Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

~THE NEXT DAY~

All through the night, Bianca couldn’t sleep well so the next day, her face was a whole mess. She had dark circles underneath her eyes and her hair was very messy because she had been pulling on it in frustration everytime she remembered what happened at the resort the day before.

It was all okay. She was fine, happy amd content with how her life had turned out to be until Lucas ruined it by calling her and now, she met Ariel here in Hawaii.

She felt really uncomfortable to see her even though Ariel didn’t. Ariel was a living reminder of all of the mistakes she had done before and unlike Lucas, it would be very hard to avoid Ariel because anytime Bianca sees her, she felt so bad and disgusted of herself and the things she did.

Yesterday, when she saw Ariel and how happy she seemed with that man, she was really shocked but somehow relaxed because after everything she did, Ariel was still happy.

She really didn’t care if the man wasn’t Ariel’s husband as that wasn’t her business. Not until she saw the ring on the man’s hand. It was almost the same as Ariel’s own but just a little bit bigger.

It was the same ring Ariel boasted about as her wedding ring. A lover can’t share such a ring with her, only her husband so if that man is putting on that ring, he should be her husband.

That was probably the reason she didn’t flinch when Lucas tried to threaten her with that photo of the both of them kissing at the gala. But when she uploaded it, none of them denied nor agreed to the facts.

It was really confusing to Bianca so all night, she was very restless, busy thinking about Ariel amd the man. If that man is actually Ariel’s husband, she wouldn’t be able to hold back her shame.

Thinking about how stupid shoe would have looked to Ariel when she threatened her with the photo and even went ahead to upload it. She just hope that the man wasn’t Ariel’s husband or else, the shame she’s feeling now would increase tenfold.

All she had to do now was avoid Ariel at all cost. Since the day she arrived at Hawaii, she hadn’t crossed paths with Ariel, it was only yesterday and that was because she was at a public place.

There’s zero percent chance she would see Ariel if she goes to somewhere not everyone really knows. She was still deep in her thoughts when she heard her phone ringing.

She picked it up from the nightstand where she had left it and smiled when she saw Landon’s name flashing on the screen.

“How are you doing?” She heard Landon’s worried voice the moment she picked the call. He didn’t even wait for her to say something at all.

“Good morning to you too Landon and I’m fine.” She answered as she tried to calm him down.

“Thank goodness you’re fine. I was so worried because of how you acted yesterday. You looked like you saw someone that was chasing after you.” He said as he sighed in relief.

“If only that was it.” She said within herself.

“So how was your night?” She asked, trying to change the subject.

“I was having a very sweet dream about you and I all night so I guess I slept well.” He teased making Bianca laugh.

“I think that’s a nightmare because there’s no way you would be this breathless like you ran a marathon.” She said when she noticed how heavy he was breathing and the tiredness in his voice.

“There are different things that can make a guy like me breathless not just running. Like, seeing you in gorgeous looking lingerie in my bed.” Bianca’s mouth widened in surprise when he said that.

“What the hell Landon!!”

“But don’t worry, I only admired you from afar. I’m not a pervert, not even in my dreams.” He whispered the last part making her giggle.

“You sure about that?”

“Absolutely. Don’t worry, you’ll find out when that scene finally happens in reality.”

“You sound so sure it would.”

“I know it will. You are finally noticing how charming I am so that’s a good start.” He answered.

“Yeah yeah, keep saying that till you actually believe it.”

“Oh I do believe it. I’m just waiting for the day you’ll agree to be mine and then, I’ll remind you of everything you just said.”

“So what you’re saying is that if one day, I agree to date you, you are going to taunt me for the rest of the time that I’ll be with you.”

“Sure, I will.”

“No wonder you don’t have a girlfriend.”

“Wow, you really had to go there.” He said as he feigned being hurt.

“Yes I did. By the way, are you free today?”

“Why? Do you want to take me out on a date?” He asked as the fake hurt in his voice morphed into happiness.

“Keep dreaming. I want you to take me to that silent and less crowded place you were taking about yesterday.”

“Oh, so you are asking me out on a date.” He said in a playful voice.

“Are you taking me there or not??”

“You know I can’t refuse you. Pack up a lot of things because it’s going to be a picnic. I’ll be at your house to pick you up around 12pm this afternoon.”

“You don’t even know where I live.”

“I drove you home last night remember?? Dress nicely and put a smile in you face. I don’t what peiole to think I’m trying to kidnap you like yesterday.”

“Whatever.”

“I’ll be looking forward to our date gorgeous. Until then.” He said before he ended the call.

Bianca stared at her phone with a huge smile playing on her lips. Her small talk with Landon had made her forget completely about what happened yesterday at the resort.

She stood up from her bed and waltzed into her bathroom so that she would prepare for the picnic. She had to wash away the tiredness and evidence of the fact that she didn’t sleep well so Landon wouldn’t ask her about it.

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Alice kept staring at her phone to see if she had recieved any call or text messages from Adrian but there was nothing. That was how it had been since the day before.

She left and sent him that message hoping he woukd figure out something was wrong with her and then call her. That would then be at her advantage as she was going to lure him to meet her in her hotel room by pretending that something was up with her.

What she didn’t expect was to be ignored by Adrian of all people. Something like this has never happened before. Adrian had always been at her beck and call and he always run to her if he sensed there was trouble but not anymore.

All this was because of his so called wife. Adrian has never looked at her the way he looks at his wife and that infuriated Alice. She could tell Adrian was already in love with his wife and that pained her deeply.

Just one month and she is slowly starting to lose Adrian. She needs to do something fast before she loses Adrian completely to that little girl. Adrian had always been hers and that isn’t going to change anytime soon.

All she needs to do now is get rid of Ariel and everything would turn back to normal but how was she going to do that?? If Adrian knows that she did something to his wife, he wouldn’t let her go scot free.

She knows how hardened Adrian is even to the ones closest to him. She had to be really discreet about it so Adrian wouldn’t suspect her. If she can’t be the one to have Adrian, no one else will.