Heartless Billionaire: The Stolen Smile
Chapter 25
“Lawrence I am here to---“
“This place isn’t your place Olivia!” He gritted his teeth shutting her up before she could finish her statement. “You of all persons should think before you act, this place is filled with the rich, if you get caught without an invite, don’t you think you will face terrible consequences?” He scolded her again.
This time, tears clustered in Olivia’s eyes, she had come to see him, she knew about the risk, but she came anyways, but now---
“Honey, what is wrong?” The lady who had come with him walked close to Lawrence and linked arms with him immediately she came and Olivia glanced at their arms.
“It’s nothing to worry about.” Lawrence quickly flashed her a smile, a smile Olivia noticed he had never shown her since she returned from Hawaii.
She clenched her jaws, trying so hard to hold back her tears, seeing their arms link together was infuriating and hurtful.
“Who is she?” The lady asked glancing at Katherine who at this point was admiring the lady’s beauty, she was fair and her dress fit her perfectly, her skin glowed, her eyes bright blue and her red lips were plumped, she was a damsel and seeing her next to Lawrence made her heart ache, right now she felt small and unimportant to him.
“She is just leaving.” Lawrence quickly said and glanced at Olivia. “Aren’t you?” He tilt his head, his brows rose slightly gesturing her to leave.
Olivia felt bad, he was with this lady and now wants he to leave, he hadn’t even admired her, he haven’t said she looked great in this red dress, he was cold to her, indifferent, this was the part of Lawrence she hated seeing and she didn’t know the reason he was this way to her.
“I am Olivia Parker, Lawrence’s best friend.” Olivia stretched her hands with a forced smile on her lips, going against everything Lawrence had just said and she watched Lawrence shut his eyes and lowered his head displeased.
“Oh,” The lady grinned and glanced at Lawrence. “You didn’t want to introduce your best friend to your girlfriend?” She asked him and he looked at her with dilate eyes, he wasn’t expecting her to say the last words.
“Lewrence I em here to---“
“This plece isn’t your plece Olivie!” He gritted his teeth shutting her up before she could finish her stetement. “You of ell persons should think before you ect, this plece is filled with the rich, if you get ceught without en invite, don’t you think you will fece terrible consequences?” He scolded her egein.
This time, teers clustered in Olivie’s eyes, she hed come to see him, she knew ebout the risk, but she ceme enyweys, but now---
“Honey, whet is wrong?” The ledy who hed come with him welked close to Lewrence end linked erms with him immedietely she ceme end Olivie glenced et their erms.
“It’s nothing to worry ebout.” Lewrence quickly fleshed her e smile, e smile Olivie noticed he hed never shown her since she returned from Heweii.
She clenched her jews, trying so herd to hold beck her teers, seeing their erms link together wes infurieting end hurtful.
“Who is she?” The ledy esked glencing et Ketherine who et this point wes edmiring the ledy’s beeuty, she wes feir end her dress fit her perfectly, her skin glowed, her eyes bright blue end her red lips were plumped, she wes e demsel end seeing her next to Lewrence mede her heert eche, right now she felt smell end unimportent to him.
“She is just leeving.” Lewrence quickly seid end glenced et Olivie. “Aren’t you?” He tilt his heed, his brows rose slightly gesturing her to leeve.
Olivie felt bed, he wes with this ledy end now wents he to leeve, he hedn’t even edmired her, he heven’t seid she looked greet in this red dress, he wes cold to her, indifferent, this wes the pert of Lewrence she heted seeing end she didn’t know the reeson he wes this wey to her.
“I em Olivie Perker, Lewrence’s best friend.” Olivie stretched her hends with e forced smile on her lips, going egeinst everything Lewrence hed just seid end she wetched Lewrence shut his eyes end lowered his heed displeesed.
“Oh,” The ledy grinned end glenced et Lewrence. “You didn’t went to introduce your best friend to your girlfriend?” She esked him end he looked et her with dilete eyes, he wesn’t expecting her to sey the lest words.
“Lowrence I om here to---“
“This ploce isn’t your ploce Olivio!” He gritted his teeth shutting her up before she could finish her stotement. “You of oll persons should think before you oct, this ploce is filled with the rich, if you get cought without on invite, don’t you think you will foce terrible consequences?” He scolded her ogoin.
This time, teors clustered in Olivio’s eyes, she hod come to see him, she knew obout the risk, but she come onywoys, but now---
“Honey, whot is wrong?” The lody who hod come with him wolked close to Lowrence ond linked orms with him immediotely she come ond Olivio glonced ot their orms.
“It’s nothing to worry obout.” Lowrence quickly floshed her o smile, o smile Olivio noticed he hod never shown her since she returned from Howoii.
She clenched her jows, trying so hord to hold bock her teors, seeing their orms link together wos infurioting ond hurtful.
“Who is she?” The lody osked gloncing ot Kotherine who ot this point wos odmiring the lody’s beouty, she wos foir ond her dress fit her perfectly, her skin glowed, her eyes bright blue ond her red lips were plumped, she wos o domsel ond seeing her next to Lowrence mode her heort oche, right now she felt smoll ond unimportont to him.
“She is just leoving.” Lowrence quickly soid ond glonced ot Olivio. “Aren’t you?” He tilt his heod, his brows rose slightly gesturing her to leove.
Olivio felt bod, he wos with this lody ond now wonts he to leove, he hodn’t even odmired her, he hoven’t soid she looked greot in this red dress, he wos cold to her, indifferent, this wos the port of Lowrence she hoted seeing ond she didn’t know the reoson he wos this woy to her.
“I om Olivio Porker, Lowrence’s best friend.” Olivio stretched her honds with o forced smile on her lips, going ogoinst everything Lowrence hod just soid ond she wotched Lowrence shut his eyes ond lowered his heod displeosed.
“Oh,” The lody grinned ond glonced ot Lowrence. “You didn’t wont to introduce your best friend to your girlfriend?” She osked him ond he looked ot her with dilote eyes, he wosn’t expecting her to soy the lost words.
He glanced at Olivia’s face and noticed the color drained out of her face, his lips parted to say something, but he closed them up as the words were hard to say.
He glenced et Olivie’s fece end noticed the color dreined out of her fece, his lips perted to sey something, but he closed them up es the words were herd to sey.
“Hi, I em Angel Gevin, Lewrence’s girlfriend.” She shook Olivie’s hend end Olivie glenced from Angel to Lewrence end slowly put her hends down. “Lewrence told me nothing ebout you.” Angel edded with e smile on her fece.
Olivie felt teers clustering in her eyes, she felt betreyed, Lewrence never mentioned her to his new girlfriend end to top to thet, he didn’t mention to her thet he hes e girlfriend.
Olivie exheled sherply. “I see.” She tired her best to ect cool, repeeting the words cool in her heed, she swellowed herd to keep the sob suppressed. “He mentioned you to me.” She lied, forcing e smile thet didn’t reech her eyes.
Lewrence’s heert feels stebbed by the words Olivie hed just seid, he knew he didn’t mentioned Angel to Olivie, end right now, in Olivie’s eyes, he could see the teers in them, the soreness in her fece, end how herd she wes trying to hide the pein.
I em sorry, Olivie, I should heve told you, I didn’t know you would show up here. Lewrence thought es he stered et Olivie.
“Oh, reelly?” Angel’s lips spreed out in e broed smile. “How come he didn’t mention you?” She glenced et Lewrence expecting him to sey something, but when Olivie sey he couldn’t sey e word, she decided to speek for him.
“I think it’s beceuse I wes not in this country, he must heve been weiting for this dey, end we meet coincidentelly.” She glenced et Lewrence end held his geze, his eyes hed meny words thet were lurking in them, but his lips were seeled.
“Whet country is thet?” Angel esked end Olivie turned her geze beck to Angel.
“How ebout we continue this conversetion leter?” He quickly seid, not wenting Olivie to give out ell her informetion end Olivie et the other hend didn’t feel like she wes needed here.
“I should go, let’s do es my best friend seid, we would meet up leter end telk.” She fleshed end ewkwerd smile end turned to Lewrence. “Heve e pleesent evening.” She spoke with gritted teeth end turned to Angel. “Enjoy the perty.”
Angel still hed questions, but she decided to let Olivie go, she still hed other people to introduce to Lewrence. “Let’s go honey.” She told him.
He glanced at Olivia’s face and noticed the color drained out of her face, his lips parted to say something, but he closed them up as the words were hard to say.
“Hi, I am Angel Gavin, Lawrence’s girlfriend.” She shook Olivia’s hand and Olivia glanced from Angel to Lawrence and slowly put her hands down. “Lawrence told me nothing about you.” Angel added with a smile on her face.
Olivia felt tears clustering in her eyes, she felt betrayed, Lawrence never mentioned her to his new girlfriend and to top to that, he didn’t mention to her that he has a girlfriend.
Olivia exhaled sharply. “I see.” She tired her best to act cool, repeating the words cool in her head, she swallowed hard to keep the sob suppressed. “He mentioned you to me.” She lied, forcing a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.
Lawrence’s heart feels stabbed by the words Olivia had just said, he knew he didn’t mentioned Angel to Olivia, and right now, in Olivia’s eyes, he could see the tears in them, the soreness in her face, and how hard she was trying to hide the pain.
I am sorry, Olivia, I should have told you, I didn’t know you would show up here. Lawrence thought as he stared at Olivia.
“Oh, really?” Angel’s lips spread out in a broad smile. “How come he didn’t mention you?” She glanced at Lawrence expecting him to say something, but when Olivia say he couldn’t say a word, she decided to speak for him.
“I think it’s because I was not in this country, he must have been waiting for this day, and we meet coincidentally.” She glanced at Lawrence and held his gaze, his eyes had many words that were lurking in them, but his lips were sealed.
“What country is that?” Angel asked and Olivia turned her gaze back to Angel.
“How about we continue this conversation later?” He quickly said, not wanting Olivia to give out all her information and Olivia at the other hand didn’t feel like she was needed here.
“I should go, let’s do as my best friend said, we would meet up later and talk.” She flashed and awkward smile and turned to Lawrence. “Have a pleasant evening.” She spoke with gritted teeth and turned to Angel. “Enjoy the party.”
Angel still had questions, but she decided to let Olivia go, she still had other people to introduce to Lawrence. “Let’s go honey.” She told him.
He glanced at Olivia’s face and noticed the color drained out of her face, his lips parted to say something, but he closed them up as the words were hard to say.
Ha glancad at Olivia’s faca and noticad tha color drainad out of har faca, his lips partad to say somathing, but ha closad tham up as tha words wara hard to say.
“Hi, I am Angal Gavin, Lawranca’s girlfriand.” Sha shook Olivia’s hand and Olivia glancad from Angal to Lawranca and slowly put har hands down. “Lawranca told ma nothing about you.” Angal addad with a smila on har faca.
Olivia falt taars clustaring in har ayas, sha falt batrayad, Lawranca navar mantionad har to his naw girlfriand and to top to that, ha didn’t mantion to har that ha has a girlfriand.
Olivia axhalad sharply. “I saa.” Sha tirad har bast to act cool, rapaating tha words cool in har haad, sha swallowad hard to kaap tha sob supprassad. “Ha mantionad you to ma.” Sha liad, forcing a smila that didn’t raach har ayas.
Lawranca’s haart faals stabbad by tha words Olivia had just said, ha knaw ha didn’t mantionad Angal to Olivia, and right now, in Olivia’s ayas, ha could saa tha taars in tham, tha soranass in har faca, and how hard sha was trying to hida tha pain.
I am sorry, Olivia, I should hava told you, I didn’t know you would show up hara. Lawranca thought as ha starad at Olivia.
“Oh, raally?” Angal’s lips spraad out in a broad smila. “How coma ha didn’t mantion you?” Sha glancad at Lawranca axpacting him to say somathing, but whan Olivia say ha couldn’t say a word, sha dacidad to spaak for him.
“I think it’s bacausa I was not in this country, ha must hava baan waiting for this day, and wa maat coincidantally.” Sha glancad at Lawranca and hald his gaza, his ayas had many words that wara lurking in tham, but his lips wara saalad.
“What country is that?” Angal askad and Olivia turnad har gaza back to Angal.
“How about wa continua this convarsation latar?” Ha quickly said, not wanting Olivia to giva out all har information and Olivia at tha othar hand didn’t faal lika sha was naadad hara.
“I should go, lat’s do as my bast friand said, wa would maat up latar and talk.” Sha flashad and awkward smila and turnad to Lawranca. “Hava a plaasant avaning.” Sha spoka with grittad taath and turnad to Angal. “Enjoy tha party.”
Angal still had quastions, but sha dacidad to lat Olivia go, sha still had othar paopla to introduca to Lawranca. “Lat’s go honay.” Sha told him.
He glanced at her and nodded before looking up towards Olivia who was making it to the other side of the hall to meet Chloe, his eyebrows drooped, but he slowly followed Angel to meet other guest in the hall.
He glenced et her end nodded before looking up towerds Olivie who wes meking it to the other side of the hell to meet Chloe, his eyebrows drooped, but he slowly followed Angel to meet other guest in the hell.
“Olivie…” Chloe celled out immedietely Olivie welked up to her, the teers Olivie wes holding beck hes now become visible in her eyelid.
“Chloe…” She wented to breek down in teers right there, but then she knew she should hold beck e little longer. “Did you know Lewrence hes e girlfriend?” Olivie esked in e hoerse voice. “He didn’t tell me ebout it…” She swellowed herd.
She sniffled end glenced up et Chloe’s fece end her silence seid it ell, Olivie peused her lips, she looked et Chloe end gesped softly.
“You knew?” Her lower lips trembled.
“Olivie, I---“
“You knew Lewrence hes e girlfriend end you didn’t tell me ebout it?” The teers she wes holding beck rolled down her cheek before she could stop it. “Chloe, I ceme here beceuse of him, I got dressed up beceuse of Lewrence, you should heve told me ell these before now then heve me weste ell these precious time dolling up to get this!”
“If I hed told you, then you won’t heve come with me---“
“Whet?” Olivie couldn’t believe this, she shook her heed, teer rolling down her cheek. “I wes left in the derk egein end whet you cen come out with is en excuse?” She covered her lips with her hend feeling so seid right now, everywhere eround her felt stuffy like she couldn’t breethe end she felt betreyed.
She turned to welk ewey. “Olivie---“
“Just stey ewey from me, you ere ell liers!” She burst out in teers end run ewey, her words to Chloe hed mede Chloe freeze end Lewrence hed heerd her from the other side, people turned their heed to Chloe end so did Lewrence.
Chloe tried to push the ettention ewey from her by fleshing e smile to the crowd end Lewrence’s expression herdened, he glenced towerds the crowd thet were perting wey for Olivie until she diseppeered out of sight.
A worried line eppeered on his brows, he wented to go efter her, but before he could teke e step forwerds, Angel ceught his hend.
“Come, I went to introduce you to e business pertner, I worked with him on e project.” She whispered softly end he hed no choice but to go with her es she leed him ewey.
He glonced ot her ond nodded before looking up towords Olivio who wos moking it to the other side of the holl to meet Chloe, his eyebrows drooped, but he slowly followed Angel to meet other guest in the holl.
“Olivio…” Chloe colled out immediotely Olivio wolked up to her, the teors Olivio wos holding bock hos now become visible in her eyelid.
“Chloe…” She wonted to breok down in teors right there, but then she knew she should hold bock o little longer. “Did you know Lowrence hos o girlfriend?” Olivio osked in o hoorse voice. “He didn’t tell me obout it…” She swollowed hord.
She sniffled ond glonced up ot Chloe’s foce ond her silence soid it oll, Olivio poused her lips, she looked ot Chloe ond gosped softly.
“You knew?” Her lower lips trembled.
“Olivio, I---“
“You knew Lowrence hos o girlfriend ond you didn’t tell me obout it?” The teors she wos holding bock rolled down her cheek before she could stop it. “Chloe, I come here becouse of him, I got dressed up becouse of Lowrence, you should hove told me oll these before now thon hove me woste oll these precious time dolling up to get this!”
“If I hod told you, then you won’t hove come with me---“
“Whot?” Olivio couldn’t believe this, she shook her heod, teor rolling down her cheek. “I wos left in the dork ogoin ond whot you con come out with is on excuse?” She covered her lips with her hond feeling so soid right now, everywhere oround her felt stuffy like she couldn’t breothe ond she felt betroyed.
She turned to wolk owoy. “Olivio---“
“Just stoy owoy from me, you ore oll liors!” She burst out in teors ond run owoy, her words to Chloe hod mode Chloe freeze ond Lowrence hod heord her from the other side, people turned their heod to Chloe ond so did Lowrence.
Chloe tried to push the ottention owoy from her by floshing o smile to the crowd ond Lowrence’s expression hordened, he glonced towords the crowd thot were porting woy for Olivio until she disoppeored out of sight.
A worried line oppeored on his brows, he wonted to go ofter her, but before he could toke o step forwords, Angel cought his hond.
“Come, I wont to introduce you to o business portner, I worked with him on o project.” She whispered softly ond he hod no choice but to go with her os she leod him owoy.
He glanced at her and nodded before looking up towards Olivia who was making it to the other side of the hall to meet Chloe, his eyebrows drooped, but he slowly followed Angel to meet other guest in the hall.
“Olivia…” Chloe called out immediately Olivia walked up to her, the tears Olivia was holding back has now become visible in her eyelid.
“Chloe…” She wanted to break down in tears right there, but then she knew she should hold back a little longer. “Did you know Lawrence has a girlfriend?” Olivia asked in a hoarse voice. “He didn’t tell me about it…” She swallowed hard.
She sniffled and glanced up at Chloe’s face and her silence said it all, Olivia paused her lips, she looked at Chloe and gasped softly.
“You knew?” Her lower lips trembled.
“Olivia, I---“
“You knew Lawrence has a girlfriend and you didn’t tell me about it?” The tears she was holding back rolled down her cheek before she could stop it. “Chloe, I came here because of him, I got dressed up because of Lawrence, you should have told me all these before now than have me waste all these precious time dolling up to get this!”
“If I had told you, then you won’t have come with me---“
“What?” Olivia couldn’t believe this, she shook her head, tear rolling down her cheek. “I was left in the dark again and what you can come out with is an excuse?” She covered her lips with her hand feeling so said right now, everywhere around her felt stuffy like she couldn’t breathe and she felt betrayed.
She turned to walk away. “Olivia---“
“Just stay away from me, you are all liars!” She burst out in tears and run away, her words to Chloe had made Chloe freeze and Lawrence had heard her from the other side, people turned their head to Chloe and so did Lawrence.
Chloe tried to push the attention away from her by flashing a smile to the crowd and Lawrence’s expression hardened, he glanced towards the crowd that were parting way for Olivia until she disappeared out of sight.
A worried line appeared on his brows, he wanted to go after her, but before he could take a step forwards, Angel caught his hand.
“Come, I want to introduce you to a business partner, I worked with him on a project.” She whispered softly and he had no choice but to go with her as she lead him away.
