Billionaire's Desire✔

Chapter-17

Chapter-17

ETHAN ELLSWORTH

Say No all that you like, but you mine.

"You disrespect me Ethan. You are a disgrace to stand with. I don't want to turn myself into something like you."

She say just as we sit on the table where that fucker and Angel were sitting. I stare her taking in the look in her face.

That man who reluctantly just left the table has done things to her or Angel probably thinks so and that's why her face is gleaming as of now. She is very clear as to what she is saying.

"Shoot me with what you that f*****g proposition so that we can end it soon." She say to waver me more.

I clear my throat and stare her blanky to catch a hint of her fall for me. I thought Samantha will do things and Angel will come running to me but seeing her right now clearly states that she is trying to find peace in Ryan Remiraz.

"So that bloke is onto your head. Has he told you things about his life?" I ask. Maybe Angel wanted him for money to get her mansion and brother back. Even though I know it isn't that but people change and their priorities change.

Her face cover in confusion.

" What things? "

So he hasn't.

" Things he should. " I say and her thick eye brows come together in confusion more making me happy. But it turn to anger soon and she close her eyes for few seconds before opening it to send me some real daggers.

"This is it. I don't like games Ethan. I know what you are trying to do here. But I know better. Ryan unlike you is every woman's wet dream. He is a role model to how man should behave with a woman. Unlike you."

She smile proudly at it and her shoulder blade move a bit to mark her happiness. It makes me feel jealous and very unhappy.

" Well I have done some background research on him. Even got a file made on him. Turns out to be a mystery man having a lot more secrets than me. " I say and smirk.

Her face fall once again. I don't like it but it's the hour if need.

"What is it? Tell me." She say palming the table before me. I smile inside my head.

"Well we are not sitting to talk about him but my proposition-"

"Ethan tell me."

"It wouldn't matter Angel, you won't see him after hearing my proposal. Told you You are Mine." I say.

She stare me blankly but doesn't say anything. Little later she shake her head and laugh lightly. It is looking like she is struggling in her head.

"I know you Ethan you are just playing me."

I laugh and just how Scarlett put that thought in my head I decide to tell her half truth, maybe to trigger her.

"Angel. You parents they did some things that they shouldn't have. They have put you in a place that I am trying to save you from." I say meaning each of my words.

She laugh in denial again.

"Gracia, my step mother will turn your world upside down if I don't marry you, own you. Just because your parents had a transaction to complete with her that they didn't. And when I intercepted I made her more angry. Now she has a deal for both of us but she will only present it after I marry you."

I grimace at my helplessness. How I have bowed to Gracia. But I have to have it to get my control back.

" What kind of transaction? "She ask in a smallest of her voice.

" Your parents sold you to her for her son Nicole who had an enough obsession for you when he saw you at one of their parties. " I tell her the truth so bluntly. Her face redden and mouth agape. With the look on her face I can tell she thinks I am lying.

" Are you okay? "I ask and just seconds later she hold the side of table and try to turn it upside down screaming in high alert anger but i grab the table stopping it and then her.

" Calm down! " I pat her back for a while but she start to punch me with a lot of yelling.

"You are a liar. Asshole! You leave me alone."

"Get out. Out. Out." She scream attracting all the attention of the world. I hold her hand and stop her snaking her from all over.

"Leave me. Leave me alone. You bastard."

I close her mouth and whisper in her ear.

"I will let you go if you calm down."

She shake her head and calm a bit. I let her go. As she get away she send me daggers again.

"I can prove you that." I say.

She remain silent and look away for more than a minute and while she was at it her legs wobbled and I fear she would be falling in my arms soon.

"Sit down!" I say holding her hands to put her to rest.

She raise her hand to stop me and keep the silence for another minute.

"I want to get out of here." She say.

"Okay."

"And then I want to know all about it. If it turns out to be a good game, Ethan, I will kill you right then and there." She hiss glaring ne.

" Fair enough." I say and smile at her which she doesn't. I want to calm her but I can't.

I call my chauffer and when we exit my car is standing just outside it. I dare to open the door for her. She get in silently. I smile.

I slip in beside her. She look out of the window. I purposely tell the driver to take us to my mansion to know whether Angel object about it. Gladly she doesn't.

"Angel."

"No, Ethan no. Just let me have my peace for while." She say in her breaking voice and I zip up.

I look at her face and I realize. How much I tried to avoid this. How I did everything to make her mine and get the deal by my mother without Angel knowing a thing about it. Maybe if she hadn't gone out with that fucker, everything would have turned out different.

As we pull inside the lane of my mansion, Angel stiffen and look outside. Just as car stop in front of my main door, I hop out to open the door for her but she does the honour by herself.

I want to scold her or pass her a sarcastic remark but the expression on her face is taking it back my throat.

She walk in and sit on the sofa and look down.

"Proof!"

I take out my phone and call Gracia and put her on speaker. She take the call like she was waiting for it.

"Hello Sweet son!" She chirp and laugh devishly.

"Gracia. Angel and I are marrying soon. I want you to keep the deal ready for both of us." I say to make her spill some beans that might make Angel to believe in me.

"Oh, that's a news. I hope you remember what is expected of both of you then?"

"Gracia, her parents and you planned things which was the violation of her rights. And now you expect us to plan our baby? Angel didn't even know about Nicole's likeness for her and also isn't responsible for his condition. I think you shouldn't play with her. Well, I, am all you get. Shoot it. " I say and look up at Angel's face. Her eyebrows are almost meeting and her eyes are looking down, probably lot is starting to bubble in her head.

I am somehow enjoying it. Even if Gracia is having upper hand right now with business still I believe getting Angel as a part of deal is equivalent to winning to me.

"I guess deciding who is responsible and not responsible about everything rest on me. And for your information any betrayal this time will cause you Ellsworth.inc and Angelina, her precious house and sold out company. See me after getting a marriage certificate. " She hang up on me.

" Hey. " I look up at Angel who is hovering over my phone.

"Call her back. I want to talk." She almost yell at me. I hide my skeptism and just smile at her. She blow a short deep breath and stare me. I return the favours.

"The less you deal with it, less you will be hurt." I say slowly thinking this would carve in her head but Angel being Angel scoff and what next? Well, pick up my phone to go through and when she find it locked huff at me.

"I still don't trust you Ethan. I remember how you played when I was dating Carl. You made him look like a total asshole and it was just as convincing as this is not." She laugh and shake her head.

"I am stupid to fall in your trap. Again." She stand up.

I hold her hand and make her sit again.

"Your parents did that to you. And to Gracia. And now Gracia will do anything to get back to what they did. What do you think that car accident was simply an accident?" I say grab all the attention that I want. At the same time I lose my conscience though. What if Angel finds what I did?

She would never.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Gracia planned that. After your parents handed you to her for Nicole they had a lot of business together but your parents declined and backed out. Not only they but Gracia suffered the loss. Your parents got bankrupted. And then died. But Nicole. You see he is not in right condition now to own you and so Grcaia has gone mad. She thinks of me as a devil to exploit you after marriage and thus is after me marrying you. You don't want to sabotage that plan to end up getting worse. All you have is Liam now. You don't want to lose him. "

" Shut up Ethan. "She shake away my hand listening to Liam.

" I will after I put the whole proposal." I say.

She just stare me and shake her head in denial. Yeah, I remember how I planted Carl as a drug addict and a maniac who sold private videos of women he dated. After doing that I told Angel how I have got that videos of them out from every niche of the internet. She fell in love with me again and then her parents happened. They revealed the truth with Gracia's help. And we never got back to a stable relationship. Well as Gracia did lot for her partners and got betrayed, now wants the bottled up revenge from Angel.

"I don't trust you Ethan. I don't."

"My proposal is that you marry me and we both get our share. I, Ellsworth.inc and you, your mansion and about 30% of company shares, your company shares. Then if we don't work out, we go our separate ways."

"My mansion is on your name and company shares? My parents lost everything."

We are getting to the point.

"At present yes it is. But if you don't marry me, I lose Ellsworth.inc and with that goes your sweet home. And once I take over my company totally, I have planned to get you what you lost. Thirty percent of Gracia holding in here."

She lick her lip. Her brain probably running miles trying to process things and I let her. Her hand is moving all over each other in nervousness.

" I don't trust you. " she say finally but the tremor in her voice say much more. She knows what everyone was capable of around her. She found about Archer. I know she understands there are fair chance of her parents doing that to her.

So I wait for her.

" I hate you. "

"Apart from this hate for me. You have Liam. You will get a whole life back after marrying me. Your house. Liams education fund. Your company. Plus I said we can separate if we don't work out. What else would you want?" I ignite and she stare me.

"Don't you listen to me. I don't trust you."

And still you are sitting here listening to me. So much for not trusting me.

" Take all your time before the sky falls down." I say finally closing the last thread of my cobweb.

Say no all that you like, but you are mine.

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