Chapter 163: Chapter 163

Shelby was not as naïve as her friends thought her to be. She just did not want to dwell on so much. She knew that getting married to Ian was a big luck change for her. From the start, it had been a downhill path, from being forced to marry an unknown ’widow’ who was hung up over his supposed wife so much that he did not want to see anyone else.

The fact that he had children could not have been overlooked, but it had not been too much of a problem for her though. However, after getting to know a little about him as well as their ’bond, ’ she dared to believe that it was meant to be and that she had been the lucky one.

The world thought she had landed into this marriage so easily, and people were jealous of her, including her own friend, quite sadly.

Shelby had eyes, and her disappointment in Brianna kept mounting with each passing second. She had a hunch about what might be going on.

This started with Ava’s reaction back in the receiving area and was also because Suzie was mischievous, but not to the extent of her behaviour that day. Suzie was going out of her way to make sure that Brianna knew of Ian’s affection for her, and that basically summed up Shelby’s affirmation.

As they goofed around, Shelby’s eyes landed on Brianna’s straight face, and then she sighed, hence her question.

Nonetheless, Shelby decided to leave some wiggle room for Brianna, and that was why she phrased it in a way that laid the blame on her parents.

They all stopped and turned to Brianna.

"What do you mean by that, Shelby?"

Brianna started, making Shelby think, ’It was all in my head... sh-’

"It’s what my parents want. What can I do about that?" Brianna shrugged.

Ava jumped up on the bed and stretched her hand in a threatening way. Anger falling off in waves around her as well.

"What do you mean by that, Brianna?" Ava snapped,

Brianna got up and walked slowly up to Shelby’s closet. She opened it, running her hands through the clothes. She picked one out, brought it out, turned it around, and then threw it on the ground as if it had stained her hand.

"See what Brianna is doing!"

"What the hell do you think you are doing?!"

Ava and Suzie shouted at once.

Ava turned and tried to storm after Brianna as the second dress landed on the floor, but Shelby held her hand and shook her head slowly.

"You- why are you so mellow around her?"

Suzie stomped her foot on the side, pouting and upset. Her heart bled with each dress that landed on the floor.

Shelby threw her a glare that made Suzie lower her head.

"Why is Miss allowing such crude behaviour? It’s the new clothes that Master Ian bought!" Suzie muttered as her annoyance at Brianna rose. Professional or not, she did not like the disrespect being shown to her mistress!

"Stop it, Ava. Brianna is right. What can she do about her parents’ wish? Rich households are like that. So-"

"At least someone has some sense in all this...." Brianna said from the side.

She turned to look at her two friends and smiled innocently.

As she picked each dress, she thought only, "How many zeros are here?" She flipped the tags on Shelby’s dresses, and her eyes slightly widened.

’Six zeros? .... And even more? Why is Shelby worthy of such? Such a lowly being like her?’

Ava sighed and nudged Shelby’s head back gently.

"Don’t listen to such crap! Brianna has her parents wrapped around her little finger. Do you think that she does not want this?"

Instead of answering, Shelby rather said,

"Let’s go see the kids! It’s been a while since I saw them."

Ava turned to Brianna and almost snapped, "You coming?"

"Why would I go see those brats?"

Ava hooked her arms through Shelby’s, and the two walked out of the room. Ava only looked back once at the mess that Brianna was leaving behind and she decided not to mind it. If Shelby was okay, then she was too. Ava knew that Shelby had tolerated the worst in her life and did not mind it, but Ava wished that Shelby would!

Suzie hesitated a bit before following her mistress and leaving Brianna behind. Suzie had to bite her lips to prevent herself from saying anything, especially the harsh words she wanted to speak.

The two walked along the hallway and then stepped into one of the children’s rooms.

Back in Shelby’s room, Brianna looked at the piled-up clothes, spat on them, and stomped on them, venting her anger on the poor clothes.

"Ah!!!!!!! Why! Why! Why!"

She heaved up and down, panting and cursing Ava in her head.

’If she had not blocked my view, then he would be mine already!’

"I should have these clothes! Why is she, a nobody and a criminal’s daughter, having all these?"

Brianna grabbed a handful of the clothes and dumped them on the floor in her blind anger.

That was when she noticed the sexy clothes at the back—those that barely covered anything.

These had been Shelby’s nightmare clothes, but for Brianna, it was also a nightmare for different reasons.

"So, this is how she seduces him? My Ian!"

As she flipped the clothes like they were nothing, the door swung open gently, and she turned her head abruptly.

She stopped short and gasped, her hand going to her chest as she battered her eyelids.

Her cold and annoying voice changed drastically.

"OMG, my Ian, you came?"

Brianna wanted to jump out of her skin but in happiness.

’I knew that he felt the same way!’

She used her legs to nudge the clothes aside as she took slow, steady steps towards him. She was even more emboldened when Ian said nothing in reference to the mess she had made. When they were in the receiving room, Brianna tried her best to catch his attention in all ways that she could.

She had not been able to stop looking at him and fantasising about Ian, even in the presence of his mother and wife. To Brianna, no one existed when it came to her man, as she referred to Ian.

’He is mine and mine only! Even Shelby would understand me on this! She was the one that stole him from me. If she just returns him, then everything would be okay. We can continue our friendship as if nothing ever happened. In fact, I would not even hold it against her.’

Brianna licked her plump red lips.

She took slow steps towards Ian, her plump breasts jiggling with each step she took. Brianna intentionally took slow, steady steps, holding Ian’s gaze.

She was very happy when his eyes never left hers. She stretched each leg showing her perfectly long but shapely legs in the pencil heels.

Brianna tucked her long, perfectly groomed hair behind her ears, and she giggled like a shy girl.

She had practised this in front of her full-length mirror several times in the days preceding this visit.

’It’s working! He can’t take his eyes off me! OMG! It’s working!’

The short five-second walk seemed so long to Brianna like she was walking on a red carpet of a sort. One where she was at the centre of attention, and she loved every bit of it! Her heart thundered in her chest out of excitement.

At that moment, she also appreciated her choice of clothes. The loose flare knee-length skirt, and especially the tight crop top that gave anyone a generous look at her boobs. With Ian’s height, Brianna knew that he saw a lot more and she was very satisfied with that.

Even the numerous necklaces interlacing each other, which covered a bit of the chest flesh would not hinder anyone’s sight. This was because of the contrasting dark colours of those necklaces versus her pale skin. It was just enough to make any man swallow dryly in anticipation of what was to come.

She raised her eyelashes slowly and peeked at Ian. Her gaze coincided with the small uplift of his mouth, and she nearly jumped up in happiness.

Sadly, that just proved that Brianna did not know her supposed crush. The uplift of his mouth did not match his eyes at all, and that was contrary to what Brianna thought she had seen.

Ian could not help but take a bold guess at to what was going on in the girl’s head as she took her merry time to come towards him and batted her eyes as if she was going blind. Maybe she wanted to puke? He was not sure of what she was doing.

He only had one person in his mind whom he was looking for, and had met that person he wanted out of his sight instead?

Ian frowned and then looked around carefully, confirming that his Elfin was not around.

Somehow he found what the girl was doing amusing. She was so comical that Ian wondered if she thought she could get any man with those disgusting gestures.

Ian was so engrossed in his thoughts that he only realised that she had finished her stupid walk when Brianna touched his arms and lightly traced her perfectly manicured nails over it.

"You know what is beneath this skirt, right? I left it bare, all for you. No hinderances!" Brianna purred and smiled at Ian. She held his gaze, one hand on his arm, and placed the index finger of the other hand in her mouth. She slowly licked it, pushing it slowly into her mouth and bringing it out.

"I am all ready for you. You know that I will come wi-"

"Get those paws off of me before I tear them off that thing you call a body."

Ian did not shout. He said it so low, yet it sounded so intimidating!

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