Hate To Love You My Billionaire Lover

Arianna took a deep breath before saying, “If you think I have not paid off all the interest my family owes you, then take whatever part of my body you like. If that’s still not enough, I’m probably going to kill myself. I don’t have anything anymore. But as long as I am alive, I want to be free. We agreed on these terms.”

Travis frowned slightly and said in a gentle tone, “How can a little girl like you speak in such a bitchy manner?”

Arianna almost burst into laughter. He was not a good actor. She said, “Oh, the bloodless deaths are indeed more noble and elegant. But I, for one, am not afraid of blood.”

A deadlock of silence came between the two of them again.

“Excuse me.” Someone behind Arianna said. She turned her head and saw the owner’s daughter peeping from outside the room.

“I have tea for you.” The girl added before entering the room and placing a cup on the table closest to Travis.

“Arianna, my mother cooked some broccoli soup for you. I’ll bring that up as well.” The girl left the room before quickly returning with a bowl of soup. She placed it beside the cup of tea.

She seemed to be extremely curious about the confrontation going on between Travis and Arianna. Looking at the two for a few more seconds, she finally waved her hands and said, “If you need anything, please let me know.” But she seemed to be speaking to Travis mostly.

After the girl left, Arianna was a little embarrassed. She didn’t want to settle the dirty details between her and Travis in such a warm place where the owner and her daughter lived a simple life.

Placing her hands on her hips, Arianna said to Travis, “I will be back in two days. We can settle this then. You need to leave now.” Her voice was very rough.

“I’ve come this far to see you. Most people would usually show some hospitality, such as inviting me to dinner, no?”

“Excuse me?”

“I’ve paid for a lot of dinner bills for us before. Is it too much to ask if I ask you to invite me to dinner for once?”

Arianna rolled her eyes, “Okay, when?”

“Right now. After that, I will do as you wish.”

“Just like that?” Arianna thought she misunderstood.

She was suspicious. It was hard to believe that Travis had suddenly become so gracious. And his ‘as you wish’ statement were vague. She did not know whether he meant his instant disappearance after dinner or disappearance forever.

However, as long as he was temporarily gone, Arianna would be very content. She could worry about settling the details between them later. Either way, she had no more fears.

Arianna quickly took a hot shower and put dry clothes on. She wore a black sweater and trousers, along with a black coat. Recently, she had lost a lot of weight, causing her chin to look sharp and her skin to look pale.

She had always associated Travis with a total solar eclipse. He exuded a round black shadow hiding her bright sun. The dazzling ring surrounding his black aura created a monstrous aura.

But she noticed that Travis also seemed a bit thinner than before.

When they were about to leave, the hotel owner kindly gave an umbrella to Arianna and whispered, “Take a long walk. Your boyfriend is so handsome. He even got to you in this bad weather. Don’t disappoint him.”

The owner’s daughter was also staring at her with a strange smile. Arianna felt very embarrassed.

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The rain was still heavy when they stepped outside. There was only one car parked in the open space at the entrance of the hotel. Arianna looked around and did not see the driver.

“What are you looking for?” Travis asked.

“Nothing. What do you want to eat?”

“Whatever.”

There were very few residents around, not to mention the lack of restaurants. They had to drive somewhere else.

“You drive,” Travis said.

“What?”

“I am not familiar with the traffic around here. And I can’t see the road when it rains.”

“How did you get here then?”

“It wasn’t raining when I came.”Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Arianna sat silently in the driver’s seat and watched Travis sit next to her and buckle himself in. He made a gesture as if to remind her to buckle herself in too.

But Arianna was not familiar with the roads around here either, and she was not familiar with the car as well. But she refused to drive towards the city as if not to be hijacked by him. She drove towards the village area and its surroundings, slowly driving along farmland for a long time before discovering a small, attractive restaurant.

“How about this one?”

“Whatever,” Travis said this word for the second time today.

In order to express her sincerity, Arianna ordered a large table of food.

Travis watched her order from the menu but kept silent. The waiter was surprised and asked, “Just for the two of you?”

She didn’t know that every dish in this restaurant had chilies. She ate from each dish because they were all attractive and delicious. Then suddenly, sweat covered her body, and she could not feel her tongue and lips.

Arianna ate without manners. She coughed and wiped her runny nose on the back of her hand while she continued eating. She blew her nose into a napkin and wiped her mouth from time to time.

Travis did not eat much. His appetite likely went south because of Arianna’s appearance at the table. However, on this occasion, she was not deliberately trying to disgust him.

“Do you not like spicy food?” Arianna asked, trying to be a good host. But then she discovered that her voice was nearly gone. She forgot that her throat was not in the best condition, to begin with, and the spicy food likely worsened it.

“I thought you were a vegetarian with a light palette.” Travis glanced at her lips and said, “Now you’re looking very daring; much better than I thought.”

Travis’s expression was weird like he was staring at an alien. Arianna took out a makeup mirror from her handbag and quickly checked her face before him.