Bella's Pov

**The Next Morning**

My eyes fluttered open and the memories came crashing back. The drugged drink, the stranger's hands, the terror. My body shudders at the thought, and then Gabriel. My chest tightened, but instead of fear, I felt the steady rise and fall of his chest beside me. He saved and held me. And last night, I had given him the one thing I swore I would never give anyone unworthy. I raised my head and looked at his face and smiled. Then a thought occurred to me. 'What if he regrets everything when he wakes up? I can't go through that.' I grabbed my leather boots and tank top and remembered that my pants were torn. I grabbed my phone and called my best friend and she answered on the first ring.

"Hey Bella, how was it?" She asked mockingly.

"Not the time Lissa. I need a dress and undies now. I'm going to send you my location," I said, while sending her the location.

"Ok I'm coming," she said and I hung up.

**Ten minutes later**

My phone chimes:

Lissa

"I'm outside, open up."

Me

"Ok, I'm coming"

I turned off my phone, placed it in my bag and opened the door. I make sure all of my movements are tranquil so that I don't wake him before I leave. I grabbed the clothes and told her to wait for me by the car, and I closed the door and put them on. I rushed out of the room and closed the door. When I reached downstairs, Lissa was grinning, but she realised that my mood wasn't cheerful so she didn't tease.

"Bel, are you ok?" She asked, concerned.

"No, but please get me out of here first," I said, trying to hold back my tears.

We got in the car and she drove to the dorm. We walked silently to the room and that's when I finally broke down. She hugged me and told me to get it all out and I did just that. When I stopped I told her all that happened last night. From the kidnapping down to how Gabriel saved me and me overthinking this morning.

"It's ok Bel, but why didn't you wait for him to wake before you ran out?" She asked.

"I don't want to be disappointed. What if he wakes up and regrets ever sleeping with me?" I said, sighing.

"What if I was just a mistake to him? I don't want to find out," I added.

"I understand, but think on the bright side, what if he wanted to spend the rest of his life with you?" She said and I looked at her like she has two heads.

"The only thing I know about him is that his name is Gabriel and the only thing he knows about me is my name and my age," I said. "What rest of life are you talking about? He doesn't even know that I am a college student. Now I am feeling like this was a mistake. I shouldn't have gone to the club," I added.

"There you go again. Bel, you need to stop that. That is the only problem you are having. You keep overthinking, it weighs you down," she said, frustrated.

"You don't know if he will regret anything and that's the problem now," she added.

"But I can't help it," I said. "I'm going to lay down," I added and walked off in my room's direction.

"I'll be here if you need me," she said before I left the room.

I opened my door and went inside and put my back against the door and started silent crying.

"I'm so pathetic, can't even do a thing right,"I said, sobbing. I picked myself up from the floor and walked to my bed and dozed off from all the crying.

Gabriel's Pov

I woke up to the sun shining in my face, stretching lazily as I reached for her. The bed was cold and the sheets were already empty. For a moment, I thought she was in the bathroom, but the silence told me otherwise. I searched the room, hanging on to a little hope that she was still here but she wasn't.

I started getting ready while thinking, 'Did I upset her somehow? Did I hurt her? Or did she regret being with me?' I rubbed my hand across my face and groaned.

"This is so frustrating," I grumbled. "It's going to take a while to find her. The only thing she told me was her name and it wasn't even her full name," I said to myself. I took out my phone and called my assistant.

"Dex, I want you to dig up every file of females with the name Bella and have them on my desk before I reach the office," I said.

"Ok boss," he replied.

I got my things and headed to the door when I heard something crack under my shoes. I looked down and saw a picture of Bella. I bent down and picked it up. It was her Identification Card.

"Well, well, well. Aren't I a lucky guy," I said and smirked. I opened the door and went straight to the company.

I went in and closed the door. I sat at my desk and Dex walked in. "Report?" I said.

"Here's all the files on all the Bella's in the city," he said, handing them to me.

I skipped through all of them but she wasn't on any of them. I took out the card and looked back at the name.

"Look for a 20-year-old Bella Danvers," I said and showed him her picture. He looked at me as if I had grown two heads.

"Stop looking at me like that and do what I say," I said, getting annoyed.

"Ok sir," he said, smiling, then walked off.

"Bella, why did you leave?" I said while looking at her picture.

10 minutes later

"Sir I found her information, it's saying she is a college student at..." he said and I grabbed the file from him. He looked at me bewildered but I didn't care about him. I scanned the document and saw that she is a student at the University of San Diego. She is studying to get her Bachelor of Accountancy.

"No wonder she ran. She is so young," I said, still looking at the file knowing that's not going to stop me from finding her. I didn't even see the look Dex was giving me.

"I'm going to give her a few days before going to look for her. I don't want to scare her away," I said even though I can't wait to see her beautiful face.

"Sorry to have you here today Dex. I know it's a Sunday but things need to be done. I will add extra to you pay for this month." I told him.

"It's no problem at all," he said with a sly grin on his face.

"Don't smile like that, it's creepy," I said looking at him with disgust written all over my face.

"Now can you tell me why you are talking to me so formally?" I asked, looking at him.

"You are asking me to search for a girl. It's like you are a different person bro. What happened to you staying single?" He asked.

"Well, she is special. I haven't felt this way before," I replied.

"At least you aren't gay," he said, bursting out laughing. "You have a lot of people thinking you are though. You are lucky your grandma and aunty knows better," he added.

"Are you talking mom?" I asked him.

"Yes who else would I call aunty?" he said , rolling his eyes.

"I can't bother with the arranged marriages, I don't want to be with someone I don't even like or can't stand to look at their face. So if dad thinks I am gay let it be," I said getting bored of all the questions. "Alright enough questions now, time to work," I added.

I looked at her picture one last time before putting it in my bag and dived straight into my work for the day.

Bella's Pov

I woke up to my phone ringing and stretched for it and placed it to my ears.

"Hello," I answered sleepily.

"Bella, I have some news about your biological parents." My mom said on the other side of the phone. I jumped up in a sitting position.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yes I am, do you remember the necklace you had on when we adopted you?" She asked.

"Yes I remembered it, I have it in my drawer in my room there." I replied.

"Ok, the orphanage said that it was a gift from your parents. They found you with it before you lost your memory." She said, "Do you have any classes for the next two weeks?" She asked.

"They are doing revision. Why do you ask?" I asked, confused.

"I want you to come home for two weeks, so that we can get some more information for you," She said.

"Ok I'm going to sort it out so that I can get a leave of absence," I said agreeing.

"Ok do that, I'm going to source more information," she said then hung up.

I got out of bed and went to the kitchen and saw Lissa sitting eating some ramen.

"You want some?" She asked, holding up the bowl.

"You have enough? I don't mind making another one," I said.

"It's not a lot," she said, grinning awkwardly and I went and looked about one for myself and joined her.

"How are you feeling?" Lissa asked.

"Not bad but I have something to tell you," I told her and she looked at me worrily.

"It's not anything bad. My mom called and told me she has information about my biological parents so she asked me if I could come home for two weeks," I said reassuring her.

"Oh ok, so what about the other problem you have?" She asked.

"Not going to think about it for two weeks. He probably forgot about me already," I said, looking down at the bowl in my hand.

"And you are ok with that?" She asked.

"No but if it comes to it then I have to be," I said. "Ok enough questions about him. What about you? I know you went off with a guy that night. Who is he? Will you meet him again?" I asked her, trying to change the topic from me.

"No, I'm not going to meet him again. He is terrible in bed. I thought he had experience by his looks but he is a complete amateur. He couldn't even get me to orgasm, I had to do it myself. Can you believe that? He even has the audacity to say that I am difficult and hard to please. He is the one that couldn't get me to orgasm and blamed me for his lack of expertise." she rumbled and I couldn't hold my laughter. I burst out in laughter and she turned and looked at me but I couldn't stop.

"Why are you laughing? It's not funny," she said, trying to hold hers.

"I'm sorry, but it's too funny," I said, between laughs. I wiped the tears from my eyes. "Its been a long time since I laughed like this," I added.

"Glad I got you to laugh but seriously can you believe him?" She said, looking at me.

"No I can't but it seems like you had a rough night as well," I said smiling.

"Yes I did. Do you need help with the letter to send in tomorrow?" She asked.

"Thanks but I can manage. The only thing I need to do is adjust the date on the one before and add the period of time I will be absent," I said.

"Ok then good luck. Also remember your ID. You always seem to forget it," she said.

"Thanks, I'm going to look for it now," I said, gratefully.

I went to my room and started searching my bag for it but it was nowhere to be found. I have been at it for about thirty minutes.

"I give up," I said and plopped down on the bed.

I opened my laptop and fixed the letter and emailed it to the office so that it can be placed on my file. I also added a note 'Do I need the Identification Card to verify that it's me asking for the leave?'

Not long after an email popped up. 'No you don't but if you need any more time you can just add the amount of extra time you need to this email. – Your Principal'

"Ok so that's out of the way," I said, breathing a sigh of relief. I got up and started to pack the suitcase with what I am going to carry home tomorrow. I turned everything upside down and I still don't see the card. I jumped back in bed and thought before falling asleep, 'Where could it be?'

***The Next Day***

The sun illuminates my face as if to indicate that it's morning. I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I forgot to close the blinds last night. I went into the bathroom and started getting ready. I picked out a short summer dress and slippers. I looked at the time and saw that the bus would reach soon.

"I have about 40 minutes to go, got to find Lissa before I go" I said, exiting my room. I went to her room and called her. A few minutes later she opened her door.

"Hey what's up," she asked, yawning and rubbing her eyes.

"I'm leaving soon, so I wanted to see you before I go," I said.

"Alright, but it's not like you aren't going to see me again. It's just two weeks right? And we can video call as well," she said.

"Yeah you're right," I said, smiling. I looked at my phone and saw that I have to go now so that I can catch the bus.

"I got to go now, see you soon," I said, hugging her.

"Yeah," she said, hugging me back. We pulled apart and I grabbed my suitcase and purse and headed out.

"I'm going to have to get something to eat on the way. I forgot to grab something from the fridge," I said to myself. I arrived just in time to catch the bus. I went in and took a seat. 'This is going to be a long ride' I thought. Someone came up and stood right beside me and I looked up and there she was smiling down at me. I was so shocked.

"Lissa, what are you doing here?" I asked, still shocked.

"I'm coming with you silly," she said, smiling. "I'm not letting you go alone. I sent the letter to the office to get time off as well and was approved so here I am," she added. I scooted over so that she could sit beside me. 'This ride won't be so long after all' I thought, smiling.