Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

Well, that’s a first. The great Adrian is being nervous. It surprised and intrigued me at the same time. I badly wanted to hear the rest of it.

“Continue..” I said impatiently when he was being silent for far too long.

“I have fallen for you Ariel..”

What?!?!?

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Adrian stared at her deeply in a bid to read her mind but as usual, he couldn’t as she was still wearing the same expression she does, except now, she has a bit of shock on her face.

Her silence was making him feel really uncomfortable. He badly wanted her to say something, anything at all. He know that he made a very risky move but he just wanted to move her somehow.

He was willing to do whatever it takes for her to fall deeply in love with him even though it meant telling her the three words. After waiting for a few unbearable seconds, she still didn’t say anything.

He decided to take matters into his hands and talk. He opened his mouth and was about to say something when she burst out laughing. She laughed so hard that tears were flowing down her eyes.

That wasn’t the reaction he was hoping for. A deep frown was plastered on his face as she continued laughing.

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“What’s so funny??” I heard his gruff voice say. I stopped laughing immediately and stood upright to stare at him.

He had a very deep frown on his face which showed how angry he was. That expression was quite the opposite of what I had on my face. It took all the energy I had within me to stop myself from bursting into another round of laughter.

“Sorry… it’s just that what you said is very amusing.” I said as I tried to stifle back the laughter that was threatening to burst out of my mouth.

“How so??” He asked again as he raised his brows in anger.

“Please don’t ask. You know how good you are with jokes like this. I’ll just pretend you never said that.” I muttered, trying to brush off his question but he drew closer to me and placed his hands on my shoulder.

“What if I’m not joking? What if I don’t what you to pretend like you never heard what I just said?” He asked. The anger on his face had been replaced with a very soft expression.

“Oliver, you…”

“Please don’t say no to me. I’m pouring out my heart to you with all of the sincerity in me. I love you so much Ariel.” He muttered.

He looked so sincere that I had almost believed him but there was something about his words that didn’t really sound sincere. It felt like he was just forcing the affections that he was showcasing.

“How can you be in love with me? You hate me. Up to two days ago, you have been treating me like shit.”

“I’m so sorry if I ever made you feel that way. I was only saying those words because I thought you were just using my brother for his wealth and power. I thought you only got married to him so you could mooch off of him.”

“But that’s what I’m doing. It’s not like I have ever been in love with him.” I reminded. I saw anger and disgust flash through his eyes but it was only for a split second though.

I sneered within me. Annoying him would be enough to make him break out of his character.

“You can use me instead. I can be whatever you want, give you whatever you want, even more than what Adrian does only if you agree to be mine Ariel.”

Ooohh.. he’s starting to get really desperate, time to have the upper hand.

“Oliver, you and I can never ever work.” I said without hestitating.

“Why not? Because of Adrian?”

“No.”

“Then why??”

“Because I don’t love you.” I answered.

“You don’t need to love me now, you can grow feelings for me along the line.”

“Well that’s never gonna happen. Even though I’m not in love with Adrian, that doesn’t mean I would want to have an affair with his cousin.” I could see embarrassment plastered on his face when I said that.

“What does Adrian have that I don’t? I’m wealthy, good-looking and I’m in love with you. What superiority does he have over me?”

He was really getting on my nerves. Why can’t he just take a no?? From what I can see, no one has ever rejected him before. That’s why he’s so persistent. The only thing I can do now is make him question his behavior.

Obviously, his character as Oliver is the way he really is. Adrian is just an act he puts up. I was able to tell because it would be very hard to act as someone else most of the time.

I hardly see Adrian. He acts as Oliver most of the time. Also, Oliver and Adrian are almost alike. They are both cold, annoying, arrogant and egocentric. Only difference is that Adrian barely talks. Oliver on the other hand is more social.

“He treats me more like a human??” I snapped at him.

“What??”

“I said he treats me more like a human.” I repeated even though I knew he heard me the first time.

“He accuses you of cheating on him all the time.”

“You do that to me too.” I argued.

“Well, fair point. But have you already forgotten that he locked you up in your room and left you to die. If I didn’t save you that day, who knows what would have happened to you.”

“Oh really??” I asked with a scoff. He is really getting on my nerves right now.

“Yes, is it that hard to say that I’m much better than him in everything??” He asked as a cocky smile danced on his lips. It made me so angry that I felt like smacking his face.

“You are such a hypocrite. Do you know that??”

“At least I apologized for all of my wrongdoings.”

“Apologized??” I scoffed.

“You call another game of yours an apology.”

“How many times do I have to explain to you that it isn’t a fucking game??” He said with frustration written all over his face.

“Oh shut up. You think I don’t know your plans?? I’m just tired of playing all of these childish games of yours. I know who you really are so you don’t have to act anymore.”Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

I could see fear, pure fear and shock in his eyes but he was quick to wipe it off.

“What games are you talking about??” He asked, trying to play dumb.

“Oh.. don’t do that with me because you know damn well what I’m talking about.”

“What are y…”

“You are Adrian!!”