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.

Gabriel's Pov

I finished all my work for the day and sat down looking at her photo on the ID. I don't know why I can't get enough of seeing her face. I was planning on looking for her in one week time but fuck that, I'm going to look for her tomorrow. I was in a daze then my phone rang.

"Hello," I answered.

"Hey son, how was your night with that girl? Are you with her now?" my mom shot out from the other end of the call.

"Sorry mom, it was great and no I'm not with her now. She ran away this morning when I was asleep. I don't know where I went wrong or if she regretted it," I told her.

"Oh my baby," she said, sounding like she is sad on my behalf.

"Don't worry, she dropped her Identification Card on her way out so I found information on her. I'm planning to go to her tomorrow," I added.

"That's great news, my boy. You should have said that before. Having me here sulking on your behalf," she scolded.

I laughed, "Sorry mom, I will start with the good news from now on."

"I'm going to head home now so I have to go," I said before hanging up the phone.

"Dex, get the car ready," I said.

"Ok bro, I'm going now," he said and I smiled.

"Now that's the Dexter I know," I said, throwing my hand around his neck and rubbing his head.

Ok, ok can you stop treating me like a child? You always do that. And don't give me the 'I am older than you' crap, because it's only a few months," he said glaring at me and I threw my hand up in defeat.

"Ok, I'm not going to but..." I started to say but was rendered silent after seeing the death glare. "You go get the car and I will meet you downstairs," I added.

"Now that's better," he said and walked out.

"But I am older," I mumbled, folding my hands. I grabbed my things and went downstairs to meet him. I got in the car.

"Why didn't you tell me the driver is in the car? You let me walk all the way to the car when I could have called the diver? You are so evil," Dex complained with twitching eyes.

"You didn't let me finish my playing so that was your punishment," I said, laughing. "You coming or you have your ride?" I asked.

"I'm not going anywhere with you. I have my own ride thank you very much," he pouted and walked off. I couldn't help myself from laughing at him. He is basically behaving childish.

"Ok goodnight," I said, smiling and went into the car. His response was both of his middle fingers.

20 minutes later I pulled up to the gate and scanned my eyes and the gate opened. I parked the car, handed the keys to my butler and handed my jacket to one of the maids.

"Your meal is ready sir," one of the maids stated.

"Ok, thank you for your time," I replied before heading towards the table. 'Would she like these meals if she starts to live here?' I thought, smiling and one of the maids ran up to me feeling my temperature to see if I was ok.

"Daisy, I am fine, I don't have a fever," I said, getting annoyed at the hand on my face and on my neck. "Why is everyone acting so weird today? Is it strange to see me smile?" I added.

"Yes sir it is. You are always serious," she said. I looked at her and then continued eating. I got up and went to my room. I stripped out of my clothes and went to the bathroom to bathe and brush my teeth before going to bed.

"I can't wait to see you tomorrow, Bella," I said, smiling. "I really want to know why you ran though." I added before getting knocked out cold.