New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 437 Angry Cindy

Cindy slammed her apartment door shut and stormed inside, the heels of her boots clacking loudly against the wooden floor. She threw her designer handbag onto the couch with a force that could have scared the neighbors downstairs. The bag bounced off and hit the floor with a dull thud, but Cindy didn't care. She was a swirling cocktail of anger, fear, and annoyance. Eligos had promised her-PROMISED-that no one would find out.

And yet here she was, shaking with frustration, knowing Claire Peterson was onto her.

"She threatens me! She freaking threaten me."

Snatching her bag back up, Cindy rummaged through it and yanked out her phone. Without hesitation, she dialed Eligos's number.

It went straight to voicemail.

"Ugh, you jerk. How hard can it be to answer a damn phone call." she hissed through clenched teeth. Tossing the bag aside again, she immediately redialed. And again. And again. On the fifth try, when the voicemail cut in yet again, Cindy let out a string of curses that would make a sailor blush.

"Don't you dare ignore me, Eligos! Pick up the call!" she snapped at her phone, pacing furiously around the room. She redialed one more time, and this time, after several rings, the line clicked.

"What?" Eligos's voice was sharp, laced with irritation. "Why are you blowing up my phone like this? I'm busy. I don't always have my phone with me and stop calling me nonstop. Didn't I tell you?"

"Oh, don't you dare start with that!" Cindy snapped back, her voice high-pitched with fury. "Do you even care what you've gotten me into? Claire found out!"

There was a pause on the other end of the line. "Found out what?" Eligos asked, his tone suddenly colder.

Cindy groaned and pressed a hand to her forehead. "That I drugged Adrian, you idiot! She confronted me today at the mall. And let me tell you, it was not a pleasant conversation!"

"How the hell did she figure it out?" Eligos's voice hardened.

"Oh, I don't know, genius. Maybe because she's not stupid like you think she is!" Cindy paced faster, her free hand clenching into a fist. "Didn't you say no, didn't you SWEAR-that no one would know? That it was foolproof?"

shot back, his calm demeanor slipping. "Or it was. You must

But now Claire's out here threatening me like she's some mafia queen. She's not supposed to know anything!"

me to calm down! This

Cindy. Remember who you are talking to." Eligos voice hissed coldly through the phone that send shiver down her spine

closet, deciding on what to wear for dinner. True to

Picking you up in an

smile, the kind that felt like a little hug from the inside. She still felt a pang of guilt for getting mad at him earlier. Deep down, she knew Adrian would never do something so low-he wasn't that kind of man. But the fear and jealousy had bubbled up anyway, thanks to

three years ago had left scars, and even though Adrian was nothing like him, old wounds had a way of reopening at the worst times. Shaking off the thought, Claire focused on her

apartment, her phone pressed

his voice calm but tinged with annoyance. "But there's no way she figured it out on her own.

of Sherlock Holmes? You think I went

"Don't get dramatic, Cindy."

the dramatic

free

You

stay buried. And now I'm out here

Eligos sighed. "You're overreacting."

threatening me,

did

stopped, a flicker of fear passing over her face. "Well, she basically said she knows. And that if I don't stay away,

of thought, his tone still eerily

Are you listening to me? She's not bluffing. She knows I was at the banquet, and she knows about Adrian. And

not, oh wise one?" Cindy crossed her arms,

to keep your mouth shut,"