Chapter 154 - Not her choice

Leo picked up his phone and checked the caller. He frowned hard before picking it.

It was Reuben, Ella's claimed boyfriend.

He has been disturbing the life out of Leo since he gave him his number, but as a fellow man, he understood quite well how ones feel when truly in love.

They don't mind being a nuisance, as long as it helps in their pursuit.

He just pity him for who he fell for.

"Hello!" Leo spoke up, as he picked the call.

"You have not been picking my call, Mr Raymond. I hope everything is good? I just want to ask if Ella is back." Reuben said.

"Sorry for not picking up, I was very busy with work." Leo replied.

"I'm so sorry. I hope I didn't disturb you." Reuben apologized.

"You did." Leo replied.

Clara: "..."

Reuben: "..."

"Can you give me a few minutes to round up with what I was doing, please?" Leo asked.

"Yeah sure, I'm sorry once again." Reuben said, feeling bad.

"It's okay, I will call you back." Leo said and ended the call in the hope of finishing what he started, only to meet Clara's confused look.

Apparently, she heard everything that Leo and Reuben discussed.

Seeing that he won't be able to continue from where he left, since the atmosphere has changed, "damn it!" He cursed under his breath, because only god knows when he would be able to get such chances again.

"Well, I heard that." Clara said, as she heard his curse.

"I'm so pissed." Leo said and reached for her hand, running his thumb on it gently.

"Can you please let us do it again? Just once more, it won't take much time, I promise." He added, looking at her with a cute pleading expression.

Clara wasn't moved at all. Something else baffled her. She pushed his hand away and sat up, "stop being shameless. We are not in that kind of relationship yet, so it's enough." She said.

"Why does that guy have to call at such an important moment?" Leo whined.

"Are you signing a contract or what's with the important moment?" Clara asked, not getting the hint that Leo wanted her to reconsider.

"Well, this is more important than signing a contract. I did that almost every week and it's not everyday I get to do this," Leo said trying to take advantage by demonstrating his words.

He leaned to show her what he meant, but Clara pushed him back.

"I get it, you don't have to explain." She said.

"Ok." Leo replied in a low tone.

"Who is that man that called?" Clara asked.

"Remember the last time at the club when Tim asked Ella about his hottie, and she said something about the guy being annoying as he wanted to date her?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, I remember." Clara said.

"Well it appears the dude is crazily in love with her. He had been trying to locate her since then." Leo said.

"Why don't you talk to her about this? I don't think she has any idea what really got her into that state she is in right now. It would be better I think." Clara said.

"Believe me, I would have loved for that to happen as well, but Ella's choice about sleeping with different guys is not as simple as it looks. She has a deep hatred for relationsh.i.p.s and only wants fun." Leo said, looking a bit sad.

His mood seems to sour and brow furrowed in annoyance.

"What happened to her?" Clara asked.

...

"On Ella's 18th birthday, her parents made it a grand celebration. They invited a lot of influential people to the party.

You know how we businessmen take advantage of banquets to make connections.

Her parents planned on making connections with her birthday.

During the birthday celebration, there is a man that took interest in her. He is a very wealthy businessman who got captivated by Ella's beauty and how she simply smiles at everything.

She was a very fun and sweet girl since she was young.

He had his eyes on her all through the party. Tim, I including Ella, noticed the man and we teased her about being crushed on by a man older than her father.

We laughed at it and took it as a very funny joke.

A month later, instead of her family's business to move up after the party as her parents hoped, it began to face some serious problems.

When it starts getting out of hand, they seek the help of this same man that seems to have his eyes on Ella, since they noticed most of the problems they are facing have one or two ties with him.

He agreed to help for free if they could let him have Ella. Not as a mistress but to sleep with her, as he couldn't get her off his mind since the birthday celebration.