The Billionaire’s bride

  ~RUBY

  I was singing along to Doja's Agora Hills when my phone rang for the millionth time. I sighed, immediately knowing who the caller was before even checking the contact name.

  When has Ella never stressed the hell out of my life? 

  I clicked the red icon, cutting the call and turning up the volume on the car speaker as the song started all over again.

  "Kissing and hope they caught us…" 

  "Whether they like it or not…I wanna show you off… I wanna show you off…" I continued to sing, nodding my head to the beat when my phone rang again.

  I sighed as I reduced the volume and clicked the green icon.

  "Dude, what the hell? Where are you?" she practically yelled immediately the call went through. My shoulders shook with laughter at her outrage and I let her steam without interruption.

  "Are you even listening to me?"  she asked and I rolled my eyes.

  "I am. I was waiting for you to stop shouting," I replied and she gasped. God, this girl has to be the most dramatic human ever.

  "What do you mean, shouting? I've been waiting for you for the past 30 minutes and now you're claiming that I'm shouting? Seriously?"

  "Ella. Calm down. Don't blow my head off. I'm almost at the mall okay? I'm like…two streets away. Chill. Nobody's in a hurry," I replied, still nodding to the beat of Agora Hills playing in the background.

  "Whatever. Just be snappy about it and get here in the next five minutes or I'm going to kill you for real this time."

  "Aye, aye captain. Now get the hell away from my phone. You're distracting me from listening to my sweetheart," I snapped lightly and ended the call.

  I turned up the volume of my speaker again as the traffic light turned red and continued to sing.  I've been obsessed with this song since it got released and I absolutely cannot get enough of it.

  "Somethin' different about you... Love it when he hits and smacks too... Baby, let me lick on your tattoos... That's true that I like PDA, take it to a seedy place…"

  I kept getting bemused glances from cars on the other side of the lane but I didn't care. They could stare all they liked. I was getting really engrossed in the song, raising my voice and bobbing my head frantically when my phone rang again.

  "I'm stuck at a red light you dolt. Stop calling me and disturbing my song," I screamed at her without bothering to reduce the volume, glaring at my phone screen as though she could see me.

  "Oh my freaking goodness. Are you listening to what I think you're listening to?" She screamed— literally screamed. I bet she would be kicked out of the mall if she kept up with the crazy attitude.

  The light turned green and I sped off, singing at the top of my voice and I could hear Ella singing along with me.

  "Oh. Now that I'm playing our favourite, you're no longer screaming at me?" I chuckled. She ignored me and when the last chorus faded, I turned off the speaker.

  "I'm here, dolt. You don't need to—" I started to say when my car jolted forward, the momentum threw me off instantly. 

  "Hmm? What were you saying?" she asked but I was too stunned to speak. If I was right, and I hoped as hell that I was wrong, then someone had just hit my car.

  "You know what, El? I'll be with you very soon. Gimme a few seconds," I said and hung up without waiting for her reply. I stepped out of my car and was shocked to see my bumper ripped off.

  What the hell?

  I swivelled to the car that committed the heinous act and saw that the owner was sitting comfortably, nodding along to whatever he was listening to through the headset.

  I stormed towards the car, stewing with righteous rage.

  He was so far gone into what he was listening to with his dark shades on, so I proceeded to bang my hands on the hood of his car to get his attention.

  "Uhm…ma'am? I think you've got the wrong car," he called out, rolling down his window. I glared at him and continued to bang my hands on the hood, sending a silent message for him to step out of that car and face me.

  "If you want to vandalise other people's properties, I can direct you to a safe place where you can do it without getting arrested," he sounded amused, which only fueled my anger.

  I marched towards him, my expression murderous.

  "Step out!" I ordered, placing my hands on my hips. He only continued to stare at me with that annoying amused expression and I banged my hands on his hood one more time.

  "Step the fuck out of that car, you asshole!" I screamed, breathing heavily. I was beginning to draw a crowd but I didn't care.