THE BILLIONAIRE’S PERFECT MATE

‘Are you fine?’, Ellie asked the enraged Edward after Sophia had left.

‘Yes, I am. Just wondering what she is up to. Why did she choose to work here suddenly?’ Edward said, getting worked up.

‘Sit down and calm your nerves. It’s only when you are calm that you can figure out her plan’, Ellie said, motioning for Edward to have his seat.

‘I actually have something to ……..’, Ellie said after Edward had sat down but was cut short of her statement by Edward’s ringing phone. Edward felt hesitant about picking the call, but he eventually picked it. It was her father on the line.

‘Hello’, Edward said upon picking the call.

‘We will be having a family dinner tonight. I need you and Sophia to be here by 6pm’, Daniel said, hanging up on Edward.

‘Is anything the problem?’, Ellie asked upon noticing Edward’s facial expression after dropping the call.

‘It’s nothing. You were saying something earlier. What was that about?’, curious Edward asked Ellie.

‘Was I? Can’t seem to have remembered. Seems like it skipped my mind. If you don’t mind, can I excuse myself for some minutes? I need to touch one or two things’, Ellie said.

‘Sure, you can carry on’, Edward responded. As Ellie left the room, she kept on thinking about Edward as she knew he wasn’t in a good mood. She had wanted to tell him about her pregnancy but stopped when she noticed he wasn’t in a good mood. She felt he needed some time to himself, which was why she had excused herself on the grounds that she had some things to do.

In the evening when it was time for them to head to Daniel’s house, Sophia headed to Edward’s office. Upon entering his office, she saw him engrossed in work.

‘It’s high time we were on our way, isn’t it?’, Sophia said, walking up to Edward.

You can be on your way. I will be there once I am done with work ‘, Edward said, avoiding making eye contact with Sophia.

‘Why don’t we go there together? It will be nice stepping into the house together, holding hands. We are a couple afterwards or what do you think?’, Sophia asked rubbing her hand on Edward’s chest.

‘Get your hands off me’, Edward said taking his eyes off the documents in front of him and looking Sophia straight in the eyes. Sophia, taking this opportunity, locked her lips with that Edward, and it was then Ellie walked in on them. Ellie was shocked at the position she met the duo and couldn’t help but get jealous.

On noticing Ellie’s presence, Edward pushed Sophia away.

‘It’s not what you think, Ellie. She forced herself on me’, Edward said, getting up to meet Ellie where she was standing and clear her of any doubt.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

‘I know. I trust you’, Ellie said to Edward although, deep down inside of her she had this fear; the fear of Edward getting back with Sophia.

‘We need to be on our way now, don’t we?’, Sophia said, moving close to where Ellie and Edward were and locking her hand with that of Edward’s.

‘I will be back soon’, Edward said, kissing Ellie on her forehead with Ellie acknowledging his statement with a smile. Yanking off her hand away from his, Edward made his way to the exit.

‘You see, that’s how it feels. I am just giving you a taste of your own medicine. More is yet to come. Look forward to it’, Sophia said, giggling and walking away, leaving Ellie standing there, uncertain of where her romance with Edward would lead to.

On getting to Daniel’s house, Allison welcomed the couple warmly. On setting his eyes on Allison, the memories of the other night came rushing to Edward and all he could see as he looked at Allison’s face was a mask. While at the dining table, Daniel raised an issue which later turned to chaos.

‘I heard you have a mistress now and you barely go home since you met her’, Daniel said, almost making choke on his food.

‘She is not a mistress. She is the woman I love’, Edward responded to the surprise of everyone as he had never talked back at his father.

‘You seem to be in love with her. I heard she used to be a stripper before she started to work as your Personal Assistant. But if I may ask, apart from her beauty, what does she have to offer you?’, Daniel asked facing Edward. This got to Edward, and he tightened his fist round the spoon he was holding. Sophia, however, was enjoying the drama and smiled. When Daniel noticed Edward ignore his question, he continued.

‘Since Sophia is now working at the company, I would like for you two to work together on securing the partnership with Oswell Fashion Brand. The partnership means a lot for the company as it will make it the No. 2 biggest Fashion Group in the state if secured. Due to the workload that will be on Sophia from now on, Ellie will be moved to her team to assist her, and your former Personal Assistant will be reinstated to her former position’, Daniel said, continuing with his food.

‘Why must Ellie be moved? Can’t another person be moved to the team?’, Edward asked, facing Daniel who had stopped eating and was now looking at him.

‘You don’t tell me how to run my company. I own the company and not you’, Daniel yelled at Edward, muttering under his breath, ‘You are just like your mother’.

‘What did you just say? You don’t have the right to mention my mother. You know what, I want a divorce’, Edward yelled in return, slamming the spoon on the plate loudly. Everybody’s mouths were wide opened including Daniel’s own as they were surprised by Edward’s sudden retaliation.