Chapter 1

"Belle!" Her step mum yelled her name from the kitchen. "Belle!"

Belle who was in her room, combing her shoulder length hair , getting ready for school, could not help but roll her eyes at the annoying sound of the most annoying person in the world. She cleared her throat and answered in a sweet voice. "I'm coming." She rolled her eyes again before placing the comb on the table to head downstairs.

She reached downstairs and sat on the dining table. "Good morning dad." She sat across her dad who was busy with the newspaper.

Her dad without looking, nodded and said. "Good morning honey."

Belle's step mum came out with two plates of spaghetti and meatballs, placing one in front of her dad then she sat down and helped herself with the second dish.

"Um...where is mine?" Belle came downstairs because she called her to come and have breakfast.

"Should I get your food for you?" Her step mum looked at her with a scorn.

"Clara, you don't have to look at her like that." Liam whispered to Clara, but Belle could hear him.

Belle sighed and apologized. "I'm sorry, I will go get mine." She didn't want to be disrespectful to Clara no matter how annoying she was. She quietly went into the kitchen to grab her own plate.

She came back to the dining table and started digging in fast, to leave for school. She was already getting irritated with the way Clara was glancing at her occasionally.

The moment she finished her meal, she immediately got up and went to the kitchen to drop her plate in the sink, at least Clara should understand she was late for school. Belle walked to the door and waved at her dad. "Bye dad!" Without waiting for her dad's response, she left the house.

"Bye ho..she's gone." Liam glanced at Clara who was busy enjoying her meal. He shook his head and sighed, reading his newspaper back.

Belle who looked gloomy from home, let out a bright smile as she walked to school. Her beautiful round face was filled with smiles and her brown eyes were happy glimmering under the sunlight.

She attended a private school that made them wear school uniforms. Her blue pleated skirt which was above her knees, showed off her long fair legs covered in a pair of long white socks. She tried to adjust the blue ribbon on her white t-shirt that was tucked in her shirt, accentuating her slim waist.

She walked to school without entering the bus because her house wasn't really far. Being a rich kid, she was always expected to behave prim and proper everywhere she went. Her father didn't allow her mingle with regular kids her age. The school she was attending was for only rich kids who mostly lived within that area.

Most of them came with their expensive cars , lazy to walk from home. Belle had to beg her father a lot of times to walk to school and back. She didn't want the driver to do that. Belle really wished she lived a normal life.

She walked to school and saw that a few students were walking like her, to school. She walked past a supermarket store but stopped and reversed. She realized she didn't drink water after eating Clara's food. She didn't even know why she cooked today, when the servants always did that. "Let me get water." She walked into the supermarket to get water.

After getting the water, she came out of the supermarket. She was drinking the water with her eyes closed because the water tasted really sweet and beautiful. She wasn't looking at where she was going. She bumped into a very hard chest, making the water splash on her shirt and the person's shirt also.

"Hey, watch where you are go..." The words went back into her throat when she saw the person's face.

"I'm sorry." The man's deep voice resonated in her ears. He held her shoulder while his other hand was holding a file. He was dressed in a long sleeved white shirt, tucked in his black pants. His jet black hair was swept by the breeze. His golden brown eyes contrasted with his almost pale white toned face and skin. His sharp features and neatly shaved and carved beards were exceptionally god-like.

Belle was speechless. When her gaze met his, she felt like she was drowning. She couldn't hear anything around her.

Belle was smitten.

She came back to her senses and could hear things around her as he shook her lightly. "Are you okay miss?" The man helped her stand well, because she almost fell from colliding with him.

She held his arms and could feel his muscles underneath. He looked well built. Her eyes went to his thin lips as it parted, saying something.

"Are you okay?" He asked again, seeing she wasn't responding. He looked at the wet patch on her t-shirt. That was when he realized she was a student.

"Yeah, i'm fine." The tone in her voice was more gentle than before when she was about to attack the person that ruined her school uniform. She released herself from him and took a step back. "Sorry." She quickly left the supermarket entrance without looking back.

The man turned to see her retreating back. His focus was interrupted when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. "What's up?...yeah i got the job....Even i didn't expect to get it." He smiled as he entered the supermarket.