Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

I was shocked and at the same time relieved since I saw him, staring at me in pure happiness. He walked towards me and engaged me in a very tight hug.

“Adrian..” I muttered as I hugged him back tightly. He pulled out of the hug and placed his hands on my cheek before staring at me lovingly.

“Are you alright?” He asked as he assessed my body from head to toe.

“Yeah.. I’m fine.” I answered as I bobbed my head up and down.

I noticed how his eyes darkened when he touched my cheek and stared at my neck. He has probably seen the marks Oliver and Lucas inflicted on my body when they assaulted me.

“I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t left you by yourself, all these wouldn’t have happened to you.” He apologized sadly.

“It’s fine. You were able to figure out something was wrong and you came for me. That’s all that matters.” I whispered and he nodded with a light smile.

“We can’t waste anymore time here. We need to leave before he finds out I’m here.” He said, referring to Oliver.

He pulled me up but that was when he noticed I was being held back by the leash on my hand. He pulled out a small pocket knife from his pocket and used it to sever the rope’s hold on me.

I breathed out in relief when I noticed that my hands were finally free. I gave one last look to Lucas’s unconscious body before I stood up and held Adrian’s hand while he led us outside.

At the entrance, I saw a guard but he wasn’t manning the door like I had expected. It seemed like he had been knocked out. As we tip toed out of the place, I noticed a of Oliver’s guards were on the floor with blood all over their bodies.

I knew that Adrian obviously wasn’t the one that killed them as they were too many. Maybe he brought some of his guards with him but where are they? We kept walking for what seemed like ages before we finally reached an hallway.

At the end of the hallway was a door that looked like the way out of this maze like building. Adrian pulled me with him and we were about to leave when we suddenly heard a loud gunshot and the vase next to us shattered into a million pieces.

We turned back in shock only to find Oliver pointing a gun at us, me rather. He had blood all over his body but they were obviously not his as he looked fine.

“Going somewhere??” He asked as he showed off his sinister smile.

“Oliver, put down that gun and let us leave here unscathed.”

“And why would I do that after all the mess I went through to get to this moment?” He asked back as he moved closer to us.

“Fine, let Ariel go then. This is between the two of us. She has nothing to do with our fight.”

“Oh no… she is more involved than you think. She’s my only ticket to getting to you. If she leaves now, it would be all for nothing.”

“What exactly is it that I ever did to you that makes you want to hurt everyone I love.” That question made him chuckle darkly.

“It’s really funny that the all knowing Adrian couldn’t figure out this little thing himself. You badly want to know why I’m going through this extreme lengths to hurt you? Fine…” He stopped walking towards us and stood a few inches in front of is before his expression suddenly went dark.

“It’s because you exist.” My scared expression suddenly turned to a confused one when he said that. What the hell is he talking about??

“You have it all perfect while I have to live in your shadow all my life. I never really thought of it as a bad thing till I found out the truth. That was when I realized that you never had to work for the things you have.”

“The perfect family, the title of being the only living legitimate grandson born into the Montgomery family while I have to be the abomination no one wants.” What does he mean by abomination??

“If you weren’t born into your parents’ life, you wouldn’t have enjoyed the perfect life you have now. I deserve to be loved too, to have my own little family but no.. you just have to take it all.”

“That was when I realised that if I can’t have what I deserve the easy way you do, I can just steal yours and take them as mine. That is where your gorgeous looking wife comes into the picture.”

“She is the only reason you are not living the miserable life you used to. I mean, I used to be better than you with Melanie by my side so I didn’t really feel jealous but when you married her and she changed your life for better, I realised that I couldn’t be in the same level as you anymore.”

“Melanie obviously couldn’t give me the happy and comfortable life that you have with her. But I deserve to be happy too. I am also his son and I deserve all of the good things that you are enjoying.”

“You think that taking her against her will would give you that?” Adrian asked.

“Your perfect life is a reality that I can never have because of the things I’ve done and my own background but that doesn’t mean that I can’t ruin it for you. If I can’t be happy, I would make sure you won’t be too.” He said and suddenly pulled the trigger.

I closed my eyes as I waited for the bullet to pierce through me as he was pointing the gun at me but I was suddenly pulled out of the way. I heard a grunt underneath me and opened my eyes only to see myself on top of Adrian.

I noticed him bleeding on his shoulders and was about to help him cover it when he suddenly pulled me up and dragged me to a corner with him. I covered my ears with both my hands and whimpered in fear as Oliver kept shooting at us.

Thankfully, no bullet reached us as there was something hindering them from touching us. I sighed in relief when he stopped shooting. I think he was out of bullets already. Adrian peeped out before turning to face me.

“He’s put of bullets.” He announced my exact thoughts.

“But I have to go out and maybe talk our way out of here.” Adrian said.

“But you just said that he is out of bullets. That means we can leave here without him hauling bullets at us.” I said as I held him back from leaving.

“What if he has another gun or more bullets with him?”

“Then you think going out to talk to him would be the best way to solve it?”

“Yeah.. it’s you he wants, not me. He wouldn’t think twice about killing you if he sees you leaving so I have to find a way to prevent that from happening.”

“But you’re injured. How can you do anything if one of your arm is weak?”

“Don’t worry about that. I’ll be fine. I just need you to promise that you would leave here if you see any chance to.”

“Adrian…”

“Just promise me. If you’re able to leave, then I’ll follow behind you.”

“Promise?”

“I promise.” Adrian said before he peeped out again.

“He’s coming towards us. Don’t forget to leave if you see an opportunity to.” He reminded while I nodded.

He placed a peck on my forehead before he stood up and went to face a distraught and crazy looking Oliver. Talking wasn’t what he had in mind as he was the first to throw a punch at Adrian.

Luckily, Adrian was faster so he quickly dodged it and threw back a punch at Oliver sending him stumbling back. Adrian didn’t stop there and continued till Oliver was on the floor.

Since Adrian had the upper hand already, I decided to listen to his words and make a run for it. I was almost at the door when I heard a painful grunt. I looked back only to see Adrian on the floor and holding his stomach while Oliver was holding a knife on his hands.

Fear gripped me when I realized he had stabbed Adrian. He wanted to attack him again when I quickly picked up the gun Adrain had dropped when we were trying to hide ourselves from Oliver’s manic shooting.

“Stop!!” I shouted as I pointed the gun at Oliver.

“Drop the knife or I’ll shoot.” I threatened.

“Ohhh… I’m so scared.” Oliver said as he raised his hand in mock surrender.

“Have you ever shot a gun before?” He asked me.

“No but there’s a first time for everything.”

“But your first time can be disastrous if you manage to miss.” He said as he started walking closer to me.

“Stop walking or I swear, I’ll shoot.” I said as I shakily moved backwards.

“Why don’t you just shoot me now and end it all.”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“I will if you don’t stop.”

“You don’t have the balls to.”

“Don’t tempt me. I’ll really shoot.” I said, trying to sound brave even though I was shaking inside.

“Just pull the trigger.” The fear within me increased when I noticed how close he was to me. Out of pure fear, I closed my eyes and pulled the trigger once.

When I opened my eyes, I noticed he had stopped. He placed his hands on his stomach and stared at the bleeding wound in shock. I guess he didn’t really think I would shoot him, me neither. He raised his head to face me and I noticed the anger in his eyes.

“You shot me.” He said.

“I warned you.” I muttered shakily. I have never shot a person before.

“You shot me!!” He repeated but this time, it was louder.

“Yes and I’ll do it again if you don’t stop!!” I screamed back at him.

“You good for nothing bitch!!” He cussed and raised the knife he was holding in an attempt to attack me when I screamed and pulled pressed on the trigger till there was no bullet left in the pistol.

At that time, Oliver was on the floor with a lot of bullets in his body. From his head to his heels. His eyes were wide opened as he laid dead on the floor. I dropped the gun shakily and slid to the ground in shock. I killed him. I just killed a human being!!!