Taken By The Arrogant Billionaire

Her eyelids and body felt so heavy. She didn’t want to get up. The bed felt so soft and comfortable.

Wait…. her bed wasn’t this soft. She peeled her eyes open, staring at the ceiling. She bolted into a sitting position and squealed in pain when she felt pain down there. She felt extremely sore. This was not her bed! This wasn’t her room! Where was she?

She squinted at the sunlight that poured in through a space between the curtains. She looked around, trying to see if she could recall anything. The last thing she remembered was having sex with Jared in her room, so how come she was here. She also noticed that she wasn’t messy. Someone must have cleaned her up. She was wearing a crisp white shirt that was bigger than her.

It seemed like she was in a luxurious hotel room. She was sitting on a king-size bed decorated with a brown wallpaper. The room was a mix of brown and cream colour.

She tried to move, but it was nearly impossible. There was only one word for that man. A beast. Moreover, she hadn’t fully recovered from her sickness, so that didn’t help. There were several love bites on her body. Her neck, chest, tummy, shoulder and there were some on her thighs too.

Then suddenly, she realized something. Why was outside so bright? It was morning! She looked around for her phone to check the time, but it was nowhere to be found. Her eyes went to the wall clock. 12:59 pm.

Afternoon! She was super late for work. She only asked for a day off.

“Shit!”

She struggled to get down from the bed.

“Where are you going?” She heard a deep baritone voice. She looked up to see Jared staring down at her.

When did he enter? She didn’t know.

“Where is this place?”

“This is my house. Now answer the question”

“I’m late for work and this is all your fault”

“My fault? How?” A smile hanging by the side of his lips.

She glared at him. “Nevermind. Why did you bring me here?”

“I had some work to do, but at the same time, I could not leave you alone. This was the best option I could think of”

“It’s not like I’m a baby or something” she mumbled.

She thought of something. She was at his house, so her clothes were not here. Does that mean she had to go to her house first? And what was she to do about the hickeys?

He could see the worry in her eyes. “Did you forget your boss is standing right in front of your boss is standing right in front of you? You don’t have to worry”

“What do you think the other workers will think of me? They will probably think I’m a lazy bum who slept my way up”

“You seem to care so much about what others think of you”

“Of course. Did you bring any of my things?”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“No” he replied simply.

She needed to leave, but how could she leave wearing a man’s shirt?

“Wait! My pills. Did you bring my pills?”

He knew what she was talking about. He saw it on the bedside table and contemplated not taking it, but he knew she was going to be sad if she found out he didn’t take it.

“I did”

She heaved a sighed of relief. She requested for water and swallowed the pill. He placed his hand on her forehead.

“You have a temperature. I got this pill from my doctor” he showed her a bottle. He said it will be effective, but before that, you have to eat something”

“Where are you going?”

“To bring your food”

“No. I don’t want to eat it here”

Her reason was simple. She simply wanted to see what his house looked like.

“Okay”

“Help me up! I can barely move an inch without feeling pain”

He chuckled and carried her effortless to the living room. His house was…… huge and spacious. There was glass all around. One could stand there and stare at the whole city. The place was dead silent. Each step made a loud noise.

She covered her mouth.

“This is your house?” She whispered.

He set her down on the chair. “What a silly question to ask?” She had asked a similar question when he took her to his other penthouse. He saw that she was still waiting for his answer.

“Yes. It’s mine”

“Unbelievable” she whispered again. She remembered she went to his place once and it wasn’t like this. Did he give the place a makeover or was this another place? She shrugged. He had money anyway.

“Will you stop whispering?”

She nodded. “I have a question though. Did I sleep all through yesterday till today?”

“Yes, but you woke up during midnight to ask for food”

“I ate?”

He nodded.

She must have been completely exhausted to not remember that. It was all thanks to him.

He could feel her accusation in her eyes.

“You know, this isn’t entirely my fault?”

“Then whose fault is it?”

“Don’t you remember what you did yesterday?”

She furrowed her brows. “Why do you mean?”

“You don’t remember what you said to me?”

Memories of what happened last night came back to her and she remembered.

‘I’m in control now………. Suck’

Her face turned red immediately. She must have been crazy. How could she have said something like that?

Jared smiled.

“I see you remember”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“If you hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have gotten more aroused, and I wouldn’t have gone that far either”

She knew that was a lie. Even if she hadn’t done that, it would still have happened, but she didn’t argue further. She felt something tickling her feet and she looked down to see Sadie staring up at her.

She gasped. “Sadie!” She turned to him.

“You brought her too”

He carried the pup, placing it on her lap. She smiled appreciatively. His actions warmed her heart. She knew within herself that she didn’t regret what happened last night.

“So, when am I going to leave here?” She asked shyly, caressing her pet.

He didn’t look at her. His eyes were on the food he was serving.

“Until I’m sure you are okay enough to leave”

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Amelia sat alone in the garden when she received a message from her informant. Pictures, to be precise.

Jared was carrying a lady in his arms. She recognized her immediately. That was his secretary.

Few of the marks on her body were visible.

Amelia narrowed her eyes.

Was Jared cheating on his fiancée? But why?

She received a call from him.

“When did you take this picture?”

“Last night, your highness. I was on the lookout at her house yesterday morning to see if Damon will visit, but Mr Smith came instead, and he didn’t leave until night”

It was obvious what both of them did.

“Did you follow them?”

“Yes, but…”

“What is it?”

“I lost them”

She sucked in a deep breath. Of course, Jared wasn’t a fool.

“Did he know you were following him?”

“I’m not sure about that”

“Okay. Tread carefully from now on”

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“I have a meeting, and it will last an hour. I’ll be in the study, so do whatever you want. I’ll be back soon”

He patted her head and walked away.

The shiny marble floor felt cold to her feet, but she loved it. She went to one of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and looked down, only to turn away, scared. She didn’t know what floor this was, but it sure was high. She noticed a sparkly white covered piano at a corner. She had not seen that before.

Jared played the piano?

She walked towards it, opened it and pressed one of the keys. It made a loud noise, so she stopped. Jared said he was in a meeting, so she would rather not disturb him.

Meanwhile, upstairs, before the start of the meeting, Jared gave Will a call.

“Yes boss”

“I want you to find someone”

“I don’t know who it is, but a car was following me last night. I want to find the driver”

“Okay boss”

Will got to work, hacking the surveillance camera and till he finally found the car. He copied the license plate and made his research. All this took less than five minutes.

He sent all the information he gathered to Jared.

The man’s name was Diego Fernandez. A Spanish man who recently entered the country. 37 years. Single. A private detective.

Nothing about him seemed out of the ordinary. He received a call from Jared.

“Boss, I hacked the man’s phone just now and checked his contact list and the people he recently contacted and one of the was Princess Amelia”

His expression turned hard. “I’ll speak with you later”