Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

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

“What?!?!” Adrian and I chorused in shock. Honeymoon?? With this man child?? Hell no!!

“We can’t do that Grandpa.” Adrian said. Finally, something that we both agree on.

“And why not?” The old man asked.

“I still have some work to do at my company and Ariel’s school isn’t even on a break yet.” Adrian said. I smiled and bobbed my head as a way of agreeing with him.

The old man paused and stared at Grandma, probably for advice. I gave Grandma a look to say nothing and she smiled at me like she understood what I was saying.

Only difference is that she did the opposite of what I was asking for.

“You have people to assist you with you work at your company. Besides, you’re the CEO so you can easily push off all of the work till you get back….” She paused for a while before she finally continued.

“…. and Ariel, it’s just a two weeks vacation, school can wait for now and your exams aren’t starting anytime soon so you’re good to go.”

“But Grandma…” I tried to argue but she cut me off easily.

“It would be a good time for you both to get off the claws of the media and finally have some alone time with yourselves.”

“We always have alone times in that house.”

“It’s going to be different this time. It’s just two weeks so I don’t really see what the fuss is about.” Grandma said to me.

“I still can’t do it. I can’t just leave everything I have here and go on an honey moon wi…”

“You don’t have a choice sweetheart. Everything has been planned out already. Tomorrow, the both of you would take the family’s private jet to Hawaii and you’ll stay un the vacation home there there for two weeks. Everything has been prepared for you in that house already.” The old man said.

“Tomorrow?? But we haven’t even prepared yet.” Adrian said.

“Like I just told you, everything has been planned out already. You both just need to be at the airport tomorrow.” Grandpa Henry answered.

“It’s going to be a good thing baby. Just you and your husband and no one else to pester you daily.” Mom said with a huge smile plastered on her face as she tried to cheer me up but one look from me was enough to let her know that I didn’t like this decision at all so she didn’t say anything anymore.

Thankfully, till the end of the dinner, no one pestered us. They were all quiet. I guess they knew that Adrian and I weren’t happy with the decision at all but what can we do?

Adrian obviously has no say against his grandfather and neither do I. We just have to sacrifice our happiness for the amusement of these old people. Finally, we were done with eating so we moved to the living room for dessert.

I didn’t go with them, I found my way out of their midst and into my room. I couldn’t bare to sit silently while they dictated my life to me. It’s not like I can say no to them so I just had to leave before I lash out at them.

I breathed out in content when I smelled the familiar and sweet scent in my room. It hasn’t changed at all. It was still the way I left it and I’m really happy for that.

I plopped down on my bed and used my blanket to wrap myself. I really miss my room. I stared at the ceiling and smiled. It had always been my last view before I fall asleep and my first view whenever I wake up.

I turned to my side and wrapped the blanket tightly on my body. I better just enjoy the little alone time I have to myself before someone comes in to disturb me.

I closed my eyes and was about to start a very short nap when I heard my door open. I thought I locked it when I came in? I turned to see whoever the intruder was and was very surprised to see Oliver standing in my room.

“Hello gorgeous.” He greeted with a wide smile, showing off his dimples.

“Fancy room you’ve got here.” He added as he stared around my room in admiration.

“What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be with the rest of the family?” I asked as I sat up.

“Well, you aren’t the only one that wanted to run away from the dinner. It felt so suffocating so I decided to follow the only person I’m familiar with in this house.” He explained.

“Why didn’t you knock? I could have been…. indecent.” I said.

“But you weren’t.” He answered.

“I could have been..” I argued.

“So sorry if it’s the knocking thing that’s bothering you. I just wanted to see what you’re running in here to do. I never expected it would be to cuddle up in the warm embrace of your blanket.” He said with an amused expression on his face.

“Well, there’s no place like home and this…” I tapped gently on my queen sized bed. “…. feels like home to me.” I answered.

“Really? I better not disturb your alone moment with your ‘home’.” He said, more like in a mocking tone.

“Well, you shouldn’t. Now leave.. I need to get back to what I was doing before you came here.” I said as I pointed towards the door.

“Why do I feel like you are chasing me away?” He asked while I grumbled within me. Why isn’t he leaving??

“Well, I am chasing you away because you are disrupting my sleep.” It took everything in me not to yell at him at that very moment.

“Alright, I’ll leave you to whatever you want to do.”

“Thank you and please, shut the door on your way out.” I said, in a pleading tone.

“As you wish gorgeous.” He answered as he left and shut the door close behind him.

I sighed happily and laid back on my bed. I closed my eyes and was about to sleep when I heard the door opening again. I sat up on my bed and was about to lash out at the person when I noticed that it was Adrian.

Why do they just keep disturbing me and why didn’t I just lock the door when Oliver left.

“What are you doing here?” I asked angrily.

“I could ask you the same question.” He muttered as he stepped in and shut the door close.

“This is my room.” I said in a ‘duh’ tone.

“What was Oliver doing here?” He asked.

“Why don’t you ask him instead? He’s your cousin.” I answered.

He stared at me for a while but didn’t say anything and that was very surprising because Adrian always have a lot to say. Instead, he walked closer to me and laid next to me on my bed.

I shifted away from immediately but he didn’t seem to care.

“What are you doing??” I asked.

“Trying to get some sleep.” He answered as he used some part of the blanket to cover himself.

“Why don’t you do that somewhere else? There are a lot of guest rooms in this house.”

“You know that nothing you say would change my mind so why don’t you just lay back on the bed.” He said.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“No way. There’s no way I’m sharing this bed with you so you have to leave no… argghhhh…” My words were cut off when he pulled me to lay next to him on the bed.

“What are you doing? Let go of me!!” I demanded as I tried to squirm away from his hold but all of my efforts were futile.

“Just shut up and enjoy the moment. I’m trying to get some sleep.” He muttered.

I didn’t listen to him and kept trying to pull away from him. When I realised that there was nothing I would do that would make him let go of me, I decided to stop fighting. For now though.

I decided to wait till he was deep asleep first but my body had other plans. In less than ten minutes, I was submerged into a very deep slumber, still wrapped around Adrian’s powerful arms.