The Billionaire's Bet

Chapter 54: I Needed You...

I need you, I'm all alone and I need you by my side, I miss you...

Benjamin

I drove to San Diego as fast as I could. My heart was racing as i neared my destination. Around 2 a.m I arrived in San Diego where I immediately began driving to the destination I was given. With a determined mind and heart, I began searching and looking.

After a while, I arrived at the road leading out of San Diego. I could see tall steel fence gates along side some signs indicating that this was a private property. I drove to the entrance and parked my car there. I hastily got out of the car and made my way to the entrance of the property, my heart was racing as i neared. I was hoping that the gates were open. It was dark and eerily silent. I grabbed the gate and swiftly pushed it. It opened and I finally breathed out, I had been holding my breath.

I walked in cautiously looking around. The field was massive, it was filled with tall, soft green grass and beautiful flowers, it felt nostalgic in a way. The moon was bright, illuminating the whole field. As I was looking around, I finally saw a silhouette in the distant, near a pond that was reflecting the moon's ray. I made my way there and as I got closer I saw the silhouette begin to stand up. I stopped in my tracks as the silhouette began to face me. The light of the moon shined on us both and I finally saw her, Evanly.

My heart leaped out of my chest as I walked over to her and embraced her in a tight hug.

"Evanly! Where have you been!? I-i thought you were gone, I- I was so worried", I held onto her tightly.

"Ben...what are you doing here? H-how did you find me?", she asked softly.

"Evanly your parents said you went missing and I came here looking for you. Fuck! I was so worried, I immediately drove here as fast as I could. Please don't ever do that again, Evanly. That is so reckless, hon", I pulled back and held her face in my hands. Her eyes were fixated on me, a look of sadness and pain filled them.

"I'm a failure, Ben. I fucked up my life and now, now I'm losing the people I love...", she began sobbing. I pulled her even closer to me and began gently stroking her back.

"No, don't say that, hon...you're not losing anyone..."

"Ben, my own mother resented me for years because I was the result her infidelity. She blamed me for being born. I was the reason for her pain and my dad is not even my real dad. My dad was the only person who really loved me and cared for me in that family. Now he is going to leave me too", she cried out. Her cries were filled with pain and sorrow that I couldn't even comprehend, let alone understand. I wanted to hold her close to me, I wanted to comfort her, I wanted to give her my all just for her to be happy.

"Evanly, look at me, no one is leaving you, you hear me. You have me and I'll always be by your side, no matter what happens. I care about you more than you know and i love you. You're not alone. I'm here...", I don't know it was my heart speaking or my desire to be with her speaking but I just wanted her to realise that I'm not going anywhere...I'll be by her side till I take my last breath, even if she finds love elsewhere, I'll always be by her side.

Her beautiful green eyes sparkled under the light, her tears rolled down her cheeks as she gazed into my eyes. My eyes shifted from her eyes to her lips. The atmosphere was tense, lingering with a longing of comfort and loneliness. Our faces inching closer and closer by the second.

"Ben...", she whispered, our lips were inches away from touching. Neither of us were letting go.

"Evanly...", I too whispered. Her soft hands held onto mine tightly. I wanted to kiss her so badly. I wanted to hold her in my arms and never let her go, just once, just for a little while.

Without a single thought in my mind, I swiftly captured her lips with mine. My heart was racing, my body was trembling. What had I done! Fuck! I waited for her to push me away but she didn't. She too kissed me passionately, sinking into the kiss.

What was happening? What are we doing?

After some time, I finally pulled back and let out a deep sigh. Neither of us spoke. A sudden phone call interrupted us and I quickly picked it up.

"Conillious! Hi...hey, um...I found her, I found her and she's safe", I stammered.

"Oh thank you! Thank you so much Ben! Please take her home, her parents are worried sick"

"Okay, I will..."

"Can I talk to her?", she asked, almost begging.

"Of course", i handed Evanly the phone staring intensely at her, she too looked at me intensely as she took the phone from my hand.

I walked away to give her some space. I crouched drown and buried my face into my palms.

"Fuck! What do I do now? It's going to be so awkward between us now. She probably won't even want to talk to me, dammit!", I screamed into my palms. After some time Evanly tapped me on the shoulder and I stood up. She handed me the phone and I took it, slowly brushing my fingers against her her hand.

"Let's go", I turned away trying to avoid her eyes. She followed behind me silently. We got to the car and we both got inside. We drove off in silence. The whole way to her place was agonisingly quiet.

When we arrived at the gates, we found her parents waiting for her outside. I drove into the drive through and parked there. Evanly hesitated to go out.

"It's okay, Evanly. I'm right here with you", I gently held her shoulder. She sighed.

"Okay...I'll be okay", she opened the car door and stepped out hesitantly.

I leaned back into my car seat and heaved a deep sigh.

"Okay, let's try to forget what happened. It was in the heat of the moment and it wasn't intentional"

Fuck....

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Meanwhile...

Danzel

As I neared San Diego, I called Devon to ask him for the directions to Evanly's home. The phone for a while before he picked up.

"Devon"

"Danzel, hey...what's up?", he asked.

"I need directions to Evanly's home in San Diego. I'm on my way there right now. I was informed that she went missing a day ago and I'm on my way to go look for her", I explained. I felt on edge and anxious. This felt so familiar.

"What! S-she's missing again...but how? Weren't you keeping an eye on her like I asked you to!?", Devon growled.

"I did but she came here to visit her parents and now she's missing. I know I should've been more cautious and protective but you know I'm a father now and Conillious...dammit", I sighed as i rememberd the fight Conillious and I had.

"Okay, i-i I'll send you the location right now and make sure you find her! And I have some disturbing news to tell you...It's about mom and moreover Julian is on to me", he sighed.

"Devon just stay safe and lay low for now while I'm still attending to Evanly, okay", It felt as though a ton of bricks had been placed on my shoulders.

"Okay, drive safely"

"Okay, will do", I hung up.

As soon the call ended I sped up my car. After some time I arrived at her place. It was mansion, a beautiful brightly lit mansion with tall gates that stood firmly. I called Evanly's phone once more and suddenly it began and a voice sounded.

"Danzel...?"

"Evanly...is that you?", I asked.

"Yes, it's me, I'm okay, im fine", she exclaimed.

"I'm outside..."

To be continued...