The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 203: Played For A Fool

Chapter 203: Played For A Fool

Erik stood from the couch and looked at their wedding photo for the commercials they did for Bay Gardens Residences. She was sitting on a swing decorated with beautiful flowers. He was standing behind her lovingly looking at the pretty bride’s slightly upturned face.

Perhaps Erik’s rational mind has accepted that indeed there was no chance for her to survive the tornado. But his stubborn heart was in denial. For as long as he did not see the corpse of his wife, he will hold onto a glimmer of hope that she was still alive.

"Yana, why did it come to this? Next week is only our first wedding anniversary! All the preparations for our wedding are already in place. I told you, I will give you a proper wedding." He lamented bitterly.

At the end of the week, with very little sleep and no nourishment, coupled with extreme exhaustion and emotional upheaval, Erik collapsed and went into a coma. He stayed in the hospital for a week.

Cassie has visited him several times to plead for forgiveness but he has given strict instructions not to let her into his ward. He also banned his father and grandfather from visiting him. He has not gotten yet to the bottom of the incident at the ancestral mansion but that was of lesser importance compared to Aryana.

Cassie was dejected. She whined to both her grandfather and George Lee but the two patriarchs can’t do anything if Erik did not want to see her.

"Give him time. When he is well and has come to terms with reality, he will definitely talk to you." Patriarch Lopez advised Cassie.

On the day Erik was discharged, he went to the bar with Marlon, Alex, and Franco.

He downed glass after glass of liquor. His friends were just silently drinking with him. No words of comfort were said. They just accompanied him.

"I regret not coming home that night and not going with her on that trip. I really regretted it." He said in a mournful voice.

The scene of the last time he saw his wife suddenly played before his eyes.

It was the day after the company’s anniversary. He was called to the Lee’s ancestral home for a family gathering. Aryana has an important dinner meeting but she promised him that she will follow.

Erik drank a few glasses of alcohol when he felt dizzy. He frowned and suspected that there was something wrong with the alcohol. He went to his old room to rest and wait for Aryana but somehow he fell asleep.

When he woke up, he felt hot. He was naked and Cassie was straddling him. He was still muddle-headed and had no reaction when he met Cassie’s lustful gaze.

"I know that you still love me and I love you too. All these years, I never stopped loving you." She then kissed him hungrily on the lips.

Before he can push her away, he heard a loud gasp at door. When he pushed Cassie, he saw Aryana standing at the door, a shocked expression on her face. He scrambled out of the bed and hurriedly walked toward his wife.

"It’s not what you think...I was sleeping and I just woke up. I did not know why she was here when I woke up."

Erik paused when he saw her eyes. Her eyes were always bright and they sparkled like the stars in the sky. At that moment he can only see the hurt and the light from them was snuffed out. He saw the tears streaming from her eyes before she turned and ran away.

Erik realized that he was naked, he went back and hurriedly wore his pants and shirt and went after Aryana but she was long gone.

He called her but she did not answer so he sent her a message. "I am innocent. I was framed. I did not cheat on you. You know me well enough. Let me handle this and prove my innocence to you."

He hesitated. After a few seconds, he typed ’I love you’ and hit the send button.

He came back to his room. He was furious when he saw his grandfather, his father, and a few of his uncles crowding in the room. Cassie was on his bed clutching a blanket over her naked body.

"Erik, how can you do this to Cassie? She was our special guest tonight. How can you sleep with her?" Henry Lee looked angry as he pointed a finger toward his son.

"I did not do anything with her. I was sleeping and when I woke up she was straddling me." Erik threw Cassie a disgusted look. Cassie shivered.

"You have to take responsibility. Cassie’s reputation is on the line here." Patriarch Lee spoke calmly.

"What do you mean by taking responsibility, Grandpa? First, I have a wife, and second, nothing happened." Erik was so angry his loud voice was heard from the garden where the rest of the Lees were.

Jax Lee who was happily talking to his half-siblings looked toward the second floor with a smirk on his face.

"How can you say nothing happened? Look at the mess on the bed and look at Cassie! My poor granddaughter." Patriarch Lopez’s old voice trembled in anger.

Erik’s countenance grew colder and colder. He called Alex. His phone rang for some time before a groggy voice answered him.

"Alex, bring a female gynecologist to the Lee Ancestral Mansion, right now."

When Cassie heard what Erik said, she was scared. She looked at Erik with tears in her eyes. The Erik standing in front of her was a total stranger to her. There was ruthlessness in his eyes and a cruel smile on his face.

She wanted to run far away. When she made a move to go to the bathroom, Erik shouted at her. "Stay there! Don’t leave the bed until the doctor comes."

Everyone in the room was shocked especially George Lee. ’Is this my grandson?’

Cassie finally broke down and admitted that nothing happened to them as Erik has passed out. Nevertheless, Erik did not want her to leave. He wanted the doctor to do a check-up. Cassie pleaded with her grandfather and George Lee. She did not want to face further humiliation. But even if George Lee asked Erik to let it go, he refused.

Erik was so angry that he was played for a fool. He promised himself that they will pay for it!

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