My Billionaire Bully

Chapter 6 -face of America

"Woah bro, you're going to have to calm down. I'm sure she didn't mean for any of this to happen." Aaron finally speaks up in my defense.

But in truth, it's no use at all.

Axel said all he had to while Aaron watched.

What just happened is a friend who watched his friend rant till he felt better before intervening. But I guess that's what friends do.

Friends don't betray each other for trips to Milan.

I never thought Rodney would do something like that, never!

"It's all her fault though, whether she meant it or not, it's her fault that our f*****g s*x tape is with some freak who thinks he has the right to blackmail the publishing rights from me." Axel said before pausing and I can feel his evil gaze on my head.

I can't bear to look up right now.

It's taking me everything to not start crying again, but I'm managing to hold back.

"But you have to calm down bro, you can't be this rude to a lady, where are your manners, Axel." Aaron asked him in a scolding tone.

I can tell that he was about to go on, but he suddenly stopped.

I wonder why, but not for long, because shortly after, Aaron takes his place by my side and helps me up.

"I'm sorry, miss, let me help you to your room." Axel's friend leads the way while I follow behind.

I take a last glance back at Axel, and I don't know why, but I feel really hurt by his expressionless face.

Why?!

Just why is all this happening to me?

" It's not my own fault that she's blind and can't choose her friends wisely, so much for being the face of America, it's all useless." He shouts behind me as Aaron helps me to my room.

How in the world am I going to spend the next two months fighting for the publishing rights side by side with this monster?!

Just how?!

"I'm sorry about Axel being a jerk and all, he's usually too expressive whenever he is angry." He says in his friend's defense.

Of course he would.

"It's fine, he was telling the truth after all." I give him a bitter smile before entering my room.

He has a pitiful look on his face, but what use is all this pity when we have more than that to deal with.

I make my way to the bathroom and switch on the shower and taps before sliding my back down as soon as I close the door.

I really don't want to cry, because I'm strong.

I'm a big girl and big girls don't cry, but I can't help it.

I bury my face in my palms and bawl my eyes out.

Memories of the ten years I've spent together with Rodney start playing in my head that I think it might explode from the too many graphics at display at once in my head

But all that meant nothing to him. I pick up my phone to call him again, but it's switched off, then to the other numbers he has ever used to call me, but they are either unavailable or nonexistent.

So much for trust.

Axel's POV

Aaron has been coming up with strategies on how to go about the situation after hearing my own point of view, but my thoughts have been drifting in and out of here.

The only thing I got from him is that there has to be a backer, someone else in this same industry who wants the publishing rights and we have to find the real blackmailer before they find us.

But what about Natalie, the girl I hurt with my words.

It's weird, but my hearing is quite sharp and the sound of the water running in her room has been on for about thirty minutes now.

"Are you even listening?" Aaron snaps at me.

"Geez bro."

"What did I just say? Tell me the last thing I said." He asks, but I was totally out of it, so I have no idea whatsoever.

"Come on, you weren't even listening." He says with a hurt expression, but I can tell he's faking it, so I'm not fazed.

"I was bro, I'm no kid, just go on." I tell him.

"Okay, so I wouldn't want us to involve Natalie, at least not yet else she would be hurt even more. I'll find out who this Rodney guy is and track him down." He tells me and I nod.

"Makes sense." I reply to him and find my thoughts wandering out again.

"Hmm," he nods and strokes his chin.

It's one of his habits whenever he is in deep thoughts.

"We also can't involve the police." I add and he nods.

"Of course, I'm using The Key." He says and we both chuckle in understanding.

Only Aaron and I know about the secret organization of cyber security experts which he founded with my funds and his passion.

It's been growing secretly and what they do mainly is accept jobs outside.

This is the first personal job his organization would be doing, but I know I can put my mind at rest because he has the best of the best black hat hackers in the country put together.

"Thanks man." I tell him as he stands up and makes his way towards the kitchen.

It's no surprise he is ninety kg. All he ever does is eat.

"Foodie. " I call behind him and he chuckles, "you know the name."

He says.

Aaron always knows how to make a joke out of everything and here we are laughing instead of him getting offended.

I understand that it must be hard on Natalie to get betrayed by her friend like that, but I just couldn't hold myself back.

Maybe it's because of what we had together last night.

Maybe it's because of how she managed to blend in so well yesterday.

I'm probably making things hard for her because of how good she made me feel yesterday.

Who would have thought that the face of America was in a club and grinding against me last night.

It was supposed to be a one night stand between two strangers who would never meet again.

But when the night was over, it turned out to be the exact opposite, because even if we didn't meet as partners for this project my dad put me up to, I would have had to see her on the screen everyday.

Natalie as the face of America is loved by everyone and that includes me, but with everything that happened, I just felt too disappointed and she was the only one I could lash out at.