Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

I said a little prayer within me before I picked the call.

“Good evening Grandma. How are you doing?” I asked the moment I picked the call without waiting for her to say anything.

“I’m fine as always. How’s my favorite grand daughter doing?” She asked back, in a very cheerful manner.

Okay, that’s wierd. That wasn’t the reaction that I was expecting. I was expecting her to lash out on me but she wasn’t doing that. It made me feel relieved and still scared me at the same time.

“I’m fine grandma.” I answered cautiously.

“Okay. Where have you been? We have been calling you for a while now but you weren’t picking up.”

“I put my phone on vibration mode by mistake so I didn’t know when it was ringing.” I answered.

“Oh… okay.”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“So what happened? It must have been quite serious since you all were calling me.”

“It isn’t that serious. We all called because we were worried since you weren’t picking up your phone.” She explained but that wasn’t enough to calm me down. I felt like there was more so my uneasiness remained.

“Okay, what was the reason?” I mustered all courage within me to ask.

“It’s about you and your husband, Adrian.” My breath hitched when she said that. I opened my mouth and was about to explain what had happened but she beat me to it.

“I would like for you to invite him home tomorrow so we can all have dinner together.”

“Why?” I couldn’t help but ask.

“We haven’t seen our son in law since you both got married. That dinner would be enough to help us get to know him more and also see you too. Do you know we’ve missed you so much Ariel?” She asked.

“If you did, you wouldn’t have sold me off to an egocentric narcissist in the first place.” I muttered but not loud enough for her to hear me.

“I know Grandma. I missed you all too.” I said. It both was a lie and the truth.

“So just do what I ask. Make sure to bring him tomorrow evening. I will be awaiting the arrival of the two of you.” She said, leaving no room for arguments.

“Okay grandma.”

“Also, make sure to respect and obey your husband. I know how stubborn you are but don’t upset him in anyway. The future of our family rests on you. I hope you are aware of that.”

“I know Grandma. I’m really trying my best but it’s very hard if my husband acts like a child all the time.”

“Then, you should act like the adult and ignore all of his attitude towards you. He’ll get tired eventually and let you be. Afterall, eternity is far too long for the both of you to keep fighting.” She adviced.

“Okay Grandma, I’ll try to ignore him but if he doesn’t stop, I won’t hold back either.”

“I know how hard it is but just try princess, for our sake.” She pleaded.

“Whatever.” I grumbled under my breath.

“I’ll take that as an ‘okay’. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. I need to take my rest now.”

“Okay grandma. Good night and sleep tight.”

“You too Ariel.” She answered before the call was ended.

I dropped my phone on the bed stand and stood up tiredly. I took off my school uniform and entered the bath room to have a very quick shower. After that, I dried my wet body and put on my nightdress.

Then, I collapsed tiredly on my bed. I recalled what grandma had said. I had never thought that I would spend the rest of my life with him. It had never even crossed my mind at all so when grandma mentioned the word ‘enternity’ I felt somehow.

There’s no way I’ll be able to survive five years with him, talk less of the rest of my life. So what do I do to save myself from this misery? Filing for a divorce won’t work because I’m so sure he wouldn’t even agree to it.

Well, that’s a problem for another day. All I need to think of now is how I would convince him to follow me home tomorrow. After all that happened between us today, I doubt it would be easy for me.

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Adrian couldn’t stop the massive anger and embarrassment he was feeling even though she had left. After standing there alone for a few minutes, he decided to follow her to start another fight.

He knew that nothing would work but he just wanted to do it. He hated how he was feeling right now. She was the one that supposed to feel like this, not him.

When he got to the entrance of her room, he realised that she had locked the door from behind. He decided not to force her to open it as that was a very stupid thing to do. So, he turned on his heels and went into his room to vent all the emotions that he was feeling.

He removed his suit jacket, took off his necktie from his neck and unbuttoned the first three buttons on his long sleeved top, thereby showcasing his manly chest.

He stood in front of his mirror and stared at his reflection on it. Thinking about all the cheesy he had done and said to please her these last few days were so funny do he burst out laughing.

After laughing for a while, he suddenly recalled that he was the one doing those funny things so the shame he was feeling before returned. He felt so stupid whenever he recalled how she stared at him.

Out of anger, he punched the mirror and that made it shatter into a million tiny pieces and it also made his knuckles bleed but he didn’t care. The embarrassment and anger he was feeling right now was much worse than the pain.

“Young master, are you okay?” He heard the butler’s worried voice from outside his room. He must have been alerted because of the sound of the broken glass.

“Leave!!” Adrian ordered.

The butler understood immediately that he didn’t want to be disturbed and left without asking anymore questions because he knows what would happen to him if he does.

Adrian walked towards his bed and sat on the edge of it. His knuckles were still bleeding a lot but he didn’t care. He dipped his hand in his hair and pulled on it harshly.

He felt so angry at himself for going that far, for taking a very risky move today. All these while he had been trying so hard to woe her, she already knew of his plan.

She must be laughing at him in her mind. She must be seeing him as someone really stupid. Just the thought of that increased hus anger.

No!! He can’t let her win. He can’t let her have the last laugh. He needs to do something to her too. He started this game but he will be the one to end it. She might have gotten the upper hand today but he won’t allow her to next time.

He is the man of the house and her husband. He wasn’t going to let an eighteen year old outsmart him. He would make sure that would never happen at all.