The Billionaires Desires novel Chapter 58

Ariel’s POV

I tried calling her after she dropped the call but she wasn’t taking my calls anymore. I realized that I had acted like a complete jerk when I stopped talking to her. It’s not her fault that her man has a lunatic for an ex, it’s not her fault that he died without telling his family that he is now legally married to her.

I shouldn’t have acted so stupidly, I’ve been with her for so many years now, I’ve watched her love him from a distance, falling deeply in love with him. I know how much she loved him, I should have stood by her when she is alone, I should have understood her feelings and stood by her, but I didn’t. I betrayed our friendship by giving up on her when she needed me the most, I did not only leave the country, I stopped taking her calls also, pushing her away from me.

When she spoke to me on the phone, she had sounded so sad and from the way she spoke, she made it sound like she is going to be in danger, she made me so scared that I had no other choice but to come running back here just to check on her. I still remember my entire conversation with her, it keeps replaying in my head as I boarded the next available flight to New York City. I just can’t get it off my head, at first, I did not want to pick up her call because I was still pissed, but when I finally picked up her call, I sounded so harsh, telling her to leave me the fuck alone, telling her that I don’t want to see or talk to her ever again. I acted like a complete jerk, but she never got upset with me, she had only pleaded and begged me, trying to get me to listen to her words, 

“I’m sorry Avril, I never meant for any of this to happen, I’ll never do anything to hurt you and you know it. I don’t know how all this started, but I’m right in the middle of it all and there is nothing I can do about it, I’m so sorry, I should have…” she paused at this point because she is so hurt and heartbroken, but I still didn’t consider her feelings, I sat there on my couch in a house that she is saying for and I yelled at her saying,

“Ten more seconds Hills!!! 

I’m hanging up if you have nothing important to say to me.” I told her pointedly, causing her to let out a frustrated sigh. Even though I spoke so rude to her, she didn’t take offense at my words, she simply went on with her words, sounded so calm and cool, sounding like she is resigned to her fate.

“It's Fine Avi, you can hang up now. I just wanted to say nice words to you before I finish this task because I don’t know if I can make it out of that cathedral alive. I love you, Avril, I’ll never forget about you, I’ll always love you like a sister because you are not just my best friend, you are the only family I have and I love you with all the love in me.” She muttered softly, making the hairs on my body to stand at attention. It was at this point that I started paying attention to her words and the guilt has suddenly springs forth making me feel so guilty all of a sudden. She got me so scared that I stood up from the couch that I have been sitting on and I stood up in alarm as it hit me that whatever she is planning, it cannot be good, it’s got to be bad, very bad, so bad that she even believes that she may not make it out of there alive.