Mr Billionaire's Regret Chasing His Irresistible Wife (Jared and Arielle) novel Chapter 15

(ARIELLE'S POV)

I knew what I was about to do was wrong, as it went against my principles, but I couldn't help myself. My hands moved involuntarily as I typed in a password. Jared had mentioned in the car that his password was my name, right? Well, it was time to find out.

I typed my name, and to my amazement, the phone unlocked. I clicked on the message box, and on Sofia's messages.

“Hey, are you done bathing?”

“Will you come keep me company after you're done?”

“Why aren't you responding? Is Arielle awake?”

“Are you ignoring me?”

“Jared!!!!”

“I can’t sleep. Come down, and let’s go outside and look at the stars, just like we did when we were teenagers.”

“You promised me at the hospital's garden that we would stargaze, remember?”

Angrily, I muted the phone and dropped it back on the couch. How shameless can Sofia be? She should be asleep, and not texting a married man to go out at night to stargaze with her.

I returned to the bed, disturbed. Sleep had fled my eyes at this point, and all I craved was to march to Sofia's room and warn her to know her boundaries. But I thought against it, trying to gain control over my anger.

Jared returned to the room a few minutes later, and I quickly pretended to be asleep. I watched him beneath my lashes, as he walked over to his phone and picked it up. He tapped on it, and glanced at the screen for a moment. Swiftly, he turned to face me, but I still lay in pretence of being asleep.

He dropped the phone and walked to the closet. He hurriedly got dressed in his pajamas and returned to the couch to pick up his phone. He glanced at it, and back at me. And then he called my name softly. “Arielle?”

I didn't respond.

He called again, but this time louder than before, but I didn't stir.

Then he turned and tiptoed to the door. I watched him pause to glance at me, and after confirming I was indeed asleep, he opened the door, and slipped out, gently closing the door behind him.

My eyes snapped open, the moment Jared left. I threw off the covers, and got off the bed. I felt tricked and angry. How could Jared? Sneaking out at night to be with Sofia, his supposed “best friend.” Now, I was convinced that their friendship was anything but platonic. They might not necessarily be having an affair, but there was nothing Platonic about their closeness, either.

If that wasn't the case, Jared wouldn't be okay with sneaking out at night to be with another woman. Or better yet still, he should have informed him if nothing was wrong with that.

I was seething with rage, and wanted to confront them. To seek answers because I was tired of being played and looking like a fool. But then, I couldn't. Not yet. I needed to calm down, to think things through.

Still, the temptation to hurry out, and spy on them was strong. I shook my head, I won't stoop to such a level. And then, an idea struck me–the balcony. I could see anything from there. If Jared and Sofia were truly headed outside to stargaze, then I should be able to see them from there.