The secretary who became a billionaire's wife
Chapter 16

Ethan's POV

After cutting off all my ties with Helen, I feel so troubled, I don't know if I'm doing the right thing but I'm so sure that I'm in love with Phoebe.

I can't tell her directly she might replace me weird, I use the contract as an excuse to tie her around me.

I have never felt this way for any woman, she just keeps flashing in my mind and distracting me. I've already made arrangements with my lawyer to prepare the contract this morning and he has done that.

I've been so restless since this morning and I know it's not normal. My heart, my body, my soul want to see her. She's beautiful, she's kind and lovely.

Today is the longest day I have ever lived since my existence. After the meeting with my lawyer, I went to my office and I couldn't do anything. I just need to see her.

I can't wait for her to be mine, it just feels like she won't call. I haven't received a call or text from her up till now, it makes my heart ache.

I hold my chest as tears threaten to fall from my eyes. I stretch my hand, pick up the glass of drink and gulp to my satisfaction, and drop it back.

The music is loud, and everyone is having fun but I don't feel that way today, I'm oblivious about everything going on here.

I run my hand through my hair in frustration, I let out a deep breath.

"Hey man," my pal nudged me, "What's up are you alright?" He cocks his eyebrow at me.

He'll be surprised to see me in this kind of way, I sat up and tried not to look like how I felt.

"You're not going to talk as well?" James nudges me again.

Well I don't even know how to explain myself without sounding funny or stupid, my friends and I are playboys with strings attached, that's why I was involved with someone like Helen.

But all that has to change, I've been proven wrong that all girls aren't the same, because I've met someone different and someone special.

"Bro, Did you see a ghost or something?" James shows how much he is pissed now.

"What do you want me to tell you, bro?" I say, my voice showing how I feel, and I do not miss the flicker of amusement that plays in James's eyes like he saw something unusual in me.

I look down, "Ethan I want to ask you something and I want you to tell me the truth," he says looking directly at me so he doesn't miss out on anything.

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"What?" I ask, wondering what it is he wants to hear from me.

"Did you fall in love with someone?" He is still looking at me to catch a glimpse of my reaction and know if he's asking the right question.

I try to keep a blank expression but my heart beats fast at his question, that was the last thing I was expecting him to ask.

I'm tempted to say no but I can't hide from how I feel and then I decided to open up to him, if he's sensible enough he'll advise me on what to do.

I avert my gaze to another direction and I see a man kissing a lady, I turn back to James.

"Yes," I pick up my drink again because I want to tell him everything even if he laughs I don't care.

But as I take the glass close to my mouth he stops me, "You fell in love? With who? And why are you sad?" He asks, his expression showing how much he is worried about my well-being. Maybe he'll be sensible to talk to after all.

I look at him, "There's a girl I met a few months ago and there's a way I feel about her, I know I don't feel that way for any other woman, she's beautiful, she's kind and funny," I remark with a scoff, lost in my thoughts as I smile. I turn my gaze to James who's taken aback by my confession, and he looks at me with amusement playing on his lips as he smiles.

"Well, that's nice, so why are you sad? Have you told her you love her?"

I place my hand on the chair, "Well, I haven't told her."

"You should tell her, maybe she'll accept," James suggests.

"Well, that's not even the problem, I gave her my number and she hasn't even called me, it feels like I've lost her, now I've been looking for her after the first night we met and I was unable to replace her and now it feels like I've lost her again." "You don't need to get so worked up, if she's yours she'll call you, was she friendly towards you? Women tend to behave nicely to men that they like," James says.

"Yes, she's nice to me, that could mean...." I trailed off realizing that she might love me too, but she should have called.

"There's nothing to worry about she'll call you, you're even lucky, I got involved with a lady and I also liked her I confessed it to her and she told me she was not interested I felt bad but I had to get over it, sometimes what we need is love we are humans, I got to think about our kind of life and I realized we are just running circles with women," James said regret evident in his voice as he spoke.

"Maybe you should enjoy the moment while waiting for the love of your life to call, what do you think?"