Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 354

Chapter 354: So you came crawling?
“What the—” Penelope raised her head and looked at Ariana who was holding her by her hair. Her eyes widened as soon as her gaze met with Ariana. At first, there was shock before it was engulfed by a roaring rage.

She glared at Ariana and snapped at her harshly, “And what do you think you are doing? Let …let go of me! Let go…go of me! Or else my parents will hear about this! Don’t think you can do whatever you want!”

“You have lost —ouch admit it—”

“Shut it,” Ariana snarled, she had never snarled but at that moment, she did not care about anything. Her voice was harsh enough to make Penelope go silent, her mouth turning into the shape of an O.

Even though she was dragged by her hair, the woman didn’t speak for a while.

Most probably it was due to the fact that no one had spoken to her in this tone. How dare anyone? After all, she was the precious daughter of the Ashford daughter.

In fact, Ariana wouldn’t have bothered with her if not for the fact Penelope hadn’t tried to make a move on Nicolai.

All this time, Ariana only hated her, but now she loathed Penelope.

Now she wanted to wrap her fingers around that slender neck and choke the life out of this woman’s body.

“Get lost,” Ariana said, her voice was even and calm, but there was chaos rumbling beneath the surface.

With each passing second that Penelope spent in Nicolai’s presence, the closer Ariana got to lose her temper.

“Nico, look at her. Why are you kicking her out, baby—”

“Why will I kick her out?” Nicolai cut off her with a raise of his brows. He yanked Penelope from her grip and threw the dress which she had taken off earlier.

Penelope caught it in surprise, Nicolai then said to her, “And I am not your fucking baby.”

Ariana looked at the man next to her, but she only let her gaze linger on him for a few seconds. Because she was sure that if she had looked at him longer, Ariana would end up punching him in the face.

Penelope stared at the two of them, her brows furrowed before she realized what Nicolai had done. Her eyes widened, and she gasped, “You—used me? You used me to get her here, didn’t you? How could you! Do you think so little of me?”

She stood motionless, staring at Nicolai. Her face was taut with anger and sadness.

“I am grateful for your assistance,” said Nicolai with a smile on his face. He picked up the branded Vivi bag which Penelope had brought with her and threw it at her. “Now you can return to from wherever you crawled from.”

“I would rather not see you again.”

“Nicolai! You cannot treat me like this,” Penelope spoke through gritted teeth, she couldn’t believe that such a thing was happening to her. She was filled with hope when Nicolai asked her to come to this penthouse with him.

She thought that he had finally seen her charm and had accepted his fate. How could have Penelope believed that he was actually using her as bait? And that too for the sake of bringing a woman like Ariana.

It was such a humiliating thought that Penelope felt tears sting her eyes.

“Well, I have treated you like this,” Nicolai leaned against the doorway. He was looking at Penelope with a cruel smile playing on his lips, “What can you do? Think of it as a little interest that you have to pay for your imprudent actions a few days ago.”

“You have to pay for your actions, after all. Your parents forgot to teach you this, so I took the liberty to teach it to you.”

Penelope wanted to say something else, but Nicolai glared at her and remarked, “Do you want me to tell your brother what you are trying to do, eh Penny? I bet he wouldn’t like you shedding clothes for a man like me.”

Those words scared Penelope as she glanced at Ariana. If Nicolai were to tell her brothers about this matter, then they would certainly dig deep until they reach Ariana. She couldn’t allow that to happen.

Because she had bigger things to worry and care about, Penelope glared at Ariana before turning around on her feet. Without caring to wear the clothes on her body, she marched out of the penthouse with the remnants of her pride.

Though she left, the scent of her perfume lingered.

It also seemed to linger on the man behind her who was looming over her shoulder, like a ghost.

That damned man, he might as well die.

Without looking at him, Ariana said to him, “I will be taking my leave then.” Now that Penelope was gone, there was no need for her to stay here, was it?

However, just as she took a step away from him, he reached out and caught her by her arm. Nicolai twisted her around and pushed her against the wall of the room.

His chest pressed to her front, while the concrete wall jammed at her back. Ariana sucked in a breath and raised her gaze, her eyes met with his. His lips curled up in a mocking sneer, “Where do you think you are going? After all the song and dance I did to get you here, how can you just leave like this?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Nicolai tasted the fumes of rage that lashed against his skin.

“You better let go of me, Mister De Luca,” Ariana said with flames burning in her eyes.

There was anger, but there was also hesitation and the waning conflict underneath those flames and Nicolai wanted nothing more than to dart his tongue out and consume every single lash which struck against his skin.

“If you wanted me to let go of you, why did you come here, Pallas? I gave you a choice remember?”