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.

“Wait, what cathedral, what are you saying, I don’t understand what you are saying Hills, where the fuck are you going to?” I asked her in a panic, trying to get her to talk to me, but it was too late. She doesn’t find me reliable anymore, she doesn’t see me as a friend she can trust and rely on. I lost the right to ask her these questions when I left her to face her problems alone. I had pushed away and now I regret it, I should have stood by her, I should have stayed back and helped her fight against that crazy bitch that wants to kill her. I had chickened out like a scared Kitty cat, I ran away and I abandoned my best friend, my sister.

“Goodbye Avi, I’ll miss you.” She muttered softly, causing the unshed tears that has been piling up in my eyes to spill over. What the hell have I done, what the bloody hell have I done? 

I failed her…

I fucking failed my best friend. I am not fit to be called a friend, or a sister. I am not fit to be around anyone, I guess that is why I was abandoned in an orphanage when I was still a baby, I must have been such a monstrous baby that nobody wanted to keep me, so I got dumped in the orphanage. Nobody wanted me, not even my own family. Now I found someone that loves me like a sister, now I’ve found someone that adores and love me like a sister, treating me like family, but I pushed away and I abandoned her at a time when she really needed someone to comfort her, I abandoned her when she really needed someone to talk to when she really needed me by her side.

It’s true that I had don’t through hell while they were still searching for her. First, they had tried to kill me, then I had been abducted and tortured for days. I had gone through a lot, but that doesn’t mean that I should abandon her, I should not have left her to face all this on her own, it is just too much for one person to bear. First, it was Nathan, his body was never recovered from that crash site and everyone is so confused because nobody knows if he is still alive or dead. While she is still trying to get over his disappearance, his ex-girlfriend came up with her crazy plans to kill Hillary. As if that was not enough for her to bear, I added my anger to her troubles and I left her to face all of these troubles on her own, I failed her also.

I just hope she is doing okay, she doesn’t sound okay, she sounds completely insane, she sounded like someone who doesn’t have a reason to live anymore. I tried calling her phone over and over again, but she wasn’t taking any of my calls again. I tried calling her personal assistant, but he wasn’t picking up as well. Actually, Miguel is not just her personal assistant, he is her bodyguard also but he prefers being called a personal assistant. Who would blame him for insisting we call him a personal assistant, he is too cute to be a bodyguard, too cute to even be called a personal assistant but that is still a little bit more acceptable than being called a bodyguard.

They both weren’t picking up my calls, so I got up and ran as fast as I could to the airport, booking the next available plane ticket to New York. My gut feeling says that something ain’t right, I think that she is going to do something that could put her in trouble,  I have to try and stop her before she could do something to hurt herself. I have to tell her that I’m no longer upset with her, she has to know that I’ll stand by her against that bitch, but that would have to be done the right way. She doesn’t have to put her life in danger just to get back at that bitch, she could try doing it the right way so she doesn’t get hurt.

I kept trying to reach her even while I was on the plane. I dialed the hotel's number that she had been using to call me, but nobody was taking any of my calls, I couldn’t reach her or Miguel. It seems he is also involved in her plans, he is never too busy to take his calls, I’m sure he is the one to come up with the plans that she was talking about, he is always the guy with the plans, and although he isn’t a trained henchman, his plans have never failed, his plans always work exactly the way he wants it to and the end result is always perfect. I just hope they both know what they are doing. I don’t know what I’ll do if anything should happen to Hilly, I would never be able to forgive myself for not being here when she desperately needed me and I would never forgive Miguel for coming up with such a ridiculous plan. 

As soon as I got down from the plane, I ran into the nearest restroom that I could find, dodging the security cameras along the way. Miguel had taught me how to use disguise and how to dodge cameras. It has be3n a bit difficult to sneak me out of the country after he got me out of the warehouse that I was being held in, I had to learn all these tricks pretty quickly, otherwise, I would not have been able to stay hidden all this while, I would have been caught and abducted a second time if I wasn’t able to disguise myself properly and blend in with ease.