Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

Immediately after Ariel left the mansion, a fancy looking car approached. It came from the other side of the road so Ariel wasn’t able to notice it. The gates to the mansion were opened quickly for the car to enter.

The car parked in the driveway and a man in is late twenties, dressed in black fancy suit emerged from the car. He looked so young and handsome but obviously older than Adrian.

The servants around bowed down their head and greeted him as he walked into the main building. He didn’t say anything but only nodded whenever he hears the greetings.

Finally, he got to the house and was about to head to Adrian’s room when a voice in the living room stopped him.

“What are you doing here?” He heard and turned only to see Adrian seated on a wheelchair in the living room.

“Is that the best way to greet your cousin??” He asked but Adrain didn’t reply him. He only scoffed in anger.

Just like that, they engaged themselves in a very intense staring competition. Everyone that was in the room at that time left immediately because it seemed like hell was about to break loose and they didn’t want to be caught in the cross fire.

The staring rather, glaring contest continued for more minutes and when the two of them realised that they couldn’t keep up with the act anymore, they bursted out in a round of hearty laughter.

“Cousin..” The man called as he walked up to Adrian and did a brotherly handshake with him.

“Your acting is getting really good.” The man muttered as he assessed Adrain from head to toe with a small chuckle.

“What can I say? I learnt from the best.” Adrian answered.

That statement made the man smile. He walked towards a sofa and sat on it while Adrian turned his wheelchair to face him.

“So, how have you been? And your gorgeous wife, where’s she??” The man asked as he looked around to see if he can catch a small glimpse of Ariel.

“Don’t bother looking, she isn’t around.” Adrain adviced.

“Oh, I almost forgot. Today’s a week day so she probably is in school now.” The man said.

“She isn’t. She went out to meet with someone.” Adrain muttered as a huge frown appeared on his face.

“Who is it??” The man asked when he noticed the change in expression on Adrain’s face.

“She said it’s a friend of hers.”

“But you don’t believe her. That’s the reason you are putting on this act??” He asked as he eyed the wheelchair and Adrain’s face.

“No..” Adrain muttered.

“Then why would you go to this extent just to make a fool out of the poor girl?” Adrain was about to reply when the man cut him off.

“Wait… don’t tell me..” He sat up on the chair and turned to face Adrian with a serious and yet amused look on his face.

“Are you jealous??” Adrain’s face snapped towards him when he asked that question.

“Jealous about what??” He asked back.

“Jealous about the person you suspect she’s meeting with.”

“What?? Why the hell would I be jealous?? I’m not even into her to the extent that would make me jealous of any stupid lover that she has.” Adrain explained.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“That means you’re into her. Even if it’s a little bit??” He asked again.

“Not at all. She isn’t even my type anyways.”

“Nor are you her type too, no wonder she keeps a lover.” The man muttered as he tried to hold back his laughter that was about to erupt out of his mouth.

“What do you mean by that? I am handsome, rich and still very young looking. Why wouldn’t she be into me too?” Adrain asked as he gave the man an annoyed look.

“That isn’t what it seems like to me. Why would you put yourself through this much stress by trying to fool her and still get mad when she doesn’t want you for who you’re trying so hard to be?? I mean, she’s so young and still very beautiful. You don’t expect her to be tied down in a marriage that she obviously never wanted before.” Adrian scoffed when he heard that beautiful part.

“What?? Are you trying to deny that she’s beautiful?” The man asked as he raised his brows at Adrian.

“She isn’t that beautiful to me. I’ve seen bet….”

“Bullshit!! That’s a big lie.” The man said cutting Adrian’s words off.

“If I haven’t seen her before, I would have thought that you were actually telling the truth.” He continued.

“She isn’t that beautiful.” Adrian argued.

“Oh, but she is. She’s very gorgeous and you know it but you’re trying to lie so that you’ll be able to ease the pain of knowing someone like her didn’t fall for your charms.” The man said.

“Charms?? What charms?? It’s not like I tried to seduce her or anything.” Adrian lied.

“Oh really?? You think I don’t know that you were trying to by using my name and identity??” Adrian’s head snapped up the moment he heard that.

“How do you know that??” He asked.

“Why wouldn’t I? I have eyes and ears everywhere.” The man answered.

“So tell me. How did it feel to be rejected by your own wife?? I want to know since no sane girl has ever managed to say no to me.” He asked with an amused and cocky expression on his face.

“Oh shut up.” Adrain muttered and that made the man to burst into a mocking laughter.

“Look at your face. You are so pained by it.” He said as he tried to reduce his laughter but that only made it louder.

“Have you had your fun now? You need to leave!!” Adrian said angrily and that made the man to stop laughing immediately.

“Why? You don’t want me to see your gorgeous wife because you are afraid I’ll steal her from you?”

“I don’t care. Just leave!” Adrian said again.

“Is that a go ahead for me to make a move on her? You know, I never miss my target.” The man teased as he stared at Adrian but Adrain took his words too serious.

“You wouldn’t dare.” Adrian said, suddenly turning serious.

“Relax man. Why are you suddenly turning so serious? I would never steal what’s my cousin’s.” He said trying to lighten up the mood but Adrian didn’t say anything anymore.

He just gave him a dead stare before he wheeled himself away from the living room. The man chuckled at his behaviour but didn’t complain since he knows how temperamental Adrian can be.

He only wanted to confirm something and his suspicions were right. Adrain does care about her no matter how cold he tries to act. It’s very funny because of how he complains about her evertime.

That only made him to want to meet Ariel. He wanted to talk face to face with the person that is slowly managing to creep into his cousin’s dead heart.

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I mean, why else would Oliver be crying about loosing a mother he still has unless…. Hold up Ariel. Don’t just jump into conclusions yet. You might be wrong. Let’s just find out more evidence before concluding that’s the reason.

I said to my self as I turned my attention back to my food. Minutes later, I and Sandy were done with or lunch. Instead of going straight home, we decided to go for another round of shopping again.

By the time we were done, the things we had bought were too much to fit in the car so we had to pay them to deliver it to our respective homes. After that, we bid each other good bye before we left for our various houses.

When the car reached the gate of the mansion, I saw another car drive out through the gate unto the other side of the road. I squinted my eyes as I tried to see who it was but couldn’t because of the tinted glass.

After the car had drove out, Steven drove in and parked in the garage. I got out of the car and headed into my room. I was still deep in thought. Who was the person that visited Adrian? Was it a relative or someone else?