Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 345

Chapter 345: Jealous over him? Oh, please oh please.
Penelope turned around, her gaze fell on Nicolai, who was very gently caressing the wound that Ariana had received when she fell just now.

Compared to how he had coldly watched her fall a few seconds ago, the way he was treating that woman made Penelope clench her fingers until her fake nails dug into her palms.

She did not know whether chivalry existed in other men, but she was sure that it did not exist in the man in front of her.

Nicolai was a brutal man whose fists spoke louder than he did, and yet, he was treating Ariana with such kindness that it brought tears to her eyes.

‘Why can he not look at me like that? I have known him for much longer,’ thought Penelope to herself. She bit her bottom lip so hard that it nearly bled.

If Nicolai had treated every woman like that, it wouldn’t have hurt, but the truth was — he did not, which was why this entire thing was even more terrifying to Penelope.

A gentleman acting kind to a woman was nothing new, but a gruff and rude man like Nicolai showing his gentle side to only one woman —that was weirdly terrifying.

Because that meant the woman was someone special to him, and Penelope did not like that notion as she wished to marry Nicolai for the sake of solidifying her position even further.

Penelope rolled her shoulders as she turned to face Nicolai and Ariana. Even though the two of them were not looking at her, she was looking at Nicolai, and for Penelope, it was enough.

She raised her chin haughtily and raised her voice before saying, “I have arranged for the dinner date, Nico. The one that your dad wanted us to have, I will send the address of the restaurant to you.”

Her voice was filled with a hint of maliciousness as she glanced at Ariana. If this woman thought that could snatch even a pin from her then she was mistaken.

There was no way Penelope was going to lose to Ariana.

She would not only keep her title as the heiress of the Ashford family, but she would also marry Nicolai. No matter what the price she had to pay for it.

As for what happened tonight, she would think of a way to deal with it.

Ariana stiffened upon hearing Penelope’s words, she glanced at Nicolai who was glowering at Penelope who in turn was looking back at them, seemingly completely harmless.

‘Dinner date which is arranged by Nicolai’s father?’ Ariana cottoned on to a few words that Penelope said to Nicolai. A sense of nausea rolled in her stomach, and Ariana tried hard to suppress it.

It was nothing, most probably it was just a family dinner or something of the sort.

‘If it was a family or business dinner, then why would Penelope be arranging it? And did you not hear the word ‘date’ just now?’ An ugly voice echoed in Ariana’s head, and she clenched her fingers harshly.

So what if they had a dinner date arranged, it wasn’t as if she and Nicolai were a thing. Maybe it was a good thing that this man was finally looking for another woman. It would be a good riddance —

At least that was what Ariana told herself and yet at that very moment, she wanted to pummel Penelope on the very ground she was standing for even saying the words— dinner date.

Good grief what was happening to her?

“Go home, Penelope,” Nicolai suppressed the urge to push the woman inside her car and send her flying without a driver behind the wheel.

“You don’t have to tell me twice, I am leaving,” Penelope replied as she opened the door of her car.

One of the bodyguards picked up her assistant and dragged the man to the black SUV, as everyone climbed inside the vehicle, Penelope smiled at Nicolai sweetly and remarked, “I will send you the address in a while make sure to check it up, Nico. After all, our parents —ah, have some really intimate plans for the two of us.”

“One that you will have to follow no matter what.”

She once again glanced at Ariana who was staring at her boots. Feeling more than pleased with her actions, Penelope slid inside the vehicle which drove away seconds later.

Nicolai muttered a string of curses as he turned to look at Ariana. He reached out to hold her wrist and tell her that it was alright, but the woman took her hand away from him.

The fuck?

He tried to do the same thing again and again Ariana pulled away from him.

“What the fuck is wrong with you now?” Nicolai asked.

For her, he had nearly killed three men and had almost landed himself in prison. Yet, this was what he fucking got?

“You shouldn’t act so close to me, Mister de Luca,” said Ariana in a calm voice. “As yours and Miss Ashford’s families have some sort of agreement regarding the two of you, you shouldn’t lead another woman on when you already have someone.”

Agreement? Lead on? What the fuck —when did he have someone?

His weeping d*ck was the best evidence of his loyalty, what the fuck was she even talking about?

“Pallas, I am not—” Nicolai caught himself just in time, he stared at the woman who was looking anywhere but at him. Jealous? She was fucking jealous was she not? She might as well be because if not, he was going to be a fit.

With tears and snot and everything. And he would feel no shame in doing so.

Because in his entire life, he had made an exception to chasing just one woman, and he was nearly losing his damn mind trying to demolish the walls around Ariana’s heart.

Every day he joined her on the run, without her approval of course before doing another set of songs and dance which involved dropping her to the hospital.

All because he wanted to bite down a chunk of her solid steel-like control and prude personality.

So, her getting jealous was something he deserved not to mention it was long overdue. So the all mighty brother up in the heavens, don’t mess with him this time.