Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

“Yes, Lily, i’s been a while,” Isabella said as she walked in. She was dressed in a pink satin slip dress with her hair cascaded over her shoulders. Even though she only wore light makeup, she appeared attractive and energetic.

Lily couldn’t help but clench her fist when she saw Isabella’s beautiful face. “I wasn’t expecting you to marry Jasper. | assumed you had a crush

on him then and that you would fall in love with someone else in a few years.’’

“Alot of things also happened out of your expectations. For example, you didn’t expect Jasper to go looking for me when you kicked me out,” Isabella sat quietly on the sofa and said, ‘”Please take a seat. | don’t want Jasper to think | can’t entertain guests because he’ll be here in a few minutes.”

Lily folded her arms and said mockingly, “Do you really believe you can take my place as hostess? You are so naive! Isabella, if it weren’t for Anna, you might’ve died on that island! Also, if it weren’t for the fact that Jasper adopted you and put a lot of hard work into educating you, you would’ve been ill-mannered and uneducated even if you were to survive on that istand!”

Isabella ignored Lily’s sarcasm because she was getting used to it. Lily remained as cynical as ever, but Isabella was no longer the cranky little girl with the highest self-esteem she used to be. Having poured herself a cup of hot tea, Isabella said, “I don’t care what you think of me. | got what | wanted, and I’m satisfied with it.”

“So you admit it, right?” With a sneer, Lily asked in disbelief. 524 The Bride Ran Away: oil

“What?” Caught off guard, Isabella asked in puzzlement.

“You lived in my house because you wanted to replace me, right? You asked him to adopt you so you could live in his home and spend time with him every day. Finally, you managed to seduce Jasper. Isabella, you’re a lot more sophisticated than I thought you were.”

As she walked towards Isabella, Lily said resentfully, “To be honest, | hated you from the moment | saw you. | hated you from the moment Jasper brought you home. Women’s intuition has always been accurate.”

Isabella took a deep breath because she was exhausted. “Have you been thinking about this every day for the past few years?” she asked after a brief pause.

“What do you mean?” Lily asked, frowning,

“He abandoned you, but you blame it all on me. Why can’t you just accept reality? Why did you…”

“Itseems you don’t even know that Jasper was the one who told me to kick you out of the house,” Lily interrupted Isabella.

table, continuing, “Jasper proposed to me with this

and couldn’t help but shiver. In the light, the wedding ring

you trying to say?” Isabella asked, trying

you. He agreed to be your boyfriend because he thought you were dying of 524 The Bride Ran Away: dl AIDS. He had no feelings for you at all! He did it because he was your adoptive father and he thought he was supposed to be responsible for you! This responsibility is like a

free!”

“Bullshit! That’s not true!”

do, don’t you? You’ve lived in his house for years, so he’s used to you being around him. Let me ask you, have you

Damn it! Jasper and / have been together for three years, but he has never taken the initiative to make out with me. He’s always patient with me,

time. They were both worried because

a while, Jasper arrived. He asked anxiously as he dashed toward the door, “Where’s

inside,” Peace said, pointing

then tried to open the door. Seeing that, Anna immediately stopped him, saying, “Wait! Isabella said she would solve

The next second, however, he was surprised that no matter

seen Jasper so nervous, so she was terrified. “Peace, go get

that Lily

asked as she made

this had nothing to do with her. “She’s

“Where?” Peace asked.

table. “I’m not sure and I don’t

say to

Anna! She’s definitely here

would cause trouble, Anna immediately

Jasper asked indifferently after he made sure that