Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
The only reason she had accepted Neon was that she wanted to prove to Maria that she was a good kid – she would train Neon into a fine young man. Hopefully?
“Yo, Izzy, you should come see this!” She heard Dustin, one of the bad kids at school yell her name – she knew all the bad kids at school.
“Not interested,” She threw her head back against the sofa, gluing her eyes to the ceiling while kids around her got wasted.
“Trust me, it’s about your old man! You’d be so shocked!” the kid pressed.
Isabella wouldn’t have bothered, but Dustin was one of the few kids who respected her wishes, so for him to be this persistent? Something must be up.
Isabelle dragged herself to the counter where the guy was seated and taking a whiff from his cigarette while watching a video from his phone.
“What is it?” She rested her chin on Dustin’s shoulder from behind.
“Your man is so good at this,” He chuckled, eyes on the screen.
What was so interesting about….
Isabella’s blood ran cold as she watched the video of her father kissing this strange woman passionately. She should have known her father would never change! Not only did he betray Maria, but Jennifer as well?
Furious, she was close to giving up on the video when the woman’s face came to view. What the fuck.
Isabella snatched the phone from Dustin’s grasp who tried to retaliate but she turned his face away causing him to groan in irritation. They weren’t friends but they weren’t enemies either, both worked mutually.
How was this possible? Isabella was mystified. Even in her dreams, there was no way she wouldn’t recognize that face amid the different hair color.
“W-hen? ” she stuttered out of emotion “When what?” Dustin was confused.
“When did this video emerge? Last year?” she didn’t want to get her hopes high yet.
“Are you kidding me? The video went viral today,” was his response.
Isabella’s heart skipped a beat. If it was really this morning, then that means Maria was alive? Oh my God, she was alive!
“I need to go,” Isabella felt like flying, her mind reeling with a million possibilities.
“Alright – wait, what? My cell phone! “
But the girl had zoomed off.
“That would cost you a lot,” Dustin shouted after her but Isabelle was not listening, she had other plans in mind.
“Taxi,” she flagged down one at once as soon as she got outside.
Once in the car, she scheduled a flight back home, it was time to confirm her fear. Done with that, Isabelle began to glance through popular blogs, and news to get more details about Maria.
“Reina?” her eyes narrowed together in confusion, ” Born in…..” she blabbered on, doing a background check on that woman, “Reina Armadi, daughter to a mysterious businessman…”
Isabella couldn’t understand what was going on, but whatever this game was, she would unravel it!
“Isabelle,” Jennifer noticed her when she hurried into the house. But the girl ignored her – the current behavior- and rushed into her room.
She would have let Isabella be, but the way the girl had stormed into the house told the lady something was up.
“Izzy, “Jennifer walked into her room, shocked to see her packing clothes into a bag in a hurry.
“Isabelle? What the hell is going on? ” she asked, but the girl ignored her.
“Did you get yourself into trouble? What kind of trouble did you create this time?” she was worried and made it to her bed where her packing bag laid.
“I don’t have time to explain any of this, so just let me be!” Isabella yelled at her unintentionally yet made no move to apologize, heading to the bathroom to get her toiletries instead.
Jennifer was not bothered by her rude attitude, she had gotten used to it over the years- that was Isabella for you. But the blatant disrespect started after her father announced their engagement.
The woman sighed, contemplating on notifying Niles of his daughter’s sudden activity when her eyes fell on a cellphone on the girl’s bed- there was a paused video.
Intrigued yet nervous when she made out Niles’s face, Jennifer made the video to play and was shocked out of her mind to see him kissing another woman.
Tears sprang from her eyes, her hand cupping the sobs from escaping while watching the video.
“Seriously!” Jennifer heard Isabella hiss from behind and the phone was snatched from her hand, ” Don’t you know the invasion of privacy is a crime,” She glared at the woman.
“Is Niles, isn’t it?” she cried, “He’s kissing another woman and that’s why you want to leave… you want to confront him about it, I’m right, aren’t I?”
“Instead of bawling your eyes out like a ten-year-old, why don’t you dress up and go confront him about it too, why are you so damn weak?!” Isabella shouted at her, regretting her action as Jennifer burst into more tears.
Seriously, Isabella was irritated. This woman reminded her of her cousin, Annabelle.
“Alright, Jennifer, go and get dressed. Let’s go and confront your cheater fiancé,” She coaxed the woman.
Isabella knew Jennifer didn’t recognize the woman from that video as Maria nor was she ready to tell her so- that one was on Niles. Moreover, she had her own mission to accomplish.
Reina’s POV
I released a deep breath I didn’t know I was holding in as Niles kissed the ground. If I knew meeting him would be this mentally draining and exhausting, I wouldn’t have bothered at all – probably dragged this hide and seek game a little bit further.
Picking the cuff from the ground, I walked over to Niles and cuffed his hands from behind. This should teach him a lesson not to cuff a woman on a first date… Urm, meeting.
“And you,” I grabbed the unconscious assassin by the collar and began to pull him out. Even if he wasn’t here for Niles, who knows what he would do if he regains consciousness before him. Nobody was to touch Niles, he belongs to me – I’m the one to sentence him to death.
Once I made it outside the apartment, I was surprised to see more bodies littering the stairs, which could only mean that my people were here.
“You’re late,” I said to Andrew who was the first to make his appearance known.
“Sorry, we were a bit preoccupied,” He dropped a body to the floor, “Hope you’re not injured anywhere?”
At that moment I flexed my wrist that I had knocked on the floor when Niles tripped me – he saw that.
“No, stay back,” I said to Andrew who had taken a step towards me, intending to check out the injury.
“I can take care of myself,” I had him know that and brushed past him when he grabbed my arm.
“Don’t touch me, you liar! ” I hissed, pulling my arm from his grasp.
“What are you talking about?” he asked, confusion flickering across his gaze.