I Refuse to Be Your Second Choice novel Chapter 316

Arianna felt a little guilty. Maybe she’d gone too far just now.

She remembered how she’d asked Bruce Ward for his address before, and he never even showed up, but now, seeing her, he didn’t mention it at all. The old Bruce Ward had a reputation for being a total playboy, but now he treated her with nothing but respect. When she’d asked him to look after Natalie, he did it without a word of complaint, and honestly, he did a great job.

“I wasn’t that mean, was I?” Arianna asked, her voice a bit unsure.

Natalie gave her a small smile. “No, you weren’t mean at all.”

It was obvious she was just trying to make her feel better.

Arianna didn’t want to talk about Bruce Ward anymore, so she changed the subject. “Weren’t you supposed to have a talk with Alexander Ramirez? Why’d you end up drinking so much? Did things work out?”

Natalie kept her eyes closed, the memory from the private room still fresh in her mind.

“It’s settled,” she said quietly.

“So Alexander agreed to stop messing with you?”

Natalie paused for a moment. “I think so...”

He’d set some conditions, and she’d gone along with them. At least he wasn’t the type to go back on his word.

Suddenly, another wave of nausea hit her. “Arianna, can you pull over?” she blurted out.

Arianna immediately steered the car to the curb. Natalie pushed the door open and rushed out, grabbing onto a tree as she started to throw up again. She hadn’t eaten dinner, so by now there was nothing left in her stomach.

Arianna stood behind her, patting her back and cursing Alexander Ramirez under her breath.

The next morning, Natalie woke up in her own bed. Arianna had stayed over, sleeping right next to her, and she was still out cold. Natalie’s head was heavy and aching from the hangover.

She gently pushed the covers aside and got out of bed.

She drank a big glass of water Arianna had poured for her the night before, then headed to the kitchen to make a simple pot of rice porridge.

By the time the porridge was ready, Arianna came out of the bedroom.

“Yes, tomorrow. Mr. Ramirez also said he’ll wait for you at the pagoda,” Aaron replied.

He nodded politely and left.

Natalie closed the door.

Arianna asked, “Was that Aaron Lee? What did he want?”

Natalie put the old scripture book on the dining table and told Arianna everything that had happened with Alexander Ramirez the night before.

“What!” Arianna’s eyes went wide. “Alexander wants you to copy scriptures fifty times? And you have to bring them to Cloud-Kissing Pagoda tomorrow, and kneel all the way up the mountain to deliver them? Has he lost his mind?”

Natalie stared at the ancient book, her face calm, like she’d already accepted it.

“As long as it solves the problem with Billy Firth, I really don’t care.”

“You don’t care?” Arianna practically stomped her foot in frustration. “Natalie, are you out of your mind? He’s humiliating you! Why would you agree to something like this? When you lost your baby, he didn’t even say a word, just went off with Camila White. And now, for Camila’s child, he’s making you copy scriptures and kneel in front of a monk? If anyone should be doing that, it’s him, not you!”