ADOPTED HEIR **I forgive you**
Writer's P O V
"You want to kiss me." Isabella mumbled.

"Yes, I want to do a lot of things with you." Nathaniel admitted and without a second thought slammed his lips on hers.
Nathaniel's kisses were fast and urgent, he kissed her like his whole life depended on it. He wrapped his arms around her and felt Isabella do the same while pulling him closer.
"Ahh," he groaned into the kiss. His hand quickly reached for his shirt and he started pulling it off. He successfully pulled off his shirt and watched as Isabella equally struggled to pull off her clothes.
No, this is not right. Ah shit! She is not in her right mind, I won't make the same mistake twice. He shook his head to regain back his sanity.
"This is not right. I'll let you sleep now," he muttered and made to get off the bed but Isabella held him.
"What? You don't believe I want this?" She asked staring at him straight in the eyes.

Nathaniel took his hand to her hair and caressed it.
"I don't believe. You...you are drunk and not in your right mind. What if we end up doing it and you end up hating me more? No, I can't take that risk. I must wait." Nathan stated with determination. He made to get off the bed again but Isabella's grip on him tightened.
"At least, stay here tonight. We don't have to do anything." Isabella requested.
"Okay, I'll stay right beside you. Go to bed. Go to bed." Nathaniel agreed as he made her lie down.

*
Isabella opened her eyes to the bright room.
"Ah, what happened? My head hurts." She mumbled as she sat up on her bed.
She kept touching her head as her head felt really heavy, she felt a movement beside her and got startled.
Then she looked to see what it was to find Nathaniel sleeping right beside her.
She gasped and jumped down from the bed.
"What? What the hell?" She screamed waking him up.
"Ah, you are awake. I was starting to get worried, the twins said you don't usually wake up late. You took a lot of wine last night." Nathaniel said sitting up on the bed.
"Nathan, what the hell are you doing in my room and in my bed? Did you..." Isabella looked down at herself to make sure nothing happened between she and Nathan last night.
"Nothing happened, at least I prevented it from happening even when you asked for it." Nathaniel said getting down from the bed.
"Be rest assured." He added before leaving her room.
Isabella sat down on her bed, a bit puzzled. Memories from last night gradually started coming back to her.
How she got angry that he annoyed her and how she drank a lot of wine due to her own anger. How he carried her to her room and how they kissed. How she wanted him to have sex with her.
Isabella's eyes widened.
I was only drunk. I didn't mean it, I don't mean any of those. Isabella said to herself.
*
After dressing up, she came downstairs to find that the dinning table was already set.
Kendrick, Kendra and Nathaniel were already seated and they were waiting for her to join them.
"Good morning mom, how was your night?" Kendra got up and kissed her cheek.
"It was okay." Isabella replied, her gaze fixed on Nathaniel.
"I heard you drank a lot mom. Are you sure you are okay?" Kendrick asked worriedly.
"I'm okay. You don't need to worry." Isabella assured taking her seat.
After breakfast, she requested that Nathaniel see her in her room.
"I was drunk, I didn't mean any of those." She said.
"I know, your mind become crazy when you drink a lot. Even tho I wanted it so much, I still held myself because I knew you were not yourself at the moment. That happened to me too remember? And that's why you hate me so much now." Nathaniel answered.
Isabella coughed and took her eyes to the floor.
"Now that you understand, I hope you can consider forgiving me. Can you do that?" Nathaniel inquired.
"I don't know if I can." Isabella said.
"Okay. I'll continue trying to win you over then." Nathan said with determination before leaving her room.
3 days later.
Isabella woke up in the middle of the night and felt thirsty. She walked to her despenser and found out that the water has finished.
"Arg, do I have to go down to the kitchen?" She grumbled to herself as she reached for the door. She got down and turned on the kitchen light, she got a cup and took water from the fridge.
After drinking from the cup she turned to leave the kitchen to see Nathaniel also coming towards her. He looked at her with equal surprise.
"What are you doing up so late?" Isabella asked.
"I should ask you the same thing. I came to take water because I was thirsty and because, my room is down here." Nathaniel answered and walked past her to the kitchen.
He grabbed the same cup she used and made to use it when she stopped him, "I used that cup just now." She told.
"So?" Nathaniel raised his brows at her as he drank from the cup.
"I just thought." Isabella mumbled and coughed.
He dropped the cup and walked to the sitting room. She followed him, "what are you doing? Not sleeping?" She questioned.
"Ah, I can't sleep. My mind have not been at peace," he answered.
"Why?' She came to sit opposite him.
"Well, you shouldn't be asking me such questions. You are cause, you caused it. It doesn't seem like you are ready to forgive me, I..I might as well give up on everything." Nathaniel replied with a sigh.
"Why would you do that? Don't you enjoy being alive?" Isabella shifted uncomfortably in her sit as she asked.
"It's not that I don't. Of course I do, but I don't sleep well at night knowing that the mother of my kids hate me. It makes me hate myself too." Nathaniel confessed focusing all his attention on her.
When Isabella didn't say anything for the next 2 minutes, he took it as a positive responds. He stood up from his sit and went over to hers, he sat beside her and held her two hands up.
"So please, have you thought on it? Have you thought on giving me a chance?"
Isabella stared into his hopeful eyes as he waited for her answer.
She had long forgiven Nathaniel but couldn't really bring herself to show it to him. She didn't want him to think that she was too easy or naive so she kept behaving as if she felt uncomfortable around him.
Her heart could always say one thing and she could end up doing the direct opposite.
She slowly removed her hands from his and stood up.
There you go again. You are ruining things and hurting yourself more. Isabella's subconscious told her.
"I..I don't know." She muttered and started leaving.
She heard Nathaniel sigh out loud. She stopped and turned to look at him, his head was buried in his palms.
Isabella gulped down her saliva as she climbed the stairs to her room.
Arg, it's remaining just three days. I guess I should just give up, I will give up on her completely after three days and just focus on Kendrick and Kendra. Nathaniel concluded in his mind and got up.
He was about getting into his room when he heard her voice.
"Nate," Isabella called, her voice trembling a bit.
Nathaniel turned to look at Isabella, surprised.
"I..I thought you left for your room..." He stopped talking once Isabella hugged him.
"I'm sorry." He heard her say.
"I'm sorry for giving you a hard time.. I've already forgive you but..."
"What?" Nathaniel interrupted her as he pulled out from the hug and held her two cheeks.
"You have forgiven me? Really?" He asked, his eyes widening.
Isabella bobbed her head twice in responds.
Nathaniel gasped and embraced her again.
"Do you..do you know how long, how many years I've waited to hear you that?" Nathaniel's hold on her tightened. He couldn't believe his ears.
"I.. I also know that you didn't do it knowingly. But I still hated you for it and gave you a hard time, I am so sorry." She apologized again.
"No. No don't say that. You shouldn't apologize for anything, you did nothing wrong. I was angry at myself too. Anyone could get angry, what I did to you is a grave sin.."
"A grave sin which produced Kendrick and Kendra. Without that grave sin, they won't be here." Isabella interrupted and said.
Nathaniel gasped and nodded. "That's right, it's a grave sin which brought us blessings..I should also be thankful." Nathaniel mouthed, tears gathered up his eyes and threatened to fall but he held them back and kissed her.
She kissed him back immediately as she has also anticipated the moment a lot.
Slowly he walked her into his room and closed the door.
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