The Billionaire’s Desires

Still Nathans POV

“Where the hell have you been, son, why didn’t you come home sooner, you had us all so worried, your mother was so sick and worried about you. I missed you so much, we were all so worried about you.” My father told me excitedly as he pulled me into his arms for a bear hug. We all moved inside the house as my dad kept asking me so many questions while mom kept clinging to me as if I would disappear again.

“You scared the hell out of me, don’t you ever do that to me again. I thought I would never see you again, we all thought you were dead, we held your funeral, and we buried an empty casket. I kept waiting and praying for your return, I was so hurt when they found your remains, I felt so shattered and broken, I wanted to take my own life, I just couldn’t bear it.” Mom complained and sobbed at the same time, looking so disheveled and ruining her beautiful makeup. I held her into my arms and pecked her forehead, hugging her tightly, trying to reassure her that everything would be fine.

“I missed you, bro, I thought you were really dead, I believed the reports as well. I should have had more confidence in your abilities, I should have known that you wouldn’t go down easily, you are just too stubborn.” My sister joked, making everyone giggle softly.

“I never gave up on you, Nate. I never left because I knew in my heart that you couldn’t be dead, I knew you would come back to me.” Ariel let out with a smile, reminding me that she was still standing by the side. She sounds so annoying, everything about her is just so disgusting. I would have forgotten about her presence if she hadn’t been stupid enough to open her silly out to spout rubbish.

“Oh, really Ariel, is that the story you choose to go with?” I asked her with a smirk, watching her closely as she swallowed dryly.

“Oh come on, son. You can’t talk to her that way, not after all she did for this family when you were away. You need to thank her for standing by our family all this while, she never left us even when the forensic report said that you were dead. We owe her a lot for taking care of us and treating us like her own family.” My mom spoke up immediately, speaking on her behalf as always. Sometimes I think that there is something wrong with my mom, I just can’t place my finger on it. She had always tried to force Ariel on me, she had always defended her no matter what she did. I have always thought that she was doing all this simply because she wanted me to get married to the girl she chose for me, but now that I think about it, I think there is something else between them. Ariel is not the kind of girl that any mother would want for her son. Everyone in this city knows about her flirtatious attitude, she is a fucking whore that fucks every guy that she fancies, it is either my mom is too dumb to see her true character or maybe she knows about her stupid lifestyle but she chooses to ignore it. This could either mean that she is not looking out for what is good for me, that she doesn’t care about my welfare, or maybe she had no choice, maybe she is being blackmailed by that bitch Ariel. If I find out that Ariel had been blackmailing my mom all this while, I would fucking kill this bitch. Whatever the case may be, whatever their deal might be, I’m sure that I’ll uncover everything today, I didn’t come back here to pamper anyone, I’m here to get back on everyone that hurt me and ruined my life, I started with my grandfather and now its Ariel’s turn.

“Of course mom, I owe Ariel a lot of thanks, you have no idea how grateful I am to my dearest fiancee, right Ariel?” I asked her mockingly, leaving a smirk on my face.

“You don’t have to thank me, my love. I did it all for you, I would never give up on you Nathan, you know how much I adore you.”

“Yes, my love. I know how much you adore me, especially when you have been screwing my cousin behind my back. You sure do know how to express your feelings for me.” I told her with a mocking smile, wiping the fake smile out of her face. I can’t believe that she actually thought that I was going to fall for that stupid smile of hers, is she daft or just plain stupid. I dropped a lot of hints to make her see that she is way out of her depth here, but it is either she is too stupid to take a hint or maybe she thinks that she can outsmart me and make me look plain stupid in front of my family. Well, let’s see who has the last laugh then.

“W… W… What?

What the hell did you just say to me?” she asked out loud, feigning disgust. I wanted to slap that look out of her face, but I decided to keep my cool and see how this plays out, besides, I wouldn’t want to hit a woman in front of my parents, it is certainly not gentlemanly, and I don’t want them to find out that I’m a totally different Nathan, I’m certainly not the man I used to be.

“I know you are stupid Ariel but it never crossed my mind that you could be deaf as well.

You stupid whore!

As if screwing the whole masculine species in this city is not enough, you had to do it with my cousin as well, did he tell you that he made a sex tape of you two?” I asked in that same mocking tone,

“What?” everyone asked in unison, making me chuckle softly as I saw the obvious shock on her face. It is obvious that she has no idea about the sex tape, Travis must have played a fast one on her, he is a sneaky bastard after all. I only wonder how Costello and Raymond managed to get copies of that sex tape, or maybe he isn’t really keeping it a secret, the tricky bastard must be circulating it by himself, I guess he finally discovered that Ariel is not a trustworthy partner Afterall, and now he is trying to get rid of her. Typical.

“Well, from the look on your face, it is obvious that you are more stupid than I initially thought you were, but that is none of my business Ariel, I have no business with your sex life, and right now, I only have two questions for you,

Why are you still living in this house after you obviously helped Travis to sabotage my plane, why didn’t you just get your cut of the money and scram, what are you still doing here?

We’re you hoping to get in bed with my father and become the lady of the house, or would you have gotten rid of everyone so you can have everything to yourself?” I asked her firmly, ignoring the complaints from my mom who looks like she is Ariel’s knight in shining armor.

“How could you say such a thing to Ariel after I just told you all she has been doing for this family since you went missing. She may have made some mistakes when she was younger, but that doesn’t mean that she would do such a thing, son. You shouldn’t be listening to gossip around town, you know how people can be.” She explained furtively, speaking on behalf of Ariel once more.

“Why don’t you let her speak for herself mom, I’m sure she can defend herself, right Ariel?” I asked her smugly, but she didn’t say a word, she just ignored me and stood there glaring at my mom as if she wants my mom to make this all go away. This only confirms my suspicions that she is forcing my mom to do all this, she must have something on my mom, I wonder what it is.

“Well, I see you have nothing to say for yourself, so I’m simply going to move on to my next question…” I took a pause at this point because the next question brings up different thoughts and emotions to my mind, but I have to confirm if truly she had tried to kill my wife, I have to clear her of all doubts before I can put all the fucking blame on Hillary. I looked into her eyes and watched her carefully, I don’t want to miss any reaction on her face.

“Where is Hillary, what did you do to her?” I asked sternly, hoping she would try and deny her involvement in Hillary’s disappearance but she wasn’t going to. She scoffed at my question before taking a few steps to sit on the chair in front of me, being all dramatic about it.

“I thought you have it all figured out, Nate, why do you bother to ask me anything when you have your answers already. Yes, I sent your whore out of that house, I sent her away and I fucking sold the house, big deal. You are one to talk about cheating, I guess your parents would love to know about your pretty little girlfriend and how you bought a house for her.” She spat out smugly.

“You are so wrong Ariel, she wasn’t just my girlfriend. Hillary and I had got married in secret, so technically she is not my girlfriend, she is my wife.” I said proudly, making her go white in shock. I don’t even know why I mentioned that, I guess I just wanted to get back at her for daring to speak that way about Hillary. I watched her closely as her face went from white to red. She is angry and I love it, I want to see what she would do, I’m hoping she turns on my mom, I’m hoping she exposes everything and tells me what she has over my mom.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“You are lying, you are only bluffing. There is no way you could have married that girl without involving your family. You are lying Nathan Trent, I won’t fall for your tricks.” She retorted.

“Yeah, whatever. You can believe anything you want to, I really don’t care. I want to know what you did to her and where the hell is she?” I asked her fiercely, making her go livid with fear, but she still wasn’t ready to say anything to me, she kept glaring furiously at me, like an angry beast that is about to attack.

“Well, I was hoping that you would be a little bit more cooperative, seeing as I have enough evidence to put you away for a very long time, but since you suddenly caught the mute virus, I guess there is absolutely no need to waste my precious time with you. You disgust me Ariel, and just to be clear, I wouldn’t have married you, even if Hillary didn’t come into the picture.” I told her firmly, keeping my tone clear of all doubts, letting my words sink into her thick skull. I turned towards Ray and I nodded my head at him, signaling him to get the cops in. I got tired of staring at her stupid face, it is obvious that she is not remorseful, I got up and walked to the window, looking out the window. He had already dropped the file with his contact at the bureau. He walked outside in quick strides and in a few seconds, he walked back in with some cops following closely behind him. I think he must have made the call before we left the house because I sure didn’t. In any case, Ariel would be going away for a long time and as long as I am concerned, that is all I really can’t about.

“Take her away,” I ordered them, leaving no room for arguments, or so I thought. This bitch ain’t ready to go down yet, she stood up and walked up to me, pushing the cops out of her way, standing right in front of me with a proud smirk on her face. I guess she still thinks that she has a chance of getting out of this unscathed, someone needs to wake this bitch up from slumber and bring her back to reality.

“I won’t go down easily, Nathan. If I go down, I’m dragging your family down with me. Trust me, you don’t want the cops to find out what I know about your family. I’ll give you three hours to take back everything you said about me and come get out of that place. If I don’t get out of there today, I’ll start talking. I’ll spill out everything I know and when I do, your family will suffer and your stupid girlfriend will suffer too.” She spat out in my face before turning to head out the door with the cops following her closely. Just before she walked out the door, she turned to my mom with a smirk and said,

“Talk to your son or I start talking to the cops.” With that said, she walked out the door, swaying her hips seductively as she walked away. Her confidence is enough evidence to prove that she has something on mom. Nobody blackmails this family and gets away with it, I’m going to teach Ariel a fucking lesson and she’ll never try to blackmail anyone ever again.

“That was so uncalled for, Nathan. You can’t treat her that way, she is your fiancee for Christ’s sake. She never left our side all these years, she loves you so much, even when you treat her like crap. She never gave up on you and she keeps taking care of your family. That girl put her life on hold for you and it’s so unfair for you to treat her that way, I won’t stand for it, I won’t let you go on hurting her. You will go down to the station and you will get her out of there right now Nathan. She deserves better treatment from you, you need to start treating her better son. I thought you would have outgrown this hatred you have for her. You two are going to live together for a very long time Nathan, I would suggest that you start getting used to her, you need to learn to treat her better.” Mom scolded endlessly. I did not interrupt her, not even for a second. I let her say everything she has to say, but I never took my eyes off her, I watched her every reaction, I can’t believe that I am just noticing her nervous breakdown for the first time since I’d known her. All this while, she wasn’t just trying to protect Ariel she was trying to cover up her own ass. It’s just so crazy, I mean, it feels like I never knew these people, they look like complete strangers to me. She finished talking already, but I haven’t responded in any way, I haven’t said a word to her or to my dad and my kid sister who just sat there and gawked at us, enjoying the show I guess. I smiled at them before turning to mom, I looked at her deeply and she looked away from me, trying to avoid my searing gaze.

“What did you do mom, what does Ariel have on you?” I asked her, trying my best to sound a bit warm so I don’t get her rattled off.

“W… W… What the hell are you talking about, Nathan, are you going to point accusing fingers at me as well, are you going to get me arrested?” she asked me sternly, scoffing at the end of her statement. It’s so easy to tell that she is dodging my question, but I’m not letting her get away, not this time. There will be no more secrets in this house, I won’t allow it.

“Mom, I need you to know that everyone makes a mistake, and everyone keeps secrets, but at some point, you have to understand that secrets only tear the family apart, you need to come clean now so we can all put this behind us. I can get people to look into it and get me the information I need, but I think it would be more preferable if you tell me yourself.” I advised her.

“What is this son, an interrogation? You can’t come back here and expect everyone to bow at your feet and obey your orders, what the hell is wrong with you, why are you pointing accusing fingers at everyone, why are you…”

“That is enough mom!

Start talking already!” I yelled in anger as she keeps trying to dodge my question. She was taken aback by my outburst, she gazed at me in shock for a few minutes, weighing her options, then she bent her head, looking down at her fingers. When she looked up again, she had tears in her eyes and I couldn’t help feeling guilty for making her cry, but it is unavoidable. As I said earlier, no more secrets in this house, not anymore.