Owned By Mr Billionaire

Chapter 002

The pounding music and the smell of alcohol mixed with cigarette smoke were things I didn’t really like, and spending time in nightclubs wasn’t really my thing. I only went to this place occasionally, and even then, only when I was invited. Having a fairly high tolerance level for alcohol makes me a sucker for a drink.

However, since I was in a bad mood, I needed a situation that would make me forget my sadness for a while. I will consider telling Caroline about my situation. She is my cousin and current manager. Caroline can always be counted on as a sister figure and even a best friend.

I was wearing a sleeveless shirt with a fairly low cleavage and jeans that clung to my slender legs. Before entering the pub, I wore a half-length jean jacket to cover my sleeveless shirt.

“Oh, god, here comes our slug girl who always comes when everyone else is already here.” Caroline looked annoyed, and I knew it because that sentence would come out when I arrived late in any case. I just smiled guiltlessly and sat beside Caroline in front of the table directly opposite the bartenders.

Luckily, the atmosphere in the pub didn’t show too much of the mess on my face. I knew I must be a mess right now.

“Where are the others?” I checked the situation around Caroline, but I only found Jane. Then Andrew – Caroline’s boyfriend – came a few seconds later.

“Oh, Hi, Andrew, I thought you weren’t coming.” I smiled at Andrew as he stood next to Caroline and pecked one of her cheeks. I’ve always been jealous of their intimacy, but that doesn’t mean I want to snatch Andrew; I’m the type of woman who’s too clumsy to get into a romantic relationship with a man. Maybe that’s one of the reasons Phillip thinks I’m just like a little sister to him.

“I need to keep an eye on this woman so she doesn’t drink too much. You must know how Carrie is when she’s drunk.” Andrew pinched one of Caroline’s cheeks, which made the woman’s face pout, then groan in pain and rewarded Andrew with a punch on the man’s arm.

Jane offered me a drink, and initially, I only ordered a cola, but Jane provoked me into a bet.

“Oh, come on, Ana, now and then, you need a challenging night, and I think this is it. Come on, just three sips, and I’ll buy you lunch for a week at a restaurant near the Marina Tower.” Jane was being unfair by holding out the lure of a prize that I could hardly refuse. Lunch at an expensive restaurant for a week would be a shame to miss out. Besides, at a time like this, I need some challenging action.

“Okay, just three sips.” I accepted the challenge. Caroline clapped her hands, as did Andrew, whose man exclaimed in the middle of the music. Renata came over and joined our fun.

“What’s going on? What did you guys bet?” Renata looked down at the three slugs of drink that were now lined up on the table in front of me.

“I’m challenging Ariana to three shots, the prize is a week’s lunch near the Marina tower.” Jane announced her bet for tonight, and Renata smiled while biting her lower lip.

“How about, lunch near Marina Tower for a week and one of my advertising contracts will be yours, a cosmetics ad but increase the number of slugs to ten, how about it Ana? Interesting, isn’t it?!” Renata looked at me with a challenging smile as she moved her eyebrows up and down rather quickly.

Oh, s**t! This offer is getting tantalizing. A cosmetics ad contract, that’s one of the things I’ve been waiting for lately after I released my first single. Renata is the queen of advertising, and almost all the top brands adore her. I didn’t want to miss this opportunity.

Just ten shots of that damn drink, Ana, then you can solve some of your crucial problems these days, especially the pocket money and popularity issues.

“Okay, ten shots and an advertising contract and lunch for a week at an expensive restaurant.” I confirmed my prize. Everyone cheered before I started the challenge. Caroline was the referee, and as she counted down to one, I mentally prepared myself and started gulping down my first slice.

At first, I was able to finish it easily, until by the fifth slug, my consciousness started to slip, and my throat and tongue felt like they were on fire. However, I tried to endure all the uncomfortable sensations. My vision began to blur, and my surroundings felt shaky and spinning.

“Come on, Ana, just five more slugs. You can do it!” Jane encouraged me, and I painstakingly maintained my consciousness that had already crossed the threshold of reasonableness and would soon disappear if I took two or three more slugs.

But that was nothing compared to the reward. Tomorrow, after sleeping and taking my medicine, I should be back in one piece. There were two more slugs left, and my stomach started to churn, but I was still able to hold it together so I wouldn’t throw up.

The voices of Caroline, Renata, and Jane sounded so boisterous when I completed the challenge, with my consciousness fading. My head lolled on the table, and I smiled with victory. My surroundings spun, and my body felt as light as cotton.

My stomach churned again, and I staggered to the toilet to throw up. After finishing vomiting in the sink, I walked out of the restroom and leaned against the wall near the entrance. I reached for my vibrating cell phone to answer the call.

“Ana, where are you? I’ve been calling you.” The voice on the other side seemed familiar, but I was too drunk to guess correctly. I just made a haphazard guess about this man who called me.

“Oh, Hi Ron. It’s so nice of you to call me in the middle of your busy day. I was having a great time in Montes with Carrie, hik. I managed to complete the challenge, just ten slugs and I’ll get an advertising contract from Renata, hik.” My body shook slightly due to the hiccups I was experiencing.

“You’re in Montes? Damn it! Ana, you’re so reckless, I’ll be right there to pick you up, enough fun already.” The voice said seriously, and I smiled at its kindness.

“Oh, Ron, no need. I’m going home with Carrie you don’t have to worry.” A second after I finished my sentence, the call ended. I stared at my shadowed cell phone with a frown and then staggered. I was sure I had come from.

I tried to break through the crowd on the dance floor, but I almost fell, and luckily, someone caught my body. I smiled at my ridiculous situation.

“Oh, thank you. I’m fine now let go of me.” I moved and tried to remove the arm that was wrapped around my waist this time.

“Come on, sweetie, dance with me after which you and I will spend this night in passion at one of the nearby hotels. How’s that? You’d like that.” The man disgusted me; even in this drunken state, I never wanted to have s*x recklessly.

The man also tried to explore my body by pushing me against the wall, and his body pressed against me until I could smell the scent of nicotine mixed with his perfume, which made me even more nauseous. I rebelled and tried to escape this man’s grip.

However, someone managed to pull the man away from me, and I collapsed crying while holding my spinning head.

“Hey, are you okay? Come on, I’ll take you home.” The voice sounded familiar, but I couldn’t guess who it belonged to. It was a man’s voice that instantly made me trust and feel safe. I nodded and let him carry my body. I told him to get my jacket from the luggage storage, and then we left the pub.

I leaned back against the comfortable car seat, and I sank into full unconsciousness.