The Bargain with the Billionaire

Chapter 8- Revenge

“Don’t get mad, get even.” – Robert F. Kennedy

Dominique’s POV

I don’t like you…

I don’t like you…

I don’t like you…

Shit! Why I’m so affected by it? I don’t care if he likes me or not. He’s not the reason why I’m here at this stupid party wearing this stupid dress. I’m not here to like that stupid man who has an ego million times larger than his brain.

Whether he likes me or not is not important. I don’t like him the same way and I’ll never fall in love with him ever. Are you sure about that? My stupid brain objected. Because as far as I can remember, you want to hug him when he said he will fight for you ‘till the end when he’s in Raymond’s shoes right now.

I can’t help but think about it – about him. Yeah, not Raymond Lee but Leandro Valderama. That time he said he will marry me right away and fight for me till the end if he’s in Raymond’s shoes made me really happy. Unfortunately, he’s not Raymond and I doubt if he’ll going to do that when he’s really in Raymond’s shoes. He’ll think twice for sure and probably he will come up with the same decision – you can’t just say no to a tradition that existed for centuries just long before you were born and you can’t just abandon a family that sheltered and loved you all your life. Yeah, you can throw a girlfriend but not a family.

I shook my head to disregard the thoughts. It made me furious at first but as the day goes by all that remain is hurt. I can’t just stay angry at him for long. I understand his decision. I know he tried – he really tried to fight for me but just like any other battles, there’s a loser and a winner and he lost it leaving me as a casualty.

But I just can’t stay in a corner – not when I know he truly loves me and I truly love him. Now I’m fighting my own battle. I’m not sure what will be the outcome. But I’m ready to face it head on. Even if I failed in the end, at least I will never ask myself, what if?

To compensate for the dilemma I gone through and probably will go through tonight, I should at least make a move especially when my master ruined everything when he claimed that I’m his fiancée.

Of course that dilemma includes the ill-fitting feeling wearing this dress, the verbal battle I was able to survive, the blazing gaze I tried to ignore giving me shiver down my spine, the awkward feeling being looked at in canny way by male species in the party, the tingling sensation I experienced every time that gorgeous  man touches me, the uncomfortable feeling he put me through by embracing me on the dance floor, and the self control I needed to draw to fight the urge to kiss him, yes there’s a time I wanted to, I don’t want to be a hypocrite, I’m just any other woman I guess and I’m a little attracted to this more than handsome man.

Who wouldn’t especially when he’s a tease and looking at you as if you’re the only woman in the party? Should I be alarmed now? I guess not, a little attraction couldn’t kill me.

I just hope he’s only joking when he said he’ll make me fall for him by the end of the month. What a brute! I hurt his ego and now he is up to challenge. I’m sure I’m the only woman who was able to say that in front of his face. Now I’m really proud of myself. Good job Nique! Keep it up! Make Leandro Valderama pissed off to hell while fighting your ass to get Raymond Lee back! If you failed the latter at least you’re sure you’ll win the first! That stupid thought made me grin almost evilly.

But why that moron didn’t follow me? Okay, I’m curious now. So I looked and there’s the well-grounded reason why he never wasted his time following me, he’s putting his tongue down that blonde woman’s throat in the middle of the dance floor, yeah right just after his ‘fiancée’ walked out on him. What a faithful bastard!