Chapter 26 : Jealousy

While enjoying her breakfast, Isabella suddenly felt a vibration accompanied by the sound of a notification message from her jacket pocket. She immediately took her cellphone and saw a message from Yifan.

'Then see you later during recess, have a nice day Bels ' Seeing the message from Yifan unconsciously made Isabella smile softly which of course was noticed by the three men nearby.

"Message from whom, Bels? Do you look so happy? Oh, is it from your lover?" Leonard asked as he took a sip of the coffee in his hand not noticing the displeased gaze of Gabriel sitting across from him. Hearing Leonard's question sitting beside her made Isabella realize that she was being watched by the three men there. He was confused about how to explain.

"No Leonard is not a lover but he is one of my classmates that I told you about that time. Wang Yifan, you must have remembered." Isabella replied although it was undeniable that her face was red and she sounded nervous when she spoke. What the three of them realized, of course, even Sarah, who was busy cleaning the cooking utensils, could tell that something was wrong with Isabella. Sarah already knew that her little sister Isabella liked the Asian boy who had been her little friend for a long time, but Sarah let Leonard tease Isabella because even though it was clear that the girl with one dimple likes Yifan, Isabella was still confused about her feelings. Secretly Sarah smiled behind them while cleaning her cooking utensils.

Seeing Isabella's reaction made Gabriel frown and Kiki who was just silent continued eating his breakfast as if he didn't hear anything. While Isabella's face was getting redder because of the nervous feeling she felt, all those reactions and expressions somehow made Leonard want to tease Isabella even more.

"Oh~ Geez is this love at first sight? Wow, definitely that Asian boy named Yifan is so great and handsome that he can make this princess fall in love with him~" Leonard held back his laughter because he saw Isabella's blushing face which was getting redder and turned her face away then he also glanced at the two young men who had the opposite reaction compared to Isabella.

"No! It's not like that Leon, he and I are just friends that's all and he also often helps me so you can say he is my best friend." Isabella answered nervously and her face was as red as a tomato.

"Owh~ Is it really like that Isabel?" Leonard's teasing returned to Isabella which made Isabella feel even more cornered. But suddenly Gabriel's bass voice growled at Leonard.

"That's enough brother. Don't say anything more." Gabriel said while looking intently at Leonard who just smiled while supporting his face with one hand on the table.

"Oh come on don't be like that Riel~ I was just joking with Isabel because I haven't seen her for a long time. And what's with that scary face of yours~ You scare me, my dear brother, ~" Leonard purposely blinked one eye at Gabriel who just looked away and was embarrassed by what his older brother was doing.

Leonard is the second son of the Galanis family and Isabella's cousin who is the same age as Isabella's older sister Sarah. Because Leonard and Gabriel's father is the twin brother of Sarah and Isabella's father since the death of his twin brother Isabella's uncle who is also the father of Leonard and Gabriel takes care of all the children of his twin brother and Isabella's uncle also runs the company owned by Isabella's father and will immediately be given to Sarah if she is already get married is a will from Sarah and Isabella's father. Because Isabella's parents died when she was very young and Sarah, who was still in her teens at that time, Isabella's uncle asked them to live together in one house to avoid all kinds of bad things. And that's why they're so close and know each other better because they've all lived under the same roof for a long time.

Back in the beginning Leonard could see the jealousy in Gabriel's eyes as he teased Isabella and the girl blushed even more. Leonard and Sarah already know Gabriel's feelings for Isabella but they let it go because they believe that Gabriel also knows that they are family and obviously can't be together because of their blood relationship which is not only the same but also bound because their two fathers are identical twins and only the same colour different skins and personalities. Seeing Gabriel's reaction made Leonard couldn't help but take a deep breath and turn to Isabella.

"Isabel if you love Yifan why don't you just tell him how you feel?" Hearing Leonard's question made Isabella speechless and unable to say anything but it didn't take long because a loud voice suddenly startled all of them there.

"Enough with all this! Miss Kim! Kiki! Hurry up and finish your breakfast, I'll be waiting in the car outside the gate. I'll give you 5 minutes to catch up with me." After saying that Gabriel immediately got up from his seat and walked away from the dining room. He continued walking without turning around or saying anything.

Seeing the anger on Gabriel's face made Kiki sigh tiredly then he immediately drank his milk and got up from where he was sitting.

"Then I will go to school now. See you later Leonard, and Sarah thanks for the breakfast. See you~" Kiki smiled and immediately walked away after Gabriel. Isabella who saw Gabriel and Kiki's departure also decided to finish her breakfast she immediately drank her milk after that kissed Sarah's cheek and then hugged Leonard.

"Then I'll go too. Goodbye Sarah, Leonard. I leave." Isabella immediately ran after Gabriel and Kiki who had already left. Leonard who saw his brother's behaviour could only sigh and scratch the back of his head.

"Hah~ that kid hasn't changed a bit at all." Leonard sighed tiredly and leaned back in the chair. Then he glanced at Sarah who had finished cleaning all her cooking utensils and then walked towards him pulling the chair that Isabella had been sitting on and sitting next to Leonard. Sarah looked at Leonard between annoyed and tired.

"Why did you make him angry? How many times have I told you not to provoke your brother, you should know how Riel is right Leon?" Sarah asked annoyed at Leonard who just smiled at the beautiful woman.

"Sorry Sarah, I just don't want Riel to have the same fate as me. I'd rather remind him than our father." Leonard replied with a weak smile looking at Sarah who was also looking at him.

"I don't want Riel and Isabel to suffer the same fate as us." After saying that Leonard immediately got up and he slowly rubbed the side of Sarah's face.

"Then I'll go upstairs and take a shower. After that, we went to the company together." After saying that he took his hand away from Sarah and then he turned and walked away.

Sarah could only stare at Leonard's broad back away from her sight with a suffocating feeling in her chest. She also tried not to get carried away and just pressed her chest with her hands trying to calm down and not cry.

"I'm sorry Leon, I also don't want them to suffer the same fate as us." Unnoticed by the beautiful woman, a tear fell from her eye, she immediately wiped it and cleaned up everything on the dining table.

To be continued. . .

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