Chapter 36: Joint Alliance

Alex soon noticed that the atmosphere between Isabella and Rachel was not normal and decided to just go. 

"Since I've already given you the lunch just as I promised, I think it's high time I go," he said and stood up, but Isabella held onto his hand firmly, making him sit back. 

"You can't just go like that. I want to know what Rachel has exactly in her mind that she wants to say to me. I don't know what exactly is your problem? Instead of you being happy for me that everything is finally going back the way it was supposed to go, instead you are yelling and trying to indirectly want Alex. Want Alex or what? Why exactly do you want Alex for yourself?" Isabella questioned Rachel, who hissed. 

"I don't want him for myself. I am just telling him to be careful. He doesn't know the kind of person that you are yet. He trusts you so badly. And of course, I won't want anything to happen to him because it won't be nice at all if he gets to pour all his riches on you due to what you are doing to him. You need to change. That's just it, okay? And if you don't understand what I meant, then don't bother. I am not forcing you to understand anything," Rachel said as she stood up, motioning for her friend as the both of them left, leaving only Isabella and Alex, who was still silent. 

"So what was all that supposed to be about? Why exactly is she threatening you that way? And why were you ready to face her no matter what?" he questioned. 

"It is nothing. It does not have anything to do with you. It's just that sometimes she acts like a crazy fool, a crazy asshole most of the time, and it always pisses me off. That's just it. And I always wanted to feed her back with her own words, and she did not just fall for it. Nothing more," she said to him as she continued eating. 

"I always had bad vibes about Rachel. Something about her was just off. She always tried to be in command but I did not know how to tell you. Everyone in your hostel is weird. Tricia is too annoying, and Rachel is even worse. Rachel acts as if she's the smartest, Tricia does as if she's the most spoiled brat among you guys, and yet you act like the most innocent one among them. Sometimes you just have to fire them back like this. That is why I kept silent and did not intervene. I wanted you to also say your words back to her. Stop acting silent and letting them control you” Alex said before tapping Isabella's head proudly as she smiled. 

"Of course, I was already going to stop all that from today. After all, they were all the ones joining others together to spread false rumors against me just because they wanted to see the both of us separate," Isabella said too. 

Alex smiled. "So Lily, too, is among the people spreading false rumors?" he asked as Isabella nodded. 

"Why?" 

She continued to munch on her lunch. "Yes, all of them. Lily hates me because she wants Professor James, and Professor James's attention is on me," Isabella replied. 

Even though Alex was believing everything that Isabella said, deep within her, she was only using this as an opportunity to escape and as a perfect opportunity to get Alex to believe her even more. 

Meanwhile, Professor James was not taking it as easy as Isabella took it. Instead, he was in search of her and aiming for her. He wanted her back no matter what. 

"I noticed that she had not been coming to class for the past two days, but yet she was keeping up with everything that was happening and even submitting all her assessments on time. Whenever I came to the test, she was doing it. But yet she did not come to class, and they did not get to see each other at the same time. Her number was always forwarded anytime he called her, which was kind of weird because he could not understand why he could not get through to her, and it pissed him off badly." 

He felt so angry as he sat in his office, trying her number yet again, but it was still forwarded. He grunted in anger. 

"I knew that all this was happening because of Alex, because she wanted to go back to Alex. So it was all a lie. She still played around with his heart again and pretended like she was only doing it because she wanted to keep Alex from her," he thought. 

Meanwhile, Isabella had become very responsible and was going to Alex's house from time to time, trying to keep a good relationship while she had also assured John and even showed him evidence of her blocking Professor James online and not being in contact with him for a while, which John accepted, ready to accept her back. 

It felt as if everything was going into place for Isabella, but not knowing things were going to go even more sideways because Rachel was not going to let her go so easily. Rachel had now become jealous, same as Lily. Lily now had more motives. She wanted Professor James for herself, but James did not want her. Instead, he continued to plead for Isabella's attention. 

Now Lily just wanted to shatter all Isabella's dreams, and the best way to do it was through Alex. They were both going to use Alex to get to her and ruin her just when she thought everything was working out perfectly for her.

Now it was all up to one thing. Lily and Rachel were going to come together to destroy Isabella. They would bring her down. All for their own reasons. Everything. All connected to Professor James.

If only Isabella knew then she wouldn’t have continued to waste her time thinking that Alex would be hers for good and James would let her go…things had already been planned ahead.