You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife novel Chapter 323

After hearing Bill Sky’s words, Arabella was dumbstruck. The eyes of the crowd landed on her and she felt off. Her expression wanted to explain something to the crowd but Bill held her hand. Thus, she suppressed the awkwardness she felt. Bill was gentle enough to put Mrs. Hansen's hand but the latter was still shocked by his announcement. The news about Bill Sky’s marriage had been put into silence a long time ago. This man was seen in public and was always visible in business magazines because of his endless business awards which had nothing to do with his private life. Rumors about him were put down overnight but since Arabella Jones was attached to Bill Sky and he announced it publicly, it would surely go viral.

Mrs. Hansen looked at Arabella Jones. When everything was fine in her family, they were okay. She liked the girl for his son but when Arabella’s dad got into a scandal, Mrs. Hansen didn’t want to engage such kind of family anymore and that included, Arabella. Jayson was a man of focus and she trained him very well as he was her only son. With Arabella, Mrs. Hansen was afraid that she might pull down her son together with her and her family so Mrs. Hansen became the enemy of their relationship. When Margaret confessed her feeling for her son, Jayson, Mrs. Hansen quickly agreed. She even helped Margaret in any way to get Jayson to her side. It was a piece of heaven for her when she heard that Arabella had broken up with her son but somehow, she was beginning to lose a grip on him. It seemed the loss of Arabella was also the loss of his son.

Mrs. Hansen could not believe her eyes seeing Arabella after a very long time. Judging from her demeanor, Arabella had lived a good life and her son was gone. It was just too unfair for her to accept. Arabella Jones is happy while her son was lifeless.

“Arabella Jones, you made my son’s life miserable.” Clenching her fist hard, Mrs. Hansen roared full of despise in her eyes.

Arabella was taken aback. Mrs. Hansen’s expression was blaming her and she felt guilty about her words even though she was fine a while ago.

Maybe Mrs. Hansen was right.

Maybe she was really hard on Jayson but she was just being fair to him.

Somehow the guilt inside her was there.

Having an impatient expression, Bill suddenly dragged Arabella to save her from the crowd’s judgments.

She followed absentmindedly passing Margaret and Mrs. Hansen.

“Be careful, Mr. Sky. That girl is a curse. You should get rid of her as early as you can if you don’t want your fate to be like my son.” Mrs. Hansen warned Bill. Her voice was loud assuring that Bill could hear it and at the same time she deliberately did it on purpose to humiliate Arabella.

Bill stopped in the middle.

Arabella’s heart skipped a beat.

The air in the room seemed to suffocate everyone as intense tension was circulating around.

Then Bill released Arabella’s hand.

Arabella felt very nervous as she lowered her head to avoid the judgmental eyes of the people around her.

For her, Bill releasing her hand meant he heard Mrs. Hanson.

Her warning got Bill’s attention.

Bill released her because he was afraid of Mrs. Hansen's warning.

Maybe he believed Mrs. Hansen that she was really a curse.

Arabella pulled to the side as Bill turned around and walked passed through her.

He was wearing a cold expression that could easily intimidate the people around him without no effort at all.

His eyes were deep and unreadable but his respectable persona was strong.

He walked elegantly and with a powerful stance.

Everyone held their breaths like they had to do it otherwise they would feel they offended him if they did so.

The man walked back calmly but he gave the coldest atmosphere to everyone as he approached Mrs. Hansen.

He stopped and looked at Mrs. Hansen sternly before he spoke,” Your son’s fate has nothing to do with her.” Bill’s strict tone made everyone speechless. He was the only one that dared to talk to the strict Madame of the Hansen group. “I would let this pass, Mrs. Hansen for your son... but I hope there would be no next time because you don’t want me to get offended, and trust me, you can’t afford it.” He said in a strongly firm tone before he turned around but before he strode forward, he faced Mrs. Hansen once again. “This is not a warning but consider this as a friendly reminder. My condolences and health in your hand, Mrs. Hansen.” Bill nodded politely at Mrs. Hansen and finally made his final elegant exit with Arabella Jones.

Mrs. Hansen was left unmoved.

Her arrogant face turned pale.

She felt her knees soften.

Margaret quickly assisted Mrs. Hansen to the couch then the crowd started gossiping about the encounter earlier.

Inside the car, Arabella was caught in her deep thinking.

She was fidgeting and heaving sighs of frustration again and again.

She looked at the view outside the window.

The colorful buildings were so vivid.

They felt so alive but she envied them.

Even though she was trying to be okay but she could not.

Her heart was still clenched hard.

Mrs. Hansen's words seemed to stab her heart so deep.

Why Mrs. Hansen was blaming her?

She didn’t dump Jayson. It was Jayson who did dump her before because of his family and Margaret.

Though after that Jayson apologized to her, and she accepted it but she could not give him what he wanted.

He wanted to fix their broken relationship but she had already decided to stay friends for good.

When she experienced heartbreaks with Jayson, that was the time she realized her true feelings for Jayson.

She didn’t want to hurt him but she didn’t want to be unfair to him.

She decided their breakup was a good start.

A good start to a new life.

“Care for your thoughts?” After a long silence, Bill suddenly sounded.

His tone was not his usual. It carried a bit warm.

Arabella looked at Bill with a blank expression then she smirked dispiritedly.

Her eyes were filled with sadness.

She had no words for him.

Her mind was still in a deep mess and her heart was also wounded.

In other words, she was not in the mood to talk to him.

“Nothing.” She answered looking at him then she looked back outside the window.

A deafening silence invaded inside once again until Bill’s hand reached her head and slowly, he guided her head on his shoulder.

For some inexplicable reason, Arabella found the comfort she needed the most on his shoulder.

Her instinct was to struggle and escape but she didn’t do it. Thus, she closed her eyes and her stubborn tears started to pour down like rain.

She let herself cry for one last time.

Bill’s hand caressed her hair gently.

Her shoulders heaved up and down repeatedly as she was crying non-stopped.

Bill could feel her intense pain through her crying.

It was his first time letting a girl cry on his shoulder.

He thought it was awkward but it felt fine.

He felt calm and he could feel something in his heart that he could not explain.

It happened always to him every time he was with Arabella.

It annoyed him but he felt addicted to it.

For a man who didn’t like romance and love, it was a feeling that he wanted to fight but he always failed and that failure was kept deep because Bill Sky had not known failures ever since. It was the kind of failure that no one knows except himself.

After a while, the scene was disrupted when Bill’s phone rang.

Arabella was very sensitive to all the sounds in her surrounding so she quickly sat up.

She wiped her tears and fixed herself like nothing had happened.

Her crying on his shoulder gave her an overwhelming relief as she felt those tears, she had released were all her guilt and sorrows for Jayson’s loss.

She felt a little better now.

Thanks to Bill’s shoulder!

“Okay! I’m on my way.” It was a brief call and his words were very stern.

It seemed he had an important matter to attain.