"What do you mean by 'how you got into my house?' Isn't it normal for the owner to have the keys to his house?" the man sneered.
"What.....?" not only Isabella even the little pie was astonished.
The house in which Isabella and her daughter were living was specially designed by a world-famous architect and not many can buy such a remarkable piece. She could only rent this house at a cheap price because of the connections she made in her past.
But now this man bought the whole house which costs hundreds of millions just to see her.
She found the situation rather ridiculous. He went to such a length to meet and talk with her. And here she has no intentions of even seeing his face.
"Why, so surprised? You must be forgetting something, Bella. Remember you can never escape from me. I'll chase you even if you run to the end of the earth because you always belonged to me" he spoke in a cold and determined tone.
"Mister, you must have become delusional with old age. You can never force me into something and remember you have no relationship with me anymore" Isabella was more than surprised with his entry and his intimidating words left her speechless.
'This bastard dares to threaten me. He thinks he can take me away using his power. In his dreams...'
"Yes, You broke our engagement just because I slept with someone else. I admit. But look, you had a four-year-old illegitimate child." he pointed to the little girl.
"If not for you..and your family's shameless deeds, I wouldn't end up like this. Shame on you" Isabella took her child close to her and wished to run to a place far away from this heartless man.
"You better feel relieved seeing me and tag along. Don't make things hard for yourself and also your child" he spoke while holding Isabella's wrist.
Isabella tried to pull her arm out of his grip but she couldn't fight against this man. Moreover, she can't let her child be in a trouble because of adults' matters.
So she could only go with him for now and can only escape when time seemed favorable to her.
She took her child along with her and walked out of the house. She stood with him on one side and her child on the other side.
To the bystanders, they looked like a happy family of three. Only Isabella knew the catastrophic relationship between them.
Soon a black car came forward to pick them up.
They sat in the car silently until they reached a restaurant. Isabella didn't understand what plot that man was laying to cage her.
Though she had her fears, she doesn't want him to notice them. She can't let him take advantage of her emotions and give him a chance to play with her.
Moreover, with her child by her side, Isabella can't take a risk. She silently sat at the table along with the little girl she was shown.
The little girl followed her mother and sat silently. She stayed still but her little face clearly expressed her inner emotions. She looked distracted and dull because she doesn't want to see her mother in agony because of this guy.
This little girl doesn't know what exactly happened before she was born. But she heard her mother curse this man every time while seeing him on TV.
All she knew was one thing. This man's the one who caused more pain to her mother than any other person. Hence she can understand the man was up to no good.
That man sat facing the mother-daughter duo and checked his mobile for a few minutes.
A middle-aged man entered the restaurant and he said something to the person beside him and walked towards the table of three.
He sat down silently on the remaining empty chair without greeting any of the person seated.
The newcomer opened his briefcase, took out a black file, and handed it to Isabella.
"Mr. Romano...What do you mean by this?" She looked at the stack of papers inside the file.
The little girl doesn't know what those papers were and decided to take a look. She peeped at the title on the papers from the corner of her eye. All she could see was those few words.
"Property Transfer"
She interpreted all her mother needed to do was to sign those papers.
"Mommy...If signing these papers allows you to get rid of this man, you better sign them. You don't have to worry about my future..." the little girl tugged her mother's sleeve and murmured into Isabella's ear.
Hearing her daughter's thoughtful words and realizing her daughter's ability to understand the situation, Isabella fell silent and felt like crying. Since her daughter gave her consent, Isabella started reading all the papers.
She knew these properties were all left to her by her maternal grandfather who lives in Asia.
Isabella's grandfather was a proud man who never allowed his family members to make even the slightest mistakes. But Isabella's mother fell in love and became pregnant because of a french man Mason Dubois when she was on a vacation.
Isabella's father was a loyal person and decided to take responsibility and married her mother instantly which irked the elders of the family back in Asia.
His elder daughter turning her back towards him and marrying an outsider made Isabella's grandfather hated his daughter more than anyone. He banned her from the family.
Only after Isabella's birth did the Old man forgave his daughter and recognized Isabella's father as his son-in-law.
But he still had some hatred lingering inside him and the old man passed down some properties directly to Isabella instead of giving them to his daughter.
Since Isabella was mixed, she was given two names. One 'Isabella Dubois' from her father and the other 'Min Ji Soo' from her mother. She lived with her paternal family carrying her name Isabella.
Seeing all those property papers, Isabella's eyes turned teary. She missed her childhood living with her maternal grandfather.
If not for her paternal aunt's dirty schemes, Isabella would have been living a happy and carefree life like every other woman achieving her dreams and choices.
If not for the conspiracy of the Romano family, she wouldn't have to dream nightmares every night for five whole years. She wouldn't fall into a trap and bring shame to both her maternal and paternal families.
Her paternal grandfather behaved unusually ruthless all because of her aunt's manipulation. Isabella was tossed out of the house before she could explain herself.
Her maternal grandfather hated her more than how much he hated her mother. All her grandfather said to her was only one thing before throwing her out.
"Good that you know your place, now get out of Min family and never show me your face"
And just like that, she left her maternal family.
That woman made a perfect plotting. She's none other than the elder daughter of the Dubois family, Isabella's aunt Margaret Dubois.
Because of that witch's planning, Isabella's parents were long gone from her sight before she could even digest the news about her accidental pregnancy and adjust herself to a single mother's life.
Both the families despised her and abandoned her all for one single reason, she became pregnant by sleeping with an unknown man.
She lost support from both her families and flew to America to lead a simple life. She began dwelling on the streets doing random jobs to raise the fetus in her tummy.
She became a single mother and continued living a torturous life dealing with foreign people round the clock only to feed her child.
Now, she has a 4-year-old child out of wedlock and she doesn't know to which family this child belongs to and she has no idea about this child's biological father.
Since she let her grandfather down, she lost her position as the eldest granddaughter of the Min family.
She had no reason to enjoy these valuable properties and she never really wanted to own them.
But now she has to make a quick decision.
If the man seated before her was only after her because of these possessions, she would give them away without a second thought.
But if he had any other intentions beyond grabbing these lands from her, she would fall in his trap again.
"If I transfer these lands to you, you will leave us without pestering further?"
"Sure....."