Isabel placed a hand on her head as she turned around as saw her bag on a nightstand and her shoes nearly placed by the wall.She went to her bag and scrambled for her phone with her heart racing and when she found it.She lit up the screen.
"Sh*t…" she breathed after seeing the screen. She didn't even remember last night, not even missed calls from Steph and many others.
What happened? How did she end up here? Who….?
Just then the door opened and Sebastian walked in with a kind of quiet and controlled presence that filled the entire room. He wore a simple black T-shirt and grey pants. The shirt clung to him,outlining the firm muscles of his shoulders and arms making him look more like a man than a CEO. He held a glass of water in one hand and a pack of painkillers in the other as if this was his morning routine.Isabel panicked as she saw him and swallowed hard, not knowing how to face him.
"Good,"he said flatly."You're awake." She stared at him with her throat dry before she asked.
"Where…why am I here? What happened?" Sebastian placed the interns on the nightstand next to her.
"Take the pills before your headache gets worse."
"Sebastian, answer me. Why am I here?"Isabel asked while ignoring him.
"You got drunk last night," he said while casting a glance at her. "Very drunk. You wandered into a nightclub alone, got way too drunk and fought with three men twice your size."
"I….what? Isabel asked while blinking slowly.
"You don't remember?"
"No."she whispered.
"You almost got assaulted yesterday but I stepped in before anything happened."He said.
"I…did they….? Isabel said as she felt cold creep through her chest while her hands shook slightly.
"No but they almost,"Sebastian said. Isabel sighed as the tension in her shoulders loosened.
"How did you find me?"
"I have business nearby,"Sebastian said.
"And then? Isabel asked again as she swallowed hard.
"You passed out in my arms and I brought you here because you weren't in a state to go home." Isabel blinked again.
"Here? As in…. your apartment?"
"Yes."He said as he stepped back slightly, distancing himself as if remembering he didn't like her.
"Do you have any problem with that?"
"Oh yeah because those make it sound like rescuing me was an inconvenience.
"Of course, it was,"he said smoothly. "You're welcome."
Sebastian!"Isabel shouted lightly as her jaw dropped.
"What? I didn't lie."He said while raising a brow. "Take the painkillers, I can't deal with you fainting again."
Isabel didn't say anything but only glared at him.
"You should've been more careful, anything could have happened."Sebastian said as he turned towards the door.
"Freshen up, the bathroom is by the left.'Her said while shutting the door softly behind him. Isabel covered her face with her hands as she kicked the bed in embarrassment and after that she stood up and made her way to the bathroom.
After she was done, she went downstairs to the living area while admiring how spacious and beautiful the house is. She saw Sebastian standing near the window with coffee in hand.
"Your car is waiting downstairs. Forget about today's work, we'll continue tomorrow and next time and don't make me find you like that again."He said while handing her her car keys.
"Thank you."Isabel said stiffly.
"Good."He said.
Just 'good'. Isabel thought as she walked past him, made her way downstairs and drove off.
Sebastian stood by the window as he watched her drive off. He gave out a little smile without him noticing and just then his phone buzzed. He picked up the call.
"Lucas, what is it this time?" Lucas immediately snorted through the speaker.
"I heard you were at a night club last night and rumor has it that….you carried a drunk girl out like a knight in….."
"Drop it, Lucas,"Sebastian said with a sharp voice. "Ohh, it's true, big brother saved a damsel."Lucas said while laughing.
Sebastian hung the call. He didn't have strength for Lucas's dramatics. He rubbed his jaw as his eyes kept drifting towards the guest's room door.
"No,Seb. Don't, she's just a business partner."He said as he sat on the couch while convincing himself. When Isabel arrived home, she saw Steph waiting at the door like a tornado with legs and the moment she stepped inside, Steph gasped so loudly.
"ISABEL! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!I CALLED YOU A THOUSAND TIMES! I WAS ABOUT TO FILE A MISSING PERSON REPORT! I WAS ABOUT TO….. Isabel, what happened to your face? Are you hungover? Isabel groaned as she dropped into the couch.
"Please Steph, don't be so loud. Steph sat next to her instantly.
"Did those go to the club alone? You didn't pick any of my calls and who even brought you home?" "It's not ... .home,"Isabel replied. "Then whose house were you in?"Steph asked as she narrowed her eyes. "Sebastian's."Isabel said as she rubbed her forehead. Steph gasped so dramatically as she almost slipped off the couch.
"SEBASTIAN BLACKWELL? The man you hate? You were in his house, I mean spent the night at his house?"
"Yeah."Isabel muttered.
"Oh my God,"Steph whispered while clutching her chest."Could this be an enemies-to-lovers trope?Am I really witnessing this?"
"No. We are no lovers,"Isabel snapped. "I still hate him." Steph only grinned wider.
"You fell asleep in his arms, didn't you?"
".....I don't want to talk about it."Isabel said as she covered her face with a pillow. Steph squealed and kicked her feets like a fangirl.
"If you don't shut up, I'll cancel the friendship agreement we made in college."Isabel said while groaning. Steph sat up straight but her smile didn't fade. "Fine but just so you know, this is a plot twist."
Isabel wanted to deny it but one thing stuck in her mind, looping over and over:The way he said "Don't make me find this like that again."Her cheeks warm as she threw a pillow at Steph and went into her room.
Isabel decided to go to work after she showered for the second time. When she arrived at her company, she went straight into her office and threw herself into drafting a full blueprint and answering emails but Steph kept texting her.
STEPH: Are you okay?Are you alive?Did Satan text or call you?
ISABEL: Don't call him that,he helped me. Steph replied immediately.
STEPH: Ooh,so now you're defending him This is how it starts.😩🔥
Isabel gave out a deep sigh as she leaned back on her seat refusing to think about Sebastian and just then,her phone buzzed.It was Sebastian. She hesitated before picking up the call.
"What?I thought you told me to come to work."
"We need to talk now,Ms Reeves,"he said with a controlled and calm voice.
"No,we don't. I'm working right now."She replied sharply.
"You're working?" "Yeah."
"Ms.
Reeves,to my office now.Thirty minutes only."He said as he hung up. Isabel glared at her phone.
"I hate him,"she whispered to herself and then grabbed her bag and matched out.