A whole week passed by since Ryan found out the truth behind his connection with Isabelle, there was no way he could raise his head to talk to Jason and Jason was uneasy to strike a conversation with Ryan too. All this didn't go unnoticed by Rose, she knew something was wrong between her two sons but which one of them would spill it first, she then decided to team them up as she felt Isabelle was the reason they were like that. The following morning, Isabelle was invited to the house by Rose, upon stepping into the surrounding of the house, she was awed by what she saw; different beautiful sculptures with water fountain, neat environment, several workers going about doing their normal daily routine, fleet of cars and a magnificent building. She braced herself up and was directed into the house by the family butler who has been expecting her. She took off her plumps as she was given an indoor footwear to exchange into. She was taken to the lounge where she saw Rose, elegantly dressed with moderate make-up. She bowed a little, "Good morning ma'am", Rose smiled and Isabelle smiled too, revealing a white set of teeth, "You look so much like your mother, Belle". "Thank you very much ma", Isabelle replied politely with a great zeal not to reply like she normally does. Rose asked her to sit beside her and she brought out a file, "Give this to Jason", Rose said and Isabelle nodded while muttering the heading of the file, 'Linjet Company'. Rose offered to have breakfast with Isabelle and she accepted. She returned to the office in Rose's car after the breakfast which circulated several rumors in the office. She walked to the private elevator and got in. She stopped to greet Ryan on the way, she bowed a little, "Good morning sir", but no response came from Ryan as he was speechless and confused as to how to reply her, 'Should he call her Isabelle as he normally does or he should address her with a bot of respect 'Sis' as she was older than he was?', all these was going on in his head as she walked away from him, she knew Ryan started disliking her for a while so she doesn't want to make him furious. As she walked past him, the file she was holding caught his attention and he became conscious but she already walked into Jason's office. He was confused, he was the one handling the investment of Linjet Company and he was going to finalize the contract. He knocked on the door before entering, all his thinking was that Jason was not around since Isabelle entered without knocking but he was shocked to see him inside, he wanted to turn to take his leave but Jason stopped him, "Can I help you?", he asked and Ryan turned to him, "I... Uh... The file...", Isabelle cuts in, "Sorry for interrupting, Mrs Sydney asked me to drop it for you sir", with that she walked to her own workspace. "I'm the one handling that file, for Linjet Company", Ryan finally spoke up. "Oops, sorry. It has been given to me now", Jason said, he has no intention of taking over the file but he wanted their conversation to last a while, then he asked , "Will you continue to admire and watch her from afar?", he continued, "She's your sister for crying out loud. Take a step towards her and be familiar with her rather than being unnecessarily cold to her", Jason said, trying hard not to raise his voice to draw Isabelle's attention, unbeknownst to them, she heard it all. The door opened and two of them kept a straight face and Rose entered majestically with a stern face, "Who between both of you is handling the contract for Linjet Company?", she asked and both of them answered, "I am", they looked at each other and Jason nodded to Ryan to talk and he did, "I'm about to finalize it". Rose sighed and said, looking at Isabelle, "Who did I ask you to give this file to?", who feigned ignorance, 'Smart one', Rose said to herself with a smile when Isabelle refused to look up or reply her, with that she left the office. "When are you going to talk to her?", Jason asked when Ryan turned to leave. "I don't know yet. I'll try to figure something out before the week runs", with that, Ryan left and Jason returned to his sit with a heavy sigh. Almost immediately, Isabelle approached Jason with a warm cup of coffee, "Here you go sir... A cup of warm coffee to cool you down", she said with a calm smile. 'How do I tell her that I'm allergic to Caffeine? I can't even reject her, she looks cute right now', he said to himself as he collected the coffee from her. She gave him a deadly smile as she saw him drive k from the cup, she walked away with a dangerous aura. 'Am I poisoned? What exactly was that? She gave me a sweet smile and now it's changed', he thought as he took only a sip from the coffee. The air around him became stuffy suddenly and he reached for his drawer to take his prescribed injection for situations like this but couldn't find it, his veins started popping out and his face red, Isabelle approached him and asked, "Looking for this?", swaying the injection in his face before giving it to him.
"I should visit Cassie soon", Rose said as soon as she entered Ryan's office. "What can I even say to her? It's really going to be really awkward between us. We'll go back to when she uses respect because of the age difference", she sighed softly and looked straight into the ceiling, hoping a solution would fall from above, she didn't even notice Ryan who came in. He called his mum several times but she didn't reply till he shook her and she became aware of her surrounding. "What's going on mum?", he asked and continued, "Is anything bothering you?". Rose bit her lower lip and sighed, "I'm sure you already know Isabelle is your stepsister", the surprise was evident on Ryan's face but he kept it at bay. All his thinking was that only he and Jason knew about it but now, his mum is aware. Out of the box, the stepsister herself knows but no one knows she knows. Rose continued, "How do you intend to approach her? About Jason, he was serious about her and had already had his way with her before he noticed. Your fiancee's family attacked her in which she lost her pregnancy and it made Jason mad", Rose explained and the revealing hurt him. "It's a fake relationship mum. I'll explain when the time is right", he turned in attempt to leave the room but Rose's words stopped him, "You have to meet her as you stepsister and not boss. I already invited her home tonight, so prepare yourself mentally and physically", with that he sighed and left the room.