Chapter 125: Tensions Rising

After calming his nerves, Alex went downstairs to check on his sister and apologized to her for speaking rudely to her. Upon getting downstairs, he saw her already packing her luggage, and he immediately asked her why.

"What's wrong, Mirabel? Why are you packing tonight? I thought you said you were going tomorrow morning."

She didn't even respond to any of his gibberish talk. She ignored him and continued packing their luggage.

"Why are you packing up? Why are you packing up your stuff tonight? I thought you said you were going tomorrow morning. Is it because of what I said earlier? I just came here to apologize to you. I'm very sorry. I was really angry when I walked in the other time and I talked to you out of annoyance. I didn't mean any of the words I said. You can stay if you still want to stay. I'm not asking you to leave my house. You don't have to pack up tonight. You can still go tomorrow morning. I'll just drop you off at the airport tomorrow," he said to Mirabel.

Mirabel looked at him with bloodshot eyes and said, "If you were angry, you could have just calmed down and talked to me. You shouldn't have spoken to me like that. Never mind. I'm leaving tonight. You don't have to drive me to the airport. I'll drive myself. I'll just call a cab to drive me," Mirabel said to Alex.

But Alex insisted that he was going to drive her to the airport if she insisted on going that night. So Mirabel packed her luggage and put everything in the back of the car, and Alex drove her straight down to the airport.

When they got to the airport, he hugged her tightly and told her he was going to miss her so much.

"I'm going to miss you so much, little bro. I'm going to miss our fights and the times when we would gist and drink all night," Mirabel said to him.

Alex looked at her and smiled. He was also going to miss her, but he didn't know how to express his feelings. He just hugged her and told her to call him once she landed. Both of them kept on having different kinds of conversations and long goodbyes until Mirabel heard the last call for her flight. She immediately stood up and bade Alex goodbye.

Alex hugged her very tightly like he didn't want her to go yet. But he had no choice but to let her go. She missed her husband already. Alex released her, and then she walked straight to the plane.

Alex watched her retreating back and felt very sad watching his sister go. But he had no choice but to let her go. He immediately turned back and walked straight to his car. He started the engine and drove straight to Trisha's place.

Upon getting there, he rang the doorbell, and Trisha immediately opened the door for him. She was surprised to see Alex and welcomed him in. She told him to have a seat while she called Isabella downstairs.

When Isabella saw Alex, she was very shocked to see him there, and she immediately asked him what he was doing there.

"I just came to pick you up so we could go home together," he said.

Isabella was shocked and angry, and she didn't know what to say. She had no other choice but to follow Alex. Trisha invited both of them for dinner and asked them to have dinner before they went home. So Trisha made a small dinner for them, and they all ate together in silence.

After eating, Alex thought of ways to make Isabella's life miserable. While Isabella was packing her stuff upstairs, she was very scared and didn't know why Alex would come to Trisha's place all of a sudden, insisting that they went home. But she had to follow what he wanted.

Alex sat downstairs waiting for Isabella, thinking of ways to make her life harder. He thought of ways to punish her for leaving him at home and for hiding the truth from him about her and James's relationship.

When Isabella finished packing her luggage, she went downstairs.

"I'm done packing," she said to Alex.

Alex looked at her and said, "I'll just get your luggage and put it in the back seat."

So he collected her luggage from her, took it to the car, and opened the door for Isabella to go inside. But Isabella hesitated on getting in, and Alex pinned her down to the car door.

"You better get in now, Isabella, or you won't like what I'll do to you. I know that you've been hiding something from me, and I promise you I'm going to make your life a living hell if you don't follow me. Now. I don't like the way you're staying at Mirabel's place. You're making me look like a bad person. I promise you I'll make your life a living hell if you don't get into the car right now," he threatened Isabella.

Isabella was shivering, but she didn't let her fear show too much on her face. "What if I don't follow you? What are you going to do to me, Alex?" she said to him.

Alex got very angry and pinned her down on the car. He held tightly to her hands, and it started to hurt. She grimaced in pain, but Alex didn't let go of her.

"Get in the car right now, Isabella, or you won't like what I'll do to you. It's either you get into the car or I'll keep on hurting you. Just get into the car, Isabella."

Isabella did not answer him, and she immediately twisted her arms from his grip. She opened the back door and took out her luggage, starting to walk angrily back upstairs into Trisha's apartment.

But Alex immediately held her back and threatened her again to follow him home, but she wouldn't budge.