Billionaire's Hidden Princess by Alegna Ciee (most popular novels txt) 📖

Before the sudden confrontation back in the karaoke bar could take a nasty turn, Gabriel hurriedly took Leticia out of there without uttering another word.

Vanessa was left in the dark, all dumbfounded by his uncalled-for entrance. He wasn’t supposed to be there, and that just showed when her other companions started to stir a commotion the moment they saw this famous model.

But then, he ends up staying for only as brief as a minute. Leticia ends up bidding Vanessa farewell at the last minute as she got hauled out of there against her will, promising to send a text message later that evening.

“Uhhh… Gabriel, what are you doing here…?” she asked in confusion, walking behind him with her eyes still bulging in incredulity.

“You really surprised me, you know, though I’m grateful to you for stopping that guy earlier.”

Gabriel just remains quiet and continues treading the path out of that place. He appears to be acting quite unusual, especially with how he seems to be frantically dragging her away.

Outside of that room is packed full of people. Ranging from adults to younger ones of legal age, the crowd floods the place – something that shouldn’t have gone unnoticed by the socially anxious girl.

But then, Leticia is too baffled by this turn of events, Gabriel’s odd behavior, and the fact that he knew where she was to take notice of her surroundings. She can’t help but furrow her brows in suspicion and sense that there’s something amiss here.

“I thought you’re trying to avoid places that are too crowded…” he finally started, much to her surprise.

“Why are you here, then?”

His voice sounds both perplexed and a bit apprehended. It’s as if he has seen some sort of premonition that told him something that concerned her.

“W-What’s the matter? You don’t seem to be acting like yourself,” Leticia pointed out worriedly.

“Not to mention, it’s already this late at night. You should be staying inside already. You’re the least person I expected to get caught up in that kind of situation,” Gabriel remarked sharply as if chiding her.

“H-Huh? Why are you saying these out of the blue, Gabriel? I also didn’t even mean to be in that situation-”

“Then, don’t go to this kind of place again.”

 Just like with Vanessa earlier, Leticia really feels like a child now.

Everyone is worried about something that she’s been hoping to conquer. What’s more, she feels like she always needs to be watched over – that she’s not capable of handling herself or being independent.

Livius makes her feel the same way too. Every time they make a video call, the first thing he’s always saying is a set of recurring questions that ask how she’s been doing or if she’s faring well so far.

Yet once again, Leticia isn’t complaining. She’s just simply feeling bad about how she keeps worrying others.

“Thank you for coming earlier, Gabriel…” she trailed off out of nowhere with a frown and a downcast gaze, voice firm and deep.

“But you really don’t have to go through all this trouble. I apologize if I bothered you either.”

With that, Leticia suddenly pulls her hand and slips away from his grasp, finally making Gabriel halt on his tracks and swerve around to look at her. He’s taken aback to find her wearing a crestfallen expression – almost as if she feels mortified about something.

“I’ll get going now, then,” she bid for the last time before taking off and walking past him.

Gabriel is thunderstruck on his spot for a moment. Nonplussed from seeing a side of her that he never saw before, he found himself speechless and unmoving.   

That’s all until he recalls what he had truly come here for.

He didn’t mean to make her feel bad about anything, though. He’s just in a panic state at this very hour.

 “Ms. Selene!” he called out, swerving around frantically.

With this thick layer of people, it’s a bit hard to navigate around his surroundings. Waves of people keep surging in from here and there, washing him away. He even has to push his way through to move away from that spot.

“Ms. Selene! Wait!”

Gabriel keeps calling Leticia the moment he realizes that he can’t find her at all. That’s when anxiety and trepidation begin to bubble up inside him, making him pull out a sudden and feverish dash.

“Wait a moment, Ms. Selene!”

He shouldn’t have been too rough. He shouldn’t have let his worries get the best of him.

What Gabriel is doing now is the exact opposite of what he intends to do right after learning that Leticia has gone to a public place late at night – something that he didn’t really anticipate.

“I’ll be gone for a business trip. Look after Eya for me...” was what his darned love rival personally told him in his office a day before he left his girlfriend all on her own.

As much as it irked him to follow Livius, Gabriel found himself with no choice but to do just that. He wasn’t doing this for his sake, anyway. It’s for Leticia’s.