Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

I helped Adrian dish out his food before dishing out mine then I proceeded to sit on the seat opposite his so I could face him. I said a little prayer before we started eating.

Adrian didn’t hesitate in digging into his food. It seemed like he had been really starving. I decided not to start any conversation yet and just let him eat first.

It didn’t really take up to ten minutes and he was already done with his food. At that time, I hadn’t even eaten up to half of mine.

“Do you want more?” I asked when I noticed how dissatisfied he seemed.

“Yes please.” He said with a small smile. Finally, he was showing some emotion apart from shock. I stood up and helped him dish more food into his plate.

“So how was work today?” I decided to speak up.

“Stressful as always but it’s fine. School?” He asked.

“Same, I almost forgot to tell you. We have an occasion come up. Our school is hosting it’s prom the day after tomorrow.” I announced.

“Really? So soon?” He asked back.

“It wasn’t really that soon. It has been announced a long time ago but I forgot to give you heads up.”

“It’s fine. I’ll clear all of my schedules that day so you can have a date.” I stared at him in surprise when he said that.

“You don’t have to if you’re busy, I’ll just go alo..”

“Ariel baby, I can never be too busy for you. I’m not going to miss your last high school prom.” It really warmed my heart when he said that.

Talking with him made me forget about the past week. That was when I rralised that this was all we needed. We were so distant from each other and that kind of got to us.

We needed that communication to be reminded that things hadn’t really changed from how it used to be. We talked, joked and laughed through out the dinner like we weren’t having issues before.

When we were done, he helped me clear the table. I was about to retire to my room when he called me back.

“I need to show you something.” Was all he said before he led me to his office.

“Come on..” He muttered as he pulled me inside before shutting the door.

“First of all, I wanted to apologize for the way I acted that day. I shouldn’t have yelled at you at all.” He muttered, in the most sincerest way possible. I couldn’t help but just forgive him immediately.

I mean, it’s really rare for Adrian to admit to his wrong doings and still apologize without anyone forcing him to do so. I’m pretty sure it took him a lot of courage to get to this moment.

“Don’t worry Adrian. It’s fine.”

“No it isn’t. I said somethings that weren’t true and I did a lot of things that I really regret. Please, just accept my apology.” He pleaded as he held my hands in his.

“Alright Adrian, you’re forgiven.” I whispered.

“Thank you so much baby.” He muttered as he placed a small peck on my knuckles.

“Now that that’s out of the way, it’s time for phase two.” He said as he brought out the jewelry box.Content © provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

Does he want to complain again about me breaking it? I doubt that because it seemed like he had repaired the damage I had caused.

“I know you’re probably wondering who’s it is since I’m not supposed to be having a female’s jewelry box.” He said.

“It’s fine. I don’t really need to know. I get it if it belongs to someone that you used to love.” I might have seemed really calm on the outside while I was uttering those words but on the inside, I was burning with jealousy.

Even though he and the lady aren’t together anymore, it hurt me that she still bad a very special place in his heart.

“You’re right. It belonged to a woman that I used to love and I will never stop loving…” Why is he telling me all these? Is he trying to make me jealous? I was about to stop him from talking as I didn’t want to hear the rest of it when;

“It belonged to my mother.” He continued.

“Mother??” I asked with my mouth wide open in shock.

“Yes.” He confirmed. It belonged to his mother? But.. how come?? I was just too surprised at that moment. My thoughts were all over the place. I can’t believe I was jealous of his dead mother.

“Wait, who did you think owns it?” He asked when he noticed my expression.

“Anyone else but your mother.” I answered honestly and that made him chuckle.

“Ariel.” He called as he pulled me closer to him.

“You are and always will be the only woman in my heart. No one came before you and no one would come after you, so you don’t need to be jealous.” A bright smile formed on my face when he gave me those reassuring words.

“You’re sure?” I asked.

“Yes Ariel. It will always be you, now and forever. I love you so much.” He whispered.

I was really surprised when he uttered those words. I didn’t expect him to say it so soon. My eyes glistened when those words sinked in. I didn’t know when I said it back.

“I love you too Adrian.” I whispered back.

He smiled happily down at me. He placed his hands around my waist and pulled me closer to him. He leaned downwards to match my height. I understand what he was trying to do so I tiptoed, wrapped my hands around his neck and engaged him in a very hot and romantic kiss.

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Lucas paced back and forth in frustration as he tried to think about what to do next. He had it, he was almost there till the alarm was triggered and now, Adrian and Ariel are back.

It would be really hard for him to be able to sneak in like he did that day since Adrian already knows that someone is unto him already. Thankfully. He wasn’t caught but he had to go back there.

He needs the evidence to be able to destroy Adrain and Ariel at the same time. The whole of the Montgomery family wouldn’t be able to escape it. He smiled happily when he suddenly got an idea.

In the next two days, prom was going to hold. Adrian would obviously attend with Ariel sp that would give him enough time to sneak in. It doesn’t really matter if the place would be heavily guarded.

He was able to sneak past them before so it wouldn’t really be hard to do it again. All he had to do was attend the prom so he wouldn’t be suspected and then sneak out when no one’s watching.

If he succeeds with his plan and gets the evidence, he would finally be able to destroy all his enemies and be with his love, Bianca. He had been trying to talk to her for sometime now but she never gives him a listening ear.

If she finds out that he had helped her to defeat Ariel, she would come running to him and that time, he would be able to live the happy life that she had dreamt about.

“We’ll be together soon baby.” He said to himself as he slowly massaged the scar on his face.