Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

He can get angry all he want but that’s his business. As the old man and I walked in, the others followed closely behind us.

Grandma came over to greet us the moment we got to the living room. She started with Grandpa Henry first. They were greeting each other like they were long lost friends.

Then she turned over to me and hugged me really tight like I had just returned from a very long journey. It was quite surprising since she was the one that sent me on that journey and still acted like she never wanted to see me again.

“How have you been doing Ariel? How’s marriage treating you?” She asked as she stared at me with concern.

“Really bad!! I’m stuck with a very egocentric man child so how do you expect me to be feeling?!?!” I wanted to scream it out loud but I held myself back.

We are in the midst of his family so it wouldn’t be wise if I tell on him right here and I sincerely doubt that Grandma would believe.

“I’m fine.” I answered curtly with a smile that didn’t even reach my eyes. I could feel Adrian staring at me but like always, I ignored him.

“Well, if you say so. Let’s head over to the dinning hall. We’ve prepared a feast for your arrival.” Grandma said as she led the way with Grandpa Henry.

We took our seats in the large dinning hall. Adrian was seated on my right, Hillary on my left while Oliver was seated opposite me. Adrian’s step sister, the teenage girl was busy clinging unto him since she was seated on his right.

Hillary picked up the large spoon and dished out my food and his own right after everyone had been served by the maids around. He didn’t like people dishing out his food and helped with mine since I was allergic to black beans.

No one knows about my allergy, not even my parents or grandma, just him. I was able to tell because they kept serving black beans on every dish. If they knew, they would have stopped and I didn’t even bothered to let them know.

I mean, it’s not really easy to tell someone that you have a flaw. Hillary was able to dish out my food without adding any black beans. We digged in the moment he was done.

Grandma and Grandpa Henry kept on talking about their business and all other irrelevant stuffs. Adrian’s aunt which us also Oliver’s mother was discussing about something with her husband in a very cool tone.

They were chuckling at each other’s jokes at interval. It’s funny to see an old married couple still able to joke around with each other. Well, they are not really old, I think in their late forties or early fifties but considering my age and mentality, that’s really old to me.

I moved my eyes only to see William, Adrian’s father staring rather glaring at Oliver’s mother and her husband, her husband mostly. It made me wonder if they had a fight on their way here because he he had been frowning since they got here.

Or is he just jealous about the way they are all over each other like newly weds? Why would he be jealous? He literally had a very good looking, gorgeous and overall, a very young wife that’s seated close to him.

So, why’s he acting this way? Well, what do I know? It’s really hard to understand old people. Especially the ones that come from a very rich conglomerate like this one.

His wife on the other hand was just seated quietly and munching on slowly on her food like no one existed in this room except her. She didn’t even look up or stare at her husband, neither did he since all his attention was on his sister and her husband.

At a point, he seemed really frustrated and excused himself from the hall. Oliver’s mother kept on staring at his departing figure with remorseful eyes like she had done something bad to him while her husband kept trying to return her attention back to him.

He was finally able to but it wasn’t her full attention. With the way she was acting, I was able to tell that she was waiting for William to come back but sadly he never did till the time we finished eating and no one except her cared. Not even his father or his son.

Come to think of it, Adrian seems to have a very estranged relationship with his father and obviously, his step mom. Right from the moment William arrived here, I noticed a frown crept up Adrian’s face.

He didn’t even bother to greet his father like a normal son would. He didn’t even exchange a single word with him and the man didn’t even seem to care. This family is just filled with a lot of dramas.

I turned my eyes to my food to continue eating as I was very far from being done with it because I was busy studying everyone. As I was munching slowly on my food, I could feel eyes staring at me with great intensity.

At first, I thought it was Adrian but when I looked at him, I noticed that he was still talking to his step sister, the teenage girl. That was when I realized that it was his cousin, Oliver that was staring at me.

When he noticed that I caught him staring, he didn’t really seemed fazed. He just gave me a smile and a very lewd wink. What the hell is he doing? He still didn’t move his eyes away from me.

Suddenly, I felt strong arms wrap around my shoulders. It was Adrain. His action made Oliver chuckle slowly and thankfully he stopped staring at me. Adrian leaned closer to me and whispered in my ear;

“You’re busy eye fucking my cousin shamelessly in the presence of me and my whole family. Don’t you have an ounce of respect for us?” He asked with a fake smile on his face.

The audacity!!

If people were staring at us right now, they would think that we were having a very sweet talk because of the way he was holding me and smiling down at me. If only… I decided to annoy him too. I leaned closer to him and whispered in his ear;

“Imagine what would have happened if we were alone..” Adrian’s facial expression morphed into a huge frown the moment I said that and that made me smirk.

He thinks he’s the only one that can annoy me? He’s just a learner. I would have told him the truth that it was Oliver that was giving me those weird looks but you all know how Adrian is.

He never listens to me so what else can I do except act like whore he keeps calling me.

“You’re just shameless, you know that??” I could hear anger and irritation in his voice when he whispered that in my ear.

“And you’re just pained that I would never look at you like that.” I answered as the smirk on my lips grew each second.

“Oh.. you guys look look so lovely as you’re all over each other. You’re cuch a sweet couple. I’m jealous.” Oliver’s mother said with a look filled with admiration on her face.

“Sweet couple my foot.” Adrian muttered. It wasn’t really loud but I could hear him since I was seated close to him. I replied her with a small smile.

“Well, they are still at the beginning of their marriage.” Her husband answered.

“Are you saying that they won’t be like this in more years to come?”

“Well, I’m not saying anything but you can never tell.” The man answered.

I stared at them as they kept on talking and arguing. If only they knew that we were the opposite of what ever they are thinking. Their talk was shortened when Grandpa Henry hit the table lightly.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“I need to make a very important announcement.” He said when the hall had finally become quiet. Everyone stared at him silently as they waited for him to talk.

“I have decided that Adrian..” He turned his attention towards us. Okay I get why he’s staring at Adrian but I don’t know why he’s staring at me. I hope he isn’t about to say something that would ruin my mood.

“… you and your wife are going on your honeymoon.”

“What?!?!”