MR BILLIONAIRES MRS CLUMSY
CHAPTER 22
(I can never hate you)
~ Eva ~
“Why, Eva? Do-do you still l-love him?”, He asked, fear visible in his eyes.
He should be angry, why is he scared?
“Eva! Answer God d@mmit!”
“I do-don’t know”, I murmured pathetically.
“You don’t know? Seriously? I thought you were over it! I thought I finally had a chance! But you just have to ruin it! Why did you do it!? Is he the only one you want!? Am I not good enough?”, He yelled but I kept my mouth shut. “For god’s sake say something, your silence scares me!”, He shooked my shoulders asking for me to react, but what do I say? I am zipped up, I don’t know what to say to calm him down!
“You are not guilty!”, He declared with wide eyes after a long pause, I looked up gasping.
I am guilty. I cheated on him, of course I am guilty!
“I am gui-”
“No you are not! You are guilty just because you k!ssed him while you are dating and married to me. You are not guilty because you
k!ssed him. You are only guilty because you cheated on me, not because you have any feelings for me that were disrespected due to this infidelity!”, He stated looking straight into my eyes.
Was he right? I am guilty just because I am a married woman, not because I didn’t want to kiss Liam still I did?
I cannot deny the fact that I wanted to kiss Liam.
“I am sorry”, I apologised for umpteenth time.
“Your god damn sorry is not gonna fix that you already broke! And here I was planning on making this stupid date memorable. I was thinking of confessing that I-“, He stopped mid way and averted my confusing stare by glancing around.
“You want to go back to him?”, He asked after a moment of silence.
“He is engaged”
“What if he was not?”
“I don’t know”, I replied honestly. There was no way I was going to give wrong assurances to me and him. I don’t know what I will do if Liam wants to come back.
“What about me then?”
“I don’t know”
“You don’t know anything”, he humorlessly chuckled.
“You will hate me now, won’t you?”, I asked, my lips tugged up into a sad smile.
He brought his hand up to touch my face, but immediately withdrew and placed it in his trousers pocket. “I can never hate you! And I hate myself for that!”, With that he took his coat and was off from my sight slamming door shut behind him, leaving me to wince on the sudden sound.
I paced back and forth in bedroom, my thoughts swirling around one person, Aaron King.
Why did this happen? Why now? I was pathetically mourning over my breakup from past two years, and now when I was ready to move on, he had to come back! Not only did he came back, he came being engaged, that too with my husband’s friend and still had the audacity to k!ss me and say that he missed me?
Bloody hypocrite!
You are same, Eva!
I am not! I-I was just caught in moment, wasn’t I? I mean, I did wanted to kiss him but it was just because my mind was fogged and unable to process anything!
It’s nearly midnight now, and Aaron is still not back. Where the heck is he?
Should I call him?
He will immediately reject!
And you should give him some space, he is not a kid. He will come back!
Still I called him but it was unreachable.
I can’t help but get worried about him! Where is he!? He should not drive right now! He must be in office!
I immediately called the security department of office. “Eva King this side, is Aaron there right now?”
“No ma’am, sir is not here. He left office at 7:45. Is everything alright ma’am?”
“Yes, thanks Mr. Loghart. Good night”.
“Good night, ma’am”, and I disconnected the call.
Now what!? Whom should I call? Adam!
I called Adam but he rejected. I tried multiple times but everytime he rejected. Later on, his cell phone was unreachable.
B@stard!
Grabbing keys from key holder, I rushed outside.
“Is everything alright, Eva?”, Troy asked once I stepped out of mansion.
“Yeah, did you see Aaron?”
“Yes, but he ordered us to not follow him. Should we search for him?”, He asked.
“No, he must be with Adam.”
“If he is not, please inform us”, he said and I nodded.
Walking towards garage, I entered Aaron’s blue BMW and revved the engine before driving it out of garage.
“Eva, we will follow you”, Troy offered but I denied.
“No, just stay here. I will inform if I need you.”
“Please Eva, let’s us come”, he insisted.
“Troy, please. I will be fine.”, With that I drove off from mansion premises towards Adam’s house.
His mansion was just on fifteen minutes distance from our home. I asked security guards to open the gates, on recognising me, they immediately obliged.
I rang doorbell and a young lady, wearing a maid’s outfit opened door for me.
“Please come in, Ma’am. Should I call sir down for you?”, She politely smiled and asked.
“Yes, please”, I replied.
“Have a seat until he comes”, she offered and I sat down on sofa in living room.
“What a pleasant surprise, Mrs. King?”, Adam greeted sarcastically strutting downstairs.
“Stop it now, Adam. I confessed Aaron as you wanted but now he is nowhere to be found. It’s been 4 hours that he is gone, but neither he is in his office nor picking up my calls.”, I snapped and he rolled his eyes.
“So?”
“So? So I want to know where the hell is my husband!”, I shouted throwing my hands up in air.
“Husband?”, He mocked giving out a humorless laugh.
I swear I will slap this moron right now right at this instance!
“Are you over? Can I know where my husband is?”, I snarled and he gave an amused look.
“I know where he is but I can’t tell you”, he replied smugly.
“I am worried for him, Adam. Please”, I begged and he sighed. His features softened.
“I am too, Eva. And right now whom he don’t want to see is you! So let him be alone for sometime. He will be back once his mind is cleared. He lo-likes you, don’t worry he will be back”, he said convincingly.
Ouch! He don’t want to see me. Well, that is fair. I should then probably leave him alone.
“Okay”, I whispered and took my leave. Coming back, I informed Troy that Aaron is safe and he took a breathe of relief.
I entered in and straight went towards our bedroom. Sprawling over bed, I sighed when his smell calmed my frantic nerves.
Next morning, I woke up to an empty bed, instantly missing his presence. I am accustomed to wake up seeing his smiling self infront of mirror. I am now habitual to wish him good morning, the only proper greeting we say to each other. I am habitual to chat with him during breakfast, to prepare lunch box for him. To remind him of his forgotten things. To hear him making remarks and comments on my look or outfits.
Now everything is missing. Not that when he goes to business trip I didn’t miss him or these regular routine, but then I was confirmed that he will be back. He will come back smiling and will embrace me in his arms k!ssing my head.
But now, I don’t know where he is. Will he be back? If he does, what will be his decision? Will he break everything that had tied us together? Or will forgive me and act as if nothing happened.
I didn’t prepare any lunch box, neither had breakfast. Getting ready, I immediately left for office after asking Mr. Moore to drive me.
Once reached, I thanked him and came out. Nodding to the greeting employees I made my way towards Aaron’s floor.
“Thank god, at least you are here. I am trying to call Mr. King from last fifteen minutes but his phone is unreachable”, Stella said when I walked in her office.
“What happened?”
“Board members are here to meet him, it’s so sudden that I didn’t even know about it. And Mr. King’s cell phone is unreachable. Where is he?”, She asked.
“I don’t know” I sighed.
“What will we answer them then? Oh god! Eva, please do something”, she pleaded.
“Leave it to me”, I assured her and she nodded unsurely.
Helding my head up, I entered conference room and every head turned towards me. Stella followed me inside.
“Good morning, gentlemen”, I greeted formally, they nodded and greeted me back.
“I am sorry, but Mr. King will not be able to attend this conference”, I said sitting down on the head chair.
My palms are sweaty and big lump was formed in my throat. I am here unprepared, facing these god damn board directors and I don’t even know what I am supposed to say.
“Why?”, Everyone asked.
“Mr. King is not feeling well. He is running with very high fever. And doctor has warned him strict rest. I informed, Mr. Rhode about it last night. Didn’t I?”, I said giving Mr. Rhode a signal to caught on with me in my lie.
“Uhh yeah, you informed me. I am sorry I was so sleepy at that time that I forgot about it in morning”, he perfectly covered up and I sighed in relief.
“It’s okay. But is this meeting that important that I need to call my sick husband here to attend it?”, I asked and every one denied with a small smile on their faces.
“It was only about shipping business but it can wait. Mr. King needs rest right now, we can arrange this meeting later on. Actually, the shipping business was senior Mr. King’s dream, so now that everything is done, we only need to confirm it legally, that’s the reason we were so eager and called for this meeting. But no worries, let’s talk about it later. Please take care of Mr. King”, One of the middle aged board member said politely and I gave him my acknowledging smile.
“Thank you”, I said and everyone nodded. The conference room was then empty within next five minutes. Except me, Stella and Mr. Rhode.
Me and Stella sighed a breath of relief. I immediately stood up from head chair and sat on the chair that was beside it.
“Where is Aaron, Miss. Collins?”, Mr. Rhode asked.
“I don’t know. He is gone since last night and is not answering my calls.”, I answered and Stella placed a comforting hand on my shoulder.
“I will try too. Right now, I need to go”, said that, he too was out.
I stood up and went towards Aaron’s office. Entering, only to see the person who caused all this. Liam Woodwords.
“What a pleasant surprise, Mrs. King? I was here to meet Mr. King, but instead I got to see you”, he said slyly.
“How the hell did you entered? And who the fvck let you in?”, Opening door wide open, “You can leave!”, I stated giving him a hard glare.
“Still fiesty? That is what I love about you the most!”, He smirked and I rolled my eyes.
“Leave!”, I hissed.
“Tsk tsk! Chill, Precious! Why so bipolar behaviour? This is not what your k!ss showed last time I met you”, my stomach flipped when he used his usual endearment.
“What do you want, Liam?”, I asked, letting the plan of throwing him out to be aside for few minutes.
“You”, he replied.
“You are two years late. I am married now, and you are engaged”, I gritted out.
“Two years ago, neither time was with us nor my parents. And now, you too are forced in this marriage and me too in this bullsh!t engagement. I love you and I know you too still do”, he said coming a step closer to me. I stepped back. The door’s handle ungripped from my hand and closed on its own according.
“Everything was perfect, Liam. Why did you do that? How did everything turned out this way? You were always my everything then what forced you to run away from me. Was my love suffocating you? Were you fed up of me? After sticking me piece by piece, you again broke me and went away mercilessly. No phone, no message not even a glance back and just left me. And now, when Aaron is here. Sticking by my side, doing everything that you were supposed to do, you are here claiming that you love me. It doesn’t work this way, Liam. My life is not a toy, neither is Aaron’s. That man is willing to be with me, even after knowing about my past, even after knowing that I loved someone else. I can’t break his heart and run to you like nothing ever happened! I can’t do that to him what you did to me.”, My tears were falling continuously and I was unable to stop them. I was unable to stop my feelings that did want their outburst. The things that were stored up in me from last two years needed to come out. He needs to know what pain he had caused me. He needs to know how he broke me, and now can’t expect me to forget and forgive.
“Eva-”
“Don’t you dare touch me! Because of what happened in that party is still pulling me in deep shit, I don’t want more! You are engaged! So go and be happy with Riley. At least don’t do to her what you already did to me.”, I snapped stepping back and he sighed in defeat.
“That girl is not what you think she is, Eva! She doesn’t even love me! She loves someone else!”, He exclaimed throwing his hair back with his hand.
“So what do you want? I am committed to Aaron. You to Riley! What should we do? Do you want me to cheat on Aaron with you, you with me, on Riley and Riley with the one she loves, on you! I am not that fucked up! Now out!”, I shouted and opened door for him to go out. “Leave before I call guards”, I warned.
“I will be back after correcting everything”, he muttered and strode out. I closed door with a thud voice.
Where the hell is Aaron?
I again tried his phone but that bullsh!t device is still unreachable!
Sighing I called Adam but he again rejected it. I know who will take truth out of his system. Chloe Jones!
“Chloe, I need your help”, I explained everything to her and she accepted.
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Later that evening, 8:00 PM
“You ready?”, I asked and she nodded.
“But do you think it will work?”, She doubted and I nodded in confirmation.
His mansion’s door opened, revealing the same maid I met last night.
“Tell Mr. Davis that Miss. Chloe Jones is here to meet him”, I said and she nodded before rushing up.
I immediately gave Chloe a thumbs up and went to hide behind curtains.
Just few seconds later, I saw Adam running downstairs, slipping little bit in hastiness.
“Woah, you are really here!”, he said while balancing on his steps and walking straight.
“Hi”, Chloe said shyly waving at him.
Perfect!
“He-hey!”, He stammered fixing his posture. “What are you doing here?”, He asked stopping right infront of her.
“I- I needed to see you?”, she mumbled confusingly and glanced towards me. I gave her wide eyes, signalling to step forward towards him. Gulping, she took a step forward while he was more than shocked to react.
“Se-see me?”, He stuttered blinking rapidly in disbelief.
“Yeah, I missed you”, she purred seductively, wrapping her both hands around his neck to pull him closer. He stumbled while stepping mere inches closer to her.
“Wha-what happened to yo-you?”, He asked as she nuzzled herself in his neck. “D@mn!”, He groaned.
Why the hell it feels like I am watching a live porn!? Yuck!
“Nothing, I just can’t deny the attraction I have for you anymore. I need you”, she whispered while placing feather k!sses on his neck and jawline. My jaw dropped. When he sighed and closed his eyes, she turned towards me and gave me hard glare, mimicking a gagging expression.
I stifled my laughter. ‘I am sorry’, I mouthed and she rolled her eyes.
“Don’t start what you can’t finish, Chloe!”, He warned pulling her extremely close by her waist. She gasped in surprise, her eyes widened in horror.
“I am willing to start that you are willing to finish”, she whispered huskily in his ears.
She again started her a$sault of giving him light k!sses while he was lost in the moment with his eyes closed.
“Where is Aaron, Adam?”, She asked. I held my chest, afraid he wouldn’t catch our trap we placed for him.
“LA”, he answered in whisper and I grinned.
“What is he doing there?”, She asked placing a k!ss at the corner of his mouth, while her hands ran up and down his chest.
He groaned. “To meet his parents”, he answered.
“When will he be back?”, That’s it, this is what I was waiting for.
“Till tomorrow”, he answered and immediately Chloe stepped backward. He frowned and opened his eyes, seeing Chloe away from him he tried to step front but she again stepped back.
“What the hell!?”, He growled in frustration.
“Don’t hell her, Adam. I thought you friends have bro-code or something like that, but d@mn! You were really easy!”, I chuckled coming out of from where I was hiding. He was shocked to see me, looking at Chloe he furrowed his eyebrows but she smirked.
“You tricked me!”, He accused pointing at Chloe.
“Shock me- say something intelligent, Adam. Not the things I already know!”, She rolled her eyes.
“I thought you really meant what you said! You two faced! How the hell did I fell for your act!”, He groaned rubbing his face.
“You really think I meant what I said? The last time I saw a face like you, I fed it a banana!”, She snapped and I chuckled.
“Why did you do it?”, He shouted.
“Umm, I don’t know. To have some fun!”, She replied sarcastically.
“Don’t you dare give me sarcastic reply right now!”, He warned pointing a finger at her.
“Sarcasm falls from my mouth, like stupidity from yours”, now that was preach! I burst out laughing.
“After tricking me you still have the nerve to insult me?”, He gritted, his hard glare burning holes in Chloe, but her confidence still didn’t waver.
“What to do? You bring out the best insults in me!”, She pouted and he groaned.
“Just wait for this year to be finished, till the end of December, you will find yourself madly in love with me”, he smirked.
“Well I could agree with you, but then we both would be wrong”, she replied smugly. She looked down and her eyebrows shot up, I followed her gaze and my eyes widened too. “Tsk tsk! That hard for me? Looks like you need a cold shower, Mr. Davis”, she smirked. He looked down. Flushed, he immediately covered his asset with his hands and groaned
“You-“.
“I am busy. You are ugly. Have a good night!”, With that she grabbed my hand and dragged me out.
“That was AWESOME! You were rocking!”, I said after sitting down in her highlander.
“Tell me something I don’t know”, she shrugged her shoulders proudly and I laughed.
“But your comebacks were damn preach!”, I said after sobering up from my laughter.
“I was scrolling through Insta last night, and came across those witty comebacks. Thought of “roasting” someone with them, Adam became the first victim!”, She told and I laughed little.
“At least now I know where he is. I was so scared”, I said and she nodded at me.
I came home back, and Sky immediately rushed towards me. I caught him and sat down on sofa.
“Where is Aaron, Eva?”, Martha asked.
“LA”, I answered.
“I dont know what happened between you two, but please sort out your problems. Okay?”, She carassed my head and I nodded. After greeting me good night, she went to sleep.
“What should I do, Sky?”, I asked stroking his neck. “Do you think he will forgive me?”, I asked, my eyes welled up in tears. He barked in response and I smiled at his way of comforting me.
“I miss him”, I choked on my sobs and he kept his head on my shoulder. “I know I did a mistake, but I am sorry for it. I know I didn’t gave him the answers he expected but I am confused too. After two years I was happy and Liam’s sudden entry, just messed up my insides. I don’t know what to expect? What to feel? What to think? I just need him beside me, embracing me in his arms, comforting me that everything will be fine.”, I said and he nuzzled himself more in my neck.
Next morning I woke up with a severe neck ache. My head was resting on crest rail and Sky’s on my lap. I realised, that I slept in the same position I was in last night.
I was rubbing my neck, that was throbbing in pain when the front door opened and Aaron entered. His face tired. Shoulders sagged down, dark circles under his eyes and posture defeated.
I carefully placed Sky’s head down, and quickly stood up. Rushing towards him, I throwed myself in his arms, hugging him tight. He stood froze, his body still rigid. “Why the hell did you left like that, Aaron! I was so scared! Even Adam didn’t tell me anything, I had to trick him to get it out of his system. Many thoughts were eating me out! Wh-” He pushed me away, creating a big distance between us.
His beautiful eyes, were unreadable now. Jaw was clenched, and hands in tight fist. The glare that was for me, was directed towards the vase kept beside staircase on table.
“Aar-”
“Stop pretending like you care, Eva! While you don’t! I am fed up now! Even when you hurt me, I still can’t get you out of my mind! I still want you like hell! And before this feeling becomes intoxicating, I want to end it. I can’t get deep in this shit before it drowns me that I will be unable to breath again. You fvcked up my emotions and now I need to take control of them before they fuck me up!”, He yelled, startling me as well as Sky.
“I am sorry!”
“Just answer my one question!”, I looked up. “If that bastard wants to come back to you, will you allow him?”, He asked, my breath hitched.
“I don’t know”, I whispered helding my head down in shame.
What should I answer? I really don’t know!
“That’s it! I can’t anymore now! Don’t you dare follow me up! I need some rest.”, He growled and left me there, rushing upstairs.
What scared me was, you can’t anymore now what, Aaron?
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Woah! A messed up chapter it is. What will Aaron decide now?
Will he give up so easily or will fight for his love. After all, it’s a love worth fighting for!
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