You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife

Chapter 323 : Crying On His Shoulder

After hearing Bill Sky’s words, Arabella was dumbstruck. The eyes of the crowd landed on her and she

felt off. Her expression wanted to explain something to the crowd but Bill held her hand. Thus, she

suppressed the awkwardness she felt. Bill was gentle enough to put Mrs. Hansen's hand but the latter

was still shocked by his announcement. The news about Bill Sky’s marriage had been put into silence a

long time ago. This man was seen in public and was always visible in business magazines because of

his endless business awards which had nothing to do with his private life. Rumors about him were put

down overnight but since Arabella Jones was attached to Bill Sky and he announced it publicly, it would

surely go viral.

Mrs. Hansen looked at Arabella Jones. When everything was fine in her family, they were okay. She

liked the girl for his son but when Arabella’s dad got into a scandal, Mrs. Hansen didn’t want to engage

such kind of family anymore and that included, Arabella. Jayson was a man of focus and she trained

him very well as he was her only son. With Arabella, Mrs. Hansen was afraid that she might pull down

her son together with her and her family so Mrs. Hansen became the enemy of their relationship. When

Margaret confessed her feeling for her son, Jayson, Mrs. Hansen quickly agreed. She even helped

Margaret in any way to get Jayson to her side. It was a piece of heaven for her when she heard that

Arabella had broken up with her son but somehow, she was beginning to lose a grip on him. It seemed

the loss of Arabella was also the loss of his son.

Mrs. Hansen could not believe her eyes seeing Arabella after a very long time. Judging from her

demeanor, Arabella had lived a good life and her son was gone. It was just too unfair for her to accept.

Arabella Jones is happy while her son was lifeless.

“Arabella Jones, you made my son’s life miserable.” Clenching her fist hard, Mrs. Hansen roared full of

despise in her eyes.

Arabella was taken aback. Mrs. Hansen’s expression was blaming her and she felt guilty about her

words even though she was fine a while ago.

Maybe Mrs. Hansen was right.

Maybe she was really hard on Jayson but she was just being fair to him.

Somehow the guilt inside her was there.

Having an impatient expression, Bill suddenly dragged Arabella to save her from the crowd’s

judgments.

She followed absentmindedly passing Margaret and Mrs. Hansen.

“Be careful, Mr. Sky. That girl is a curse. You should get rid of her as early as you can if you don’t want

your fate to be like my son.” Mrs. Hansen warned Bill. Her voice was loud assuring that Bill could hear

it and at the same time she deliberately did it on purpose to humiliate Arabella.

Bill stopped in the middle.

Arabella’s heart skipped a beat.

The air in the room seemed to suffocate everyone as intense tension was circulating around.

Then Bill released Arabella’s hand.

Arabella felt very nervous as she lowered her head to avoid the judgmental eyes of the people around

her.

For her, Bill releasing her hand meant he heard Mrs. Hanson.

Her warning got Bill’s attention.

Bill released her because he was afraid of Mrs. Hansen's warning.

Maybe he believed Mrs. Hansen that she was really a curse.

Arabella pulled to the side as Bill turned around and walked passed through her.

He was wearing a cold expression that could easily intimidate the people around him without no effort

at all.

His eyes were deep and unreadable but his respectable persona was strong.

He walked elegantly and with a powerful stance.

Everyone held their breaths like they had to do it otherwise they would feel they offended him if they did

so.

The man walked back calmly but he gave the coldest atmosphere to everyone as he approached Mrs.

Hansen.

He stopped and looked at Mrs. Hansen sternly before he spoke,” Your son’s fate has nothing to do with

her.” Bill’s strict tone made everyone speechless. He was the only one that dared to talk to the strict

Madame of the Hansen group. “I would let this pass, Mrs. Hansen for your son... but I hope there would

be no next time because you don’t want me to get offended, and trust me, you can’t afford it.” He said

in a strongly firm tone before he turned around but before he strode forward, he faced Mrs. Hansen

once again. “This is not a warning but consider this as a friendly reminder. My condolences and health

in your hand, Mrs. Hansen.” Bill nodded politely at Mrs. Hansen and finally made his final elegant exit

with Arabella Jones.

Mrs. Hansen was left unmoved.

Her arrogant face turned pale.

She felt her knees soften.

Margaret quickly assisted Mrs. Hansen to the couch then the crowd started gossiping about the

encounter earlier.

Inside the car, Arabella was caught in her deep thinking.

She was fidgeting and heaving sighs of frustration again and again.

She looked at the view outside the window.

The colorful buildings were so vivid.

They felt so alive but she envied them.

Even though she was trying to be okay but she could not.

Her heart was still clenched hard.

Mrs. Hansen's words seemed to stab her heart so deep.

Why Mrs. Hansen was blaming her?

She didn’t dump Jayson. It was Jayson who did dump her before because of his family and Margaret.

Though after that Jayson apologized to her, and she accepted it but she could not give him what he

wanted.

He wanted to fix their broken relationship but she had already decided to stay friends for good.

When she experienced heartbreaks with Jayson, that was the time she realized her true feelings for

Jayson.

She didn’t want to hurt him but she didn’t want to be unfair to him.

She decided their breakup was a good start.

A good start to a new life.

“Care for your thoughts?” After a long silence, Bill suddenly sounded.

His tone was not his usual. It carried a bit warm.

Arabella looked at Bill with a blank expression then she smirked dispiritedly.

Her eyes were filled with sadness.

She had no words for him.

Her mind was still in a deep mess and her heart was also wounded.

In other words, she was not in the mood to talk to him.

“Nothing.” She answered looking at him then she looked back outside the window.

A deafening silence invaded inside once again until Bill’s hand reached her head and slowly, he guided

her head on his shoulder.

For some inexplicable reason, Arabella found the comfort she needed the most on his shoulder.

Her instinct was to struggle and escape but she didn’t do it. Thus, she closed her eyes and her

stubborn tears started to pour down like rain.

She let herself cry for one last time.

Bill’s hand caressed her hair gently.

Her shoulders heaved up and down repeatedly as she was crying non-stopped.

Bill could feel her intense pain through her crying.

It was his first time letting a girl cry on his shoulder.

He thought it was awkward but it felt fine.

He felt calm and he could feel something in his heart that he could not explain.

It happened always to him every time he was with Arabella.

It annoyed him but he felt addicted to it.

For a man who didn’t like romance and love, it was a feeling that he wanted to fight but he always failed

and that failure was kept deep because Bill Sky had not known failures ever since. It was the kind of

failure that no one knows except himself.

After a while, the scene was disrupted when Bill’s phone rang.

Arabella was very sensitive to all the sounds in her surrounding so she quickly sat up.

She wiped her tears and fixed herself like nothing had happened.

Her crying on his shoulder gave her an overwhelming relief as she felt those tears, she had released

were all her guilt and sorrows for Jayson’s loss.

She felt a little better now.

Thanks to Bill’s shoulder!

“Okay! I’m on my way.” It was a brief call and his words were very stern.

It seemed he had an important matter to attain.

Arabella looked at him with a questioning look.

Bill was looking at her handsomely.

His red luscious lips were so kissable and his pointed high nostrils were well complimented with his

clean chin and sexy jawline plus his deep strict sensuous eyes which captured every nerve in her mind

were the reasons why she was having a hard time pulling her gaze away from him.

“I have to go to the office for some important matter.” Bill sounded using a mild tone.

As she thought of it, she was right.

The only thing that bothered her was his tone and his gentle actions.

If she had not known him, she could say that Bill was concerned and worried about her but of course, it

was too impossible!

“Fine. I can go back to the mansion by myself.” Of course, it was an insincere statement because she

was very bad at directions. If she was not mistaken, it would take an hour and a half ride to go there.

She didn’t even know the exact address of his mansion but she would find it as long as it was inside

Capital Z and as long as his son, Adam was there. There was nothing she could do for Adam.

Bill looked at her like he was scrutinizing her keenly before he spoke, “No. You go with me.” It was not

just a statement but a strict order.

“What? In your office?” Arabella said almost shouting.

She didn’t know why her reaction was a little bit exaggerated but she just didn’t want someone to see

her with him or him with her.

Either way, it made her feel nervous and awkward at the same time.

“Yes. You are coming with me. Is there something wrong with that?” Bill frowned and his voice came in

the coldest as his usual again.

Arabella heaved a deep sigh.

She didn’t know what to answer him but she was not in the mood to fight with him.

It was already good that she found her calm after crying on his shoulder.

“Okay. I go.” With her reply, they were already even.

After hearing her answer, Bill smirked cutely then he worked on his tablet ignoring her already.

She didn’t know why but she felt like being dumped with him after.

She didn’t like it.

She didn’t like the feeling and at the same time, she didn’t like herself for feeling this way.

She looked at Bill seriously, she could not help appreciating his beauty.

How could a man be so perfectly handsome even working?

His slender fingers slid on the screen of his tablet.

On the screen, she could see lots of numbers which gave her a nuisance but Bill seemed to enjoy the

numbers and he seemed to have fun playing with the numbers.

With this, she felt Bill left her and she felt Bill forget her existence inside the car.

For an inexplicable reason, she felt sad and mad.

“Ahem!” She faked a cough to get rid of her feelings and also to see how Bill would react.

To her dismay, Bill didn’t even spare her a single gaze.

His face was focused on the numbers on his screen.

“Ahem!” Louder and deeper, she tried stubbornly to get his attention but still, she failed. Bill didn’t turn

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She stopped feeling so insecure and disappointed.

‘This man is the coldest man on earth!’ Arabella exclaimed in her mind as she rolled her eyes at the

busy man.

She looked at the outside view again trying to forget about his existence too inside the car.

It was a relief that her eyes were enjoying the wide road, the greenery, and the new beautiful tall

buildings.

Some of these were having the logo of Sky Corporation.

The new buildings were Bill’s.

She looked at him again in disbelief.

She was sitting beside the owner of half or maybe the whole of Capital Z.

She didn’t know what to feel as her heart was thumping rapidly and loudly.

Unexpectedly, Bill looked at her side.

She wanted to quickly retract her gaze but it was too late.

He already caught her staring at him.

Their eyes met.

It seemed that their eyes were talking as the stare was long enough until they reached the office after

the next minute.

They both snapped back to their senses.

Bill went out of the car without waiting for anyone to open his door.

Arabella followed timidly.

Bill walked fit and firm.

Slamming hot with his strict but respectable persona.

The women inside the Sky Corporation building started to giggle seeing their sexy and handsome

CEO.

Arabella was behind him.

She saw unfamiliar faces.

From the security, the receptionists, and the staff around, they were all unfamiliar to her.

Through the years, it seemed the Sky Corporation hired new people and renovated its building with a

grander interior design.

For Arabella, everything around her was changed.

There was no more resemblance to the old building.

Except for Bill Sky, she wondered what else wasn’t changed.

When they were approaching the CEO’s private elevator, Arabella could hear some clamors behind

her.

“Who’s that girl?”

“She’s beautiful!”

“Oh! I envy her. It was the first time I saw our CEO bring someone here.”

“Who is she?”

Their words were quite a relief.

They didn’t know her. It seemed the change of staff and office were like her.

Nothing could remind them about her in this building until the elevator opened.

Bill got inside first and she followed with her head low.

She didn’t know but she felt sad.

She bit her lip to compose herself until the elevator closed.

A hand suddenly lifted her chin.

Her sad eyes met his deep eyes.

The air in the elevator stiffened.

Her heart raced fast.

In this elevator, they kissed and she remembered it perfectly.

Bill strode forward and she took a few steps back until her back reached the wall.

Bill’s face was moving toward her with his irresistible kissable lips.

She closed her eyes.