A Deal With The Millionaire

Shane bit his lips slowly. She must be mad at him. It’s his fault anyways, he should have tried to call her again or even try to come see her yesternight.

” Layla.. please, I’m sorry ” He muttered and twisting the door knob unconsciously, she noticed she hadn’t locked the door. He let out a sigh of relief and walked in. She wasn’t in the living room when he got there and thought she was probably in her room.

There were two rooms and he was oblivious of which to enter. He hadn’t entered her room before, he had only stepped into their living room. He didn’t have the time to check out the beauty of the house interior as he was more focused on getting to Layla and apologizing.

He pushed one of the two doors opened and it was like he was fortunate, the first room he entered was where Layla was. She laid on the bed, shivering and he rushed to her immediately after closing the door.

” Hey, are you okay? ” He asked worriedly as he helped her pull the blanket to cover her body properly against cold. ” Hey ” He called but got no answer.

” I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to not contact you after the call had ended itself, I thought you were going to call back and.. ”

” Can you stop!? ” Layla snapped at him, cutting him off. He bit his lips slightly. ” I’m sorry ” He muttered and try to touch her forehead to feel her temperature but shee moved away. ” I said I’m sorry ” He said again. ” Do you want me to cuddle you now? ” He asked worriedly.

” Can you just leave me alone ” She said angrily. She wasn’t really having an headache at that moment me, seemed the drugs she used yesternight worked but she was still feeling cold. ” Okay I’m sorry. Was it cause I had refused to come yesternight? I really am sorry. It was just.. it was late and Brielle wasn’t going to buy any lies if I had tried to ” Shane explained.

Layla tried to sit up and Shane offered to help but she jerk his hands off. He let out a sigh. She succeeded and turned to him. ” Why didn’t you pick my calls. I called you severally and you ignored them purposely? Why? ’cause you don’t care or cause you had something important you was doing with Brielle? ” Layla asked suspiciously and a bit angry with a hint of jealousy in her voice.

” No, I didn’t ignore your calls ’cause I actually saw none. You didn’t call me. I was even with my phone all through hoping you was gonna call but you didn’t. And I would have called but I thought since you didn’t call, you probably slept off and I didn’t want to disturb you and really I couldn’t get enough sleep last night ’cause I was damn worried. It’s one of the reasons I had to rush here early this morning ” He explained sincerely but she let out a scoff.

” Check your call logs then ” She said instead and he let out a sigh. ” You’re really still not buying my explanations? ” He asked and she shook her head.

” Of course not, I can’t bring myself to trust you like before anymore, it’s like you’re changing ever since Brielle’s arrival ” She said and to avoid more awkward conversations of this such, Shane brought out his phone. He checked his call logs and he was more than shocked to see 10 missed calls from Layla.

Layla saw his look and she let out a scoff. ” You’re really good at faking expressions aren’t you? ” She asked in a mocking tone. ” Layla, I’m damn serious. I really didn’t see your calls, I’m shocked now.. I mean.. I.. ” He stuttered confusedly. He was more than confused and for the fact that he made sure he held his phone all along with him in case Layla called only to see that she truly called but he didn’t see them.

” You really didn’t see my calls? ” Layla asked when she noticed he had a sincere look on. He was obviously shocked that he missed her call. He was probably saying the truth anyways. But why didn’t he see her calls? ” Wait .. Brielle… ” Layla muttered angrily and suspiciously.

She turned to Shane who was still looking confused and kept wondering what was wrong.

” Your phone, was it muted? ” She asked and Shane shook his head. ” No, I don’t mute my phone for no reasons and why would I mute my phone when I knew too well that I was expecting your calls? ” Shane asked. ” Confirm if it’s muted ” Layla insisted and he did and truly, it was muted.

Layla studied Shane’s suprised look and she confirmed her suspicions. ” Someone must have did this. I didn’t ” He muttered and Layla nodded. ” Yeah Brielle… ” She muttered and Shane raised his brows.

” She probably knew you were expecting my call and she probably muted your phone and turned on the notification settings so you wouldn’t be aware even if you missed a call ” Layla explained and Shane nodded.

” Oh maybe.. she must have done that when she asked me to get her her phone ” Shane muttered as he bit his lips slightly.

” So you know now that I wasn’t really lying right? ” Shane asked and she nodded. He let out a sigh of relief.

He moved closer to her and this time, she stayed still. He smiled lightly as he felt her temperature, it was normal. ” You seem okay now? ” He asked with a raised brow and she nodded. ” Yeah, I just feel a bit cold and I’m obviously shivering ” She muttered.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Shane laid on the bed flat and she raised her brows. ” Come here ” He gestured to her and she let out a smile. She moved over to him and laid beside him with her head on his chest as she snuggled closer to him.

Shane covered them with the duvet as he pulled her more tightly to himself. ” I love you ” He muttered and pecked her forehead and she smiled before closing her eyes, almost immediately.. she dozed off and Shane did the same. He could sleep peacefully now.

Meanwhile, his phone rang but cause of the fact that it was still muted, it made no disturbance at all as they slept off peacefully.

** Shane’s Apartment **

” Gosh, where’s he? ” Brielle muttered worriedly as she dialed his number severally. Claus suddenly walked in and he also had a worried look on.

Brielle rushed to him immediately. ” Where’s Shane? I have been trying to get across to him but he hasn’t been picking my calls ” She rushed at once. Claus who had also been looking for Shane raised his brows as he tried to understand what was going on. He had also been dialing his number but to no avail.

” Claus.. ” Brielle called, snapping him out of his calls and he raised his brows. ” Where’s Shane? ” She asked again and he let out a smile. ” Boss is fine. He’s currently in an urgent meeting and he had to keep his phone muted. I would inform him when I’m back at work to call you when he’s done with the meeting ” Claus lied at once.

” But when did he leave? He left so early ‘ Brielle said and he nodded. ” Yeah, the meeting is really an important one ” He lied further and Brielle nodded as she let out a sigh of relief.

” So why are you home then? Shouldn’t you be at the meeting with him? ” She asked. ” Um yeah, I’m here to get some important files for him. He told me they were in his room. He actually went to the meeting with his secretary ” Claus formed another lie and Brielle nodded until realization hit her.

” Wait.. secretary? ” She asked hoping it wasn’t Layla. Claus understood immediately. ” Oh.. no.. ” He faked a short laugh. ” It’s Tina. Layla’s just an assistant and she actually can’t go on business meetings with him ” He explained and Brielle nodded with a sigh of relief.

” Alright then, I should go get the files ” Claus said and Brielle nodded. With that, he hurried upstairs.

He came back some minutes later with an empty hand. Brielle raised her brows. ” Weirdly, I can’t find the files ” He lied and she nodded. ” Oh ”

” I guess the file won’t be worked on today again. He would bring it along with him to work tomorrow ” Claus said and she nodded again.

” I should leave then ” He said and turned to leave. ” Please do tell him to call me when’s he out of the meeting ” Brielle reminded and Claus nodded. ” Sure ma’am ” He said and with that, walked out of the mansion while Brielle let out a silent sigh.

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