Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 303

Chapter 303: Kiss the prettiest (2)
Ariel’s evening had been ruined from the second when she saw Ariana step inside the ballroom. She knew that her sister was pretty, but this was her first time seeing Ariana appear in front of her, looking so ethereally beautiful.

It made her feel destabilized and uncomfortable.

Seeing Ariana take away the attention as well as the spotlight from her left Ariel panting in rage. Words simply failed to describe what Ariel was feeling at that moment.

Earlier she was longingly expecting to see Ariana dressed in some cheap rag and getting embarrassed by the guests which would provide her with entertainment. Only then would Ariana have understood the difference between herself and Ariel.

But Ariana turned up in a gown which seemed even pricier than her, that too with Nicolai by her side.

She also embarrassed her by giving that nasty and weird dare.

‘It’s alright, the night has just begun,’ thought Ariel as she calmed herself down. Even if she wasn’t shining, she wouldn’t let someone like Ariana steal her limelight. She didn’t deserve it.

Ariel turned to look at Noah and her lips pulled into a wider yet shy smile, she said to him, “Truth or Dare? Which one will you pick, Noah?”

She hoped that he would pick up the dare such that she could hand her dear sister another sweet gift.

Noah glanced at Ariel for the first time in the evening, usually, he graced her with a smile or a few nice words, but as he raised his head he didn’t even bother to look at her for more than three seconds.

He looked away and answered, “Dare.”

Noah picked it because he knew that Nicolai would tease him if he were to pick truth in truth or dare. The last time he had picked truth in this game, his friends had called him a sissy and cowardly.

As a man, there were certain stigmas that he needed to carry and withhold or else he would be recognized as weak.

Though Ariel felt that there was something amiss with Noah, she ignored it as she had ignored his feelings in the past.

Noah was a man, after all, he was supposed to be cold and strong. What kind of strong man would show his feelings and tears to a woman and burden her?

A woman, being a vulnerable being, needed the care and love of a man—— she didn’t need to care and love a man, this was what Ariel had learned from her mother as a child.

“Then,” Ariel curled her lips and shyly said while twisting in her seat. “I dare you to kiss the prettiest woman on this table.”

All of a sudden, every single person sitting at the table straightened up.

“Go, brother!” Glynn clapped her hands as she knew that her brother would kiss Ariel, which would in turn embarrass Ariana.

“Are you sure that you want me to do that?” Noah asked as he peeked at Ariana.

Fuck.

Ariana seemed to have realized what was coming, her heart started thundering behind her rib cage and her fingers turned clammy around her glass. The air in her lungs left her in a whoosh.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

She needed to get out of here but if she did, then everyone would laugh at her for thinking too much. What if Noah was just teasing her for embarrassing him?

‘There is no way he would want to kiss me,’ Ariana repeated in her head but at the same time she was prepared to leave the table.

“Of course silly, you picked dare do you not?” Ariel said with a light titter, her lips curled up in a proactive smile as she glanced at Ariana who had gone pale.

“I see,” Noah still had his eyes on Ariana.

‘Stop looking at me. Just stop!’ Ariana was about to get up and leave but as soon as she made a move, Noah’s arm shot out and curled around her waist.

It happened so fast that Ariana didn’t have the opportunity to stop him. Her feet caught into one another as she fell, but Noah caught her before she could fall.

His other hand pulled her down on his lap before he skimmed up and knotted her long locks into his fingers.

“Noah——”

Ariana was about to say no when the man swooped down and Ariana had to close her eyes in fear. She was going to throw up, her lips were covered with something warm, and she nearly gagged then and there.

“That will be enough,”

Upon hearing Nicolai’s voice, Ariana thanked the Gods as she opened her eyes. Her gaze fell on Nicolai’s hand that was covering her lips as he glared at Noah.

“You shouldn’t be going around kissing your ex-wife, Preppy boy,” said Nicolai as he pulled Ariana off Noah’s lap. “That’s called harassment, you being such a gentleman, I don’t think you will enjoy such allegations?”

“I doubt that you have the right to stop me,” Noah narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, “You should keep your long hooked nose in your own matters.”

“How about I shove my hooked fingers in your throat and wrench out your heart?” Nicolai sneered as he protected Ariana.

And Ariana, she was looking at the dark water that was crushing against her shin before rising her knees and bosom, until all she could see was darkness.

Her lungs worked overtime, but she just could not breathe.

She was headed for her doom.

Her heart simmered and bubbled with rage that she couldn’t let out. Ariana had no idea how to vent the frustration that she felt at that moment.

Ariana had to swallow another drink because she was worried that she might end up hurting someone.

There was someone else with the same feelings as Ariana, and it was none other than Ariel. She couldn’t believe her eyes nor could she accept the fact that Noah actually chose Ariana.

He—— he was going to kiss her? Why? How could he do such a thing when she was sitting just two sit away from him?

Was it because he was trying to cajole Ariana into returning to the Nelson mansion?

Ariel refused to believe the truth which was harshly placed in front of her. She continued to refuse it as if telling herself that it wasn’t true would change the reality.

And by the time she snapped out of her daze, the end of the bottle was pointing at her and Nicolai was smiling while staring down at her.

“Truth or dare, Miss Ariel?” The man asked with an intense gaze which made Ariel believe that she had nowhere to run.

Ariel gulped down the bubbling nervousness rising in her throat. She did not expect that Nicolai would target her so openly. She nervously smiled and replied, “Truth.” Ariel feared her life as Nicolai was one crazy man.

“Fifteen and a half years ago, was it you who saved Noah Nelson?”