Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

**AT THE HOSPITAL**

Mrs. Alexandre was seated on the chair close to the bed Lucas was laying on. She held his hands tightly as she watched him sleep peacefully. She couldn’t stop shedding tears even after Bianca had left.

She knew damn well that Lucas wouldn’t be happy if he finds out what she did to Bianca but she didn’t care. That bitch was the reason her darling son is like this.

If she hadn’t come into his life and filled his head with those ideas, he wouldn’t have been on a hospital bed by now. Hell, he would have been the one engaged to Ariel. If she had known that all these would happen, she wouldn’t have let Bianca get close to her son.

If only. But look what that wench had caused them. Her husband threw her beloved son out of the house because he was too weak and greedy to fight for him. Their family lost a lot of money and their stock prices are still dropping.

Investors are withdrawing from the company. They were at the verge of losing it all and it’s all because of that useless girl. Mrs. Alexandre wiped her tears but it still didn’t stop them from flowing uncontrollably.

The only thing she can do now that would be beneficial for all of their family is to break the relationship between Bianca and her son. She already pushed Bianca away but it would be very hard to convince Lucas because he loved her too much.

Mrs. Alexandre was still deep in her thoughts whem she felt Lucas’ fingers move. She looked down only to see him fluttering his eyes open. With happiness and relief bubbling in her, she ran out to call the doctor.

The doctor came in with a nurse following closely behind him. He did some checkups on Lucas to confirm that he was really okay while Mrs. Alexandre stood at the edge of the room and watched them as they did their work.

After series of tests, the doctor told Mrs. Alexandre that he was fine now but only needed rest before leaving with the nurse. When mother and son were finally alone, Mrs. Alexandre got teary again.

“Lucas.” She called softly as she resumed her position on the seat beside him.

“Mom…” Lucas answered. Anger and disappointment were laced in his words and he didn’t even try to hide it. Mrs. Alexandre noticed it but she didn’t care. All that mattered was that he was alright.

“What happened to you? How did you get like this??” She asked as she attempted to touch his face but he stopped her halfway.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Where’s Bianca?” He asked as he gazed around the room. Mrs. Alexandre’s sad face morphed into a huge frown when she heard that question.

“Why are you looking for her?” She asked him as she tried to hide the anger she was feeling.

“None of your business mom. Where is she?” He asked again. This time, more fiercely when he noticed that she wasn’t in the room.

“She left.” Mrs. Alexandre answered in a curt manner as she tried to keep calm.

“What do you mean by she left? Bianca would never leave me alone especially when I am in this state. Wait…” His eyes darkened when a thought crossed his mind.

“Did you send her away??” He asked.

“You don’t need to bother about such things Lucas. Just lay back and re..”

“I asked you a question mom. Did you send her away?!?!?” He asked again, louder this time, startling Mrs. Alexandre. He had never shouted at he before.

“I did send her away. So? She’s the reason you’re here in the first place.” She argued.

“In case you didn’t realize, she didn’t do this to me.” Lucas said as he pointed at the injury on his face.

“Ariel did this so why are you blaming Bianca?” Lucas asked.

“If she didn’t push you into that devious plan of hers in the first place, would all these have happened?”

“I just said she isn’t at fault. You see mom, don’t have time to argue with you.” He muttered as he pulled out the needle connected to his hand and the drip, containing his medication.

“What are you doing?” Mrs. Alexandre asked when she saw him standing up from the bed.

“To get Bianca back.”

“You will do no such thing Lucas.”

“Why not? Bianca is the only one that truly loved me after all that happened but you pushed her away.”

“What about me? What about the love I have for you as your mother??”

“You talk about love…” Lucas muttered as he scoffed.

“… yet you didn’t hesitate to throw me out when you realize that I was the cause of it all.” Lucas said.

“That wasn’t me. It was your father.”

“Yes I know that dad did all that. But the most painful part of it all is that you watched everything unfold but you still couldn’t do anything.”

“What would you have me do? I can’t stand up against your father.”

“You could have tried. You could have tried to talk some sense into him. At least I wouldn’t think that I was all alone.”

“Lucas..”

“Do you even have an idea of how I’ve lived these past few days? Do you have any idea of what I did to put food on my table? Do you know who was there with me all through these hard times??” He asked angrily while Mrs. Alexandre kept mute.

“It was Bianca, the same girl you have been accusing as the author of all of my misfortunes. She was the only one with me.”

“But you can’t deny the fact that if she didn’t drag you unto her rivalry with Ariel, all these wouldn’t have happened.”

“At least, she didn’t leave me when things were getting too rough. She was always there. She didn’t even get ashamed of how powerless I was nor did she leave me even though the other students around kept shaming her and calling her all sort of names.”

“You on the other hand, same person I call my mother and the rest of you in that family didn’t hesitate to turn your backs on me and here you are, trying to dictate how I live my life and what decisions I take.”

“You still don’t seem to understand. We were powerless against them. They would wreck us if we hadn’t given into their desires.”

“So you sold me out, all for money.” Lucas muttered, disappointment was written all over his face. Mrs. Alexandre kept mute as she didn’t know what else to say.

He was right. He was their first son and heir to all of their wealth and they disowned him all because of a single mistake that he did. They were at fault too. They had a hand in all of the misfortunes he was facing.

“It’s getting really annoying each passing second as I stare at the fake sympathy on your face.” Lucas said as be turned on his heels.

“Please don’t go Lucas. Don’t leave me. I’ll try convincing your father and Ariel’s grandmother. I’ll kneel if I have to. All I ask for you is to stay with me your mother.”

Lucas turned to face her. She had tears pouring out of her eyes like a waterfall. He sighed and walked close to her. Mrs. Alexandre’s heart bubbled with happiness as he drew nearer. Her darling son would never leave her if she gets all teary. Lucas leaned closer to her like he was about to hug her. Instead he whispered to her;

“Now you know how it feels to be abandoned by the one you love the most.” Before he turned and left without looking back despite his mother’s incessant calls.