SEDUCING MY THREE PLAYBOYS

CHAPTER 12

-FALLING FOR THEIR TRAP-

Ella fastened her steps. She arrived at her room and noticed that something was wrong. Wait, did someone come in here after she left?

She tried to look around hoping she would find the person but she didn't. She just left once again telling herself that all this exhaustion is what is making her see things that are not even real.

All this time, Carlos was in the bathroom. He crossed his fingers and hoped that Ella would not catch him spying because this is going to ruin his plans and this will directly affect his game plan yet he did not want to lose.

Carlos went back to his room with a perfect picture of how his move would be. Arthur thinks that he has a chance with her but that is not going to happen. Not in his watch. He is going to win her all over again and be ahead of his brothers.

Carlos remained keen. He wanted to have a word with Ella as soon as she came from the walk.

When he saw her walk in, he immediately walked downstairs to meet with her. He had a lot to say to her and he hoped that she was going to agree to everything that she was going to tell her.

Ella felt better after walking in nature. She seemed to have a glimpse of what she wanted and got the next plan moving forward. Thank goodness she had moved past that aspect of wanting to give back to the brothers each time they do something good to get because this got her sleeping with Arthur on the same bed. She had to have shreds of self control in all this.

Talking about the brothers, she found Carlos waiting for him .

" Hi," Ella said.

" Hi Ella, I have been looking everywhere for you," Carlos mumbled.

" You found me," Ella said, arching her lips upwards.

" There is something that I have been meaning to tell you. Can we please go somewhere for dinner? It is really important," Carlos said, crossing his fingers that she was going to say yes.

" I don't think…" Ella caught herself wanting to say no but she quickly rectified that. She needed to say yes to all the brothers so that her revenge would be completed sooner than later. She has to do this. Nicole needs justice and she has to give it to her.

" Of course, we can go," Ella said and Carlos barely hid his excitement.

" I am sorry to say this but I want you to wear red. Red is your colour," Carlos said and Ella didn't take it as controlling, she nodded and went to the room to get ready.

Ella took a warm shower and ended up wearing a red bodycon dress with gladiator heels. She did her makeup and allowed her hair to fall on her shoulders. She looked perfect and she loved it. She hoped that tonight was going to be a good night.

She stepped out of the room and ran into Arthur.

" Damn, you are so sexy," He barely hid his judgement.

"Thank you," Ella said shyly.

" Are you going out? Would you want me to come with you? You know very well that I think about you all the time," Arthur said as Carlos joined in right away.

" You are not going out with her. She is mine today. She is mine for the night." Carlos said and Arthur felt bitter bile tasting at the back of his throat. He didn't want to feel so bad. He was going to do something bigger to make Ella forget about Carlos completely. He made himself believe that Ella would not make Carlos feel the way she made him feel. What they had is special and that could never change.

Ella felt like she was the centre of attention as they walked out. They ran into Zayn but she avoided looking in his direction. Carlos also ignored him as they got into his car and left.

Zayn was just from work and seeing Carlos with Ella made him realise that if he doesn't do something to get her to remember him then he was going to lose the game even without trying. He needs to do better than that.

Ella anticipated them going to a fancy restaurant but they ended up at the mall.

" Why are we here?" She asked.

" Relax, there is something that I want you to see," Richard said before pulling her hand and they went to one of the shops which turned out to be a tattoo place.

" What are we doing here? I don't want to have a tattoo," Ella shrugged.

Seeing how anxious she was made Richard honest with her instantly.

" I want your name to be tattooed on my shoulder," Carlos told her, pulling her close.

" Well, I don't think that that is a food idea," Ella said. A tattoo was just too much. What for?

" It is. I like you a lot Ella. You are the only girl who tries to get me. You are special to me and that is why I am doing it," Carlos said and Ella was in disbelief. She remained numb as she watched him go to the tattoo seat and then they went ahead to inscribe her name in his skin.

" How does it look?" He asked once it was done.

" It's perfect," Ella said.

Anyway, she was not so naive to fall into this kind of trap. These are the Peterson brothers we are talking about. They will make her feel like she is the only girl in the world and eventually they will break her heart and leave her alone to die, just like what they did to her sister. She needed to be so careful not to be caught in between their charms.

" I am glad that you love it. " Carlos said.

" Can I touch it?" Ella asked and he allowed her to. She ran her fingertips over the tattoo delicately and instantly Carlos found himself getting carried away.

When Ella noticed this, she stopped.

" I don't want you to stop. Keep going," He requested but she was not about that. She didn't care about pleasing any of the brothers.

"We have to go. Besides, I am hungry," Ella said and Carlos had to respect her decision. Even if he did not agree with it. He had to just get her and break her heart eventually.

They left the mall and headed to a fancy restaurant. They ate a full course meal and drank wine as an accompaniment. All along, Ella found herself thinking about Arthur. He is really fun. By now she would have laughed a lot.

She didn't expect that she would end up picking sides but she just couldn't control herself from picking Arthurs side. Wait, does she like him better because he helped her get over her imposter syndrome? Well, it had something to do with that because before then he was just like the rest of them.

" Ella, I know how much you love styling and designing outfits. Would you love to launch your first clothing line? I am ready to support you to do that," Carlos suggested and Ella was taken aback. This was so unexpected.

Another brother, wanting her to be on top of her career? She never expected their game to be like this? They really know how to get to her and unfortunately, she is falling for their trap. She had not planned on how to control her emotions when it comes to them supporting her career. She was falling really badly for their plan because she started to feel something towards them and this was not expected of her. She was not supposed to feel any type of way during this revenge mission.