Welcome To My Life novel Chapter 1

Isobel Lewis stood in the middle of a crowded plaza as she stared at the man and the woman displayed on the big LCD screen. The man was handsome, and the woman was beautiful, they were a match made in heaven.

She could be like the two girls next to her if only the man on the screen wasn’t Hamish Francis. They were filled with envy, but they were also wishing sincerely for his happiness.

But the man was Hamish, a man who she was together with for 3 years.

It was mid-November, the weather was cold and wintry in City N. Even then, Isobel thought that the weather wasn’t as cold as her heart.

Her phone in her bag suddenly rang. Isobel was slightly startled, she took out her phone and realized that Hamish was calling her.

She didn’t pick up the call immediately. She waited until the other person was about to hang up and then only she pressed the answer button. “Hello?”

“We should meet tonight.”

“Okay.”

Isobel looked up and stared at the screen again after hanging up the call. Hamish wasn’t being shown in the screen anymore.

She lowered her head and stared at her phone display. Isobel didn’t know how to feel. Was she happy or was she sad about the call?

He did call her even though he should be very busy.

She put away her phone and hailed a cab. She went back to her apartment.

As expected, it was pitch black in the apartment when she opened the door.

She turned on the light and went to the kitchen to get a cup of warm water. She then sat down on the sofa and waited for Hamish.

It was 10.22 pm when the tightly shut door was pushed open.

Isobel looked up and saw Hamish in his engagement suit. She smiled and walked over to him, “You’re here.”

Hamish looked at her and frowned, “Yeah.”

He answered ever so simply. He then walked to where she was sitting and took the cup of water that she set aside. He drank the water out of the cup.

“Cold…”

He already put down the cup before Isobel could finish her sentence. “Have you showered?”

They had been together for 3 years. Isobel knew immediately what he meant by the question.

“No.”

“Go take one.”

Hamish touched her slightly, he then took off his tie as he sat down next to her on the sofa.