Mr billionaire's regret chasing his irresistible wife by Gabby Emmanuel

Sneaky moves.

(ARIELLE'S POV)

I knew what I was about to do was wrong, as it went against my principles, but I couldn't help myself. My hands moved involuntarily as I typed in a password. Jared had mentioned in the car that his password was my name, right? Well, it was time to find out. I typed my name, and to my amazement, the phone unlocked. I clicked on the message box, and on Sofia's messages.

"Hey, are you done bathing?"

"Will you come keep me company after you're done?"

"Why aren't you responding? Is Arielle awake?"

"Are you ignoring me?"

"Jared!!!!"

"I can't sleep. Come down, and let's go outside and look at the stars, just like we did when we were teenagers."

"You promised me at the hospital's garden that we would stargaze, remember?"

Angrily, I muted the phone and dropped it back on the couch. How shameless can Sofia be? She should be asleep, and not texting a married man to go out at night to stargaze with her.

I returned to the bed, disturbed. Sleep had fled my eyes at this point, and all I craved was to march to Sofia's room and warn her to know her boundaries. But I thought against it, trying to gain control over my anger.

Jared returned to the room a few minutes later, and I quickly pretended to be asleep. I watched him beneath my lashes, as he walked over to his phone and picked it up. He tapped on it, and glanced at the screen for a moment. Swiftly, he turned to face me, but I still lay in pretence of being asleep.

phone and walked to the closet. He hurriedly got dressed in his pajamas and returned to the couch to pick up his phone. He glanced at it, and back at

I didn't respond.

called again, but this time louder than before,

and after

out at night to be with Sofia, his supposed "best friend." Now, I was convinced that their friendship was anything but platonic. They might not necessarily be having an affair, but there was nothing Platonic about their closeness,

with another woman. Or better yet still, he should

wanted to confront them. To seek answers because I was tired of being played and looking like a fool. But then, I couldn't. Not

then, an idea struck me-the balcony. I could

I opened the door that

the front balcony, stepping out into the cool night view. The beautiful sight of the neighborhood at night took my

grounds, and just then, Sofia and Jared walked out. Sofia looked beautiful in her short white nightgown, her

felt a jolt of jealousy at the sight. That should

they walked, I watched in

away. Instead, he looked at her with a tenderness that made my

and I could barely make out their figures in the dim light. But I saw them sit on the trimmed grasses, and

yet again, he didn't refute the gesture. I felt

was enough for me, I decided.

the balcony, my mind fogged with images of Jared and Sofia stargazing like lovers

I'd just seen, but my mind was a mess of emotions. Anger, hurt, confusion-they all mixed, making it difficult

in that state seemed impossible, so I just sat on the bed, staring into space. I didn't know how long I was in that position, but I was that way, when

the bed, eyes pinned on him. The expression quickly left