Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 278

Chapter 278: Damned Sin
Nicolai laughed. He fucking laughed at Noah who was seething with rage and that did nothing except only fuelling Noah’s anger.

“You motherfucker!” Noah roared as he swung his fist at Nicolai, who dodged the punch before kicking Noah in the chest.

“Ah!” With a yelp, Ariana covered her mouth as she saw Noah stumble into several mannequins which fell on the floor.

Even if she was not close enough to see the damage, Ariana knew that the clothes must have received substantial damage.

She turned to look at Sybil who seemed close to fainting and said to her, “I am so sorry.”

“It is not your fault,” Sybil seemed harassed as she waved her hand. “Nicolai and I have never gotten along, the same could be said for our stars. I am not even surprised at this, it would be a surprise if I did not suffer a loss.”

Sybil believed in astrology and someone once told her that she and Nicolai’s destiny was to repel one another.

Thus, every time Nicolai came or someone related to him came to her boutique —— a loss was inevitable.

“Uh,” Ariana did not have any idea what to say, fortunately, or unfortunately for her, she managed to escape answering Sybil as there was another crash behind her.

However, this time it was Nicolai who was thrown back, with his arm looped around the top of the rack, Nicolai stood up straight.

“It seems like our dear preppy boy is upset,” Nicolai taunted Noah, whose eyes flashed with anger. He rolled his sleeves and walked over to where Nicolai was standing, Noah reached out and knotted his fingers in Nicolai’s collar.

“Do you want me to bury you, dumb barbarian?” Noah growled while holding Nicolai by his collar.

“Pwahahaha! Do you think you have the guts to do so, preppy boy?” Nicolai barked right in Noah’s face. “Burying someone takes a lot of guts, and you seem pretty gutless to me.”

“I——”

“Enough!” Ariana raised her voice feeling a bit annoyed and helpless. She pinched the space between her eyes and with that condescending look in her eyes which made Nicolai all hot and bothered she said, “Can you two at least take a look around yourselves? Even if you want to be a pain in the ass, don’t be a pain in the ass of someone innocent.”

Only then did the two men realize that they had caused havoc in someone else’s shop.

Nicolai’s gaze met with Sybil who shot him a look of displeasure, while Noah looked at Brandon who was close to crying and throwing a tantrum.

“He will be paying the compensation,” Nicolai pushed Noah away from him and pushed him towards Sybil. “Our preppy boy was the one who threw fists first.”

Noah scowled at the man, but he didn’t contradict him, as he was indeed the one who was at fault.

But it was not his fault.

Just now, when Noah saw Nicolai touch Ariana as if he had every right to do so, even though he had none. A fog of danger covered his eyes, dangerous and red—— it did not clear up until he heard Ariana yell at him.

Sybil rolled her eyes and commented, “I would have preferred if there was no damage done to my boutique, Nico. If this goes on, then I will have you barred.”

“Aww, you cannot do that. You love me too much for that Sybil,” Nicolai teased the woman who rolled her eyes once again.

His cousin only snorted as she said to Noah, “Please follow me. You need to pay for the damages that you have caused.” Her gaze fluttered to Nicolai as she added, “You too. You need to pay for the dress and necklace.”

“Be a bit polite, Sybil. I don’t think our dear preppy boy had ever met anyone who treats him less than royalty,” Nicolai took a jibe at Noah as he darted his tongue out of his mouth and licked the blood that was trickling down from the corner of his mouth.

Noah was not in a better condition as he nursed a swollen cheek with a black eye.

“It’s better than being treated like a blood-sucking monster,” Noah threw back and Nicolai sneered at him.

The two men glared at one another before Nicolai curled his lips in a taunting smile before saying, “The first to pay wins!”

After speaking, he ignored Noah and charged to the reception.

Every other day Noah would have ignored the childish antics of this man, but for some reason, he didn’t want to lose to Nicolai today.

With his feet that were clad in brown sleek leather shoes and ironed grey pants, he chased after Nicolai.

Ariana looked at their childish antics and covered her eyes with the palm of her hand. These two had to be crazy, or she was the one who was going crazy.

She turned to look at Brandon and questioned, “What are you doing here?”

Even though Brandon was furious, he was not foolish enough to tell Ariana that Noah had been following her for the greater half of the evening.

So, even though Ariana was staring at him with a fierce glare, he calmly lied, ‘Mister Noah came to this boutique to buy a dress for his partner for the birthday party.”

‘He must be here to buy a dress for Ariel,’ Ariana thought. She did not believe that the man was here for her much less to buy a dress for her.

She glanced at Noah, who had finished paying the compensation for the losses that he had made.

The man was putting his card back in his wallet when he sensed Ariana’s gaze.

Their gazes met and all of a sudden, Noah started to walk over to where Ariana was standing.

Seeing him walk over to where she stood, Ariana frowned before turning her gaze away as she slid past Brandon.

She had no desire to talk to Noah, as Ariana knew that he must have come to look for her because Ariel needed something from her.

‘And I have nothing more to give,’ Ariana thought as she hurried out of the boutique. As she thought those words a very old memory came to her mind.