Chapter 82

The next morning, the two sat down to have breakfast together. Isabelle asked him whether it would be okay to leave her luggage at his place while she took care of some matters during the day. He told her she could stay as long as she wanted, but she insisted that she would not bother him further. “Just don’t shy away from asking me if you need anything,” he told her. “You can count on me, Isabelle.” She nodded and gave him a grateful smile. “Thank you, Seth. I don’t know how I’ll ever repay your kindness.” “I would do anything for you,” he told her, staring straight into her eyes. Isabelle remembered when Jacob warned her that Seth wanted to sleep with her. She had always thought that his interest in her had ended in college, but there was no mistaking the look in his eyes. Granted, it wasn’t a bad kind of look. Jacob had made it sound as if Seth’s only interest in her was getting her to bed. But that wasn’t the kind of longing Isabelle saw in his eyes. This one was pure, sincere. And