“Hey Laura, thanks for coming.” Matt said.
“Don’t worry about it, it sounded like you had something very important to tell me.”
“Actually it is,”
“What is it Mathew is it Bella?” Laura asked.
“I want her to be my wife.” Mathew declared
She paused and looked at him trying to find any sign of amusement on his face, none. “Wow that’s great Mathew.”
Her response would have given Mathew more confidence if her facial expression was as assuring as her words. He saw doubt lingering in her eyes, and her smile was less than encouraging. “Laura, what’s wrong? I thought you would be excited right now.”
“I am it’s just that I don’t think Isabella is ready for such a big step, at least, not right now, so soon after David.” Laura said.
“I see your point but we love each other. She’s even asked me to move in permanently.” Mathew responded trying to prove to her that they were ready.
“Matt, I want you to be honest ok. Have you ever heard Isabella mention to you that’s she wants to get married?”
“No but that’s because we haven’t raised the subject as yet.” He explained.
“Matt that’s no excuse. If Bella wanted to get married you would know.”
Mathew was beginning to think that Laura was hinting that Isabella had no plan to marry him. But he wasn’t going to be dissuaded. “What are you trying to say Laura?”
“What I’m trying to say Mathew is that, it doesn’t Matter if you guys have never discussed the issue of getting married that wouldn’t stop her. If she really loves someone she wouldn’t wait for them to raise the topic, she’d do it herself, or if she really wants to get married she would be the one to propose, just as how she proposed to David.”
Mathew was taken aback at that last statement. Did he hear correctly? Did Laura just say that Isabella Heart proposed to his brother? “Isabella proposed to David?” He asked.
“Yes you didn’t know?”
“No, I didn’t”
“I’m surprised David didn’t tell you seeing how close you guys are and all”
“No he’s never told me that. So what happened?” Matt asked concerned.
“Well she wanted to get married to David but she was sure he wanted to get married to her. She couldn’t take it any longer, she really loved him so she proposed. He said no, she must have shattered the man’s dignity. “That’s a man’s job” were his exact words.”
Laura left shortly afterwards leaving Matt in a very contemplative mood. With all the information he’d heard form Laura he couldn’t help but speculate just how much Isabella loved him. Hearing about the proposal between Isabella and David came as shocking news to him. Laura was right, if Isabella had any intention to marry him she wouldn’t hesitate to mention it. Knowing her, that made much sense. She was the type of person who thought that the best route to a successful relationship is through communication. If she had the idea in her mind she would communicate wouldn’t she. David thought. He began to think that he was Isabella’s rebound guy. That would be logical, for they started their relationship too soon after she broke off her four year relationship his brother, she was madly in love with the man! Feelings like that don’t disappear overnight. Could it be that she still had strong feelings for him or worse still in love with him?
