Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Ariel’s betrayal to Noah
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Ariana watched the door close before turning her face away. Her expression was calm as she walked to the dining table and poured herself another glass of water. However, her trembling fingers gave away the hurt she felt at that moment.

Once again, she was left behind.

‘Am I asking too much by wanting someone to choose me first and no one else?’ Ariana thought bitterly.

She closed her eyes to calm her emotions when she felt someone nudged the back of her leg. Ariana looked down and smiled when she saw Timmy rubbing his little furry face against her leg.

“I am alright,” she told Timmy. She crouched down and kissed the top of his head before saying, “I am used to being abandoned like this.” Her eyes held a melancholic look in them. However, this was good as well, now she no longer had any doubts.

In the past, she would once or twice wonder if Noah would have chosen her if she had given him a chance or whether they had a chance to turn their relationship around.

But now —— those fantasies were broken.

Noah, on the other hand, was rushed to the hospital where Ariel was admitted. Even though he rejected Ariana, in his heart, he believed that Ariana would still wait for him.

She had loved him for years.

And this belief made him confident. But Ariel was different, she had given so much to him. Including her life.

“Ariel,” Noah entered the ward where Ariel was, his gaze fell straight on the frail woman who was lying on the bed. “Are you alright?”

Ariel had been waiting for Noah, and when she saw him arrive she pushed herself off the bed. “Noah, thank god you are here.” She reached out and hugged Noah tightly. “I was so scared, fortunately, you are here.” Her face held a terrified expression.

Noah, who was hugged, felt a bit uncomfortable. He had never felt like this before, Ariana’s face as she watched him leave flashed in front of his eyes, and Noah closed his eyes.

He slowly pushed Ariel away and questioned, “How did this happen?” He would rather not get close to Ariel who only had a bandage wrapped around her bosom. Even though he had divorced Ariana, he still wanted to remarry her.

Getting close to Ariel when she was like this —— felt like he was committing infidelity.

Ariel, who was pushed back, was not happy, but she suppressed her displeasure. She sniffed pitifully before saying, “I had an aerial shot to take today, but somehow the wire broke, and I fell to the ground.”

Her eyes fell on the leg which was wrapped in a plaster before she leaned close to Noah and questioned with a sullen and aggrieved pout, “Noah, I will be fine right? I have hurt my back and leg. The doctor said that my injuries are serious.” As she was leaning against Noah, his eyes could not help but fall on Ariel’s bare back, and his brows couldn’t help but furrow.

“There is no need to worry,” Noah said to the woman, his eyes carefully skimming over her back, however, the more he looked at Ariel’s back the more, his heartbeat started to accelerate.

But it was not because of her almost naked appearance.

No, it was because there was something missing. Something that should have been there and that too quite prominently.

The scar—— what happened to the scar?

Noah was delirious with fever as he was given a heavy dosage of drugs before he was kidnapped. However, there was one thing that he remembered.

Being attacked by a kidnapper while he tried to escape from that warehouse and was protected by a little girl with rosy pink hair.

Back then, his vision was too hazy, and he could not make out the face of his saviour or the man who attacked him.

However, there was no way —— even if he was drugged, it would be impossible for Noah to forget that the little girl protected him by hugging him tight and the kidnapper lashed a large dagger at her back again and again.

The scent of blood was too strong for him to misunderstand what was happening.

‘I used to believe that Ariel covered those marks with makeup but….’ Noah narrowed his eyes as he reached out and traced her skin. As he pulled back his hands and looked down at his fingertips ——nothing, there were no traces of makeup.

Noah sucked in a breath and supported himself on time, or else he would have fallen on the floor.

Ariel…she was not the one who saved him.

However, he was not quick to make Ariel confess. He needed to investigate this matter clearly and carefully this time. And he also needed some time to digest this information.

“Noah, are you alright?” Ariel sensed something amiss with the man when she saw that he suddenly started to keep his distance from her. Just now when he traced her back, Ariel believed that she had succeeded in charming him, but it was just a single touch before Noah pulled away again.

Other than the fact that he just found out that he was in love with the wrong person?

“I am fine,” Noah closed his eyes, with his jaw clenched tightly. He turned to look at Ariel, who had given him a betrayal on the very day when he chose her instead of the woman who was silently begging him to choose her instead.

His fingers clenched as he repeated, “I am fine.”

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Ariana sneezed as she took off her shirt. As her shirt slid down, it revealed her scarred back. She brought her hand to her nose and rubbed it gently before murmuring, “Am I catching a cold?”

It would be troublesome if she caught a cold, given that Adrien’s birthday banquet was just five days away.

She sniffled and turned to look at her reflection. Upon seeing her pale complexion, Ariana sighed and said, “I should take some fever-reducing medicine.” Now that she thought about it, she did not feel like getting out of her bed, much less her home.