Loveless Marriage novel Chapter 24

"Yeah." Isabella stuffed the food into her mouth and calmly replied, "That's why I’m really into sour food now."

"..."

When he made sure that Isabella was not joking, Luke said: "Does he know?"

"He does. I just saw him by the swimming pool! But I didn't tell him it was his child." At this point, she paused and looked at him awkwardly with an apologetic expression: "Sorry, I said it's yours since I was afraid that he might suspect. "

After all, they were only ordinary friends, so she felt a little embarrassed to say this.

Unexpectedly, Luke suddenly fell into silence. After a while, he looked at her seriously, "Bella, if you don't mind, we can actually try to be together.”

"Ah…"

Being so shocked, Isabella’s face almost fell into the soup bowl.

"Lu... Luke, that's not what I meant." Isabella coughed, and immediately wiped her mouth with a tissue: "All I wanted was to keep this child, and the situation was urgent, so I lied. Don't overthink."

But Luke didn’t look like he was joking at all. He was calm and sincere, "I'm serious. Raising children is a big burden, but I can cover all of this. I’ll also respect your choice and won’t force you to do anything. Just let me know when you make up your mind."

Rachel rubbed her head against Isabella, as if she understood Luke's words. Her eyes filled with anticipation, wishing that Isabella say yes right now.

Isabella did not say a word.

Honestly, after she divorced, she did not plan to get married again. It was just too tiring to manage a marriage, but what Luke said was right, raising children is a big burden. Furthermore, she had to take care of her parents as well. She didn’t know how much she could bear in the future.

Touching her belly through her clothes, she could even feel her baby's heart was beating with hers.

After a long while, she nodded in frustration.

"Okay … I'll think about it. "

Luke gently smiled. He looked at Rachel, and seemed to heave a great relief.

Isabella didn’t run into Christian ever again the next two days, probably because the cruise ship was too big. She usually took Rachel hang around on each floor in the afternoon, so it wasn’t strange not to see him.

The sightseeing tour ended when the cruise arrived in Osaka on the morning of the third day.

When Isabella and Luke got off the cruise in line together, they saw Christian got on a car sent to pick him and his fellows. They disappeared soon.

The hotel sent a car to pick up Luke and Isabella. Sitting in the car, she looked out the window to enjoy the view. The houses were not tall, but the streets were clean and tidy, making people a feeling very comfortable.

She had been on ship for a few days, so she hadn’t truly visited this place yet.

She asked the car to pull over they reached downtown.

"Luke, you can take Rachel to the hotel first. I want to hang around." Isabella took out a camera from her bag, laughed:"I always wanted to visit here. It's too bad if I didn't take any photos."

"No, you're pregnant. I’m going with you." Luke said worriedly, insisting to accompany her.

After getting Rachel settled, he picked up his jacket and went out.

“2207，”As he passed by the lobby on the first floor, he said to the front desk, "there is a five-year-old girl in room 220 I have something urgent to do, please keep an eye on her. Thank you."

"Sure, Sir."

In the end, Luke reminded of something. He took out his phone, and said: "I have a friend named Isabella Jones. This is her photo. If she comes back later, please let her call me..."

"..."

At this moment, a slender figure walked in with a group of people. They were originally about to take the elevator, but hearing the conversation between Luke and the receptionist, Christian frowned and walked over.

"What happened?"

Luke was startled. He frowned when he saw him, but he didn’t hide it:" She said she wanted to take a look of the city, but she hasn’t come back yet, and her phone cannot be connected."

Although Christian was Isabella's ex-husband, Isabella could be found sooner if there was one more person to look for her.

Christian’s face immediately darkened. With a heavy tone, he said, "This is Japan. She doesn't even know Japanese, and she is pregnant. How could you let her go out alone?"

Although he hasn’t been back to his apartment very often previously, he would occasionally drive for grocery shopping with Isabella. At that time, he found that she was always puzzled, even couldn’t distinguish among different directions when she crossed a road, not to say in a foreign country.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he went.