Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 207

Chapter 207: Trouble breathing
Ariana was indeed fighting at that very moment, and she was fighting for her life as she couldn’t fucking breathe at that moment. She could feel a familiar sensation, the same one that she had felt whenever Ariana tried to go against the teachings that her mother had given to her.

Tendrils-like fingers were wrapped around her throat and dug into her skin. It was impossible to speak much less breathe.

‘You are a flawed product, Ariana, only by listening to me can you live a normal life,’ those wild eyes stared at her as her mother held her down by her throat. ‘Don’t let me down. Don’t ever do anything out of the normal, Ariana.’

Those words echoed in her head causing Ariana to stiffen even more. As Ariana raised her hand to touch her neck, there was obviously nothing but the terror she felt was real.

“Ari? You look rather pale,” Cole said to her as he reached out and held her by her shoulders to support her. “Follow my lead, take a deep breath in and then take a deep breath out. Look at me,”

Though Cole approached Ariana for a reason, he didn’t mean to bring any harm to her. Seeing that she was having difficulty breathing, he immediately went forward to help her.

Ariana followed Cole’s instructions and after a few deep breaths, the fear that she felt slowly left her body and she could breathe normally.

“Is everything alright?” Cole asked he was still holding onto her.

“I am fine,” Ariana gulped a few breaths before replying. While keeping her head straight she turned to look at Nicolai and all of a sudden, the unfamiliar nausea scratched the back of her throat.

It only turned even more intense when she saw the hand gesture that Nicolai was making with his hands and tongue.

Her complexion turned red before turning pale once again, causing Cole to frown.

“You know what, maybe I should really take you home. You don’t look like you are in the condition to go home alone,” he said to her as he ushered Ariana to get inside his car and this time Ariana did not refuse because she really couldn’t face Nicolai at that moment.

“Run little coward, run,” Nicolai snorted as he dropped his hand. Just now he had flashed a hand gesture of sucking one’s thing to Ariana and the woman had looked at him with such intensity that he did not know what to think of it.

Her controlled expression had broken, this was certain, but the thing was —— there was no disgust in her eyes. There was hatred, confusion, anger and ….

Lust. As if you ask him, it was fucking hot.

Yup. Little Miss Pallas was pretending to be unfazed by his presence, but Nicolai knew that she was bothered by him. At least she was attracted to him in a physical sense.

“Who was that man?” Nicolai asked Patrick as soon as he slid inside the car. Under normal circumstances, he would have chased the man, but Nicolai knew that if he chased Ariana and that strange man, he might really punch him.

Or in the worst-case scenario kill him. And he did not want a fucking Prince Charming dead in his arms. He couldn’t bring him back with a fucking kiss after all.

Patrick raised his eyes and looked at Nicolai through the driver’s mirror. He responded, “Are you talking about Cole Verlice?”

“What lice?”

“Not lice,” Patrick felt three imaginary lines fall over his forehead, he sighed and then said to Nicolai, “Verlice. He is the son of Mayor Helios Verlice.”

“No wonder he looked familiar,” Nicolai placed his hand over his mouth with a pondering look.

Now things were complicated as he couldn’t possibly throw that man in his swimming pool that was filled with piranhas.

“I would suggest you make it clear with Miss Harlow rather than going after Verlice,” Patrick suggested. “Mister Helios is rather protective of his family.”

“What? Do you think that just because I cannot deal with the man, so I shall target the woman? Am I such a despicable person in your eyes, Ricky?” Nicolai asked sharply.

“I didn’t mean that, I just wanted to avoid some unnecessary controversy,” Patrick said with sweat dripping down his forehead.

Nicolai leaned back in his car seat. He turned his head to the side while staring at his faint reflection in the window.

“You don’t have to worry. I might be impulsive, but I am not a fool,” Nicolai tapped his fingers on his bicep. “I may desire that woman, but I will never lose my head for her.”

Of course, since Ariana Harlow dared to pull such a stunt in front of him, she might as well watch her back!

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On the other side, in the middle of the bustling city of Clover, a large building stood. At the top of the building were seven luxurious penthouses and among those seven penthouses, one of them was lit up in a soft golden glow.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!” A woman with rosy pink here was bouncing in the lap of a man who wore a neon stitched mask.

His golden eyes flashed with boredom.

‘Wrong it was all wrong. She doesn’t even resemble her apart from her rosy hair. She is too small and slender without any muscles and her voice …it’s annoying,’ Master Roman thought as he raised his hand and pushed the naked woman off his lap.

“Get lost!” He snapped at the woman feeling disgusted by himself that he even thought of using her as a substitute.

The woman who was knocked off onto the floor gasped. Her face twisted in pain, but she did not fight against Master Roman, she picked up her clothes and then rushed out of the penthouse.

Her pace was similar to that of a startled rabbit as if she were worried to be shot dead.

The guard who stood outside turned his head when he saw the woman run, seeing her scamper like this, Jordan knew that Master Roman was not satisfied with her.

He sighed and then rang the kitchen to send a strong wine that was thirty years old with smoked ham.