Gabriel Figo, the second son of Senator Fredrick Figo. He's handsome, kind, good-looking, smart, rich, and every woman's dream. At least, that's what people say, but to me,... he's far from that. If I'm to describe him then I'll say, he's the proudest man I've ever met in my entire life. He's a rich bastard,... a f**cking a**hole,... a selfish prick, and a rude idiot.

I know you might be thinking I hate him, well I do but I don't hate him as much as I hate myself for dating him. We dated for four months and those months, I hate to think about it. The first month was probably the best in our relationship and I thought I had found my prince charming,... my knight in the shining armor, but after that month, I realized that the saying "a leopard can never change its spots," was all true.

Some people can never change no matter what. Thinking about it now, I wonder why I even held on for four months. It was probably long so why? What was I thinking? Maybe I thought I could change him but it all turned out I couldn't. Maybe it was because he never cheated so I believed his lies but I guess I realized there's more to love than that.

Now, it's time to go back to my story.

"I missed you." I heard Gabriel's voice and I felt like throwing up. I felt irritated just by hearing his voice alone and I glared at him without hiding my contempt.

"Bella, I know I messed up. I know I was always busy and barely had time for us... I know I blamed you for most things that went wrong between us..."

"Most things?" I cut in. "Did you just say most things, Gabriel? You blamed me for everything that happened between us. You never gave me time, you always wanted to be right even when you were so wrong. Everything that went wrong between us was all your fault and not mine but you blamed me for everything." I said pouring out my anger.

Lisa and the rest with her, seeing the heated scene going on between me and Gabriel, quietly left and went into the hall for the party leaving us to settle our scores ourselves.

"I know, Bella, and I admit everything. It's all my fault and I'm so sorry for blaming you." Gabriel said and took a quick step forward. "I'm going crazy, Bella. Every morning I wake up I can't start the day without looking at your pictures to see your smile. I just can't stop thinking about you and it's affecting me."

Gabriel held my right hand with his both hands gently but firmly and looked into my eyes. "What we had was special and you know that. You and I can still work out. Let's just give it a try once more."

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I heard Gabriel's words and I laughed in derision. Was he serious right now? Did I just hear him say "We should give it a try?" After everything he made me pass through, where the hell did he get the guts to say "We were special?"

Removing my hand from his hold, I smiled at him with palpable disgust. "Whatever we had isn't called special, it's called foolishness. I don't know where you picked up the nerves to tell me that we can work out, but let me make this clear for you. You and I... we're over,... We ended months ago and there's nothing that's going to ever happen between us again." I said making him clear on my stance and without waiting for his response, I walked away leaving him standing alone probably with his thoughts.

As I walked into the building, I tried soothing my anger by repeating "Calm down Isabella, Gabriel isn't worth it," in my head many times, over and over again. That was the best I could do since I couldn't take it out on anyone. Not that I become violent when I'm angry, I'm just saying.

The moment I stepped into the hall, I was greeted with an expected sight. The whole place was dimly lit and the only source of light was the chandeliers hung on the ceiling. I did my counting and it was six in number.

The crowd was a mix of people with high status just like I expected it would be and my shoulders dropped in slight disappointment. Even though I saw what I expected, it wouldn't hurt to see a different thing and that was what caused my disappointment.

My eyes searched around the hall looking for Lisa and the crew and when I found them, I saw they were all drinking, laughing, smiling, and chatting. They were probably having fun and it would be normal for me to go and join them but right now I just didn't feel like it. I didn't feel like talking with anyone and even laughing. Smiling was probably hard for me right now so I was better off alone now.

Just standing on a spot, I felt a pair of eyes watching me from above and when I slowly looked up, I saw a long-time friend, or should I say, one of my exes.

Timothy, that was his name. I saw him staring at me with a smile on his face and my heart flustered. He was still as handsome as I remember. My relationship with him was the shortest ever. We dated for just a week before I found out he was engaged to someone else.

Engaged? and not married? I know you might be wondering why I broke up with him when he was only engaged. The woman he was engaged to was someone sick and at that time she had just three years to live according to her doctors so I just couldn't steal someone's happiness just for mine. Even if I loved Timothy and he always treated me with care, I just couldn't bring myself to continue dating him after finding out everything so I broke up and I honestly don't regret ever dating him.

Putting on a smile as a facade to hide my real expression beneath, my acting skills sprung up like an immediate activation and I looked for the stairs.

Ascending the stairs gracefully, I walked towards Timothy who kept on looking down and when I got to him, I heard his flowery words that I had missed.

"I heard gods and goddesses come to earth and walk among mortals..."He paused and raised his head to look at me, "I guess I'm lucky to have Aphrodite standing before me." He said with a charming smile on his face.

• Aphrodite — Greek Goddess of love, beauty and passion