Forever with the Billionaire

Loukas POV

I could feel the pressure on the table and Hillary’s gaze on me. every time I looked away from her. If only she had listened and not invited them to our table, then our night would have been perfect. Seeing Angelica closely again made me want to strangle her, and she did the impossible while we were on the table by touching my legs under the table.

I glared at her, hoping she’d understand that I didn’t want her to touch me, but she made it worse by raising her hand higher until it reached my thigh. I cleared my throat, trying to suppress the scream that I held because I didn’t want Hillary to have another mindset about what was happening, so I pretended everything was fine until Hillary decided to leave the table for the washroom.

“Stop touching me!” I slapped Angelica’s hand away and muttered a few words to her because I didn’t want Caleb to hear us since he was watching us like a hawk. “If you dare touch me again, I’ll make sure you never have any hands again!” I warned her and pointed toward Caleb, who was glaring at us both. ” You touch me again and I’ll tell him.”

Caleb slammed his hand on the table and cleared his throat. ” What are you both discussing?” He asked, and as Angelica was about to lie to him, the waiter bought their food. “I guess our meal is here. Let’s eat,” he beckoned to his wife to start eating first. ” You haven’t touched your food, dear brother. What are you thinking about? ”

I refused to respond to his stupid sarcasm and just stared at him, having no idea what to say to him. I believed that he didn’t deserve to hear anything from me, so I kept mute and just watched as he ran his mouth. “If you are thinking about your company,” he picked up his glass of wine and sipped it. ” I’ll take care of your company.” He picked up his steak with his fork and chewed noisily like a child.” It’s so good to be chairman, and now the company will progress well and…

” Oh you mean to say you’ll progress since your mother is a chairwoman, right?” I finally found the right reply to give to him. “How are you going to get the original drawings back since I was in charge of all those projects, huh?”I asked him and he just stared at me as if I had grown two heads.

I must have hit a nerve, I thought as I watched his jaw tighten at me.

“What are you even saying?” He asked. “You mean that I can’t rule the company without my mother?”

“Excuse me please.” Angelica stood up and left the table. I watched her as she went, wondering why Hillary had not returned yet. She had been gone for a few minutes and hadn’t returned ever since.

“You need to stop looking at my wife, Loukas. Stop acting like a fool! ” Caleb accused me of blindly having no idea that I wasn’t staring at his wife.

“You must be delusional to think that I am looking at your wife. I told you years ago when Angelica left me for you that I wished the both of you well, ” I told him, and when he tried to reply, I cut him off. “Listen to me!” I shouted at him and slammed my hand on the table. “You lost the merger of A&T to someone else, right?” I questioned him and watched as he raised his brows, eyeing me suspiciously as if he knew that I was the anonymous buyer.

“You know the buyer?” Why are you rubbing it in my face when you didn’t even get the company either? ” Caleb scoffed and tapped his fingers on the table. ” My mother might be in charge, but you lost your company and inheritance.” I’ll give up if I were you. You are useless. What would a man without hands and legs do to me who is whole? ” Caleb laughed.

” I can do a lot of things, Caleb,” I picked up my glass of wine and took a sip. “You should know by now that once I set my mind on something, I’ll achieve it. You might think that I have forgotten about the six-month promise, but I haven’t,” I clicked my tongue and dropped the wine glass on the table. “Sooner or later, you’ll realize what I’ve just said once you lose everything you’ve worked for!

His eyes widened and he dropped the fork in his hand in shock. He opened his mouth to reply, but Hillary beat him to it and spoke as she walked towards us. “Hey babe,” she approached and kissed me on the lips. I was shocked by her actions and wondered why she had acted like that, and then when she pulled away from the kiss, I saw Angelica heading towards us. I looked from Hillary to Angelica and suspected that something had happened between them. “We should probably leave now,” she thought as she looked at her wristwatch and walked back to her seat to get her purse.”I’ll go get your wheelchair from the car,” she said and walked out of the restaurant.

“You have a lovely wife,” Caleb commented as he watched as Hillary made her way out of the restaurant. “But do you think she can stay with you forever?” He asked and pointed to Angelica. ” She later came to me at the end of it all because you are a useless man and you don’t know how to take care of a woman very well!” He laughed.

I felt my blood boil and I thought of punching Caleb on the face over and over again until he bled to death, but it was unnecessary and he didn’t deserve my beating, and it would only make things worse, so I reacted by smiling at him. His eyes widened when he saw me smile. He never expected that I’d smile at him. “Why are you smiling?” He asked.

I wanted to tell him that I was smiling at his downfall, but instead, I said. “My wife will never stoop so low for someone like you. As I told you years ago, Angelica was a cheap woman to have come to meet you. ”

” Excuse me!” Angelica shouted.

” Stop shouting! ” Hillary’s voice sounded from the entrance of the restaurant as she wheeled in my wheelchair. “I thought you were both responsible when I invited you to our table, but you are much worse than you were described,” Hillary tutted.

Described? That’s the only word I heard from everything she said. I didn’t know why she said that, but it felt as if she had heard about them from someone else and I wondered who it could be.

Rotimi.

He was the only one who knew about my family and was also close to Hillary. “You both have ruined tonight for us already, so do not let us cross paths ever again!” She said it like a boss and stretched forth her hand for me to take. I gladly took it as she helped me sit on the chair.

“You both should have a nice night,” she told them and wheeled me out of the restaurant. When we were outside, she inhaled the breeze and heaved a sigh. “Yes!”

I had no idea why she was happy, but it was cool to see her excited. “Why are you so excited?”Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“I don’t know!” She answered as we reached the car. She opened the car door and gently lifted me from the wheelchair and helped me into the backseat. “Tonight was supposed to be magical, but I am glad that I enjoyed myself,” she sighed briefly as she buckled my seat belt.

” Are you okay?” I asked her because she was acting weird.

“Why do you ask?” She questioned him back. “You think I am not okay?”

I shook my head in response. ” I am just surprised that you are like this,” I pointed out because her laughter was weird to hear and it sounded like a warning. I didn’t want to get on her bad side, so I tried explaining everything that had happened between Angelica and me to her. “Angelica and I used to be married and I….”

“Hush!” She placed a hand on my lips. You don’t need to explain yourself. I know everything. ”

“How?”I asked her and she chuckled.

” Did Rotimi tell you anything?” I asked her and she nodded in response.

“So you guys talk about me now?” I frowned at her.

She shook her head in response and cupped my cheek. ” We didn’t talk about you, Loukas. We just… ” I didn’t let her finish as I captured her lips.

I slowly kissed her, forgetting about the terrible night we had because of my annoying step-brother and ex-wife. Although the kiss was short, it ended the dinner night on a great note, but the night wasn’t over yet.

There was still plenty of time.