Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 279

Chapter 279: Damned sin (2)
The weather was cold and Ariana had just finished wiping the counter of the kitchen. Her head was hurting as she sniffed again and again.

‘Did I catch a fever?’ Ariana muttered under her breath as she raised her hand and placed it on her forehead. But her hand was just as warm as her forehead and Ariana didn’t sense anything amiss.

She sniffed and said to herself, ‘I should go and use a thermometer.’

With a flick of her wrist, Ariana threw the used napkin in the trash can before turning on her feet and walking away.

Her feet felt heavy as she climbed the stairs and by the time she arrived in the room where she stayed, Ariana was certain that she was going to fall unconscious.

‘My head is killing me,’ Ariana muttered as she pushed open the door and entered her room. With legs that were as stiff as her stuffy nose, she walked to the cabinet and opened the second drawer.

With her fingers rummaging around she finally got her hands on the box of thermometer that was placed at the far end of the drawer.

Ariana took it out and placed it inside her mouth for two minutes.

When she heard a subtle beep, she took it out and when Ariana saw that her temperature had exceeded one hundred and ten degrees, her eyes turned wide as saucers.

‘Dear me, no wonder I felt so sick, and my bones continue to hurt,’ Ariana sighed as she placed the thermometer back in the box and went on a hunt to look for fever-reducing pills.

It took her fifteen minutes to find some before she popped them in her mouth and went to sleep.

However, Ariana was certain that she did not even fall asleep for less than fifteen minutes when she was rudely woken up.

‘Wh——What?’ She raised her head and saw Noah standing at the edge of her bed, a flush of emotions rushed up her chest as she sat up straight. ‘What brought you here, Noah?’ She asked, sounding hopeful and giddy.

‘Fried chicken and ranch,’ Noah said to Ariana ignoring her flushed cheeks and pale complexion. ‘Ariel told me that you make excellent fried chicken and ranch. It’s the first day of her monthly cycle, and she is craving the fried chicken and homemade ranch made by you. So get up.’

‘What do you mean by ‘get up’ ?’ Ariana turned to look at the clock hanging on the wall. ‘It is three in the morning, I have a fever, and you want me to cook fried chicken and ranch for her just because she has cramps?’

He placed his hand in his pocket before looking at his wristwatch, ‘I have wasted fifteen minutes all because you were sleeping like a pig, Ariana. So you better not waste more of my time. Get out of the bed and go to the kitchen. This is the least you can do for Ariel.’

After speaking, he turned on his feet and walked out of her room, he was treating her like she was the servant of his house.

‘I have a fever, Noah!’ Ariana exclaimed. ‘I am sick too, why can you not show half of the concern to me that you show to Ariel?’

Noah paused and turned to look at her with a frown on his face. He looked at her as if she were a disgusting bug that he wanted to squash, before saying, ‘Can you even compare yourself to her? A woman as selfish and cruel as you are destined to suffer.’

‘Now stop wasting my time and get your act together. This is what you owe to Ariel.’

As Ariana stepped out that memory lane, she released a sharp exhale. That was right, every time, Ariel had fallen sick or got injured, Noah had expected her to serve Ariel.

In his eyes, this was something that she owed Ariel but what he did not know was that if there was anything that Ariana owed to Ariel was — a punch in her face.

When Noah saw that Ariana was walking away, he immediately chased after her.

“Where do you think you are going, Preppy boy?” Nicolai stepped forward and stopped Noah from chasing after Ariana.

He sensed that something was wrong with Noah, the way he was acting and asserting possessiveness ——

‘ I don’t like it all,’ Nicolai licked his lips and thought with a frown.

“And why should I tell you this, Barbarian prick?” Noah offered sweetly as he turned to look at Nicolai, he might have lost control of his temper just now, but he was presently back to his usual calm and collected self.

And if that didn’t make Nicolai bite the head of this man, what else would?

Ever since the two of them were young, his father had loved comparing him with Noah.

‘Master Noah, this…’

‘Master Noah, that…’

‘If only, you were as skilled and talented as Noah.’

‘Bah fucking Bah!’ Nicolai cursed in his head. No wonder his father loved this man, the two of them indeed had some things in common, both of them liked to cheat on their wives as they were fucking cowards.

“Don’t be so touchy, preppy boy,” Nicolai rolled his eyes as he sneered. “I am not interested in what you do or where you go, but if you are going after the woman I am pursuing—— then I believe I have some right to interfere?”

Noah gritted his teeth as he said, “Not for long.”

He then turned around on his feet and started chasing after Ariana.

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” Nicolai lifted his long legs and came to walk next to Noah in a few seconds.

Noah glanced at him with the same derision and condescension as Ariana but while her gaze made him all hot and bothered, Noah’s made him so furious that he wanted to drive his fist in his face.

“It means that everyone will fall in the right place very soon and…. As your very existence is a damned sin, I hardly believe you have a place in Ariana’s life, Mister de Luca.”