Chapter 118: The Confrontation

“What is your problem, Isabella? It is important we talk. We have something important to talk about,” he said while signaling for her. Maybe she would understand, but of course, she did not understand anything and turned back to Alex.

“I have something serious to tell Alex. Something very important to tell Alex, and it is even more important than your stupid discussion with me. And I don't want to talk to you. You cause nothing but trouble for me. I want no trouble,” Isabella insisted, but Alex saw that James was serious and pulled Isabella close to him before whispering in her ear.

“Give him a chance. Listen to what he wants to say. He can't harm you. I am here, I promise.”

“But I don't want to talk to him. I am scared of being around him. He only causes fights all the time,” Isabella whispered back to Alex as he pushed her forward.

“Do not worry. Discuss whatever you want to say. Just do not lay your hands on her, do not threaten her, and don't say any false words to her, or else you would regret ever trying to talk to her. Now you can see that I am the one willingly allowing you to talk to her. She doesn't want to be around you, so be careful. I am watching you from a few inches away. Do you understand?” Alex warned.

Even though James was nowhere near his mate at all, James did not even respond to him and instead pulled Isabella with him to a corner as Alex continued to watch, his eyes and attention fixed on Isabella and James.

James looked at Alex one more time before finally whispering to Isabella, “What are you trying to do? Why are you trying to tell him the truth?”

He yelled as Isabella understood instantly what he meant. “I don't know what you're talking about. What truths? Why are you involving yourself in my business? What is wrong with you?” she said, trying her best to avoid the questions coming from him as he laughed.

“You think I don't see what you are doing right now? I see everything you do. I am seeing everything you are doing, and it's not making sense at all. You are putting all of us at risk. You are putting my life at risk, my job at risk. You came to me yourself from the start. You came to me yourself. I did not force you, and I never looked at you in any sexual way that would make you think I wanted you to come to me. You did it in your own free will. Why am I the one who has to suffer for it now? Why am I the one who has to continue this way? I wanted all this to end. If you have no memories of it, fine. I will tell you. I wanted all of this to end. I wanted everything we had together to end, but you insisted. You threatened me. I still have a recording of what you said. If you really think you can just get away with it, I have a recording of you threatening me, and it's your voice. You can change your memory, lose your memory, but you can never lose your voice and your face. Do you understand?”

James said to her as Isabella felt even more confused. “I don't care. I don't care how we're going to go down together or whatever is going to be at risk or whatever any of us is going to lose. I am ready to lose Alex as long as I tell the truth and I don't continue to deceive anybody anymore. I don't want to continue being the liar. Yes, Lily is a bad person, but I am just as bad as Lily for doing something like that and covering it up. And besides, Alex's sister already warned me that I have to tell the truth before it is too late. If Alex finds out, then I would not even be able to escape as a good person. I would forever still be labeled as the bad person.”

And Isabella tried to make James understand, but James knew what he was saying. “Don't you get it? The bad person or the good person? Can't you just continue your life, and the fact that you lost your memory, continue your life like that? Like you don't know anything. Don't even do as if you know me. You want everything between the both of us to end, right? I would let everything end the way you want it to be. But please, don't act like you know me anywhere. And I would not act like I know you. After this case is done, all you just have to do is keep my own secret safe because you are putting me at risk more than you are putting anybody right now at risk. Do you get that?”

James tried to warn her, but Isabella did not listen. “I don't care. Don't tell me anything. Don't warn me. Don't tell me I am not supposed to say anything to anybody. I would say what I want and I would tell who I want to tell. Don't force me. And besides, I am continuously telling you the same thing over and over again. I don't want to be labeled the bad person, and I don't care if you lose your job,” Isabella said.

James was about to walk away, but he pulled her back. “I am pleading with you. I'm not pleading with you as a professor anymore. I am pleading with you as the man you tempted. The man who fell in love with you. Who tried his best to stay away from you, but he couldn't. I know. I am a sinner too. And I did so many bad things just because I wanted you by my side. And I am ready to change. But please, I don't want to lose my job. I have worked so hard to be in that position. Do you know what people think about me? Do you know what they will label me as? Aren't you even thinking about somebody else aside from yourself?” James yelled.