Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

She didn’t know who to entertain first, Marcus or Hillary. At that moment, she was in a really dilemma. The both of them were staring at her patiently to see who she would answer.

She was silent for a long tim e as she kept thinking about how to handle the situation and avoid problems between the both of them. After being in her thoughts for a while, she raised her head as a very brilliant idea had crossed her mind.

“Hillary..” She called as she turned to face him. Hillary smiled happily thinking he was the one that won.

“… I’ll be back. Let me just attend to him first. It seems really urgent.” Hillary’s smiley face turned to a very disappointed one but he tried so hard not to show it.

Sandy couldn’t see it at that moment but Marcus could. That made Marcus give him a very annoying smirk. Hillary could feel anger surging through him but he decided to hold himself back.

He couldn’t cause a scene at an high school prom besides, the boy in question wasn’t worth his temper. He can’t be seen fighting a nobody but he could at least make him feel stupid so he turned to face Sandy.

“No problem, I’ll be waiting for you till you’re done. Don’t take too long.” He muttered before he placed a lingering peck on her cheek.

When he was done, he noticed she had a very dumbfounded look on. It made him happy to see she had not lost all feelings for him. If she had, her face wouldn’t be this red.

He raised his head and smiled in satisfaction when he saw how angry Marcus looked. It was his own turn to smirk before he left them there and went to find a seat for himself. It felt really good to be able to turn the tables around.

It wasn’t that long after he had settled down that a girl walked up to him. He had to admit, she was really gorgeous but not as the one that made him come here. The lady sat opposite him and crossed her leg.

“What’s a handsome hunk like you doing at an high school prom all alone?” She asked.

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After Sandy had finally regained her composure, Hillary was already out of sight so she turned to face Marcus. She cleared her throat softly before saying;

“You wanted to talk to me?”

“Uhm yes.. let’s go to someplace more private amd quiet.” He answered.

“Sure.” She said and he led her out of the school’s hall into one of the empty classes around. He made sure there were no students around before he locked the door.

“It’s private and quiet now.” Sandy said as she took a seat on one of the chairs.

“Alright..” He drawled as he rubbed his sweaty palms against each other. He had suddenly became nervous after his encounter with Hillary.

He wasn’t so sure of himself anymore as he had finally realised that she already has eyes from someone else but he wasn’t going to give up yet. He wanted to hear her say it herself.

“This is something I’ve been meaning to tell you since the first day I met you.” He whispered. Sandy became silent as she waited patiently for what he wanted to say.

Even though she already had an idea about what it was, she didn’t stop him from saying it. She wanted him to be able to say what he wanted to say before she does the needful.

She didn’t want to act how Hillary acted when she confessed to him. She knows first hand how humiliating and heart breaking that is so she would jsut reject him respectfully so as to avoid any other issues.

“I don’t know if it was love at first sight but since the day I first met you, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I thought it’s just admiration because you are a very gorgeous lady but that was far from it….” He paused door a while before he continued.

“…. since that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I see you everywhere even though you’re not there. I thought I could stop it by seeing you from a different angle but I can’t. That was when I realized, I’m in love with you Sandy.” He said.

He released a huge sigh of relief after he was done. It wasn’t that easy to confess to your crush about how you felt. It took all the will he had for him to be able to look into her eyes as he talked.

Thankfully, along the line, he didn’t stammer. But now, he had to hear her reply so his anxiety hasn’t left yet. After being quiet for a long time, she finally opened her mouth to give him a reply.

“Marcus, after listening to every things you just said, I have to say, I’m really grateful for the beautiful things you have seen in him but I have to kindly reject you.” She noticed that Marcus was quiet when she broke the bombshell so she decided to at least give him an explanation.

“You are perfect amd lovable but it isn’t you, it’s me. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to reciprocate your love for me.” She said to him in the most calmest way possible.

“Why?? Is it because of him?” He asked. Sandy figured there’s no use lying since he could already tell she had feelings for Hillary. Besides, Hillary was a good excuse for her to reject him.

“Yes..” She muttered. Marcus felt so sad even though he already knew the outcome, it still hurt.

“I understand you…” He muttered.

“I can’t force you to love me when you’re obviously in love with someone else, but it doesn’t mean that I’ll stop loving you anytime soon.”

“No Marcus.. you should. You should stop loving me or you’d be really hurt.” She didn’t want him to pass through what she did when Hillary rejected her.

“If it was that easy, I’d have done that a long time ago.” He said making her next words get stuck in her throat. He was right, it wasn’t that easy to fall out of love for someone.

“I can give you some distance so you wouldn’t feel uncomfortable with me and so I can try to get myself together.” He said.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“You should. It would be of help to both of us.” She agreed with him while he answered her with a small smile.

“By the way, I’m glad with your choice. You made it really easy for me by choosing someone that loves you too.” He said.

“What are you talking about??” She asked in confusion.

“The guy from earlier is in love with you too. I’m glad you didn’t pick a douchebag like every other girl does.. oh wait, you didn’t know he’s onto you?” He asked when he noticed how confused she looked. She answered with a small nod.

“Well, congrats. You don’t have a failed love life like I do.” Was the last thing he said before he left her sitting alone and deep in her thoughts.

“Hillary loves me.” She muttered as a huge smile formed on her lips.

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After talking and laughing with Adrian for a while, I started to get really pressed so I excused myself and left for the restroom. After releasing my bowels in the lady’s restroom, I cleaned up myself.

I stepped out of the cubicle and was about to leave the restroom when I noticed a man at the door, blocking me from leaving. He had his back facing me so I couldn’t see who it was.

“What are you doing in the ladies restroom?” I asked as I walked closer to him. He didn’t answer me, instead he locked the door and removed the key before placing it in his pocket.

Fear gripped me immediately because I was the only lady in the toilet and now, a strange man has locked me inside with him. I decided to not look scared so he wouldn’t think he already had power over me.

“I said, who are you and what are you doing in the ladies restroom??” I asked again, this time more fiercer than the first.

Finally, he turned to face me and I was able to get a look at his face. My mouth dropped wide in shock when I saw who it was.

“Oliver..”