Chapter 5

Ever entered a room and be in the spotlight that everyone stops whatever is it that they are doing and looks at you. This is me right now. All eyes are on me and may I say it is very uncomfortable I don’t know how celebrities do it. I’m not sure whether they are looking at me because I look great on I look terrible.

“Why are they all staring at me” I ask Nick as we go down the stairs, thank God Nick is balancing me because I’d have tripped and fell by now.

“I told you that dress was too revealing”

“It’s not that revealing” I whisper

“Well as you can see it’s a formal dinner”

“I have been to formal dinners and this is how people dress” I answer

“Not this one!”

I spot Michael across the room, he’s busy talking to people and he’s smiling, laughing and all that shit.

“Who are all these people” I ask Nick

“The Michael family”

“All these people are Michael’s family” I ask

“Yes! There are relatives, distant cousins, uncles and third generation children”

“That’s a huge family then” I answer.

I look over at Michael, our eyes meet and his face goes from happy to sour, we walks up to us.

“Nick what the hell is’ she wearing” he asks

“I tried talking to her Michael you know how she is”

“Comes with me” Michael grabs me by my arm and literally drags me out of the room.

“I can walk on my own” say trying to break loose but he’s holding on to my hand and he keeps on walking. We reach some room and he closes the door behind him.

“You have to change that dress” he says

“And wear what?”

“I’m sure there’s something to wear in the closet” he answers

“Why do I have to change?”

“Because my family is here and that dress is too revealing Isabella” he answers

“Is it me or you’re scared of your family?”

“Just change” he says

“Change to what Michael?”

“I don’t know ok find something” he yells

“Don’t yell at me”

“Maybe if you had listened to Nick we wouldn’t be having this conversation” he shouts

“Why did you even ask me to come here if you can’t stand me? You don’t even talk to me yet you want me to carry your child, all you do is yell at me. If I’m so much of a burden to you then please take me home. My life was fine before you came into the picture. You know what. I don’t care about all this just take me back home at least I was happy there”

He takes a second! I guess taking me back home isn’t an option.

“I’m sorry for yelling!” he moves closer, takes off his jacket and places it on my shoulders. “Just don’t talk to anyone just stay with me all the time” he says

“And if anyone talks to me?”

He gives me the look.

“Just don’t say anything and don’t mention the surrogacy” he says

“Then what am I to you?”

“My girlfriend” he says

You wish!

“Just for today!” he says

“Okay! But I don’t want your hands on me”

“Just don’t mention the part where you carry my child” he says

“Yeah whatever!”

“Please Bella!” he says

Did he just say please? This must mean a lot to him. What’s the big deal anyway?

“On one condition!”

“Really! Now is not the time to blackmail me” he says

“I want to know your real name!”

“Why” he asks

“You owe me that much”

“Steve!’ he answers

“Your name Steve!” I laugh

“Hahaha its Eric let’s go”

“Eric Michael! Not bad” I say

“It’s Michaels with an s”

“I prefer calling you Michael” I say

We head out of the room and run into Jordan (The brother) he looks great, he’s in a grey suit.

“Miss Bella!” he takes my hand and kisses it

“Hie Jordan!”

“You sure know how to make a grand entrance” he laughs “That’s one hell of a dress”

I look down.

“No, don’t feel bad the dress looks on you” he removes the jacket on my shoulders and throws it at Eric. “You look better without the jacket.

“Hie Eric!” he pushes Michael a little

“You never grow up don’t you” Michael answers

“Don’t act like you didn’t miss me”- Jordan

“I didn’t!”

“Then why throw a party for me”-Jordan

“This is a party?”

“That’s exactly what I said. This is more like a get together” Jordan answers

But Nick said it was a formal dinner. Well if it was organized by Michael then no wonder it sucks like this.

“Are you done?”-Michael

“So aren’t you going to introduce me to Bella” Jordan asks

“Well you already know her” Michael answers

“What I want to know is whether you two are serious if she’s going to melt your cold heart”- Jordan

He needs more than love to melt that ice he calls a heart

“Things aren’t even serious between us” Michael answer

“So in other words you two are just playing around” Jordan asks

“Jordan what’s with a million questions” – Michael answers

“Nothing little brother just asking”

Oh he’s younger

“Let’s go!” Michael places the jacket back on my shoulders

“Nice to meet you Bella!” Jordan calls as we walk away

“Do me a favor, whatever you do stay away from him” Michael says

“Let me guess, he’s bad news?”

“Yes! Nick will take you home” he says

“You’re staying?”

He gives me the look, I guess that means don’t ask.

“Fine then, should I go with your jacket?”

He just looks at me, I don’t know if I’m supposed to know what that means. I just walk away.

“I see you behaved” Nick says opening the car door

“Sometimes I don’t know who is worse you or Michael”

“Where to” he asks

“Do you know any clubs around?”

“Wait did Michael approve of this” he asks

“My curfew is 8 and now it’s 7 plus that does not apply until I’m pregnant”

“I’ll have to call Michael first” he takes his phone out

“Michael said I can go anywhere I want as long as I don’t bother him”

“Fine but 8 o’clock I’m taking you out of that place

“Yes sir!”

Sometimes I ask myself why people drink alcohol. Maybe it’s because they want to forget about life for a second. Forget about all the crazy things happening around them. Just a month ago I was living an ordinary life. Wearing my $20 cloths and now I live in a mansion, getting everything I ever dreamed of but still I’m not happy.

Being in this club isn’t fun either because they took me to the VIP section and its quiet, just the guards, Nick and me.

“Okay that’s enough we should get going” Nick says

“I want to go back home!” I answer

“Okay then let’s go!”

“I mean home, home! I’m tired of this life” I say

“Okay let’s get you home!”

When I stood up that’s when all the alcohol rushed to my head that’s when I realized maybe I had a little too much to drink. Maybe the fancy life is getting to my head.

Nick helps me to the car and we drive back home, I feel like vomiting whatever is in my stomach. We get home and Michael is waiting for me like a child who just came home late. Well I am late but I’m not a child.

“You broke the rules!” that’s the first thing he says, I don’t want to talk. I just want to throw up.

“You can’t even stand on your own. Nick didn’t I tell you to take her home?”- Michael

I can hear them talking but I do not have the strength to answer because if I say anything I might end up vomiting in this million euro couch.

“Bella go upstairs” Michael orders

“She can’t even…” Nick tries to speak

“Shut up!” Michael yells “You were supposed to take her straight home”

“I’m sorry!”- Nick

I stand up and the moment I do so. I throw up on Michael. He was standing in front on me, there was no way I could make it to the kitchen. Well that’s the last thing I remember.

The next thing I wake up with a terrible headache, my head feels heavy, my stomach feels like its inside-out. At least the whistle lady isn’t here today. I’m still under the covers, I can’t even wake up. Someone pours water on me. I really want to yell but I can’t and why am I *****.

“Really Michael you’d pour cold water on me” I sit up covering myself with bedcovers. I look around, this is not my room either.

“You broke the rules Bella! You’re not supposed to go clubbing” he says

“You also broke the rules I’m supposed to be just your surrogate and yesterday you had me playing your girlfriend”

I’m talking with my eyes closed, my head on my knees. Every word he says feels like I’m getting hit by the hammer.

“In other words this was you getting back at me” he asks

“Michael my head is killing me, can we at least talk later”

“You want water” he asks

“Please!”

“Here!” he pours it on my face

“Michael!”

“You broke the rules Bella!” he says

“So what? Rules are meant to be broken. And why am I *****?”