Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 273

Chapter 273: Once mine, now His (2)
Ariana’s blue eyes were filled with excitement as she said to him, ‘I …I found it when I was purchasing my wedding gown and when I saw it, I knew it would look good on you. Noah, can you…can you wear it?’

She was filled with hope and love as she stared at him.

Ariana’s eyes held just him as she looked at him with the box of brooch in her hands. With innocence oozing from her very existence, Ariana smiled at him, as if she trusted him to not hurt her. Like he would never hurt her.

However, Noah only felt rage and anger when he looked at the innocent smile. How could she? How dare she smile at him like that after turning his entire world upside down just for her selfishness?

‘I don’t like wearing accessories,’ however, Noah politely refused. He would rather not waste his time or energy on Ariana. Since she had already married him, he would give her the respect she deserved as his namesake wife but not anything else.

He picked up his coat and draped it on his shoulders before walking past Ariana. His stride was purposeful and determined.

‘That’s why I bought a small one. I know that you don’t like w——wearing them,’ Ariana stammered as she tried to keep up with his pace and the lies that he had told her.

He obviously liked wearing accessories and had worn many that were gifted and bought by Ariel. But Ariana didn’t question him or his lies, as she chased after him.

‘I—— I put my heart into it, Noah,’ Ariana said to him and she stopped right behind him as he came to a halt next to the railing of the staircase.

Frustrated and annoyed by her continuous chattering, Noah turned around and smacked the brooch off her palms and sent it flying to the first floor, where it fell with a clattering noise.

His violent response caused Ariana to flinch as she turned her eyes slowly to the diamond brooch that had been broken apart like her fragile heart.

‘Do you not understand such a simple thing?’ Noah hissed at her sharply. His hands moved harshly as he glared at Ariana whose eyes were now filled with tears, a single drop of tear escaped past the shackles that she had put in front of her and cascaded down her cheek.

Her face filled with excruciating pain.

‘I don’t like you, Ariana! In fact, I fucking despise your presence in my life and my house,’ Noah snapped at the woman, uncaring of her tears. ‘You have ruined my life and stolen the one I truly love and will love her until the end of my life. And now you want me to play house with you? Unbelievable, how can you be so shameless?’

‘No, Noah ——I, you are misunderstanding—— I didn’t, I have not… Noah! Noah! At least listen to me!’

‘Noah!’

‘NOAH! Listen to me, I didn’t do it’.

“How would you like the changes to be made?”

Noah snapped out of his thoughts as he raised his head and looked at the salesperson. The searing screams in his head tuned out as he focussed on Ariana who was now holding a pad and sketching on it.

“Like this, it’s better to make the petals thinner and instead of keeping the ruby bud, would it be possible to add a diamond one? With golden tassels and small ruby roses?” Ariana redrew the sketch and handed it to the salesperson whose eyes widened. “And a little waist chain. I know usually it’s women who wear it but a red tassel and golden chain with rubies and wolf carved on it, will make the look even better.”

Even though the changes were minor, they changed the entire outlook of the clothing piece that Nicolai was wearing.

“It is beautiful, Miss,” the Salesperson praised Ariana. She then turned to look at Nicolai and said to him, “You are fortunate to have such a caring wife, Sir. Her subtle care shows how much she loves you, after all, only a loving wife would want her husband to look better than the rest.” The salesperson thought that she would be rewarded for praising the couple in front of her, as this was something she often did with the other customers.

But her words were honest.

Ariana’s eyes widened as she opened her mouth with a shake of her head, “No, we——”

“She does, doesn’t she?” Nicolai winked at the salesperson as he took out five hundred dollar bills before handing them to the salesperson. “Can you arrange for the accessory which my beloved retouched to be prepared by tomorrow morning?”

“Wouldn’t want anyone taking a peek at me, I have to be the first one after the designer.”

“Of course sir,” the salesperson was overjoyed at the tip that she had received and took her leave to comply with the order Nicolai gave her.

Once the woman was gone, Ariana turned to look at Nicolai and questioned him angrily, “Why did you not correct her, Mister de Luca?”

Her voice was partly filled with anger and part disbelief.

“Because I didn’t see the point in doing so,” Nicolai walked inside the dressing room and finished changing into the clothes that he was wearing earlier.

He stepped out and wriggled his brows before saying, “She can see your love for me, Pallas—— that even, you can’t see, I am not going to ask her to tell a lie. That will be awful.”

“I do not love you, Mister de Luca. I was just trying to help you,” Ariana corrected the man lest he became delusional.

“You care for the outfit I wear, which means that you care for me —— and my mom told me that the people who care for me certainly love me.”

“That’s some messed up logic.”

“Uh huh, baby. It is my logic, and Nico’s logic is always correct.”

“There is no such logic!”

“Welcome to my world, princess,” Nicolai winked at her before saying, “Let’s go shop for your dress.” As he spoke, he reached out and held Ariana’s wrist before pulling her out of the shop, leaving Patrick to pay for his clothes.