The music stopped and Nikolai gently took her hand and led her outside. Here they have more privacy and time to talk, he took her to a carved chair and they both sat on it
"I can see that you have feelings for me, do not even try to deny it and I must confess that I have feelings for you too"
"But I am married" she replied
"But you said that you don't love him, that means you can easily leave him"
"It's not that simple, if a divorce happens to us, it will be after a year because that was our agreement"
"Are you saying that after a year you'll divorce him to be with me?"
"I...I... don't know. I have to go" Confusion etched her face as she stood up to leave but he pulled her back so that she fell against him and his lips caught hers but it was only for a moment before she pushed him away
"In as much as I have feelings for you, I do not plan on cheating on my husband, not now and not ever" She angrily pushed away from him and stomped off, too angry and agitated to notice the smear of lipstick she left on his lips and she also didn't notice the smile on those lips.
Daniel was indeed having a great time with her, he was curious to know whom she would choose between Daniel and Nikolai.
Daniel the broke-ass illegitimate son or Nikolai Klaus the Billionaire king of the underworld.
Bella immediately went to look for Brittany, she had to get out of there and anywhere close to Nikolai Klaus, she felt guilty that she had kissed him earlier and promised herself to tell Daniel about it, she didn't want to lie to him.
"Bella, there you are, I've been searching everywhere for you" Brittany called as she pulled Bella's arms so they could leave
"I was with Nikolai Klaus" Bella replied
"I need to go home," Brittany said and Bella was taken aback at her friend's lack of her usual enthusiasm at the mention of Nikolai Klaus Name
"Did something happen? Are you okay?" She asked in concern as she stared at her friend's frazzled face, something was definitely off
"I'm okay, just a slight headache" Brittany replied and Bella quickly grabbed her bag, she was ready to go too anyways
"I need to inform Aaron that we're leaving," Bella said as her eyes searched around
"No, no....we don't need him to take us home, we can get a cab...I mean, he is here for a function, let him enjoy it"
Bella shrugged and went out with her.
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The house was dark when Bella got home and she wondered if Daniel had gone out, she got in and turned on the light, "Daniel" she called but got no response, she felt a little bit disappointed that he was out, she wondered where it was that he always goes to. She was about to go to her room when the door opened and Daniel got in, he was dressed in a plain white shirt and black trousers
"I didn't know you went out," she said and he shrugged
"I had something to do" he replied curtly and she braced herself to tell him about what happened between her and Nikolai Klaus
"Daniel, I..." She started to say but that was when her eyes caught it. The faint but undeniable stain of lipstick on his lips.
He had been with another lady, he had the nerve to be out there kissing someone else while she was dying of guilt, "you were with another woman, ain't you?" She asked in a tight voice and he arched a brow
"What are you talking about?" He asked and she raged that he didn't even have the nerve to admit his guilt
"Don't even deny it, you have a lipstick stain on your lips"
"Oh!"
"Oh? Is that all you can say? We had an agreement that we would remain faithful to each other for the duration of our marriage and it was you who brought up that rule yet you are the first one to break it"
"I made the rules and I can break them" he replied savagely
"You are such a jerk" she whispered, hurt beyond words as tears stung her eyes
"What is it to you? You don't have feelings for me, right? Why acting so hurt? Our marriage was just an agreement anyway"
"You bastard" she cried as she hit him on his chest with both hands but he caught her hands when she was about to hit him the third time
"Bella, can you in all honesty tell me that you haven't thought about another man or kissed another man since we got married?"
Bella blinked severally at his questions and the image of Nikolai Klaus kissing her surfaced in her memory
"I take your silence that it means I am not wrong," he said and let go of her hands which fell limply on her sides
"It seems that I wasn't the only one who broke our marriage deal after all"
"But....I..." Bella didn't even know what to say but she could only try to explain herself but Daniel didn't even give her that opportunity as he turned and entered his room.
Bella felt a pang in her heart, the thought of him with another lady hurt her so bad but she was also guilty of what she was accusing him of because she had allowed Nikolai Klaus to kiss her. The next time she sees Nikolai Klaus, she will tell him that she has made her decision whether to divorce her husband or not.
She had fallen for both her husband and Nikolai Klaus and it was time to choose and let the other go.
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Daniel walked into his room and shut the door with mixed feelings, after everything he had promised her as Nikolai Klaus, he had the feeling that she would choose Nikolai Klaus, who wouldn't choose a billionaire over a nobody? A great part of him wished she could choose to stay with him and love him the way he is.
"Love" he frowned, when did he start thinking about love? He was sure that he liked her and liked her a lot but love is a very strong word to use but still, he wished that she would rather stay with him than Nikolai Klaus and he would tell her that Daniel Calvin and Nikolai Klaus are one and the same person.
Although, right now when she had seen the lipstick stain on his lips and she had acted like she was jealous, he was glad. He wondered what had happened to her in the past that made her to be so scared of love, whoever it was that had hurt her was a bastard, he wondered if she still has feelings for her ex.
He had known a lot of things about her that night, like the fact that she had no place to stay and Joanna wasn't her cousin and also, she had agreed to the marriage because of the money that was promised to her by the wonders family. He will make sure that they keep their promise to her and pay for the slap they gave her when she went to demand for her money.
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[Nicua. Country side]
"Do you know who you are messing with? You've messed with the wrong girl because I will make your life miserable" Jeremy's red-haired girlfriend threatened.
Jeremy had drugged her the previous night and got some people to have sex with her while he took photographs and at the end, he was paid handsomely for a job well done but his girlfriend wasn't finding it funny when she woke up and realized what he had done to her and she threatened to get him arrested.
Jeremy didn't take her seriously until later that night when he saw some policemen coming towards where he stays, he was thankful that he sighted them before they saw him, and his sixth sense kicked in when he saw his girlfriend coming with them.
"Bitch" he thought as he made his escape and ran through the alley at the back.
He was grateful that he still had little money on him but some of it was in his room and he dared not go back in there.
He missed Bella, she was the most docile and obedient girlfriend he had ever met, he wished he could see her again but he had tried looking for her but didn't see her. He will keep searching until he finds her, all he has to do is apologize and pretend a little and the gullible fellow will take him right back. The girls he had been meeting after Bella left were only capable of putting him in one trouble or the other.
Now, all because of that red hair bitch, he was once more rendered homeless. He will have to find out where Bella is and failure is not an option, he needs her to seal his future.