Chapter 4

Nathaniel Dave let go of Isabel, he took few steps back and clenched his fist angrily. Could the child be his? He doesn't want that shamelsss woman to get pregnant for him. 

Nathaniel Dave walked inside his room, Isabel sighed in relief and went to sit. Why was he so violent? Everyone despises her and she doesn't even know why. 

All her life, she had lived it to be hated by people. Her phone rang, it was an unsaved number but she answered it. 

"Who am I unto?" Isabel questioned. She had waited for few seconds and wasn't hearing any response from the other end. 

"Did he hit you?" The voice finally sounded. Isabel was shocked at the words that she had to check the screen of her phone. The voice wasn't a familiar one. 

"Did he?" The voice came again, but this time, it was getting familiar to Isabel. 

Could it be Joseph Brown? 

"Joseph Brown?" She guessed. 

"How does it sound having a lunch with me?" He asked. 

Isabel can't remember giving Joseph Brown her phone number, how did he get it? 

"It's not bad." Isabel was happy, she had not even eaten with anyone for the past six years. Anytime she cooked, she would eat alone. She has never been invited for a dinner either by her family or by her husband. 

The invitation of Joseph Brown really gladdens her. 

"I'll send the time and the address of the restaurant to you plus the passcode you would need to be granted access in."He said. 

" Oh! Alright." Isabel said and dropped her phone. It's being many years since she had felt this happy. 

Nathaniel Dave was in deep thought, he buried his face in his palm and was thinking of the best decision he could take on Isabel's pregnancy. Why was he even getting angry anytime he sees that shameless woman with another man? Not like he cares about her. 

Following morning, he was already at the last stairs of a skyscrapper where his office was. The building was the tallest building in the country and it belongs to him. 

Felix walked in, He was his personal assistant and his most trusted worker. He loved him for how loyal he had been for the past eight years of being with him. 

"Good morning, sir." Felix greeted subserviently. 

"Are you here with the complete information about that silly man?" Nathaniel Dave asked. 

"Yes, sir." He answered and he gestured for him to sit. 

"He has the biggest oil company in Germany, he has other secondary businesses but that's his primary source of income." Felix said. 

"How about his relationship status?" Nathaniel Dave was more interested in that. 

"He's single, sir. He's only thirty three years, His wealth is incredible." Felix said. 

"Are you praising him before me? I need to deal mercilessly with him. Did you find out where he lives?" He questioned. 

"Joseph Brown has many houses, he sleeps anywhere he likes, I found out that the house he slept last week was different from the one he was sleeping in this week." Felix answered. 

"Good, I need you to do something that will hurt him, you do not have to kill him, I only want to teach him a lesson." Nathaniel Dave said and Felix nodded. 

Even though Felix doesn't know the reasons behind his boss's decision, he always trust Nathaniel Dave's judgement. 

"I can ochestrate an accident that will make him loose some parts of his body." He said. 

"Do just that. I want to know every of his move too." 

"I'll begin to track his movement, sir." Felix assured. Nathaniel Dave then dismissed him. He will sure teach that silly man a lesson. How dare he speak that way to him. 

Isabel dressed her best, she had examined herself in the mirror and saw that she was looking very beautiful. 

She got inside the car and drove to the restaurant that Joseph Brown had sent her. 

She walked in glamorously, the restaurant wasn't the regular type, it was at the last floor of a tall building. She even had to use a passcode to enter. 

Once she walked in, she sighted Joseph Brown seated majestically. She cat walked and went to sit before him. 

Joseph Brown's face remains as expressionless as always, "Welcome, Mrs. Dave." 

"Ouch! Can you drop the formality, you can call me Isabel." She said. 

"Isabel, pick the food you would love he to eat." He pushed a magazine that contained the food the resultant has to her. 

Good for her, her favorite food was there but she didn't know if Jospeh Brown would also love that type of food. 

"I'd prefer this, but you can choose a different food." She was pointing to a particular name of food in the magazine. 

Joseph Brown looked at it and nodded, he called the server with the remote-like material on their table , a well dressed server appeared in a jiffy. 

"Get us this food." Joseph Brown ordered. 

"Alright, sir."The server walked away. 

" Erm... would you tell me more about yourself?" Isabel asked. She knew she wasn't supposed to be the one asking such question but she couldn't help it. The man before her is used to being quiet. 

How can he invite her to lunch and not ask her any questions.

"I'm Joseph Brown, son of Brown Edward. I'm a professional doctor. That's all." He answered briefly. 

"That's all? how about your wife and kids?" Isabel asked. 

"I do not have one, I'm not ready to have one either." He said. 

"Oh! That's fine." Isabel felt odd after he uttered his last statement. Maybe she was too forward after all. 

The server came and served the food before them. 

After they were done eating, Isabel saw that the man before her was already planning on leaving. What sort of man is this?

"You did not ask anything about me, aren't you interested?" She asked. 

"You are wife to Mr Nathaniel Dave, you have been married to him for six years but he had only come home six times. He never loves you, he loved your sister instead. You have been lonely for the past six years, you have been broken and hopeless. But it seems you are now pregnant for Mr Nathaniel Dave. Is there something else I need to know?" He asked. 

Isabel's eye archened in surprise, the first time he would meet Joseph Brown was at the hospital a day before. How could he know so much about her? 

She had forgotten to close her mouth. Who is this man? "You seem to have known me for a very long time." 

"Who knows?" Joseph Brown cleaned his mouth well with an hanky. 

"I... If I had not told you to help me, would you have helped me?" She asked. 

"You do not have to worry, Isabel. How was the lunch? was it enjoyable?" He asked. 

"Yeah, thanks." She nodded. 

"Isabel!" Isabel heard a familiar masculine voice called her name all of a sudden from behind. 

Fear gripped her heart as if she was caught doing something wrong. She turned her head and her eyes met with that of Nathaniel Dave. 

She stood at once and sweat began to form on her forehead, she shouldn't be scared of him but she was. Nathaniel Dave had treated her like she was nothing for the last six years, she shouldn't feel guilty going out for lunch with another man but she can not help her current state. 

Nathaniel Dave and Felix walked to where Joseph Brown and Isabel were. 

Joseph Brown remain seated, he wasn't disturbed at all. He was very calm. 

"What ordersity do you have to go for lunch with another man?" Nathaniel Dave asked Isabel angrily. 

Isabel's mouth shook naturally as she struggled for what answer she could give to calm the situation. 

"It seems you did not like the fact that I came to eat with your wife?" Joseph Brown asked Nathaniel Dave calmly. 

"It only tells me how irresponsible you are as a man. How can you flirt with another man's wife?" Nathaniel Dave rebuked him? 

"What type of man hits his wife? What type of man visits his wife once a year? Mr Nathaniel Dave, why are you getting yoursef worked up over someone you did not love. Why don't you let her sign the divorce papers so you can go ahead and marry her sister." Joseph Brown said. 

Nathaniel Dave even felt more insulted than the last time they exchanged a conversation, he was angry that in a short moment of the duo having lunch together, Isabel had told the man everything about their mmarriage. 

"Mr Joseph Brown, I hope you won't regret toying with the Daves. Nathaniel Dave is not a man you want to joke with, I do hope something terrible will not happen to you soon." Felix threatened Joseph Brown. 

Joseph Brown understood and stood, "Dear Felix, you really think your plan of ochestrating an accident for me would work? you can do better." He then faced Isabel, "If your husband ever lays his hands on you again, don't hesitate to tell me." He walked away from them elegantly.