Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

Out of curiosity, I removed the phone from the pocket. The name I saw flashing on the screen was enough to turn my mood sour. Why was she calling him at this time of the night?? When I noticed that the phone wouldn’t stop ringing, I decided to answer it.

“Finally..” I heard her say when the call was connected. I kept quiet amd listened to all she had to say.

“Where are you Adrian? I went to your house but I couldn’t find you there. Did you go out? Why didn’t you tell me you weren’t going to be home? Also, why have you been ignoring my calls??” She asked in one breath.

Why does she want to know all these? If someone were to hear all of her questions, they would think she is Adrian’s wife. I couldn’t help it anymore, I had to say something to put her in her place.

“Is he supposed to discuss his every move with you?” I asked.

“Who’s this??” She asked back.

“Who else would dare pick his phone at this time of the night??”

“Ariel??”

“Finally, she said something that makes sense.” I mocked but I guess she wasn’t listening because her next question didn’t relate with what I just said.

“What do you mean by night? It’s day time here in Hawaii. Wait, did you guys back to Miami?” She asked in surprise.

“Yes we did. So??”

“What the fuck!!” She cussed out in anger. She was so loud that I had to move the phone from my ear a bit.

“What the hell is wrong with you??” I asked angrily as I rubbed my ear.

“What’s wrong with me?? Seriously?? Aren’t you supposed to be asking yourself that question?? I’m sure he left Miami because of you.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Adrian has never done this before. He always let me know when he’s planning to do something but all these changed when you came into the picture!!!” Alright, that was the last straw. I couldn’t let her talk to me that way anymore. I don’t care if she’s Adrian’s childhood friend.

“And why should he tell you about the things he’s planning? In case you have forgotten already, Adrian is married so you need to get that into your empty skull or I would really take pleasure in doing that for you.”

“Are you threatening me??”

“I am. So? What are you going to do??” I asked back.

“You are really testing my patience little girl. You are gonna take back this words when I tell Adrian about everything you just said to me.” I laughed out loud when she said that.

“Have you forgotten already?? I’m Adrian’s wife. What do you think he’s going to do to me??” I asked.

“The relationship that I have with Adrian is far longer than that between you and him. I could destroy your relationship with him within a split second if I want to.”

“Why am I still with him then? Face it Alice, you’ve lost Adrian to me already. You are just a friend to him while I’m his legal wife.”

“We’ll see about that when I get to Miami.”

“Good luck on your quest. I hope you remain miserable.” I said with a very loud laughter before I ended the call so I don’t have to listen to any other nonsense from her.

I could picture how angry and displeased she would look right now even though I couldn’t see her. I felt very fulfilled after I had that banter with her. She really needs to know her place.

I don’t care how tight she used to be with Adrian but things have changed now. She needs to accept that and stop acting like I stole her man. I scoffed and placed his phone on the table close to the bed.

I was about to leave the room when I saw Adrian standing with his elbow resting on the bathroom door. Thankfully, he wasn’t naked like when he went jnto the bathroom earkier.

A towel was wrapped around his torso, covering his nakedness. He had a very amusing smile plastered on his face. How long has he been there?? Also, how come I didn’t noticed he was there in the first place??

“Adrian, w… what are you doing there??” I stuttered out in shock.

“What’s wrong? Am I not supposed to be here??” He asked back as he folded his arms around his broad chest.

“Sorry, that was a very stupid question. How long have you been there??” I asked again.

“Long enough to know that you were bantering with Alice.” He answered. A wave a guilt surged through me when he said that.

“I’m so sorry for picking your call without your permission. I just wanted to…” I trailed off. I couldn’t finish the sentence because it might sound really rude and clingy.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“You wanted to??” Oh fuck it. I really need to get this off my chest. He needs to know that I don’t really fancy his relationship with her.

“I don’t like Alice.” I voiced out. His amused expression turned into that of surprise. He took long strides towards me and stopped when he was about almost one foot away from me.

“You don’t??”

“Yes Adrian. I don’t.” I answered.

“Why not??”

“There are a lot of reasons.”

“I’m all ears.” He said as he waited patiently for me to start talking.

“She’s very annoying, she acts too immature for her age..” Adrain rolled his eyes at me when he heard that.

“You do too.”

“At least I’m younger than she is. That’s not all though, she’s always all over you and she acts like I’m trying to steal you away from her even though you both are just friends.” I complained.

“When has she ever acted like that??” Adrain asked.

“Remember that day at the resort in Hawaii?? What type of sane lady would want to play a couple’s game with a guy when she’s well aware that his wife is right there???”

“She’s like that because I’m the only friend that she has. Besides, we haven’t seen each other that much that’s why she wanted to spend time with me. It was just an harmless fun.” He defended.

“Harmless fun indeed. She needs to know now that you aren’t the same single guy she used to know. Better still, you need to draw the line whenever you’re with her.”

“What?? I can’t just cut off all ties with her.”

“I’m not saying you can’t remain friends with her, you just have to let her know that you aren’t hers. She seems to be thinking that you both are in some kind of romantic relationship.”

“But we aren’t.”

“Try telling her that.”

“But..”

“I know you aren’t going to agree so easily to what I want and I don’t care. All I know is that I won’t ever back down if she tries to annoy me. You know how I can be to people I don’t like.” I said, leaving no room for any more arguments.

“Ariel..” He called as he tried to touch me but I slapped his hands away.

“Keep your hands to yourself.” Was the last thing I said before I left him standing alone in the room.

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Out of anger, Alice threw her phone across the street without even minding where it landed. The next thing that was heard was the sound of the phone being smashed against a wall.

She was too angry to bother. All that was on her mind was how Ariel had spoken back to her earlier. Adrian was changing and it’s obviously because of Ariel. Ariel on the other hand didn’t even hesitate to rub it on her face.

No one had ever talked to her that way but that little girl had the guts to do it. Because she has Adrian, she thinks she’s already on top of the world. If Ariel was with Alice at that moment, a fight would surely break out.

“Thay brat has bitten more than she can chew and I need to teach her a very big lesson so she would never mess with me anymore. First things first, I need to go back to Miami. She’sgoing to regret talking to me in such manner!!”