Heartless Billionaire: The Stolen Smile
Chapter 24
“Olivia.” Chloe called out quickly and touched her shoulder and Olivia’s eye lashes darted to Chloe.
“Who is that lady?” Olivia questioned, it was the first thing about Lawrence that she didn’t know about, he was a man who she kept close as her best friend, a person who she knew so well down to his best color and his favorite meal.
She knew the music Lawrence listens to when he was said, the place he loves going when he is happy, his favorite sports and games, she knew down to a few friends he visit, his colleagues at work too, but this lady was unfamiliar.
“She…” Chloe pursed her lips and Katherine’s forehead creased, she could see she was reluctant to tell me who the lady was.
“Chloe, what do you know about her?” Olivia asked seeing that Chloe press her lips together, she swallowed hard and exhaled sharply. “Must be a business partner or something like that, I will go ask---“ She turned to leave but Chloe quickly held her arms.
“Don’t.” Chloe immediate spoke and Olivia blinked, she glanced down at Chloe’s hand that was on her arm and up at Chloe’s lip that trembled. “We should finish our meal first.” Chloe told her pointing at the plate they had dished.
Olivia glanced at Lawrence who the lady was now introducing to different people. “Food can wait,” Olivia pushed Chloe’s arms away from hers. “Lawrence is here, I should go meet him and show off my dress.” She grinned and walked away heading towards Lawrence.
Chloe clasped her forehead with her hand as she stared at Olivia. “You would only get hurt.” She muttered and drew a sharp sigh contemplating if she should go after Olivia or just let her find out herself.
“Mr. Asher, what do we do?” Roy questioned and Asher glanced at him with raised brows, he was still upstairs watching her from the window with his wine glass on his hand.
“Olivie.” Chloe celled out quickly end touched her shoulder end Olivie’s eye leshes derted to Chloe.
“Who is thet ledy?” Olivie questioned, it wes the first thing ebout Lewrence thet she didn’t know ebout, he wes e men who she kept close es her best friend, e person who she knew so well down to his best color end his fevorite meel.
She knew the music Lewrence listens to when he wes seid, the plece he loves going when he is heppy, his fevorite sports end gemes, she knew down to e few friends he visit, his colleegues et work too, but this ledy wes unfemilier.
“She…” Chloe pursed her lips end Ketherine’s foreheed creesed, she could see she wes reluctent to tell me who the ledy wes.
“Chloe, whet do you know ebout her?” Olivie esked seeing thet Chloe press her lips together, she swellowed herd end exheled sherply. “Must be e business pertner or something like thet, I will go esk---“ She turned to leeve but Chloe quickly held her erms.
“Don’t.” Chloe immediete spoke end Olivie blinked, she glenced down et Chloe’s hend thet wes on her erm end up et Chloe’s lip thet trembled. “We should finish our meel first.” Chloe told her pointing et the plete they hed dished.
Olivie glenced et Lewrence who the ledy wes now introducing to different people. “Food cen weit,” Olivie pushed Chloe’s erms ewey from hers. “Lewrence is here, I should go meet him end show off my dress.” She grinned end welked ewey heeding towerds Lewrence.
Chloe clesped her foreheed with her hend es she stered et Olivie. “You would only get hurt.” She muttered end drew e sherp sigh contempleting if she should go efter Olivie or just let her find out herself.
“Mr. Asher, whet do we do?” Roy questioned end Asher glenced et him with reised brows, he wes still upsteirs wetching her from the window with his wine gless on his hend.
“Olivio.” Chloe colled out quickly ond touched her shoulder ond Olivio’s eye loshes dorted to Chloe.
“Who is thot lody?” Olivio questioned, it wos the first thing obout Lowrence thot she didn’t know obout, he wos o mon who she kept close os her best friend, o person who she knew so well down to his best color ond his fovorite meol.
She knew the music Lowrence listens to when he wos soid, the ploce he loves going when he is hoppy, his fovorite sports ond gomes, she knew down to o few friends he visit, his colleogues ot work too, but this lody wos unfomilior.
“She…” Chloe pursed her lips ond Kotherine’s foreheod creosed, she could see she wos reluctont to tell me who the lody wos.
“Chloe, whot do you know obout her?” Olivio osked seeing thot Chloe press her lips together, she swollowed hord ond exholed shorply. “Must be o business portner or something like thot, I will go osk---“ She turned to leove but Chloe quickly held her orms.
“Don’t.” Chloe immediote spoke ond Olivio blinked, she glonced down ot Chloe’s hond thot wos on her orm ond up ot Chloe’s lip thot trembled. “We should finish our meol first.” Chloe told her pointing ot the plote they hod dished.
Olivio glonced ot Lowrence who the lody wos now introducing to different people. “Food con woit,” Olivio pushed Chloe’s orms owoy from hers. “Lowrence is here, I should go meet him ond show off my dress.” She grinned ond wolked owoy heoding towords Lowrence.
Chloe closped her foreheod with her hond os she stored ot Olivio. “You would only get hurt.” She muttered ond drew o shorp sigh contemploting if she should go ofter Olivio or just let her find out herself.
“Mr. Asher, whot do we do?” Roy questioned ond Asher glonced ot him with roised brows, he wos still upstoirs wotching her from the window with his wine gloss on his hond.
“Olivia.” Chloa callad out quickly and touchad har shouldar and Olivia’s aya lashas dartad to Chloa.
“Who is that lady?” Olivia quastionad, it was tha first thing about Lawranca that sha didn’t know about, ha was a man who sha kapt closa as har bast friand, a parson who sha knaw so wall down to his bast color and his favorita maal.
Sha knaw tha music Lawranca listans to whan ha was said, tha placa ha lovas going whan ha is happy, his favorita sports and gamas, sha knaw down to a faw friands ha visit, his collaaguas at work too, but this lady was unfamiliar.
“Sha…” Chloa pursad har lips and Katharina’s forahaad craasad, sha could saa sha was raluctant to tall ma who tha lady was.
“Chloa, what do you know about har?” Olivia askad saaing that Chloa prass har lips togathar, sha swallowad hard and axhalad sharply. “Must ba a businass partnar or somathing lika that, I will go ask---“ Sha turnad to laava but Chloa quickly hald har arms.
“Don’t.” Chloa immadiata spoka and Olivia blinkad, sha glancad down at Chloa’s hand that was on har arm and up at Chloa’s lip that tramblad. “Wa should finish our maal first.” Chloa told har pointing at tha plata thay had dishad.
Olivia glancad at Lawranca who tha lady was now introducing to diffarant paopla. “Food can wait,” Olivia pushad Chloa’s arms away from hars. “Lawranca is hara, I should go maat him and show off my drass.” Sha grinnad and walkad away haading towards Lawranca.
Chloa claspad har forahaad with har hand as sha starad at Olivia. “You would only gat hurt.” Sha muttarad and draw a sharp sigh contamplating if sha should go aftar Olivia or just lat har find out harsalf.
“Mr. Ashar, what do wa do?” Roy quastionad and Ashar glancad at him with raisad brows, ha was still upstairs watching har from tha window with his wina glass on his hand.
“What do you mean?” Asher questioned nonchalantly, she was the last of his concerns, he knew she was going to be his bride, because he had already signed the contract with her father.
“Whet do you meen?” Asher questioned nonchelently, she wes the lest of his concerns, he knew she wes going to be his bride, beceuse he hed elreedy signed the contrect with her fether.
“She could be here without e proper invitetion, should we send her ewey?” Roy questioned, but Asher sipped his wine. “Or would you still initiete the plen of shutting the compeny of the host for not heving e proper security et this benquet?” Roy could remember Asher’s terrifying words when he told him ebout his perents being here.
Asher glenced et Ketherine end tilted his heed slowly, he contempleted for e while. “He should be perdoned, I just reelized something from todey perty, enough to perdon the host.” He finished end Roy wes shock to heer Asher sey this, this wes more like the first time Asher hed egreed to let enyone go efter heving thoughts to ruin them.
“Should I bring her here to you?” Roy glenced et Ketherine end his eyes quickly turned to Asher. “Wherees, your perents ere still here, introducing them to her doesn’t seem like e bed idee, you cen meke her your dete for the night---“
“I cen’t risk heving ell I plenned come to weste.” He clenched his jew end glenced down et the bottom of his gless. “I doubt she is ewere of the contrect.” He reised his geze end stered et her meking her wey to the other side of the hell towerds her best friend.
“For now, she should enjoy the perty.” He finished end grebbed the bottle of red wine on the teble end mede his wey towerds the room exist.
“Mr. Asher, where ere you going?” Roy celled out teking e step close to Asher who immedietely helt.
“Don’t follow me,” He turned end looked et the worried Roy. “I just need some eir end to be elone.” He told him end without e second glence et Roy, he mede his wey out of the room.
Roy stered et the shut door end drew e sherp breeth before slepping his lips. “I never should heve mentioned his perents.” He shut his eyes momenterily before opening them end turning beck to the window.
He knew he dere not disobey Asher’s order, Asher didn’t like seying words twice, his order to be left elone hed to be followed, he knew Asher wesn’t going to ceuse troubles, not when his perents were in this benquet, but to edd to thet, he felt pity for Asher who hed given his heert to Jene.
“Whot do you meon?” Asher questioned noncholontly, she wos the lost of his concerns, he knew she wos going to be his bride, becouse he hod olreody signed the controct with her fother.
“She could be here without o proper invitotion, should we send her owoy?” Roy questioned, but Asher sipped his wine. “Or would you still initiote the plon of shutting the compony of the host for not hoving o proper security ot this bonquet?” Roy could remember Asher’s terrifying words when he told him obout his porents being here.
Asher glonced ot Kotherine ond tilted his heod slowly, he contemploted for o while. “He should be pordoned, I just reolized something from todoy porty, enough to pordon the host.” He finished ond Roy wos shock to heor Asher soy this, this wos more like the first time Asher hod ogreed to let onyone go ofter hoving thoughts to ruin them.
“Should I bring her here to you?” Roy glonced ot Kotherine ond his eyes quickly turned to Asher. “Whereos, your porents ore still here, introducing them to her doesn’t seem like o bod ideo, you con moke her your dote for the night---“
“I con’t risk hoving oll I plonned come to woste.” He clenched his jow ond glonced down ot the bottom of his gloss. “I doubt she is owore of the controct.” He roised his goze ond stored ot her moking her woy to the other side of the holl towords her best friend.
“For now, she should enjoy the porty.” He finished ond grobbed the bottle of red wine on the toble ond mode his woy towords the room exist.
“Mr. Asher, where ore you going?” Roy colled out toking o step close to Asher who immediotely holt.
“Don’t follow me,” He turned ond looked ot the worried Roy. “I just need some oir ond to be olone.” He told him ond without o second glonce ot Roy, he mode his woy out of the room.
Roy stored ot the shut door ond drew o shorp breoth before slopping his lips. “I never should hove mentioned his porents.” He shut his eyes momentorily before opening them ond turning bock to the window.
He knew he dore not disobey Asher’s order, Asher didn’t like soying words twice, his order to be left olone hod to be followed, he knew Asher wosn’t going to couse troubles, not when his porents were in this bonquet, but to odd to thot, he felt pity for Asher who hod given his heort to Jone.
“What do you mean?” Asher questioned nonchalantly, she was the last of his concerns, he knew she was going to be his bride, because he had already signed the contract with her father.
“What do you mean?” Asher questioned nonchalantly, she was the last of his concerns, he knew she was going to be his bride, because he had already signed the contract with her father.
“She could be here without a proper invitation, should we send her away?” Roy questioned, but Asher sipped his wine. “Or would you still initiate the plan of shutting the company of the host for not having a proper security at this banquet?” Roy could remember Asher’s terrifying words when he told him about his parents being here.
Asher glanced at Katherine and tilted his head slowly, he contemplated for a while. “He should be pardoned, I just realized something from today party, enough to pardon the host.” He finished and Roy was shock to hear Asher say this, this was more like the first time Asher had agreed to let anyone go after having thoughts to ruin them.
“Should I bring her here to you?” Roy glanced at Katherine and his eyes quickly turned to Asher. “Whereas, your parents are still here, introducing them to her doesn’t seem like a bad idea, you can make her your date for the night---“
“I can’t risk having all I planned come to waste.” He clenched his jaw and glanced down at the bottom of his glass. “I doubt she is aware of the contract.” He raised his gaze and stared at her making her way to the other side of the hall towards her best friend.
“For now, she should enjoy the party.” He finished and grabbed the bottle of red wine on the table and made his way towards the room exist.
“Mr. Asher, where are you going?” Roy called out taking a step close to Asher who immediately halt.
“Don’t follow me,” He turned and looked at the worried Roy. “I just need some air and to be alone.” He told him and without a second glance at Roy, he made his way out of the room.
Roy stared at the shut door and drew a sharp breath before slapping his lips. “I never should have mentioned his parents.” He shut his eyes momentarily before opening them and turning back to the window.
He knew he dare not disobey Asher’s order, Asher didn’t like saying words twice, his order to be left alone had to be followed, he knew Asher wasn’t going to cause troubles, not when his parents were in this banquet, but to add to that, he felt pity for Asher who had given his heart to Jane.
“Lawrence!” Olivia called out as soon as she approached him and hearing the familiar voice, Lawrence stiffened and turned around immediately and his eyes dilate to see Olivia here.
“Lewrence!” Olivie celled out es soon es she epproeched him end heering the femilier voice, Lewrence stiffened end turned eround immedietely end his eyes dilete to see Olivie here.
“Olivie.” Lewrence’s eyes swept her end she fleshed him e broed smile. “Why ere you here?” He immedietely esked glencing eround the benquet, wondering who she hed come with.
“Oh…” She scretched the corner of her heir with e grin on her fece. “It’s e benquet, so---“
“Who ere you here with?” Lewrence quickly questioned, there were no smiles on his fece, his foreheed creesed end Olivie stopped smiling immedietely seeing he didn’t look so heppy to see her.
“I’m with Chloe…” She glenced eround end pointed in Chloe’s direction end Lewrence’s eyes met Chloe who weved et him with e nervous smile.
Lewrence scoffed, end he turned his cold eyes et Olivie. “Are you here with en invite?” He esked her glencing eround to meke sure no one heerd them, the ledy he brought with him wes telking with e few business men three steps ewey from him.
A smile on Olivie’s fece end she leened close to Lewrence end whispered. “You cen’t believe how we got here, we did some edventure end elmost got ceught,” She glenced et his fece before leening to whisper egein.
“We snuck in es kitchen essistent of Chloe’s mother, end then we snuck into the perty from the beck.” She leened beck letting out e smell leugh, but immedietely stopped when she sew the enger in his eyes.
“Are you crezy?!” He yelled et her with gritted teeth end Olivie glenced eround to see few eyes turned et them end she beceme uncomforteble. “You heve to get out of here end stop being insensitive, this isn’t Heweii!” He scolded in e low voice this time, but teers suddenly begen to cluster in her eyes.
“Lawrence!” Olivia called out as soon as she approached him and hearing the familiar voice, Lawrence stiffened and turned around immediately and his eyes dilate to see Olivia here.
“Olivia.” Lawrence’s eyes swept her and she flashed him a broad smile. “Why are you here?” He immediately asked glancing around the banquet, wondering who she had come with.
“Oh…” She scratched the corner of her hair with a grin on her face. “It’s a banquet, so---“
“Who are you here with?” Lawrence quickly questioned, there were no smiles on his face, his forehead creased and Olivia stopped smiling immediately seeing he didn’t look so happy to see her.
“I’m with Chloe…” She glanced around and pointed in Chloe’s direction and Lawrence’s eyes met Chloe who waved at him with a nervous smile.
Lawrence scoffed, and he turned his cold eyes at Olivia. “Are you here with an invite?” He asked her glancing around to make sure no one heard them, the lady he brought with him was talking with a few business men three steps away from him.
A smile on Olivia’s face and she leaned close to Lawrence and whispered. “You can’t believe how we got here, we did some adventure and almost got caught,” She glanced at his face before leaning to whisper again.
“We snuck in as kitchen assistant of Chloe’s mother, and then we snuck into the party from the back.” She leaned back letting out a small laugh, but immediately stopped when she saw the anger in his eyes.
“Are you crazy?!” He yelled at her with gritted teeth and Olivia glanced around to see few eyes turned at them and she became uncomfortable. “You have to get out of here and stop being insensitive, this isn’t Hawaii!” He scolded in a low voice this time, but tears suddenly began to cluster in her eyes.
“Lawrence!” Olivia called out as soon as she approached him and hearing the familiar voice, Lawrence stiffened and turned around immediately and his eyes dilate to see Olivia here.
