A Bride’s Revenge No Longer the Backup novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

“Ariana, did he apologize?” Belinda asked.

With Belinda questioning her like that, Ariana purposely cocked her head to glance briefly at Brian.

Seeing that Ariana was about to speak, Brian suddenly realized that she might be harboring ill will toward him and that she could spout nonsense to Belinda. So, he quickly rushed forward and grabbed Ariana by the arm, roughly yanking her to her feet.

“Grandma, I’ve got something to discuss privately with Ms Torrey. We’re going upstairs.”

With that, Brian tugged Ariana up the stairs with huge strides.

Everything had happened so suddenly. By the time Belinda finally realized it, she shouted at Brian, “Brian, you imbecile! Ari is a woman! I’m not going to forgive you if you bully her!”

Brian pulled Ariana to the second floor and threw her onto the bed. Then, he locked the bedroom door behind him.

“What are you trying to do, Mr. Lodge?”

Ariana leaned against the side of the bed and looked at Brian, standing at the door, with mischievous eyes. “What if Ms. Granger learns about this? It’s going to break her heart. She’s going to be so jealous…”

“Ariana Torrey!”

Brian lunged forward and grabbed her by the neck. He said coldly, “Who gave you the guts to come to my house?”

“Madam Mackle missed me. Of course, I had to come here to visit her,” Ariana said, looking up at him. Although Brian was using force against her, he wouldn’t dare to harm her for real.

Brian looked into Ariana’s cunning eyes and felt anger rising in him. “You’re not scared that I’ll strangle you to death?”

“When that day comes, you and I will both end up in the di. But that’s okay–I don’t think the Torreys would lose out that much anyway.”

“Ariana Torrey! Are you threatening me?”

Brian’s voice was laced with danger. Arlana was the first person to do such a brazen thing to him,

“Mr. Lodge, I only fuck around with the people who fuck w me. Let’s end things amicably. If you stop attacking the Torreys, then I will keep your secrets safe from the public. Don’t you think that’s a fair exchange?”

“Ariana, you keep saying that you want to cancel the engagement with me, yet you’re still sucking up to Grandma to back you up. How dare you say that you want to end this amicably?”

Brian scoffed and continued, “Had it not been for Evelyn’s graciousness to forgive you, I wouldn’t have stopped at making you lose just a couple of orders for your company.