Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

“That’s for stealing my boyfriend you fucking whore!!” She screamed out in anger. I held my cheek in shock as I really didn’t understand what she was talking about.

“What do you mean by that Melanie?” I croaked out as I rubbed my hurt cheek.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“Oh really? You’re really trying to play dumb right now??”

“I’m serious I don’t understand.” I said truthfully.

“You really think I wouldn’t find out about your affair with Oliver? You think I’m a fool??”

“No, I don’t. Why would I be having an affair with your boyfriend??” I asked back.

“Don’t try to act all innocent. I know your type. Is Adrian not enough for you? He’s handsome, wealthy and has enough connections that a greedy girl like you would ever dream of in a man but you still had eyes in other places. You had the guts to try to steal my man from me!!” She screamed angrily.

Thankfully, there were no students in the hallways as all of them were either on their way home or in the school’s parking lot but I couldn’t take any chances. I didn’t want anybody to hear what she was saying as it might cause a big problem between Adrain and Oliver if such words manage to get out.

“Melanie, why don’t we go some place else and talk normally..” I requested gently and tried to hold her arm but she slapped my hands off.

“Why?? You don’t want anyone to find out about your slutty behavior??”

“Melanie… please..”

“Shut the fuck up!!” She cut me off immediately.

“I never thought you were like this. When I first saw you at that Gala, I liked you because of the way you act all matured, you don’t boast even thought you’re Adrian’s wife….”

“… I liked the way you keep quiet even though people were backbiting about you. That was the main reason I wanted to work with you. Not because you’re pretty or popular but because of your character…” She paused as a lone tear dropped from her eye.

“… I never thought that you would repay my kindness this way Ariel. What did I ever do to you??” I could see the pain in her eyes when she asked that question.

“Nothing.. you did nothing to me.” I answered.

“So why are you doing this to me?? Why are you trying to take Oliver away from me?”

“What makes you think that I have my eyes on him??”

“You really had to ask me that question? Fine, I’ll answer you. Last week, Oliver was the one that picked you from the airport, wasn’t he?” She asked.

“Yes but that doesn’t mean anything.”

“Quite the contrary Ariel, it means everything. Why would he go to you when he knows that I had something important going on in my life that day?? He missed it all because of you!!”

“But I didn’t ask him to come to me. He showed up and said Adrian asked him to come.” I explained.

“Really? Why would Adrian ask that? Is he Adrian’s driver?” She asked again. I had nothing else to back myself so I remained quiet. Now that I think about it, Adrian would have never asked Oliver to pick me up from the airport.

Also, today Oliver was acting suspicious. The way he said he missed me and he also claimed that he had broken up with Melanie. Wait, is that the reason she’s angry??

“Melanie…”

“Don’t fucking call out my name withh that filthy mouth of yours!!” She screamed out in anger and I shut my mouth immediately.

“For sometime now, he has always been staring at your photos with a wide smile on his face. I was his fucking girlfriend but he treats me like a side chick.” The anger and hurt on her face increased as every word flew out of her mouth.

“He compares me to you every single time and acts like I don’t exist to him. He has finally ended all those years I wasted on him and it’s all your fault!!!” She screamed out and raised her hand in a bid to hit me again when someone caught her hand.

“Adrian..” I muttered in shock. What is he doing here??

“That’s enough Melanie.” He muttered as he let go of her hand.

“What?? No way.. do you know what your wife is up to???” She asked.

“Melanie..” I called as I shook my head as a way of telling her to stop talking. I didn’t want to cause a rift between cousins even though I wasn’t at fault.

“Like I said Melanie, that’s enough.” Adrian said before he held my hand and pulled me away with him. We were about to leave the building when Melanie said;

“I’ll make you pay Ariel. You’ll regret ever having an affair with Oliver!!”

I didn’t care about what she had said. I turned to Adrian to explain about what she had just said but he didn’t let me. He pulled me out of the school building, into his car and he zoomed off immediately.

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We got to the mansion in no time as Adrian was speeding all the way. He didn’t even wait for my explanation. He stepped out of the car and entered inside immediately.

I stepped out too and followed closely behind him. I just wanted to explain but he wouldn’t let me. He entered his study and shut the door on my face. From the outside, I could hear things breaking.

He was probably destroying things as a way to cool himself off. I decided to talk to him later as it was very obvious he wasn’t going to listen to anything I had to tell him.

I walked into my room and plumped down tiredly on my bed. We were fine this morning but everything had suddenly changed. I wasn’t going to blame Melanie because I knew that I would have done the same thing if I was in her shoes.

The only one to blame was Oliver. He caused this. He broke up with Melanie on purpose and now, he’s trying to get me even though he knows that I belong to someone else, his cousin at that.

He was definitely up to something sinister but I would never let him use me as his weapon. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket so I brought it out.

“Speaking of the devil.” I said within myself when I saw Oliver’s name flashing on the screen. I immediately put his number in the blacklist. I can’t let him ruin my happiness.

After I had taken a bath and changed my clothes, I went into the kitchen and made lunch. I needed an excuse to make Adrian open the door for me and I figured that food would do the trick.

When I was done, I placed the food on a tray and I went to his study I was about to knock when I noticed that it had already been opened. I entered inside but didn’t see Adrian there. He had probably left.

I placed the food on the table and wanted to go out and look for him when I noticed something on the table. It was an old looking jewelry box. It made me wonder what he was doing with one, a female’s own at that.

It can’t be what I’m thinking right? Adrian isn’t that type of person. I picked it up and wanted to open it and see what was in it when;

“What are you doing??” I was shocked when I heard his gruff voice so by mistake, I dropped the box, breaking it into two. I saw the expression on his face slowly morph into anger and horror.

“What have you done?!?!”