The Billion Dollar Contract novel Chapter 21

They arrived the mansion and surprisingly Nicole felt like she was home, she quickly refrained herself from thinking that way because she was going to be leaving the mansion for good once Gabriel's parents are gone. When they walked into the mansion, Gabriel went into the kitchen probably to keep to his promise. Nicole decided to go to her bedroom, she had missed it a lot because it was a safe haven to her. She opened the door to her room and noticed that the room was spotlessly clean, she checked her closet and found her clothes the same way she had left them, just then she heard a knock

"Come in" she said and in came Gabriel

"I came to let you know that I've ordered the chefs to make your donuts"

"Thanks" she quietly replied

"I'm going back to the office. If you need anything, give me a call" he instructed her

"Okay" she replied

Gabriel stared at Nicole a little longer than he should before leaving the bedroom. He stood in the hallway contemplating if he should go back inside and apologise so they would start talking like they used to because he didn't like the awkwardness between them and he also didn't like this Nicole, she was of few words, he loved the old Nicole who stayed up with him while he worked in his study, the one who used every chance she got to do something exciting, childlike and funny.

Nicole sat on her bed wondering if her cold behavior towards Gabriel was necessary, this wasn't her true self and it was torturing acting unusual but she was willing to keep the act since Gabriel had made it obvious to her that she was only a stranger to him.

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Nicole woke up pretty late the next morning, she was feeling really tired maybe it was because she had used the past few days in doing a lot of thinking, she concluded. She dragged herself out of bed and went into the bathroom to freshen up. She straightened her hair, applied some makeup and got dressed in an olive v-neck long sleeve asymmetric midi dress and brown gladiator sandals

Nicole hoped that Gabriel had already left for work but to her disappointment she saw him in the dinning room having breakfast

"Good morning" She softly greeted

"Good morning" He replied still concentrating on his meal

Nicole eyes suddenly went wide when she saw what she would be having for breakfast. There were pancakes, fried eggs, bacon, muffins, french toast, hot chocolate, coffee and juice on the table, this was entirely different from what they usually had for breakfast.

Did they make all these for her? She stared at Gabriel who was wiping his mouth with his napkin indicating that he was done with his breakfast. Nicole wondered if he had asked them to make this breakfast because of her. Was this his own way of apologizing? But she thought he didn't want her gaining weight.

Gabriel stood up from his seat and walked to Nicole, placing a kiss on her forehead before walking out of the dinning room. Nicole hadn't realized how much she had missed having even the slightest body contact with Gabriel until she felt his lips on her forehead. How did this man break down her walls without even realizing it? She decided to stop over thinking and enjoy her breakfast.

Nicole finished her breakfast and decided to go to the living room, on getting there, she found Gabriel already there working on his laptop. Seriously wasn't he going to the office today? She wondered because she didn't want to be in the same place as he. She decided to go out for a while instead of being indoors with him