THE BILLIONAIRE LOVE

CHAPTER 29

I MET MR. AND MRS. HOLDEN. 

THEY WERE ALSO FORCED INTO MARRYING EACH OTHER BUT THEY FOUND THEIR LOVE IN EACH OTHER. 

THEY HAD BECOME KIND OF OLD AND THEIR MARRIAGE HAD STILL SURVIVED.

"MR. AND MRS. HOLDEN, IT' S A PLEASURE TO MEET." I SAID.

"NO NO. THE PLEASURE IS OURS. HOW ARE YOU DEAR? WHERE IS NICHOLAS?" MRS. HOLDEN ASKED.

"HE ....... HE IS WITH KATE." 

"THAT BOY. I' VE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS A WEE KID. HE IS PRETTY NAUGHTY. HE CAN' T STAY AT ONE PLACE. DON' T WORRY. HE' LL COME IN A FEW MINUTES."

I GAVE HER A WEAK SMILE. 

NICHOLAS WAS COMING TOWARDS ME.

"THERE. THAT NAUGHTY BOY IS COMING." SHE SAID.

NICHOLAS SAW ME WITH MRS. HOLDEN AND SMILED. 

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, NAUGHTY BOY? DIDN' T YOU MISS ME. REMEMBER, I HAVE DONE YOUR BABY - SITTING."

"GOOD EVENING, AUNT. I REALLY MISSED YOU. YOU LOOK SO YOUNG." HE SAID.

"COME ON, NICHOLAS. DON' T EMBARRASS ME." SHE BLUSHED AND NICHOLAS CHUCKLED.

I JUST HEARD THEIR CONVERSATION. 

CLEARLY, MRS. HOLDEN MEANT A LOT TO HIM. 

BUT I FELT HURT THAT HE DIDN' T EVEN BOTHER TO SAY ANYTHING TO ME. 

I QUICKLY TURNED AND WALKED AWAY. 

I MET SOME OF MY AMERICAN INVESTERS. 

I TALKED TO THEM. 

I EVEN MET ELLIE, ANOTHER BUSSINESSWOMAN. 

SECRETLY, MY BROTHER, ANDREW, HAD A BIG CRUSH ON HER AND SHE HERSELF LIKED HIM. 

SHE BLUSHED WHEN I TOOK THE NAME OF ANDREW. 

I WISHED THEY BOTH WERE TOGETHER BUT THAT WAS JUST NOT POSSIBLE FOR NOW 'CAUSE MY BROTHER WAS IN GEORGIA AND SHE WAS IN NEW YORK. 

STILL I HADN' T LOST HOPE.

AFTER SOME TIME, I GOT BORED AND SEARCHED THE PLACE FOR NICHOLAS. 

HE WAS WITH SILIYA. 

AS ALWAYS, SILIYA WASN' T BEING CLOSE TO HIM OR TOUCHNG HIM. 

THEY BOTH WERE DEEP IN CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING. 

I WENT UP TO HIM. 

AS SOON AS THEY SAW ME THEY STOPPED.

"LINDA, HOW ARE YOU?" SILIYA SAID.

"I' M KIND OF GREAT. WHAT' S UP?" I ASKED.

"OH NOTHING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LAND THAT WAS UNDER DISPUTE." NICHOLAS REPLIED.

IT WAS ALREADY 11 : 35 PM. 

I THOUGHT IT BETTER TO LEAVE. 

WHILE I WAS TALKING WITH BOTH OF THEM, KATE CAME TO US.

I HELD NICHOLAS' S HAND FIRMLY.

"KATE, IT' S LATE NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THIS PARTY. WE SHOULD BE LEAVING NOW." I SAID TO HER.

"OF COURSE. WOULD YOU MIND IF I TALK TO NICHOLAS FOR A MOMENT." SHE ASKED.

I NODDED HALF - HEARTEDLY. 

BOTH OF THEM TALKED FOR SOMETIME AND THEY SEEMED TO BE HAVING A HEATED ARGUMENT THEN NICHOLAS APPROACHED ME AND ASKED - 

"UMM ............ LINDA, WHY DON' T YOU HEAD BACK TO THE HOTEL. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. I' LL COME BACK AFTER SOME TIME."

I WAS HORRIFIED. 

THIS WAS UNEXPECTED.

"O - OK ............ D - DO WHAT Y - YOU WANT." I STUTTERED. 

I WANTED TO CRY BUT I COULDN' T DO IT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. 

I QUICKLY TURNED AND WALKED TOWARDS THE CAR AND DROVE BACK TO HOTEL. 

I WENT INTO MY ROOM AND LOCKED THE ROOM FROM INSIDE. 

I LEANED ON THE DOOR AND SAT. 

I BURIED MY FACE IN MY LAP AND CRIED LOUDLY. 

WHY WAS EVERYTHING GOING SO WRONG WITH ME? 

HAD I NOT BEEN FAITHFUL AND LOYAL TO HIM?

CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER