"Mommy.....See I'm completely alright" the child said calmly and moved the mobile towards her left side showing a man's side profile on the screen while speaking "This uncle next to me looks too good. I think he can fill my father's place. What do you say?"
Hearing those words, not only Isabella but all others stood dumbstruck as though they're hit by lightning except for the man seen on the screen.
Paul regained his senses real quick and peeped at the screen. The man was not his friend Rick Simon and a complete stranger to him. He thought that strange man must be someone his friend knew.
'Fill her father's place...This child....' Paul felt his hair raise on his body. He almost lost his mind from thinking too much about the child's wording and her skills.
Paul tapped Isabella's shoulder to bring her back from her shock. Isabella stared at the mobile screen for a few seconds like a fool but didn't say anything. She just kept gaping at the man's face blinking her eyes.
He looked too good to miss out.
'That handsome face and sharp jaw...no wonder..my daughter knows my taste...' Isabella thought looking at that man's side profile.
But she didn't lost her composure completely and she soon looked at the man with sharpness in her eyes.
The child moved the screen in such a way to face the man from front and that man saw how Isabella was staring at him through the screen.
Isabella never thought that she'd meet a man for the first time in such a awkward manner. Isabella wished to dig and bury herself in a hole nearby.
Her daughter really got some skills in bringing trouble to her. So she said "Sorry...My daughter must have troubled you a lot"
"Mommy.... don't say like that. I didn't trouble my future daddy" the child said in a firm tone moving the mobile back towards her face.
Isabella closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself. She couldn't understand why her child's acting so unrestricted before strangers.
She realised that her daughter really liked this man. But how can she make him her man when she doesn't know what he's actually thinking about her and her child's weird behaviour.
'What if he thinks I'm a trickster and using a child to grab his attention and swindle him later? What if he had his wife by his side and she chases to kill me because of my child's words?' Isabella thought gazing at her child's face.
She wanted to go find her child and immediately escape to a faraway land.
In that awkward situation, she has no idea what to say to the strange man and how to control her daughter's excitement.
"Baby... you're talking too much. Say sorry to him and come back immediately" Isabella finally said gritting her teeth.
"Alright...." the baby said in a sad tone before ending the video call.
"Sorry my future daddy...I gotta go" the little girl simply said to the man and waved her hand lightly before walking away from the table.
She walked to the next table and handed the mobile to the man dressed in grey suit.
"Uncle Rick... Let's go. Mommy's worrying about me" the little one said and raised her hands as though asking the man to carry her.
The man named Rick bent down and picked the girl and walked out of the cafe.
"You want that strange man to be your daddy?" Rick asked the child while crossing the road to reach the company building they came from before.
"Yes...of course. A handsome and rich man...Who misses such a great man as a father?" the girl asked Rick in return.
Rick looked stunned for a second but he simply chuckled seeing the girl's face. Her expression seemed as though she's looking at a fool.
' Yes....who doesn't want a rich dad? But shouldn't she choose me if she wants a rich and handsome father and not some normal stranger ' Rick laughed internally looking at the silly child.
"He looks handsome, I agree. but you think he's rich?" Rick questioned her again not understanding her logic.
He clearly saw the man in a simple black casual outfit and not having any other accessories on him except for a simple watch.
" Yeah....To my eyes he looks rich" the little girl twisted her body and dropped herself down from Rick's arms.
She looked at Rick for one last time and walked into the company building boldly like it's her own place.
Rick stood rooted to the ground. 'He looks rich to her eyes...what does she mean?'
The receptionist noticed the child and allowed her to enter the elevator and she personally pressed the button to the floor of her boss's office since the child can't reach the button on her own.
The child stood in the elevator alone just when her mother was speaking to Paul Bernard back in the office room.
"Isabella...tell me who's the child's real father..Is the girl that George Romano's?" Paul couldn't settle the running doubts in his mind. He clearly saw the grey eyes of the child.
Also Isabella clearly said to him that she didn't fight against the Romano's family because of her child. If not for the child being his blood, why would Isabella stay calm after knowing that she's just used for benefits by that guy?
"What nonsense? She's not that bastard's blood" Isabella glared at him but her voice sounded calm.
"What?!! Seeing her gray eyes..I thought she's his child.." Paul said with a doubted face.
"Hmm...just because of those eyes... senior I think your brain has gone mad after working for too long.... And those are not gray but a slight blue tinged and you are thinking them as gray coloured..." Isabella held her head since a headache started to trouble her.
"Ahhhh...I didn't see any blue shade in her eyes..." Paul looked at Isabella in confusion.
Isabella wanted to explain a bit more to her senior but couldn't bring out words that match up with her senior's understanding skills. So she simply said a few sentences in annoyance "Senior.. That's all a play of genes....back then I always told you to watch some science related shows instead of playing those video games all the times..."
"Ahh... whatever...I don't want all that taunting now...tell me who's her father then?" Paul looked more curious to know about the child's father than the reason why Isabella came to meet him suddenly.
"Some stranger...I don't know" Isabella shrugged.
"What..?" Paul opened his mouth wide open in shock.
Isabella can't waste her time anymore with this distracting matter and she directly stated her thoughts to Paul " Senior...I want a job in your company. Take me in"
Paul was still thinking of that matter about Isabella's reason for her sudden disappearance and about child's father matter.
Now realisation hit him why Isabella stayed away from all of them and hid herself in a faraway land. He was so involved in his thoughts he didn't listen properly what she's talking to him and simply nodded saying
"Oh..Okay..."
"Thanks partner..." Isabella cheered up.
"What....?" Only then did Paul realize that something sounded wrong. I'll