Can I sleep with you tonight? 

"You look really beautiful."

"Stop it. You've already said that 10 times since morning."

"And I can say it a hundred more times. Cause that's how beautiful you are."

The two of them were like always sitting on both sides of a table inside a restaurant and having their lunch. 

Since the morning, Felix didn't stop looking at her for a single second. And every once in a while he'd compliment Isabella on how beautiful she was. 

"Isabella I.. "

"Stop.... Don't say another word..."

Stopping Felix as if she knew what his next words would be, Isabella looked away from Felix's eyes that were full of love for her. 

"You should know that I'm a married woman... So it's best if we... If we stay just like this... "

Hearing Isabella, Felix for a second there truly felt sad. Maybe this is how it feels to have your heart broken? 

Indeed over the past week, what started as a simple mission turned into infatuation and finally love. But now that Isabella had rejected him before he could even say anything, Felix couldn't help it as a few tears sneaked into his eyes. 

Repeatedly blinking his eyes to get rid of the tears before Isabella could see them, Felix also looked away and turned silent. 

Unfortunately, Isabella had already seen the tears in Felix's eyes and felt like it was her heart which was pierced and hurting. But, even she didn't say anything. 

Giving in for a moment of satisfaction and happiness would never be good when considering all the pain that could, and would arise in the future. 

As the table atmosphere turned awkward for the next few seconds, neither of them spoke and only silently ate their food. 

"You've got some food on your face."

In response to Felix's words, Isabella started randomly rubbing her face with the napkin but still failed to get rid of it. 

Standing up and bending over the table, Felix borough his face close to Isabella's. 

"What.... What are you doing?"

Saying nothing, Felix bent even closer until both of their noses were almost touching each other. Stretching his tongue out, Felix gave a small lick on her cheek. 

"There, that did it."

Hearing Felix, Isabella understood that he removed the food stuck on her face. However, the next second her face flushed red as she pushed Felix back into his chair and nervously looked around to see if anyone saw what just happened. 

Only after making sure that no one saw what happened, Isabella turned and glared at Felix when her heart started hurting once more. 

Looking hurt and sad from being pushed away, Felix said, "Do I embarrass you? Are you embarrassed to be seen with me? Is that why you don't want to be with me?"

Immediately shaking her head, Isabella was about to explain. But she truly didn't know what to say. 

Did she like Felix? Yes! 

Did she love him? Maybe... 

But was she willing to give up her whole life to be with him? She didn't know. 

Noticing Isabella who didn't reply to him, Felix felt that he shouldn't have fallen in love with her. Instead, he should've just been professional and only cared about having sex with her. 

If he had done that, then he wouldn't have been feeling sad right now. 

Looking at Felix who was always happy and smiling looking so glum and sorrowful, Isabella also felt depressed. 

"I've finished eating. I'll wait for you outside."

Saying so Felix stood up and left without looking back, as Isabella looked at his plate that was filled with food and almost untouched. 

... 

After a while, Felix who felt a little better while waiting on the street saw Isabella walk out of the restaurant. 

"So where to next?"

"Next?... Today's the last day we will be seeing each other right?"

"Yes. But only if you want it to be."

Freezing in midst of her steps, Isabella couldn't bring herself to look at Felix who had stopped as well. 

"Felix... By now you should know all about my past, so you should understand it's impossible for us to be together."

"So... Why don't we just spend our last day together happily? Instead of feeling sad?" 

Felix indeed knew about all of Isabella's past and present. He knew how she was forced into a marriage she didn't like, and forced to have a child she didn't want.

But after things came this far, she had no way of letting those things go. Cause even if she was able to safely escape from the things she hated, what would happen to her family that would need to bear the anger of the Silva Family?

With such a possible backlash, how could Isabella do something like live for herself and love another man?

In fact, if it wasn't cause she was stronger than her husband, it might have even been impossible for her to live her daily life as she wanted to. Much less how she managed to keep that husband of hers away from touching her body all this time since she gave birth to his son.

"And even if we truly get together, can you take care of me?"

"Yes!"

In response to Felix that showed no hesitation, Isabella could only shake her head.

"Indeed, right now you might feel like you love me. But what about in the future? Once you grow up, given your talent and strength there would definitely be more beautiful women lining up for you. And they would definitely be younger than me."

"At that time would you still have eyes for me? And old hag that wouldn't even look good?"

"Yes!"

"Forget about it Felix, these things aren't something you can understand at your age. You'll understand more after growing up."

Getting frustrated and angry at Isabella who was repeatedly turning him down, and not even willing to have a proper conversation with him, Felix went back to his original intention of having sex with her.

"Fine! Since we can't spend the rest of our lives together, why not just spend this one night together?"

"What does that mean Felix?"

"Can I sleep with you tonight? Cause for just once in my life I don't want to be all alone."

While Felix made it sound like he was lonely his whole life, which went along with the fake past he told Isabella. What Felix wanted was nothing more than to get inside the sheets with Isabella's naked body. And even Isabella knew that. 

"We ca..."

Unable to say no despite knowing that Felix was hinting at having one night of sex before forgetting about each other, Isabella hesitated for a long time before nodding her head.

"You sure about this Felix? Because once we do this, there's no going back."

"I know. And I won't regret anything, cause I truly love you."

Saying so Felix raised his body and looked straight into her eyes, as he held Isabella's face and planted a soft and gentle kiss on her lips.