25 A Warm Touch

In Isabelle's room

Isabelle had changed into casual attire. She stood in front of the huge mirror in her room which she hasn't used in ages.

She finished her makeup, she checked herself twice in the mirror.

"Why am I doing this?" Alan's face came into her mind as she questioned her unusual act.

Her face flushed red for a second but soon turned back to the cold stare she usually had.

She walked to the garden where Alan planned the feast.

"Huh?" her eyes wide open in surprise, she looked at Julian who stood beside her with a smile on her face.

Alan had prepared a huge grill, which had steaks on it.

The odour released by the food captivated everyone's hearts present there.

Alan asked Julian to invite everyone in the mansion to his small party.

Alan wanted them to taste his steaks…

Alan who was busy grilling asked everyone gathered to take their seats which were setup beforehand.

"Your grace, please come this way" Julian showed Isabelle her table which had a golden white tone to it.

After Isabelle took her seat, Julian poured in a glass of champagne just as Alan instructed her to do.

"…" she inspected the liquid, then glanced at Alan before taking a sip.

"ummmmm" she was astonished by the taste of champagne. She hasn't tasted anything so addictive in her life.

gulp

She chucked down the whole glass.

Ahhh

Alan walked towards her with a steak on a plate, he flashed a gentle smile "please" he placed the plate in front of her.

She cut a small piece and took a bite of it.

"wowww!!" she was awestruck by its taste. She thought it would taste good by the look of it, but not in a million chances had she thought it would be the best thing she has ever tasted.

She started ravaging the steak like a caveman who discovered fire. She forgot everything about this world, the fact that she has to be an elegant woman, her role as a duchess. Nothing meant more important to her than her 'steak'.

She never knew a steak could taste this good.

Pat pat

Alan patted her head, he thought she would act coldly as she did before, but to his surprise, she didn't mind him patting her.

"It's fine to eat it slowly, we have a lot of meat here," Alan said with a gentle smile while he patted her head.

All the people gathered were hogging their steaks. Some were even crying as they ate their food. that's something unexpected, Alan felt happy as he saw everyone enjoying their meal.

An hour has passed:

Isabelle filled her stomach with steaks and champagne. Alan had planned to cook her different cuisines, but she never gave him time to cook.

She was drunk…

Everyone was passed out lying on the floor that included Julian. Isabelle lay her head on the table holding Alan's hands. Alan just kept admiring her beauty the entire time.

Alan carried Isabelle like a princess to her room.

Blarf!

"Oh, hell no" Isabelle vomited on her dress and on Alan too who was carrying her.

Alan took her to the bathroom…

He wanted someone to help change her dress, but no one would come to his rescue even if he screamed out loud.

He didn't want to leave Isabelle in that condition.

Alan is a gentleman, isn't he?

Alan removed Isabelle's dress slowly, now she only had a bra and panties.

"Shit!"

Isabelle tried to hug Alan. He quickly removed his shirt which had a bit of puke traces on it.

He carried her on his back and helped her lie on her bed.

Alan covered her with sheets, he caressed her head and turned to leave.

Grip

Isabelle gripped Alan's hand even tighter, she hasn't let go of his hand from the beginning.

Alan tried to remove her hand slowly…

"…uhhh d-don't go" Isabelle spoke as she squinted her eyes.

She pulled Alan towards her and hugged him.

"...uhh" Alan was startled by Isabelle's sudden action. He didn't expect er to act this way.

Alan crawled into the sheets lying on his back while Isabelle placed her head on his chest.

He flashed a gentle smile and slowly stroked her hair.

"… mommm…daaadd" beads of tears flowed down her closed eyes.

Sob

She hugged Alan tighter and spoke in a quivered tone "… I miss … you sooo much"

Alan kept stroking her hair.

"…. why did ... you leave me aloneee" sob sob "…I don't have …anyone"

Drip

Tears fell from Alan's eyes, they kept drooling down his cheeks. It was totally out of his control.

Alan made a promise to himself not to cry… but this was something he couldn't handle.

He could understand her pain, fear loneliness.

"Why did you leave me alone 'Isabelle kept repeating the same words again and again in a loop.

Kiss

Alan kissed Isabelle on her forehead "its ok I am here for you"

Isabelle stopped crying immediately as she felt Alan's warm kiss.

She held him tighter, a relaxed smile appeared on her face.

"doont goo okkkk…" she fell asleep with Alan's warm touch.

Alan caressed her cheeks wiped her tears off and slept.

...….

The next day:

Knock knock

Julian kept knocking on Isabelle's room door.

'Is she still sleeping, I need to inform her about sir Alan's sudden disappearance'

She decided to open the door since she had important news to report.

Clack

"…." She didn't know how to react to the scene in front of her.

Isabelle was lying on Alan hugging her wearing only a bra, Alan hugged her back with no shirt on him.

How would someone react to this unbelievable scene?

'Did they, do it?' Julian wondered.

'The cold duchess and the handsome prince' is a well-suited title for this scene indeeed…

Julian was happy to see Isabelle sleeping soundly with a smile on her face.

She didn't want to wake them up now.

"uhh…" Isabelle opened her squinted eyes and rubbed them.

She found Julian staring at her as she woke up.

"… why are you here so early Julian" she muttered while lying on Alan's chest.

'Is she for real?' Julian was dumbfounded. Julian had come to inform them about Alan's disappearance, but she didn't know what to say now that she knew where Alan was.

She pondered for a while and decided to say the truth, as she couldn't think of a suitable lie at that moment.

".. ah sir Alan was missing"

"...uhhh… he is missing ... where di-"

Julian interrupted Isabelle "but we found him now."

"Huh? Where is he now" Isabelle asked Julian with a curious face.

Julian pointed her finger at Isabelle.

'…? Why is she pointing at me?'

"Ummm" Alan hugged Isabelle tighter.

Isabelle turned towards the soft sound.

Her face beat red "… ahh kyaaa" she screamed in surprise.

Alan quickly woke up from his sleep as he heard Isabelle's voice.

He caught Isabelle by her shoulders "what happened, are you okay?"

she didn't answer and used her right to remain silent.

Seeing her face flushed red Alan understood the situation.

'Why does she look so cute' Alan wanted to tease her now.

Alan moved towards Isabelle and whispered in her ears "Did you enjoy last night?"

Ahhh

Fumes started coming out of her head. she started feeling dizzy imagining what Alan said.

Of course, she didn't remember anything right after she chugged the whole bottle of champagne without leaving a single drop.

Alan got out of bed and said "let's talk about it later"

He left the room immediately after teasing her more.

Alan had his breakfast, after waiting for Isabelle to show up. She never did.

In Isabelle's office room….

Isabelle covered her face "Did we really do it last night, but I don't feel pain anywhere in my body. But the opposite". She felt calm and relaxed after so long. The only thing she remembered was Alan patting her head and a warm kiss she felt in her dream.

'Maybe that wants a dream… kyaaa' she screamed inwardly.

"I can't look at his face now" Isabelle whispered to herself with a bright red face.

Knock

"Come in" Isabelle reclaimed her composure quickly, her face back to the cold stare she gave everyone.

But it was less of a cold face and more of a neutral face.

Alan walked in wearing a white coat.

Isabelle thought to herself with a slightly red face 'why does he look good in every outfit'

Alan took the empty seat in front of Isabelle.

Alan flashed a smile and said "you look beautiful today as well"

'What why is he saying things out of nowhere' she thought as she flushed red.

"…Thank you" she continued "you look handsome too" she blurted it out.

'Oh shit! What's happening to me' she had no idea why she said it, well it just came out of her mouth.

"…oh, thank you…" Alan's smile grew. He was happy to see her opening up to him. Even if it was slow, it was much better than how she was before.

"Can you show me the map?" Alan wanted to find the source of the rampage of the beasts, he wanted to destroy whatever is causing them to go rampage. He didn't want to kill animals. He did kill before; they could prepare for the next beast wave.

Alan killed them since he had no choice but now, he wanted to stop the person who was causing this outrage before they create another wave.

Isabelle took out the map quickly and spread it across the table.

She pointed to a location on the map "This is my territory" she moved a bit up "this is the beast continent, and it's the werecat kingdom. we have two huge mountains as a border between us. The beasts enter into my territory through the mountain valley."

"So, whatever is causing them to go rampage must be there right" Alan spoke with his hand on his chin.

"Yes, so must be careful for the next. I am going to ask the scouts to investigate the area"

"No, that won't be necessary" Alan spoke out loud.

"I am going to go there myself" Alan got up from his seat swiftly.

Isabelle said in a neutral tone "then, take me with you"

Alan's smile grew wider "let's go"

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