Isabel Williams was a hard working doctor at Apollo hospital in Rome, Italy. She came in nerd group in her school days. Her ex-boyfriend, Jaxson had cheated on her with her cousin sister, Emma. She had moved on but her heart felt empty like a barren desert. She had been living like a ghost until the day he came.

His name was Carter Andrew. He was from a millionaire family and had taken hold of his family's business converting the millions into billions with illegal business. He was also the new underworld king. Often seen with a different lady on his arm each time, the paparazzi were constantly on his toes. He made the Andrew's company into the country's most rich company. A bad guy in every sense, ladies, money and cars were his toys. He didn't give a damn about anyone but his business and family. He had been a tyrant until the day he met her.

Isabel came to the hospital today earlier than usual. She had been about to give a pregnant patient who was in pain a dose of some medicines when suddenly a nurse,who looked as if she had just run a marathon, barged in through the door and said panting, "Dr. Isabel, the terrace of the hospital... chartered helicopter, Carter Andrew's pregnant sister in law is bleeding due to a gunshot wound. He is coming this way with a gun and... " Once again, the door flew open sending the nurse falling on the floor. The pregnant woman screamed while Isabel tried to calm her down and furiously looked towards the door to see who the intruder was.

He was the most handsome man Isabel had ever seen up close. Although standing there with a gun in his hand ready to shoot, he scanned the room and his eyes landed on Isabella and he came near her taking hardly a few steps to cross the room.

He grabbed her white coat and pulled her towards him. He looked her in the eye and growled, impatience lacing his deep throated growl, " I need you to prepare the operating room right now for my sister in law. She has a bullet in her stomach and if anything happens to the baby or my sister in law, you are dead. "

This got Isabel moving and as if on autopilot mode she asked the nurse to prepare the operation room and call the anaesthesiologist and assisting doctor right then all while looking the man in the eye. Finishing off her instructions ,she grabbed the man's collar and pulled him down face to face with her and said, "You will not give me orders if you want your sister in law and the baby safe and sound. "

Carter had never been challenged directly by anyone, much less threatened but being threatened by a little cute female doctor who had an unfamiliar innocence dripping off her and knew nothing about him was new to him. He smirked and said, "Princess, I have a lot of ways to make you do what I want you to. "

Isabel was not a woman who could be intimidated easily but when tall and handsome Carter Andrew stood near her, her nerves became a mess but she refused to show any signs of her fear.

Isabel quickly changed into her scrubs and ran to the operation theatre. She saw the woman had fainted due to too much pain. She asked the anaesthesiologist to keep her under general anesthesia. The wound was deep but Dr.Isabel remained unfazed. She was used to dealing with these situations.

Carter was standing outside the operation theatre with his brother, Reed Andrew, pacing to and fro. He had been informed that Vinnie had been shot by the Irish mafia family, the Murphy. His patience was decreasing with increasing time. Finally his limit was up and he told Carter, "Get the doctor to open the door otherwise I'll kill her and her family. "

As soon as Carter was about to knock, the door opened. Isabel stepped out of the operation theatre with the nurse wheeling Vinnie. She told Carter that Vinnie and her kids were out of danger and that Vinnie would need to be admitted in hospital for 5 days. Then, Isabel's eyes flew towards Reed Carter who was giving her a stare that would have most people running towards the end of the world but Isabel stood her ground.

Reed came towards her and said, "Vinnie won't stay here, Dr.Isabel. You will come with us either on your own or we drag you with us. You have to be with Vinnie at all times and for that you will come with us to Milan." He turned towards Carter and said, "See to it that she complies. We can't risk her leaking information about Vinnie's pregnancy. You know what to do if she doesn't keep her mouth shut. Kill her family."

Isabel was shocked to core but snapped out of her daze and exclaimed, "Mr.Andrew, you can't force me to do anything I don't want to. To hell with you and your family! I'm not at all interested in going anywhere with you guys, and staying with you all, for that I have to be out of my mind. You may leave with the patient on your own risk. I'm leaving."

With that said, as soon as Isabel turned around to leave, she smacked into a hard wall. It was Carter's chest. "Where are you going, baby girl? Did you know that you don't have a say in this. You are going with us by hook or by crook."

Isabel's blood turned cold and she screamed, "I'm not going anywhere with you, you bastard! " She raised her hand to hit him but her hand was caught midway. Within a second, he twisted her hand forcing her to stand with her back towards him. "Don't ever raise your hands on me again", he growled in her ear making shivers run through her body.

Isabel couldn't believe it. "How can you do this to me, anyone for that matter, huh?" She watched as Carter took her hand in his own and dragged her towards the elevator. Of course he didn't reply to her, just kept on moving. As soon as he reached his Bentley Continental GT, the chauffeur opened the door and Isabel dug her heels in the ground refusing to move forward.

"Move right now or else I carry you to the car, do you understand?" Carter whispered. A fierce red colour started forming on Isabel's cheeks but she refused to acknowledge it and said, "I won't go anywhere with you." 'She looks very cute when she blushes. I can't believe that she's this much innocent',Carter thought.

He bent forward and pushed Isabel on his shoulder. "Ahh, let me down you bastard." She started hitting his back. "Let me go, please, put me down, it's not appropriate for you to do this to me, please." She kept on hitting his back furiously. He said in a frustrated tone, "If you don't stop that, I will spank your ***." With that Isabel went shock still. With a thump he let her down into the car seat and gave her address to the driver.

'Of course he knows my address! Humph! Wait did he research my background?!' " How the hell do you know my address? Did you conduct a background check on me?", Isabel asked. "Yeah, so what?", Carter asked. "You can't possibly do that. You don't have the right to do that," Isabel whined. "I can and I did", Carter told her smugly.

Isabel was furious. Carter sat down next to her while she looked outside the window. She couldn't believe that she'd be saying goodbye to this city, her home, her hospital and her friends like this. Suddenly something touched her face and as soon as she lowered her head to see what it was, she was shocked. On Carter's finger was a tiny droplet and then it clicked in her head that she had been crying silently the whole time. She turned her head in the other direction and silently wiped her tears.

Carter was unable to understand why Isabel was crying but her crying did something to his insides as if the beast in him was ready to pounce at anyone who hurt this lady, but he just sat there with his ice cold face on. He had been taught not to show any emotions and here he sat like a king with the aura of an icicle.

On reaching her home, she got out of the car as soon as possible and tried to run away but within seconds a strong muscular hand circled her waist and pushed her against the wall. "Don't try to run away from me again otherwise the consequences won't be good. They might involve your family, your younger brother and sister in Windsor University are quite lucky no?", Carter said ruthlessly, his face just a few inches away from hers.