Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

**Two days later**

Today was the D-day for the prom. I had everything I needed for today’s party. I made sure that I was going to be the centre of attention today since Adrian had already gotten everything set for me.

He didn’t let me go shopping for clothes but instead, he brought the clothes to me. He had hired a designer to come here today to help me find the clothes that would be suitable out of her collection of designer wears.

It was still in the morning so the designer hasn’t arrived yet and I didn’t really mind since prom isn’t starting till 5pm this evening. Adrian went to the company to take care of some urgent business so I was practically alone in the mansion.

I was in my room, laying on my bed and just browsing through my phone when I got a call from an unknown number. I wanted to reject it but I figured it might be important.

“Hello..” I called the moment I answered the call.

“Ariel..” I heard a male voce sound from the other end. The voice sounded to familiar. I felt like I’ve heard it before.

“Who’s this?” I decided to ask.

“Have you really forgotten my voice so soon? It hasn’t been that long since we last talked.” He said.

“How come I don’t remember you?”

“You don’t? Okay, let me help refresh your brain. I’m family, your husband’s family.” He hinted. I tried to remember who in Adrian’s family would have this type of voice. It didn’t take long before I figured out who it was.

“How did get my number? I thought I blocked you.” I asked angrily. He had caused a rift between I and Melanie and I wasn’t going to forgive him for that.

“You really did blocked my number. I knew something was wrong a when I couldn’t reach out to you.” He muttered.

“How did you get my number?” I asked again in a more angry tone.

“You might have blocked mine but I didn’t block yours.” He said.

“It wouldn’t really matter if I block this one too, would it?”

“No, it wouldn’t because I would reach out to you with another number and if you end up blocking that one too, I’ll use another one. It would go on and on till you’re tired of the cycle but I wouldn’t mind at all since I would at least get to talk to you.”

“What the hell do you want from me Oliver?” I asked in frustration.

“What do I want???” He paused and chuckled softly.

“What I want is quite obvious… it’s you.” He said.

“Have you forgotten already? I’m your cousin’s wife.”

“So? What does that have to do with anything? Just because Adrian was the first to know you doesn’t mean I can’t be attracted to you.” He said.

“What you’re saying is an abomination. You can’t be attracted to your family.”

“I can and I will. I don’t care if you’re Adrian’s wife nor do I care if you’re in love with him. I’ll get what I want with or without your consent.” What’s up with him? Why is he talking like this??

“I’m not something that anyone can just want or have. I am my own person and I won’t let you treat me like some tool to use to hurt Adrian.”

“Who said anything about hurting Adrian?”

“Isn’t that what you’re up to? You’re having ungodly desires for your cousin’s wife, how do you think he’s going to feel when he finds out about that?”

“He isn’t going to find out since I’m not telling him anything about this, unless you decide to talk but I really doubt you would since you wouldn’t want your darling husband to find out that his cousin has eyes for you.”

It’s the way he’s being so confident that’s irritating me the most. He doesn’t know me but he acts like he does.

“Oh really?” I asked with a light chuckle.

“You’d be surprised. Just call my number again and you’d see how far I’d go to get pests like you away from me. Just trying calling me one more time and you’ll see.” I said before I ended the call and blocked the number immediately.

I don’t know why he’s acting like this, like someone that’s possessed. I really need to tell Adrian about his incessant pestering before it gets out of hand later but it wouldn’t be today. I can’t ruin his mood today, tomorrow would be better.

I was still deep in my thoughts when I heard my phone ring again. It was an unknown number again. Why is he just so fucking relentless?? I wanted to ignore it but couldn’t since the he called again and again. I picked up my phone and answered the call angrily.

“It seems like you’re not going to give up so soon!!” I said in anger.

“I wasn’t calling to pester you Ariel..” My next words were stuck in my throat when I heard the female voice at the other end of the call.

“I’m sorry, who’s this?” I asked.

“It’s me Melanie. Isn’t this Ariel’s line?” She asked.

“I’m the one. Sorry, I thought I was talking to someone else.” I apologized.

“It’s fine. I called to know if we could you know, meet up.” She asked. Now that I noticed, I realised that her voice was so soft, not like that day that she attacked me.

“We can, what’s wrong?” I asked.

“I’ll let you know when we meet. Can it be today?”

“No, I have something important to do today. Tomorrow would be much better.”

“Alright, I’ll text you the address. Please be there.” She said before she ended the call. I stared at my phone in surprise. Why does she want to suddenly meet up?

What is she planning to do now? She didn’t sound angry during the phone call but that doesn’t mean that she isn’t still holding grudges against me. Well, I’ll find out about whatever she’s up to tomorrow but right now, I need to take a short nap as I was starting to feel really sleepy.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

**Fast foward**

I stared at my reflection on the mirror with admiration written all over my face. This is literally my best look yet. Words weren’t enough to describe how gorgeous I looked. All eyes are going to be on me tonight.

It’s almost 5pm in the evening and I’ve prepared already for tonight’s prom. All that remains was Adrian’s arrival. Earlier, he had told me that he wouldn’t be able to catch up with me and that I should leave first.

I didn’t mind as I figured he might still have some unfinished business at the company. I knew he was going to keep his promise and meet me at school today so it doesn’t really matter if he would be early or late.

After admiring myself through the huge mirror for sometime, I left my room and headed out to the garage. Steven was already there waiting for me. I entered the car and he started it. It wasn’t long before we hit the road.

After a few minutes, we were already at our school’s parking lot. It was almost filled to the brim with a lot of fancy cars. Some students were outside, taking photos of themselves.

Steven stepped out of the car and opened the door for me. When I stepped out, all eyes turned towards me. Gasps filled the entire place when they saw me. I was given both looks of admiration and envy from every angle.

I smiled in fulfillment, thank you so much Adrian. I stood in front of my car and posed so that those that wanted my photo would take it. Camera shutters filled the entire place as everyone wanted to be the first to upload my photos on the internet.

A few minutes later, I noticed a very familiar car drive into the school’s parking lot. I smiled when I noticed who it was. He stepped out of the car gracefully after the driver had parked it.

He noticed my figure through the crowd of students and walked towards me. He got to where I was and stood in front of me. That was when I noticed that we were putting on matching clothes. Anyone would be able to tell that he was my date.

“I’m so sorry I’m late.” He apologized.

“It’s fine. All that matters is that you made it.” I answered while he smiled at me.

“Let’s go.” He intertwined our hands before we walked slowly inside. Leaving behind shocked and envious faces.