Elegant Love

Chapter Nine

Isabella POV

My heart was beating so fast, I have never felt this way around any man before, I can see that Christian is different, I had to escape, because I don’t want to ever have feelings ever again, the constant rush I feel whenever me and Christian’s eyes connect is unique, his aura intimidating me, and I certainly didn’t like the fact that he have knew deep information about me when it came to the fact that I have lost many people in my life, I’m not communicative when it comes to past wounds, after what it felt like forever I finally arrived to my room and as I opened the door I was surprised by how many gifts were filling the middle of the room, I approached the mountain of gifts and it had a note that said “ I’m so sorry for ditching you on your birthday bestie, but Albert said he had something important for me, so a little making up for you, these are all the birthday gifts from all the people who love you, and I left the most important one on the balcony, enjoy, love, Stella “ 

I chuckled at my crazy friend and looked at the balcony and saw a black and red box, I went towards it and gasped as I saw the beauty of the packaging, it was quite beautiful and elegant, I noticed there was a black card on it that had “ Black Empire” on its front, I flipped it and smiled as I read what was written “ In the end, It’s not the years in your life that counts, it’s the life in your years, happy birthday Miss Williams. Christian Black. “ I looked at the paper with a happy grin on my face, and I didn’t know why but I looked up and saw a big balcony and someone was opening the door, I noticed it was Christian, and he immediately looked at my balcony and smiled so charmingly, god, what a beautiful smile, what an amazing man.

I mouthed the word “ thank you “ with a smile, and then he stood there for a second then chuckled and mouthed “ absolutely welcome “ it made me feel so happy, he’s so caring and gentle, he’s different, he then gestures me to open the gift to see my reaction, I nodded and looked at the box then took it in my hands, its texture felt so nice, I opened the ribbon and lifted the top lid and that was my surprise, I looked back at him and he was just smiling at me, I said his name breathlessly and I looked gratefully at him, I have never been this happy over a gift before, it’s just beautiful, and it’s been a long time wish since I have been wanting to get Cartier, I looked at Christian and got the box inside the room, then I went back outside and saw him sigh in relief, I chuckled and said in a mocking tone “ what? Did you think I would leave without saying a proper thank you and a goodnight? “ he chuckled and said in his deep voice “ well considering I never got a gift for a woman before, I wasn’t sure how you’d act” I looked at him in shock which made him laugh and say “ what?” I scoffed and said in a statement tone “ come on, you can’t tell me a man like you have never gifted a woman before, and you look like a man who knows how to treat women right.” He stared at me for a second and said “ trust me, I never met someone like you and I don’t think I’ll ever will..” I looked stunned, and then looked down saying “ you don’t know me well and neither do I, you can’t just say that just because of how I look Mr Black “ I was devastated.

He looked surprised at me and tried to speak, but I stopped him after saying goodnight and walked inside closing the balcony door.

I started crying, just flashes of my betrayal came running back in my head, I fell on the floor thinking with myself, it’s because of him I’ve determined I’ll never love anyone ever again…

I gathered myself together and got up, I went to bed and kept getting deep thoughts and memories about him, but before I went into deep sleep, something deep down told me that I’ll break that promise I made years ago, and it will be because of Christian…