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Chapter Two
Isabella
I've been living in Chicago for a month now. I moved from my hometown of Rochester, the day after my twenty-second birthday. I’ve always wanted to live here and when the job came up for a classroom teacher, I jumped at the opportunity. Just when I was starting to feel settled, he walked in and turned my sense of focus upside down.
I've been here in Chicago only for a month, and although my mom had been horrified when I told her where I was moving to, she can now rest assured that I'm not dead or doped out which was a major concern of hers, in general, with all big cities. It’s great that she’s looking out for me, as that’s what moms are supposed to do, but I am twenty two now; I have to get out into the big wide world and live my life.
Now, just when I was just starting to feel comfortable here, he walked in and turned my sense of focus upside down.
Him.
The man with the dangerous gray eyes and wicked tilt of his lips. When I heard Miss Jenny from Kindergarten Two whispering with Miss Jenner, the librarian, about a man, it sounded like they admired him, but at the same time, were completely terrified.
When he walked into my class, I was laying into Andy, Miss Jane's assistant, who was trying to chase away little Stella's parents.
As soon as I set my eyes on him, I fought hard not to show any emotion. But the truth is, my body reacted to him in such an intense way, I am still struggling to understand.
He is, what my friends would describe as, drop-dead gorgeous.
He was that tall—I know my five foot three height is not the tallest—he had to bend his head to be able to walk into my class, and my door frame is easily six foot two inches high.
He immediately looked at me; I had to grip the edge of my desk in an attempt to calm myself down.
He was gorgeous. His eyes were the kind of gray that makes you feel unnerved if his entire attention is on you. With a jawline I've only ever seen on runways and lips that I would pay for, he was stunning, and I had been embarrassed to feel my nipples tightening and an empty pang deep inside of me.
I've never felt this way with anybody, ever. I thought I could fight it off, but the man kissed me and I lost all inhibitions.
The kiss has stayed with me since yesterday and I can't think of anything else. This morning, he made things worse by sending me flowers.
"Someone sent Isabella flowers! Are they from that oil mogul guy?" Miss Jenny from second grade cooed as the delivery man brought in the flowers this morning.
Oil mogul?
"Who sent these?" I had asked, as I took in the bundle of tulips from his hands.
The delivery man had looked uncomfortable as he replied. "Mr. Amaro."
The name came as a surprise to me and thoughts of the flowers have stuck in my mind all day.
On my way home, I take a turn into a road that is not as densely populated as the main road. I found it a week ago and it reduces my walking time by twenty minutes.
I’m probably just being silly, but unease prickles at the nape of my neck now, a feeling that often comes when someone is watching me. I look around, but the few people I can see are minding their business without sparing a glance at me.
Then who's watching me?
I'm too busy looking around me to watch my path and I end up almost running into a man dressed in all black.
"Oh, I'm sorry," I say, clutching at the flowers in my hands.
He turns to me and smiles, "It's alright."
Smiling back, I try to move around him but when I feel a hand on my arm, my heart thunders.
"What–"
"You're coming with us," he says and a black car pulls up. The door opens and two men, dressed all in black clothes, just like him, come out of it and start trying to pull me into the car.
I open my mouth to scream but one of them covers my mouth and I'm almost pushed into the car when I feel their grip on me loosen.
