My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 297

Chapter 297: Being Followed
Xander continued to stay at Bruce’s mansion for the next two days, and for those two days, he silently wished his father would come to visit him even once to find out how he was doing.

Xander forced himself to realize Mr Wallace truly hated him, so he stopped expecting anything from him.

During the day, he would retreat to the library, forcing himself to focus on his reading. Across from him, though, Samantha sat engrossed in one of her smutty novels, her intense focus making it look like she was studying something scholarly. He shifted uncomfortably, wondering how she managed to read those books with such dedication.

In the evening, he would go visit Arabella and talk with her a few times. He could have brought Arabella to Bruce’s house to hang out but he found it inappropriate. Plus, he didn’t trust the old man yet.

Although, he would find Arabella zoned out a few times. He would tap her shoulders and she would jolt like she’d seen a ghost.

He tried to get her to tell him what was wrong but she would only say it was because of their upcoming exams.

Xander half believed her since preparing for exams can come with pressure. But he’d never seen her act that way during their former exams.

He pulled out his phone and fired her a quick text.

Two days ago, after his fight with Xavier at the salon, he’d returned to find a brand new cellphone sitting on his bed. It turned out Bruce had bought it for him.

Xander had memorized Arabella’s phone number for the longest time, so it was easy for him to puncture the figures on the dial and save it.

Xander stared at the text message. It’s been delivered, but not read. He sighed, pocketing it once more.

Meanwhile, Arabella was walking home after her night class, her thoughts wandering from one place to the other.

Xander was kicked out of his father’s house because he refused to break up with her. Then, Xander and Xavier got into a fight because of her. Now, she found out their father was involved in an illegal business such as sex trafficking and he could be planning on getting rid of her.

Arabella aimlessly walked on the road, her thoughts flying above her head as she wondered what she should do in such a situation.

All of a sudden, the honk from a motorcycle startled her from out of nowhere. And that was when she realized she was about to hit her head on a pole. She released a tired sigh as she started walking in the right direction when she realized a car was following behind her.

Arabella shook her head, thinking she was being paranoid again, so she resumed walking.

She could have simply taken a bus home but she decided to walk instead to clear her mind. Her area wasn’t completely local as there was a security post right up ahead, so she doubted she would be attacked by a thief.

Arabella suddenly stopped, and so did the car. She resumed walking and the car continued driving slowly behind her.

This time, Arabella didn’t want to believe she was being paranoid. Someone was indeed following her.

Thanks to the streetlight, she was able to take a quick photo of the license plate as she ran for her life, and just immediately, the one who drove the car increased the speed, chasing behind her.

Arabella ran like her life depended on it. The car was heavily tinted, which made it impossible to know who could have been behind those wheels.

But something in her mind sang it was none other than Mr. Wallace.

Arabella was forced to take another direction different from her house because she didn’t want to put her family’s life in danger.

The direction she took was a longer route. Even if she did succeed in losing the person following her, it would take her a longer time to get home.

But she didn’t care.

If it was Mr Wallace who was behind those wheels, then no doubt, her life was definitely in danger.

Arabella quickly hid herself at the back of a closed shop, her hands and legs shaking out of fright as she tried getting her phone right out of her pockets.

Her face was coated with her own sweat, her hands trembling as she tried to steady her breath. The phone slipped out of her hands due to how badly they were shaking.

Arabella hissed, gulped down her saliva with force before she picked it back and dialed Xander’s phone, he wasn’t picking up.

“Pick up,” she mumbled under her breath.

After calling Xander a few times and he didn’t  pick up, she gave up and decided to send him a text instead.

Just then, she heard the car pull over on the other side of the street.

“Where did she run off to?” She heard a voice ask.

Instinctively, Arabella slammed her palm against her lips to keep herself from making any sound that could lead them to her.

“I think she ran in this direction. She should be somewhere around here.”

Arabella peeked at them while her head hammered against her ribs. However, Mr Wallace wasn’t in sight.

Then all of a sudden, her notification rang, immediately alerting them of her whereabouts.

Arabella hissed under her breath when she realized she’d forgotten to silence her notification.

Without reading the text, she began running for her life again. However this time, she didn’t have anywhere to run to but the thick bush behind her.

She jumped past the restriction banner that’d been put up to stop people from entering the bush since the government was planning on having it constructed.

“She’s over there,” one of the men yelled loud enough for the others to hear, and her heart instantly sank into her stomach.

Arabella quickly hid behind a thick trunk that was able to completely cover her shadow. She checked her phone, reading the text from Xander, asking her for her whereabouts, but she wasn’t looking at the street names while she was running.

Then, the worst thing that could possibly happen in that situation occurred. Her phone was almost out of battery.