her stuff. As she stared at her panda eyes in the mirror, she shook her head. This is what happened when you went partying on a weeknight. Carefully, she applied her make up and patted her cheeks, hoping to feel fresher.

Just then her phone started to ring and she almost groaned. Ian Frost. She’d forgotten this man was a machine. He could party all night and still go to the office in the morning. Sigh! Had he already reached the office? Her heart skipped a beat as she answered the phone and heard his voice. Ian Frost, in his entirety, needed to be outlawed.

"Come down when you’re ready, doll."

Isabella’s eyes widened and she hurriedly moved to look out of her window," You’re here?"

"Yes." Ian answered her while she quickly looked around her house, throwing a glance at the kitchen. She needed to start keeping those breakfast bars for emergencies. Now she was going to have to rush around without any breakfast.

As she reached the parking, she slowed down and tried to calm her thumping heart, reminding herself that he was her boss at the moment not her lover.

Ian stood there leaning against his car as he watched her walk towards him and she felt her cheeks heat up as he looked her over from head to toe. Tentatively, she smiled at him," Hi."

Ian smiled and raised the two bags in his hand," Hi." Pushing the two bags into her hand, he quickly pulled her into his arms and kissed her thoroughly.

Finally, just as she was about to forget everything, he moved back and whispered," Good morning, doll. You look as edible as ever."

Isabella rolled her eyes at the ’compliment’ and sat in the car, curious about the bags. The first one held breakfast and she could only sigh in her heart. The man was really too perfect. But the second bag held the lipstick that she used.

Turning to Ian, she questioned," What is this?"

"It’s a lipstick, Isi. I think the modern term for it is lip crayon?"

Isabella rolled her eyes," Oh. I had no idea. You know what I meant! So?"

Ian grinned and pointed to the mirror," This is a spare lipstick for you to keep in my car. See, I am going to kiss you every chance I get, which will mean that your lisptick will be inevitably smudged..."

Isabella giggled at his meaning and quickly reapplied the lipstick that he’d kissed off before placing the little crayon into the dashboard console... What was she supposed to do with this man?

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