Chapter 34: A Reconciliation

Throughout the night to the very next morning, Isabella was unable to sleep. All she could do was just continuously think about everything, feeling all worried. And she could not help but feel that her relationship with Alex had already been ruined to the extent that he did not even want to have anything to do with her. She could not believe she was in the same apartment with Alex, and yet he was not even bothered. Neither did he try to get close to her. Instead, he kept his distance from her very well, which made her a bit worried as she hoped that very soon everything would come to a stop and she would be able to get back the man she loved so much. 

She stood for a while in front of the door as it was slowly past 5 o'clock in the morning, and she wanted to leave. But she still continued to look around, feeling worried. 

“Would she ever be able to come back here again? Will her relationship with Alex ever go back to the way it used to be? Does this mean that Alex doesn't want to trust her anymore?” 

She had already had so much fun with James, and it was time for her to have a break. She needed a break so that he could trust her. She valued that trust from Alex more than anything. She did not even need James as much as she needed Alex’s trust. 

As she slowly opened the door and stepped out, she could hear the sound of the room door opening. But she did not bother to wait as she quickly rushed off out of the house premises and ran out to the main road. As she waited for any taxi that would pass around, but there were none, she knew it was too early for she had to go back home to a hostel. So she decided to slowly walk. Maybe on her way, she would be able to find a taxi or any form of transportation. 

She slowly walked down the road. She became so emotional thinking about everything she had done. Thinking of how wrong she was to have even thought for a second that she would actually be able to pass through all this like it was nothing. 

Before she knew it, she was already crying, and her cheeks had already filled with teardrops. As she tried to clean them, she couldn't help but hear a footfall behind her. She turned around and was surprised to see that it was Alex, and he looked like he had been chasing after her for a while. 

She quickly cleaned the tears away and pretended like she was fine, putting a wide smile on her face. 

“What is wrong?” she asked as he laughed. 

“Ah yeah. I thought maybe you had gone. Why did you try to leave so silently without letting me know?” 

“What is your problem? You are not going to change. You are so stubborn,” he scolded her. 

“I had to go. I felt like I was not welcome there. And besides, I don't want daytime to meet me there. And then I have to face you again. I don't know what else to say. I don't know how to face you anymore,” she tried to explain to him as he sighed, standing there with both hands on his waist. 

He looked at her for a while before shaking his head and said, “You just would never change. You are always going to be stubborn. Your stubbornness can never change, can it?” 

She kept quiet, unable to say a word, just looking at him. He slowly walked towards her and widened his arms, and she looked confused. He quickly pulled her in and hugged her tightly. 

She was unable to believe it and was in utter shock. 

“Why are you hugging me this way? What are you telling me, goodbye for good?” she questioned, hoping that was not going to be the situation. 

“Of course, I'm not telling you goodbye for good. Why would I push you away and tell you goodbye for good? You are still mine and you will always be mine. Okay? I just needed some space. I needed to see your sincerity. I wanted to be sure that you belong to me. And I'm not sharing you with any problem, professor. And besides, we are in the same school. I don't know how else you would try to cheat on me. But I don't want rumors anymore. You have to promise me that those rumors will not spread again. You have to promise me that you stay away from him after the exams are done. After the exams, I don't want to see you anywhere close to that professor. Because then I won't want to hear any excuses. You won't even dare to have an excuse that you want to give to me,” he warned Isabella as she quickly formed a wide smile on her face. 

“I promise you nothing like that will happen. I am so happy you are giving me a second chance,” she said eagerly as he smiled and then hugged her even tighter. 

“Do not worry, nothing like that is going to happen. Do you understand? You belong to me and you are mine alone, and I don't want to share you with anybody. Do not worry after today.” 

Even though Isabella knew that it would be quite difficult to get James out of the way, she knew for the meantime she needed to avoid him. She needed to leave him even if it was for a span of two weeks and concentrate on Alex, giving him that trust that he wanted. She was ready to provide it for him in every possible way. 

As she hugged him tightly, she could see Mirabel at the far end of the house side as she waved at her, feeling all happy, and she knew that it was all Mirabel's idea and that Mirabel had already gone to plead with Alex. 

“So should I take you home or do you still want to walk?” he questioned while still hugging Isabella. 

“Of course, you take me home,” she said happily. 

Isabella felt so happy as Alex held her hand, walking her back to the car. She entered and sniffed the scent of the car. She had missed it so much after being away from Alex. Now she knew that she did not just want to use Alex, but actually loved him and was so used to him that no other man could replace him. Even though James had every other possible way of being the best, still nobody could replace Alex in any way. 

As he drove her back to class, she couldn't help but be so happy. She continuously looked at him from time to time, deep in her mind. All she was hoping was that she would change for good and that she would not go back to her old ways, but instead make sure to fulfill all that he wanted and not make him doubt her anymore. 

She wanted to lose that ounce of doubt that he had for her, and it would all start from now. First, she was going to have to cancel Professor Jim's class, even if it meant doing it all alone in the house and then only coming out to write the exam. She needed to distance herself from everybody, mostly people like Twist, Alicia, and Rachel, who advised her on what to do and yet abandoned her like she was a nobody. 

She needed to stay away from them because they were all bad omens and were bad people for trying to advise her to do naughty stuff and then throwing her away like they did not know her just because she made a mistake and was new to everything. 

She had already made up her mind as she stood in front of a hostel, Alex already driving off after sending her goodbye. She looked up and saw Rachel going through her book details, a wide smile on her face, knowing all of them had done her a really bad thing. 

As she was stepping back to the hostel, she was going to make changes in her life.