Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

*At the police station*

It’s been a whole day and no one had come in to see Alice. She was all alone, locked up in the police cell. Her mother wasn’t in the city and her father… that’s a story for another day. She was still even putting on the same bloody clothes that she wore yesterday.

They didn’t give her a chance to clean up nor talk of change her clothes. She kept staring at the ceiling and muttering the same words repeatedly.

“It wasn’t my fault. I didn’t mean to do it. It’s Ariel’s fault. Ariel caused this.” She was still deep in her thoughts when a police man came in and opened the cell.

“Am I free to go now??” She asked happily.

“No you’re not. But someone’s here to see you.” The policeman said.

“Who? Is it Adrian??” She asked happily. The policeman ignored her question and led her to the visiting area. Her eyes brightened when she saw Adrian sitting at the other end.

“Adrian..” She called as she ran to meet him.

“Did you come to bail me out? I knew you wouldn’t believe the allegations.” She said as she sat down opposite him.

Adrain remained quiet as he kept a very unreadable expression on his face while he watched her chatting happily.

“What’s wrong Adrian??” She asked when she finally noticed how quiet he was.

“Did you do it??” Was the first thing that came out of his mouth. Alice opened her mouth in surprise before a very annoyed scoff was heard.

“You really believe everything they said??” She asked.

“I didn’t want to but seeing you now, I’m finding it really hard to trust your words.” He said as he stared at her blood stained body from head to toe.

“What?? I didn’t do it.. I wasn’t the one that did that to Emily. You know how much I loved her.” She said.

“That’s the most surprising thing. Why would you do that to her?? The only thing Emily did was love you.. so why would you try to kill her??” He asked.

“What the hell is wrong with you??” She screamed out angrily.

“I keep explaining that I’m not the one but you’re still blaming me. Why can’t you believe what I tell you??”

“You do realize that you weren’t the only one in that room yesterday. A lot of people witnessed what happened and they named you as the culprit.” Alice eyes widened in shock and panic

“What?? No!! They are lying!! They all planned this!!” She denied.

“About fifty students decided to make one person the culprit??”

“Yes.. that’s what they did.”

“Alright then. Why would they do that??”

“It’s quite obvious. To hide the real culprit.” She said with a smile as she thought Adrian was believing her now like he always did.

“And who’s the culprit??”

“Come closer.. I don’t want anyone to hear what I’m about to say.” She muttered as she stared around her. Adrian stared at her silently for a while before deciding to play along. He stood up from his chair and leaned closer to her. She placed her mouth on his ear and whispered..

“It was Ariel.”

“What??” Adrian asked as he pulled away from her.

“You find it unbelievable right? So do I. I never knew that she would ever stoop that low as she seemed so sweet. Well, you can’t really judge people based on their looks….”

“I’m really tired of hearing all these bullshits coming from you!!” Adrian said in anger, cutting off her words.

“How can you sit here and keep lying to my face??” He asked.

“What?? No!! Why would I lie to you?? I’m telling the truth Adrian. Ariel was the one that attacked Emily.” Alice said in a more convincing manner.

“Wow… you’re very good, I have to give you that. If I wasn’t with Ariel yesterday, I would have really believed your lies. You sound so convincing.” Adrain said as he clapped his hands. Alice opened her mouth to argue but she didn’t even know what to say. She had already forgotten that Adrian left the party yesterday to meet Ariel.

“Besides, you were even caught on camera.”

“What??” Alice muttered in shock. Adrian signaled to the police officer that was standing at the far end of the room. The man left and came back with a laptop.

He placed it on the table and played the video that was in it. Alice was too dumbstruck as she watched everything she had done at the party in the laptop. It seemed like a student had videod her.

“That’s a very clear evidence against you. Do you still have any lie to tell??” Adrain asked after the short video had ended. Alice suddenly stood up from where she sat and walked towards Adrian.

“Adrian.. you can’t believe that fake video. It wasn’t me.. Ariel planned it against me. She never liked me. She never wanted me close to you that’s why she set me up.”

“Fuck!!” Adrain said in anger as he kicked the chair close to him, thereby startling Alice.

“I can’t believe this.. you still have the guts to lie to my face after watching that??”

“Adrian..”

“Shut up!! Don’t call my name with that filthy mouth of yours!! I bet it’s really fun. Lying and playing me my whole life must be fun to you. And to think that I actually thought you were my savior that night” He said.

Alice paused for a while as she tried to understand what he was saying. It was quite obvious that he was talking about something different.

“Has he found out about the truth of that night??” She asked herself as she shivered in fear.

“Adrian.. I don’t know what Ariel has said to you but none of it is true. I was the one that night.. don’t you remember??” She asked as she tried to touch him but he quickly distanced himself from her. It made her angry and hurt but Adrian didn’t care.

“I can’t even trust my own memories anymore. One moment I see your face and then another, I see Ariel’s.” He muttered as he held his head in pain. Seeing the state that he was, Alice figured it was the perfect moment to use her emotional blackmail against him like she always did.

“It’s fine Adrian. You only feel that way because you’re confused. Your wife lied to you and you chose to believe it because of the great love you have for her. Just relax and it would come back to you on it’s own.” She said in a very sweet and soft tone.

“No.. I have a better way to figure out who’s lying.” Adrian said as he suddenly raised his head up.

“Wh… what are you talking about?” Alice stuttered out nervously.

“That night.. when we were locked up in that room, you said some words to me. What was it??”