Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

**CRESCENT HIGH SCHOOL**

Sandy was seated alone in the library. They had a free class at that time so unlike the other students that took that time to enjoy and have fun, Sandy decided to spend it alone in the library.

She loved how calm it was especially when there are no students there and there were a lot of books she wanted to cover. Her peaceful and alone time was disrupted when she had an intruder.

“Sandy..” She heard someone whisper and turned only to find out it was Marcus, the same guy that called her when she was on a date with Hillary.

“Marcus.. what are you doing here?” She asked in surprise.

“Well, I’m lacking a lot in class since I resumed late so I decided to come here and cover some places I haven’t touched yet.” He explained as he sat down on the chair opposite hers.

“Well, that’s good.” She answered as she turned her attention back to her books.

“You’re really trying.” He suddenly said.

“How so?” Sandy asked as she raised her head from her book.

“You’re already the top student and you still study so hard. When do you have time for yourself?”

“I wouldn’t be the top student if I don’t study this hard. Besides, I have enough free time after school hours.”

“Oh… I get it now…. you study in school but take your rest at home.”

“Well… something like that.” Sandy replied.

“That’s a very smooth strategy. I wish I could be like you. It’s very hard for me to just focus on studying like you do. I always get distracted.” He explained.

“Really?? But you’re doing so well in your studies even though you just resumed with us.”Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“That’s only because I have you to guide me. If there was no one, I wouldn’t even bother. Thank you so much Samdy.”

“You’re welcome.” Sandy answered with a smile.

“I know that you’ve tried enough for me and I’m very grateful for your help…” He paused for a while and stared at Sandy.

“You want my help with something?” Sandy asked like she had read his mind.

“I was hoping you would have enough time to tutor me this weekend.” He said.

“Why? I thought you were okay with most of your subjects.”

“I thought so too until I heard that I have a math test coming up next week.”

“Math test? We’ve done that already.”

“Yes, everyone except me. I missed the test because of something personal but the teacher allowed me to have a make up test. I’m not really great with math and I don’t want to fail the test. Would you have time for me on Saturday??” He asked again.

Sandy stared at him him in silence for a while while he gave her a very pleading look. Saturday was supposed to be a free day for her and she was hoping to spend time with Ariel that day since Ariel would be back from her honeymoon this week.

She wanted to say no but his pleading eyes made her have a change of mind. She sighed in defeat.

“Set the time and location. I’ll be there.” She said after much thought.

“Really?? Thank you so much. I owe you a very big one.” He said happily.

“You sure do.” Sandy said within her.

“It’s fine. It’s my duty to help when you’re in need of my assistance. Afterall, I was assigned to you.” Sandy replied.

“Thank you once again. Also, as for the time and location, I think 2pm would be okay and we’ll have the session at your house. I don’t want to stress you by taking uou someplace far. Are you okay with that?” Marcus asked.

“It’s fine. As long as you would be there early.”

“I will and I won’t take much of your time.” He assured.

“I should leave you to your reading then. See you on Saturday.” He said as he stood up from where he sat. Sandy gave him a small smile before she turned back to her book.

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I stood like a lost person at the airport. The moment the plane landed, Adrian didn’t waste anytime in getting off. He kept walking like someone was chasing after him while I tried to keep up with him.

The thing he did that made me really angry was that he left me alone in the airport. His driver was waiting for him so he left first after assuring me that another driver was coming to pick me up. Why couldn’t we just leave together??

I had the urge to yell at him but I held myself back. I didn’t want to draw any attention towards us as we were in a crowded place. All I could do was just watch him as he drove away without caring about how I was going to cope.

Like cutting short our vacation wasn’t enough, he left me alone to God knows where. Is whatever he wants to do more important that I am? I am really going to make him pay for this.

I was still standing at the airport when I saw Oliver strolling towards where I stood. What is he doing here?

“Ariel..” He called the moment he reached where I was.

“Oliver.” I called back with a small smile.

“Where’s Adrain?” He asked as he looked around.

“He left first. He had some urgent business to attend to. What are you doing here?” I asked back.

“Well, I found out from my mom that you guys were back so I decided to be the first to welcome you both. I didn’t expect to see you here alone.”

“Well, thanks for being so considerate. Can we leave now? My legs are aching me.” I muttered as I stretched them a little. I jave been standing at that spot for a very long time now.

“Sure, come on.” He said as he led the way. We got to his car in no time and he zoomed off the moment we settled in. We were both in a very comfortable silence before Oliver decided to break it.

“So how was your honeymoon?” He asked.

“It was fine.” I muttered with a little frown on my face when I remembered what he did this morning.

“Judging from your facial expression, I can tell it was far from fine. Is something wrong?”

“Please I don’t want to talk about it.” I shut him off immediately. Merely thinking about it was making me more mad so I didn’t want to discuss with anyone about what happened between me and Adrian.

“Alright then.” Thank God he got the memo.

“Also, don’t take me to the mansion, drive to my parent’s house. Thank you.” I said as I rested tiredly on the chair.

“Okay my lady.” He agreed as he switched lanes.