Chocoholic... a healthy love story

Chapter 23

" What do you mean you are leaving for Milan tomorrow morning?!", Emma asked Isabella as she stood there in her bedroom.

" Well, his assistant is sick so I have to go with him ...and the other staffs from the company", Isabella answered , closing her suitcase.

" We are so all over the place the past few days.. me spending more time with Gary and now you are flying to Italy, we have to do something when you come back... like the good old days", Emma said smiling at Isabella.

" Of course Em..Movie night with popcorn!", Isabella said to Emma.

" And the box of tissues!", Emma added and they both laughed.

" Are you excited?!", Emma asked as she looked at Isabella with a cheeky smile on her face.

" Why are you looking at me like that? Excited about what!?", Isabella said to her friend as she walked quickly out of her room and hurried downstairs trying to avoid Emma's question, but Emma followed her closely behind.

" Excited about traveling to one of the most romantic place with Kal", Emma said with a chuckle as she loved teasing Isabella about Kal.

" Well, I'll be watching him and Heidi enjoying a  romantic trip", Isabella answered annoyingly.

" Isa let's sit .We never had a serious conversation about this  subject ....Kal Dukas", Emma said to Isabella as she sat down on the sofa in the sitting room.Isabella sat opposite her and crossed her legs looking at Emma.

" What is there to talk about Em?", Isabella asked her friend.

Emma knew her too well and there was no point of lying to her .

" About you , what's up with you and Kal Dukas?He seems to annoy you but then I could feel he means something else to you .. I'm confuse Isa ! Is it.. Love or hate?", Emma asked.

Isabella cleared her throat, she looked at Emma.

" Well... I find him..   He is an attractive man... like so many other women think he is ... Kal Dukas is out of my league Em and that I am well aware of.. So no need to worry...Are you satisfied?", Isabella said.

" Isa, I can see in your eyes you are not telling me everything. Please be careful. Don't want you to get hurt...Ok?", Emma said.

" I will Em . Don't worry", Isabella replied with a smile as she walked over to Emma and the two friends hugged each other tightly.

The next day Isabella was up early , Emma sat with her in the sitting room waiting for the company car to arrive.The door bell rang and the two friends looked at each other.

" Well , the car is here", Isabella said as they walked to the door.

" Take care of yourself Em. I'll try and call when I'm there", Isabella said to her as she gave her suitcase to the driver.

" Take care as well", Emma said to her.

With a final hug , Isabella got in the car and waved goodbye to Emma who stood on the door step and waited till the car disappeared out of view.
Isabella joined the others at the airport, she was glad to see the familiar face of Mrs.Augusta.

" Good morning", Isabella said as she sat next to her.

" Oh hi there Miss. Garcia. Guess you couldn't get out of this one", Mrs. Augusta said smiling .

" Well you know Mr. Dukas. He doesn't take no for an answer!", Isabella said with a smile.

Their flight was announced and they made their way to the departure gate.Isabella sat down in her seat glad she was sitting by the window, she checked around and noticed that she was quite far from the others.As the Captain announced that they would be departing soon, Isabella put  on her earphones and clicked play her favorite playlist. She was glad the flight wasn't a long one , she closed her eyes as she leaned her head against the window.

"Miss , Miss", Isabella could hear someone saying softly and she slowly opened her eyes and she realized she had fallen asleep.

" We have landed", the flight attendant said and Isabella looked at her and smiled shyly.

" What an embarrassing moment", Isabella said as she got out  of her seat and grabbed her bag in the overhead locker.

She was glad that she wasn't the last person off the plane . She joined the others and there were two cars waiting to take them to the hotel where they would be staying.As they drove away from the airport, Isabella took the time to admire the beautiful city of Milan. She smiled as she looked around her and she took some pictures for souvenir.They arrived at the hotel and they were welcomed and taken to their rooms.

They had to hurry to freshen up since they had the meeting in an hour.As she walked in her bedroom , Isabella was amazed with the interior design of the room.She walked up to the window and opened the balcony door and walked out taking in a deep breath.
She closed her eyes and let the wind caress her face and  ran through her hair.

" Milan", she whispered and opened her eyes smiling.She looked around and her eyes spotted Kal and Heidi sitting on a balcony what looked like a café.She stared at them and thought how hot  Kal looked in his sunglasses and at the same time he turned and looked in her direction.Isabella stepped back quickly and walked back inside the room. She hurried to the bathroom and opened the tap,

" A shower that's what I need to wake me up from daydreaming!", Isabella said to herself.

Kal smiled he had seen her on the balcony staring at him. He was happy to see her and couldn't wait for the meeting so that he could be next to her.

" Kal, babe.. What are you looking at?", Kal heard Heidi saying and he looked at her.

" Sorry, What did you say?", Kal asked her.

" What caught your attention over there?", Heidi asked with a frown on her face.

" Nothing, was just thinking about the meeting. So I will have to leave you in a while", Kal said looking at her.

" Yes. Such a shame I have to go back to Spain! When will you come back Kal?", Heidi asked as they stood up.

" Heidi, we had that talk already. I have to wait for my dad to fully recover", Kal said .

" Why don't you let Adrian take over the company. You know he wants to", Heidi said.

" Heidi please. Let's not have this discussion again. Now let's hurry I need to get ready for the meeting", Kal said trying to avoid the same discussion with Heidi about going back to Spain.

Sometimes he wondered if the only reason he wanted to stay in Greece was because of his father. Or maybe the beautiful Isabella had something to do with that!