Billionaire's passionate love

Chapter 3

Olivia’s POV

“You scared the hell out of me Dylan,” I yelled at my friend Dylan who was the one who was following me, while my breathing coming harsh due to fear.

When I turned around to see the person who hold my shoulder I find out that it was none other than my friend Dylan who loves to c***k such idiotic pranks. However, what was he doing here now? It had been two years that I had last seen or heard from him.

“You should had seen your face. It was so funny as if you had seen some ghost,” he teased me before cracking down in laughter.

“Don’t laugh Dylan,” I throw my bag in his direction. “You are well aware about my nightmares. I just thought that it’s him,” dullness visible in my voice.

Dylan who understood the dip in my voice stop laughing and holds me from my shoulders. “Do you still had those nightmares?” he asked with worry-filled tone.

“Don’t know,” I shrugged my shoulders. “I take sleeping pills each night so I don’t know-” I trailed.

He who understands the meaning of my left out words roughly runs his fingers in his hairs looking irritated. “I will never leave that bastard,” he cursed.

“Between what are you doing here?” I tried to change the topic and it worked when he sighed shaking his head. I don't want to think about that dark past of my life nor want him to feel affected due to his anger.

“Are you going to do all talkings at door? Wouldn't you invite me in?”

I shook my head hearing him and again push the keys in keyhole when I feel hand of Dylan over mine who helped me in opening the door of the house and inviting himself in.

“I think you should leave this shabby looking room,” he commented looking at my one bedroom apartment.

“Stop giving your unwanted advice to me as now it will had no effect on me,” I threw a pillow from sofa on his face slumping down on the sofa and he also followed beside me.”

“Don’t tell me that you sleep on this dirty sofa,” he looks at my sofa with disgust and I rolled my eyes.

Dylan was quite rich and this type of shabby life does not suit him. My reaction to this sofa was also same but now I had learnt to adjust to this life and start loving this sofa which at least allow me to had a nice sleep.

“Now tell me why my majesty decided to show his grace at my door?” I ask him sarcastically pressing my temples.

He sighs and stood up from the sofa walking toward the chair. He pulls the chair and sits beside me. His leg accidently touched my knee and he immediately apologies and look at me seriously. Seeing him so serious, I also sit straight and look at him with raised brows.

“I want something from you which only you can give me. I know this will not be easy but you had to do this for me.”

“Stop confusing me and directly come to the point as I don’t had time to waste,” I half yelled at him. “I had a job where I need to go early in the morning.”

He sighs and leans toward me looking deep in my eyes. “I want you to marry someone.”

“Excuse me,” I look at him with disbelief. “Tell me that it was some sick joke as you very well know that I can’t marry someone,” I stood up from the sofa giving him a pointed look.

“Please listen to me Livi,” he pulls me from my hand again making me sit on the sofa. “I had come here with so much hope. Only you can marry my friend and change his life. This will also change your life. Again giving you back the life you deserve. This garbage looking house was not your real place.”

I shook my head hearing him. “I thought you are the most logical man. But I was wrong, how can you ask me to marry some stranger after what had happened with me.”

“I was not talking about stranger,” he signed. “The person was none other than Ethan.”

My breath hitched just hearing his name like old days with my heart coming into life beating fast. Flashes of those blue piercing eyes coming into the vision, the eyes that used to watch me with so much love and intensity. The soft lips, which used to mound against mine in the fiercy kiss. I feel all those magical effect in the pit of my stomach. He was still having his effect on me.

“You know Ethan more than anyone as. So why don’t you marry him changing his life,” I come out from my thoughts hearing him. “Please marry Ethan for me.”

“No,” I shook my head turning to other side. “I can’t marry him and destroy his life.”

“Destroying his life,” he sarcastically chuckled. “His life was already destroyed and only you can give a shape to it. He was no more the Ethan whom you knew seven years back. He was changed. Please marry our friend and change his life,” he pleaded.

“No I can’t marry him,” I stand up from the couch crossing my arms around my chest. I still remember my f*****g past. After what had happened to me then how can I marry Ethan and destroy his life. “I was broken. I can’t marry him.”

“He was also broken. He was not living just taking the breaths,” he pull my hand and turn me toward him. “You know what, he wants to marry some random girl just for a business deal,” he spat the word business deal. “He was no more Ethan who used to be happy and bubbly boy but he was heartless king. He was no more the same Ethan who used to love you more than anything. had you ever searched about him on social media or news?” he yelled and I nod my head in no.

He cursed and pulls out his mobile, tapping furiously on it. “Here look at the articles.”

He pushed his mobile in front of me and my heart skipped a beat seeing the articles where he was with one or other girl in his arms coming out from club and that too in drunken state. A tear rolled my eyes seeing him like this. My heart pained when I notice his hurt filled eyes.

I scroll on the mobile to find many articles calling him cruel and ruthless, which hurt me me more. It also hurt seeing how ruthless boss he is.

“Told you that he was changed,” Dylan removed tears from my cheeks. “Only you and your love can change him Livi.”

“I don’t love him,” I protested.

He chuckled not believing me. “Your tears are telling some otter story. Moreover the story of your high school love was hidden from no one.”

“It was just a teenage influence not love,” I dismissed his assumption again making him chuckle.

“Don’t lie to me Livi,” he again turned me toward himself. “I know you still love him that was why you had called him two years back, that’s why you use to cry his name in your sleep asking for him to come and help you.”

I turn my face away from him knowing well that he knows me in and out. Whom I was lieng, the one who knows how much I love my Ethan. Ethan was everything for me. After leaving high school with a promise to meet again, I was just waiting for him before that incident which destroyed my life.

“Marry your Ethan Livi,” he lifts up my chin. “Trust me you will never regret this decision of your life. You both are destroying your life give each other love which you deserve.”

“I don’t know what to do,” I shrugged. “It’s just so sudden. I never thought about marrying and marrying him was just like some dream.”

“Its dream for you,” he smiled looking at me. “But it’s an obligation for him. If the girl to marry him was not you then it will be someone as whose life he will destroy mercilessly. That was why I was here to ask you this. Marry him as only you can give him piece of mind.”

I hold my head in my hand stumbling down on sofa not knowing what to do. In the morning, I had not thought that such a bomb will be dropping on me. My friend will ask me to marry my first love whom I had not met from last seven years. I had nearly lost all my hopes to marry him. Then how can I marry him now?

“You know Betty told me how you love to smile and bring smile on others face. Just think this to be your mission to bring smile and happiness in life of Ethan,” Dylan sit beside me. “Just think about the high School days Livi and say yes to this marriage. Your one decision will change his life”

I know what my decision was so I slowly nod my head. My life was already destroyed and if my one decision can change the life of other person then I was ready to take this decision. What worse can happen due to my decision nothing? Moreover somewhere from depth of my heart I had love Ethan and how can I miss this chance to be in his life and give my love to him before he throw me away from his life knowing my past.

“Don’t worry Livi; he will never leave you as he also had a dark past like you. He will understand you,” Dylan smile motivatingly in my direction and I just sighed knowing soon my life will be taking a huge turn when I will be wife of Ethan King.