Billionaire's Hidden Princess by Alegna Ciee (romance novel chinese novels TXT) 📗

Chapter Thirteen: Reassurance and An Offer

Too preoccupied with the chain of happenings and the whole bumping incident with Gabriel, Leticia ends up forgetting about looking at her phone until they finally finished their meals.

Lunch break is soon to be over at that point. The two of them had just gotten out of the cafe when she decided to scroll through her phone again. 

The brunette is taken aback to find a few messages and two missed calls from Livius. Relief washes over her at that moment - thinking that he's indeed just busy when she tried to contact him earlier. 

With a smile on her face, Leticia decided to press the call button again. But then, another unprecedented thing happened. 

"Eya!"

Caught off guard, both of them halt on their tracks and swerve around as soon as they hear someone call her name out of nowhere. At the sight that comes into view, her eyes can only widen in surprise while her figure freezes on that spot.

Livius appeared all of the sudden, looking somewhat frantic and worried as he ran towards her. He's wearing something she never saw him wear before - a royal blue formal suit that makes him stand out even more than he does with how professional he looks in it.

"Eya, thank goodness..." he blurted out in relief, wrapping his arms around her out of nowhere.

"I'm glad I made it."

"L-Livi...?! W-What... What are you doing here?" she asked in bafflement, only to be taken aback even more when he suddenly tightened his grip.

"I was so surprised when I saw all of your missed calls. I apologize for not responding sooner."

"O-Oh, yeah... Yes, I did call-"

"But why didn't you answer back again? I went to find you when you're still not picking up. Did something happen?"

Seeing her friend gets embraced by a breath-takingly gorgeous stranger all of the sudden - and just when they're about to cross the road at that, Vanessa can only blink and gape in astonishment, evidently struck speechless. Leticia's physical description about this boyfriend of hers didn't do him justice at all. 

"E-Ermmm... Actually, I was just about to call you back. It's also nothing serious..." the brunette assured him, gently pulling away to take a look at his face.

"Sorry if I bothered you. I didn't mean to make you worried, though."

"It's alright. I've been meaning to see you, anyway," he muttered softly, patting her head.

"Ummm... Excuse me..." Vanessa suddenly chimed in, catching their attention. 

"Are you perhaps...?"

As she just continues gawking at him with a tinge of disbelief, visibly stunned, he eventually turns to face her with his arm still wrapped around his girlfriend's waist. He then flashes her a luscious smile, dazzling her even more. Right at that moment as well, a feeling of familiarity rushes within her for some reason.

"Oh, you're Eya's friend, right? It's nice to meet you. My name is Livius, by the way..." Livius greeted before glancing at the brunette.

"I am Leticia's boyfriend."

Hearing how he claimed it with so much confidence, Leticia can't help but blush bashfully. For some reason, that came out a bit embarrassing.

Vanessa, on the other hand, is more surprised than ever, not expecting that she'd get this kind of confirmation straight from the boyfriend himself. She could see an unfathomable sense of fondness and sincerity in his smiling eyes, which somehow eases her worries for her friend.

Not to mention, he even went all the way here just because of a few missed calls.

"Hello there, Sir. Indeed, I am her friend. Just call me Vanessa. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance..." Vanessa beamed gratefully with those realizations in mind.

"Thank you for looking after Eya."

As much as she wants to stay and exchange a few more words, though, she needs to go back since her next class will start earlier than Leticia's. With that, she eventually bids them farewells and goes ahead, leaving the couple on their own again.

"Eya, why did you call, by the way?" Livius asked out of nowhere, making her flinch a little in surprise.

"O-Oh... It really is nothing serious. I just kinda wanted to hear your voice and, umm..." Leticia reasoned out nervously, only realizing that her purpose for calling is somewhat childish.

"I also suddenly had the urge to ask more about you. Earlier, I realized that I don't actually know you just like I initially thought..."

"You... want to know me more?"

"S-Sorry, I know that's too shallow of a reason, and not really worth the trouble-"

"What are you talking about, Eya...?"

Cutting her off, he then starts caressing her cheek out of nowhere, a soft grin gracing his features. She returns a quizzical expression at this, a bit taken aback by the gesture.

"Everything about you is worth the trouble for me."

Then, she blushes. 

As if that isn't enough, Livius proceeds to hold her closer once more - their faces now a few mere inches apart. Leticia can only arch her brows in surprise, eyes helplessly locked in his as he just continued staring down at her knowingly.

"The truth is, I wasn't able to answer your calls since I was at work. I didn't have my phone with me that time, and I really didn't expect that you'd call. I'm sorry," he confessed with an apologetic smile to which she furiously shook her head back and forth.

"No, it's not your fault! As I thought, you were very busy..." she blurted out with a guilty, pouting face.

"You even came to look for me despite that."

Even then, Leticia feels reassured by what he did. It reassured her a thousand times better than simply hearing his voice on the phone. 

"Say, Eya... Wanna come over to my place tonight?" he then questioned all of the sudden, much to her surprise.

"H-Huh?!"

"I mean, you do want to know me more, right? I also want to be with you longer."

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