ASHLEY
I walked closer. I needed to hear what this was all about. I had the right to, if I was marrying this man. If it really was a business call, I'll just casually walk up to him and say I was searching for him. No big deal. It's not like he's cheating. He can't be cheating. Technically, we weren't even dating yet. Let alone dating, I was marrying him, by force. How can he be cheating if we weren't even together yet?
I managed to sneak by a tree behind Isaac's tree. I had to thank Kim Possible for that.
"I can't...I won't...." Isaac told the caller.
After a minute, "No! Alright, fine! I'll do it."
Isaac listened to the caller.
"Yes, yes. I agree."
...
"Okay, bye." he sighed, ending the call. I got up, straightened myself, and put my innocent face on.
What did I understand from that convo?
Nothing. Nada.
Casually walking up to him, I sat down and smiled.
"Hey! I've been looking for you." I greeted.
"I'm sorry. James talks too much. I wanted to tell him I had to get back, but you know how it is with him." he responded.
"James? I thought you had a business call..?" I asked.
"Uh, I did. With James..." he responded, saving himself.
But I was no dumbass.
I can smell a lie from a 100 miles away.
"Isaac, are you okay? You look...down?"
"Yes, babe. Just business. I never wanted this job, you know that."
I'll leave it with that. No need to get too pushy right away. There was something he was hiding.
And I had to learn.
Because, I might marry a man with some deep shit going on.
And while I was expecting a storm.
Little did I know, a superstorm was expecting me.