Isabelle (House of Jensen Series book 5)

Chapter 17

⚠️ there's violence in this chapter.

"If you need to you need to."

She leaves and I make a start on my pasta carbonara. Freddie takes some of my chips and I give him the stink eye. He puts it back on my plate I see relief on his face."

"What's wrong."

"You always agree when someone tells you they need you to do something or think you should do something."

"I didn't with James when we came back to Denmark."

"No you didn't but looking back you was very agreeable. Now you are showing another emotion. I wonder if the chip made you easy to control."

"Could that be why I feel differently now like a cloud has lifted off me. Right now I want to eat my dinner while you get me a slice of that cake from the fridge."

He saluted me, "Yes miss bossy."

I laugh and hold my stomach it felt good just doing something as silly as laughing. I am not ashamed to say I ate both my meals and had a slice and a half of chocolate cake.

James POV

"I can't believe I allowed my temper to get the best of me."

"Well you did," the beautiful ebony woman replies as she turns over to face me in bed. I look at her brown eyes which was as dark as her soul.

She's cheating well I'm cheating she screwing over her best friend. My mother is angry at me because I hurt Isabelle. She needs to remember I'm her child.

"Why did you have to tease me like that whenever your eyes met mine that night. Then that moron Fred had to start looking at my Isabelle with lust. I saw how she was looking at him she likes him."

"Fool she loves him we both know that."

"Don't you ever call me a fool again."

I move to strike her but Andrea holds my hand preventing me from hitting her, "Don't forget your place."

"I'm sorry but you need to get in touch with Izzy and console her. I can't go outside without someone having something nasty to say to me for breaking her hand. The article didn't say I did it."

"You deserve that article and more. How dare you tell the press about her fears like that. Then hurt her time and time again then demand she goes along with your lies."

I start screaming, "I wasn't thinking okay. I'm no longer going to be a prince and will be bowing down to those people for the rest of my life."

She laughs and points at my chest, "Those people won't let you or your family near them ever again."

"If Frede tries it on with her I'll kill him."

She rolls her eyes, "Good luck killing a future king." She starts to get dress.

"Where are you going?"

"This was fun but we're done I want nothing more to do with you."

I walk towards her, "If you leave I'll go to the press and give them stories about your relationship with your best friend's boyfriend. I've naked photos of you, compromising videos, text. I'll send it in anonymously don't think I won't do it. Look what I did to a princess."

She continues getting dress so I lift her face so she was facing me, "I'm not bluffing."

She slaps my hand away from her face and grabs her bag and coat and walk out the door.

I was bluffing I can spin the domestic violence incident and play dumb about the pyjamas story. I needed a clean image to get Isabelle back and because I'm a member of the gentry. I know Andrea wasn't dumb enough to tell anyone about my threat because it exposes her too.

The day after Isabelle was kidnapped.

Everyone was panicking about Isabelle going missing but countess Susan couldn't help noticing her eldest child didn't seem to care. It bothered her a great deal because only people with the blackest of hearts. Would feel nothing about a young woman going missing.

When breakfast was over she inquired of her friend's son the king if there was any news about his sister. "I'm afraid there's still no news countess."

"Let me know if there's a change your majesty."

"Will do."

Countess Susan walks into her eldest sons room to see it was spotless as usual. He had his own penthouse but because of the disappearance spent the night with the family. She walks into his closet and move some clothes around to make room for some clean ones.

She places a hand to her mouth because under a pile of jeans were photos of woman. Woman who looked like they had been beaten up. She quickly hang up the clean clothes and tidy up again.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing her son was a monster or he liked photos of woman in destress.

She quickly finds her husband's and tell him what she found. "Are you sure?"

Trembling she nods and gives him a scared look.

"I know he wants to propose to Isabelle. When she's found we will encourage him to do it. But I'm going to make our youngest son my legally heir. So marriage or no marriage he has no chance of inheriting this place. I know Jay he doesn't trust James. Now we know he was right to. He will make sure the marriage doesn't happen I know he will."

Two days later

James walks into the dining room to see his parents eating breakfast alone. His siblings was already on their way to school. "Did one of you go into my room?"

His parents look at each other, "Of course not son we have no reason to." His mother does her best to smile at him and not show the fear she was feeling. James walks over to her and grabs her by the neck. His father quickly get up and tries to remove his hand from his wife's neck. James was too strong but Theo wears him down and he finally lets go of his mother. Who slumps back in her chair holding her neck.

"You beat all those woman up didn't you?" Ask his father.

"You did go into my room." He takes a gun out and aims it at his parents.

"Only to put some clothes away," insist his mother.

"Don't say anything Susan, James you're no longer welcome here. Get out my house," yells Theo.

He looks at his mother and father shrugs and leaves. Theo runs over to his wife and look at her neck." A bruise is forming you can't go into work like this. I'll tell them you're sick he shouldn't be allowed to be near Isabelle. Or any other woman."

"You're right Theo and it turns out Isabelle being missing is a blessing in disguise. Do you think he ever hit or hurt her?"

"He's not stupid she has bodyguards they would tell her brother if he did."

What do we do now?"

"We disinherit him and have nothing more to do with him. If he's foolish enough to propose to Isabell. Trust me Johan will do everything in his power to make sure the wedding doesn't happen."

"You're right and we have to think about our other children's safety. Let's not do anything to anger James. There's no telling what he would do to hurt his siblings to hurt us."