Contract Go Wrong: The CEO’s Tempting Bride

Was she married to a psycho? Why does he enjoy torturing her? One second he was angry and the next his look was like he wanted to devour her whole?

The driver who was at the front and had witnessed everything scratched his head. He did not dare make a sound as the car drove out of the forest and up the mountain.

When they arrived at the mansion, Gina’s tremors had calmed down and her heartbeat had turned normal.

Without waiting for the driver to reach her side after he had opened the door for Adrian, she got out of the car.

She rubbed her palms together as the breeze hit her skin. The temperature in the city was way higher than in the mountain and she regretted not putting on her coat.

Adrian had already disappeared through the large doors without throwing her a glance and she waited patiently for the driver to retrieve her luggage from the trunk.

Her gaze wandered back to the closed gate and her brows furrowed. Where were the cars that had followed them from the company? Had they taken another route? ‘Weird’

Where do the bodyguards live?

She took the luggage from the driver who turned back and entered the car then left as if he was in a hurry.

Without wasting another second in the cold, she hurried toward the huge door.

While dragging her back past the living room and toward the stairs, Gina could hear voices coming from upstairs and she halted in her footsteps. Was someone else in the house? If she hadn’t heard wrong, that was a female’s voice.

‘Huh? Who could it be?’ She had on a dazed look before she resumed walking, while dragging her luggage behind.

The voice kept increasing and she could also hear Adrian’s voice.

“Please let me stay, it’s so lonely down there in the city, do you have to live here?”

The girl’s voice sounded gloomy.

“Don’t cry.”

That was Adrian’s voice.

Gina continued walking as the voices became louder. When she reached the center of the stairs, she stilled.

Her eyes widened and she had on a dazed look of bewilderment as she kept opening and closing her mouth.

Adrian had his back to her and he was holding a slender blonde in his arms. Wasn’t she the girl in the photo?

“No.” the girl shook her head as the tears kept streaming down her face. “You left me alone in the Villa and didn’t come to see me once… when you went on the trip, you didn’t answer my calls until this morning… I was so lonely, you don’t even care about me… If you don’t want to go down to the Villa, then let me stay here with you, please.”

Adrian rubbed his temple and sighed. “Okay,” he muttered with a nod.

He was about to continue walking but paused and glanced back. The girl followed his gaze and their eyes were met with a dumbfounded Gina.

Gina looked away and gripped tight to her luggage, then lowered her head.

“Oh, is that her? Was she really trying to run away? Where did you find her?” asked the girl after wiping her tears.

She snaked her arm around Adrian’s and continued. “I think you should lock the house next time. But don’t worry, since I’m here now, I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

Lock her up? Gina glanced between them in a trance. Was she the one that had informed Adrian that she wasn’t in the mansion? When did she arrive?

“Ruby…” Adrian held her hand and said, “Let’s go.”

“Oh, I have to go to the kitchen, I think the food is almost done. Come down for dinner, okay?” Ruby said and kissed his cheek before leaving his arm.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

She walked past Gina without giving her a glance but made sure to bump her shoulder into her.

Gina rubbed her shoulder while watching the girl’s back. She turned back and continued walking to her room, as Adrian had already left.

When Gina reached her room, she slumped down on the bed and ran both hands through her hair. Was the girl really his lover?

When she saw the frame in his room, and even the cosmetics, she had thought it was a past lover who he wasn’t over yet. But what was this? And it seems like the girl was going to live here from now.

Maybe she was the kind of person that doesn’t like to tie the not and the devil bought her instead. Right?

Gina was done straining her brains with all the confusing thoughts. After unpacking her luggage, she took a bath and changed into warm clothes before sitting on the bed.

Thankfully, Dinah had also packed her books and she could kill her boredom while reading or using her phone.

And at least she wouldn’t be alone anymore in this mansion, she just had to stay away from the couple, especially the devil.

She picked up a book from the side drawer and admired the designs she had drawn.

Her thoughts rang back to the Secretary’s words and she puffed her cheek.

She doesn’t want to live idle forever, she had to find a way, and it didn’t seem like the devil was not going to release her soon as she didn’t even get to discuss the contract with him.

She searched for a pen and started drawing more designs on the book, from the ones she saw on celebrities while adding her own touch to it, mostly from inspirations she got from nature.

Still engrossed in the designs, she frowned and held a hand to her stomach which had just growled.

“Urgh!” she groaned and got down from the bed. She doesn’t want to bump into Adrian or that Ruby girl. She’d thought the food she had eaten at the office could sustain her till the next morning. But now–

Her stomach growled again and she held her temple with a sigh. She strolled toward the door and hesitated for some seconds before stepping out. Not like she could starve herself even if she wanted to. No, she needed to stay alive.