Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
Anabelle shrugged ” I’ve done enough damage for tonight, and it’s quite obvious that my dad would skin me alive once he gets news of this adventure .”
Izzy mocked her ” Whatever, daddy’s girl “
Then she turned to walk out of the room but Annabelle’s words stopped her in her tracks,
“Be sure not to get caught, I can’t have all my painful efforts go to waste “
Izzy darted a haughty glance her way “Don’t worry ” she began ” I’ve got brains and balls unlike you “
Done,she sprint down the stairs while Anabelle released an unbelievable scoff.
Walking into Niles mansion was easy but leaving was like escaping a prison yard with no backup plan.
There were security cameras here and there and patrols at different time intervals, security was insanely tight.
Thankfully because of the gala tonight , the number of security placed at the house reduced drastically. But that didn’t mean, the house was penetrable.
As much as Izzy was smart and confident, sweat still broke across her forehead as she hides behind a wall each time a guard passes her by without noticing her .
She knew the interior and exterior of the mansion like the back of the hand, knew the number of cameras available, their positions, and therefore manipulated their blindspots to her benefit.
Thankfully her clothes were dark which camouflaged with the darkness of the night once she made it outside.
She observed the patrols and per her knowledge carefully worked her way to Annabelle’s car packed at a corner of the long, tree-lined drive.
She tapped on the front side window twice and it slide down exposing Lionel, Annabelle’s chauffeur
” Get in ” he ordered her with a stoic exp**ssion on his face.
Isabella didn’t care anyway, she didn’t need to be told but it was obvious the man didn’t support Annabelle’s actions tonight .
Once she slid into the seat, she told him ” I need to change ” and he wordlessly pulled up the car partition.
Grabbing the clothes from her backpack, Izzy changed out of her casual wear and donned a simple beaded champagne V-neck dress.
She pulled her hair into a tight yet high ponytail and applied nothing but powder on her face.
Once they arrived, Izzy didn’t go through the red-carpet entrance as expected, but thought of sneaking in through the backdoor accessible to staff only the moment Lionel dropped her.
Yes she was smart but so was that man called Niles. He might not know how but he surely knew she would attend that gala if she wanted to, and so must have stationed guards at the entrance as a backup plan incase she did escape the ones at home.
They would definitely capture and take her home the moment they lay their sight on her.
Her eyes narrowed into slits the moment she discovered there were security doing checks at the entrance.
Heck, why can’t things be easy for once. For five minutes, Izzy couldn’t come up with a good plan but she still refused to give up.
She sighed and r*bbed her forehead before her eyes caught a van offloading vegetables probably meant for the kitchen.
A smile graced her l*ps and she quickly joined the small queue amid the intense stares from the people – her dress and height definitely didn’t match the occasion.
When it came to her turn, the offloader paused and gave her a quizzical look.
Izzy scratched her head shyly, boomed a sheepish grin and said in her most childlike voice ever “Ahh, I’m here with my mom, I’m helping her out in the kitchen “
The man stared at her with a doubtful look but Izzy turned, waved and smiled at a woman standing a few metres away from them and the strange woman waved back too with a smile .
Though there was still a hint of doubt on his face but after that little scene, it was not as vivid as earlier.
He simply cleared his throat before giving her a smaller load to carry inside and she thanked him in her tiny fake voice.
Once out of earshot, she gagged and cringed inwardly. Isabella couldn’t believe she just imitated her cousin Annabelle – how disgusting!
To be truthful, she had taken a gamble but it seems the universe was on her side after all.
Still debating on how to convince the offloader, she had turned and that moment her eyes connected with that woman.
Izzy decided to wave at her and she surprisingly waved back – albeit confusedly – but the man was in a hurry, so he didn’t take time to notice the difference.
Izzy walked towards the entrance confidently though her heart was in her mouth. Her head was not lowered but she didn’t dare to look the security in the eyes and almost stepped into the hallway that would lead the journey to the ballroom when she was stopped.
“Stop! ” she heard one of them order and she froze.
“Turn around ” came the second order.
Fist clenched and eyes burning, Izzy cursed that man called Niles in her heart over and over – he was really out to get her tonight.
But just as she decided to turn around, someone draped an arm on her shoulder, stopping her and spoke to them in a resolute manner ,
“She’s with me “”
Maria’s Pov
With my heart pounding in my throat, I looked up, but it was a mistake.
Though Niles tried to keep his exp**ssion neutral but I knew he was fuming inside, judging from the way his jaw was clenched tightly and his nails digging into my waist.
“Niles , I can explain.. ” I tried to say to him but I found out my voice was unusually breathy and shaky, not to talk of his stopping gaze.
I lost whatever I was going to say when I met his eyes , he looked like he was really ready to murder someone.
Suddenly his face lit up with a smile that didn’t look halfway near the word called ” sincere ” .
uh oh, I don’t like this.
“So ” he began ” You were having a good time with my cousin ” he bent and in the guise of whispering into my ears, he k**sed my neck.
My breath hitched and I looked up, but remained speechless. His scorching gaze made me think of a scenario : A situation where a wife was caught by her husband, sleeping with his cousin – that was how judgy his gaze was.
“Niles, nothing happened “I finally managed to speak.
“Really, you seem to know Eden more than I do? ” his l*ps twisted into a humourless grin.
My mouth quirked, he didn’t believe me.
“I really – ” I didn’t get to finish what I wanted to say cause he spun me around suddenly and I misstepped, sl*pped and almost fell, had he not caught me.
Thanks to the distraction, I forgot we were still on the dance floor. But I couldn’t help but feel he did this on purpose, was he punishing me intentionally?
Because of the fall, I instinctively hung my hands around his neck for support while my back was lowered a few metres away from the ground.
Niles had his arms wr*pped around my waist while the other gripped my raised th**h.
I can’t tell if people knew I almost fell but the look I got from a few looked imp**ssed, as if we just did some random improvise.
Niles slowly drew me back to my feet but made sure his hands ran down my th**h that was exposed through the slit.
“Niles ” I gasped, looking over my shoulder frantically ” There are people watching “
Thankfully, It was reliving that the part of the dance floor we were walzing was a lot dimmer than the rest – thanks to the romantic light bulbs – alongside the fact that Niles had pulled that shenanigan subtly.
“I guess you didn’t think of that when you were with Eden ” he growled into my ears and pulled me flush against his body, and let his hands curve down my sides slowly.
I guess I was stupid, forgetting the fact that Niles was extremely jealous and possessive.
He continued ” Where did he touch you? “
My eyes widened while I gulped and he caught that action – I was definitely dead meat, Niles wouldn’t let me off easily tonight.