I'm In Love With My Bestfriend's Billionaire Fiance!
Chapter 41: A Lover’s Spat!

Chapter 41: A Lover’s Spat!

(CASEY’S POV)

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As I bundled myself into the car, Jace was pointedly ignoring me. As usual, he had his phone in his hand and was scrolling idly through some websites, every now and then he would glance out the window and stare at my lawn. Anything at all not to look at me or have a discussion with me.

I shook my head with a sigh as I tossed my purse into the backseat and got behind the wheel. His coming before me into the car had been to get away from me, but then how was he going to fare considering we were going to spend the entire day together?

I said nothing as I keyed the engine, the car quietly came to life under us. Using the rearview and side mirrors, I pulled out of my driveway and then with a turn of gears drove out towards the big city.

"I don’t know where Ethan lives," I said after a while. My voice echoed in the car, almost sounding as if I was all alone.

"Just keep driving, I’ll give you directions as we go." He replied.

I pursed my lips as we drove out of my estate and got into the highway. I wondered just how long he was planning to be like this. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be, him flipping the table and acting this way was messing me up. It was also making it hard to work with him. How the hell were we going to work together to find Maven if he kept on acting like this?

I said nothing else as we got onto the freeway and I floored the pedal, pushing the car as fast as it could go. This was one thing I loved about Silicon Valley. If you knew just how to manipulate it, you could predict even the traffic. At this moment, there were numerous cars on the road, but not enough to cause congestion.

The lanes were somewhat free and spacious, allowing drivers to go as fast as they wanted. As I looked around, I could see huge billboards advertising wares. Multiple times, I drove past 3D animated billboards advertising movies that were about to be released by Chillz Studios, there were also similar billboards posted up by Beacon Studios. The competition between both media giants was fierce, which necessitated the need for the marriage between Jace and Kira.

Another thing that made it such a brilliant move was the fact that Beacon Studios was from an old era, the era of cinemas and theaters, while Chillz catered to the newer generation of streaming platforms which appealed more to them because one could easily get movies on the go. So, the merging will be like getting the best of both worlds and merging them into one. The profits they would make would be sky-high and they would become bigger than any other media company in the country with about 80% of the market all for themselves.

But then, achieving all these were being put at risk by Maven. I was certain that Maven knew just what he was doing. He knew the stakes and knew that any scandal would jeopardize this marriage, one that was already on the rocks seeing as both partners were cheating. And for that, it was safe to guess that the parties could just be willing to do anything and everything to see it through.

As I thought about it, I glanced over at Jace. He was taking all this blackmail issue in stride and it didn’t look like it was affecting him much. But then, was it all a show for me to see how strong he was? Or was he really unbothered by it?

I looked away, choosing to focus on my driving instead. I considered turning on the radio so that the car wouldn’t be so quiet, but I changed my mind. I wasn’t in the mood for noise.

"I’ve been driving for fifteen minutes now," I said suddenly to Jace, "where the hell does Ethan live?"

"Just keep driving! I already told you that I’ll direct you!" He replied.

"Just tell me! Is he in Silicon Valley? Is he downtown? Parallel Way? Give me something damn it!"

"When you get to the end of this freeway, you take the very last turn on your right. That should get us downtown. Ethan’s house is not too far from there." He said, "Are you happy now?"

"Hey! Don’t raise your voice at me, okay?" I retorted.

"I’m not raising my voice! You’re the one that is..."

"It’s not my fault you’re so sensitive, okay? Can we just have a nice trip?"

"Nice?" he scoffed. "What a joke!"

"Are you fucking kidding me?" With an angry grunt, I grabbed the wheel and turned it hard, shooting the car between lanes until I got to the very last one and drove to the very edge where it was safe enough. I stepped on the brake hard enough to cause us to jolt. Cars sped out of the way, blaring their horns angrily, but I didn’t care. "What the hell is wrong with you, Jace?"

"What is wrong with me?" He gasped in anger as he stared at me, "You’re the one that just tried to kill us! Why would you switch lanes like that? And why are you even stopping the car?"

I was about to give a scathing remark, but I stopped myself. Took a deep breath in and calmly looked at him, "How long are you planning to be like this? How long are you planning to act like a fucking child?!"

"What the hell do you mean by that?" He demanded.

"You know, you’re being fucking annoying right now. If you wanna talk about what happened back at home, then fucking talk. Stop with all this silent treatment. It’s petty and so unlike you."

"It’s not a silent treatment, Casey. I just don’t have anything to say to you." He said. "Isn’t that what you’ve always wanted? To keep things professional between us?"

"Yes, I’d prefer it if you’re not always trying to jump in my pants every two seconds that we’re together. But that doesn’t mean I want us to fight! That doesn’t mean that I want this hostile space between us."

"I love you, Casey. I want to be with you, and in your twisted mind, you expect me to be cool with us being just professional, especially after everything that we’ve shared? I don’t think so, girl. So, this hostile space that you’re seeing, you better get comfortable with it."

I gripped the wheel hard, "why are you being so difficult? Don’t you see that I’m doing all this to protect us?"

"No! You’re being a coward! You’re not willing to fight for what you believe in, you’re not willing to fight for us!"

"Well, I’m sorry. I’m sorry if I’m not willing to destroy my entire career just to give you an orgasm!" The minute I said it, I knew at once that I had gone too far. I immediately wanted to take it back, but it was too late.

His face tightened as he stared at me in shock and horror, and when he spoke, I could feel the pain in his voice.

"How dare you, Casey?"

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