Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 320: Friends with Tristan

Chapter 320: Friends with Tristan

Inside the cell, Sandra sat on the ground next to the wooden bed. Her appearance was disheveled, with dark circles prominent around her eyes. The shabby place was disgusting to her making her nauseous.

A wave of uneasiness once again passed through her and she quickly rushed to the small sink and threw up again. By now she had forgotten the count but even after so long, Sandra couldn’t forget the disgusting smell this place emitted.

She had lost all of her energy and was on the verge of passing out but she couldn’t as Tristan’s betrayal kept running through her mind. Pushing her drained body towards the bed, she helped herself to sit on the ground with her back resting on the edge.

Her eyes burned with the tears that kept surging with his every thought, but she didn’t cry. The man she loved like crazy turned his back on her. She confessed her feeling for her but what he did, he refused it.

"Why did you do this Tristan? Whatever I did, it was only for you. Yet you turned your back on me" Sandra wasn’t able to handle this. She wanted to get out of this place as it was only making her feel shit.

Her thoughts were busy wondering when suddenly she heard the lock of the cell room open and a woman wearing a uniform entered.

"You have a visitor," the woman said and walked out.

Sandra sat there thinking of who it could be but still pulled herself up to meet the person. She was guided by the lady cop to the waiting room where Sandra found someone was already waiting for her with their back facing her

A deep frown marred her forehead, but still, she walked around the table and took a seat for herself.

The moment she raised her head, the frown on her face was replaced with confusion and she asked," Who are you?"

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Twenty minutes passed and the lady cop who stood outside the visitor’s room was about to step in when suddenly the door opened on its own and Sandra stepped out with her head down.

"Take me back to the cell" her voice cracked but she didn’t lift her head and that kind of surprised the lady cop. Without wasting a second she took Sandra back to her cell before she locked her and walked away.

Sandra wiped off the sweat from her face as she recalled the words the man said. She didn’t know who the man was but whatever he said was enough to shake her entire being.

Slumping down on the floor, Sandra pulled her knees together and buried her face into them as her body kept shivering.

*****

Two days passed and yet Tristan didn’t hear anything from Gabriel’s end. It was like the boy had completely pulled away from them. He didn’t even come to the university and that only made Tristan’s heart sink.

"Don’t worry maybe Gabriel needs some time to get himself back on track" Karl patted Tristan’s shoulder.

They were currently inside the cafeteria with most of the students still lingering on Sandra’s scandal. Not a single person inside the hall wasn’t gossiping about her while glancing at them from time to time.

"That doesn’t mean he would shove us away like this. Since yesterday his phone is off, how am I supposed to contact him now.." Tristan raised his voice getting extremely worried for Gabriel.

He just wanted to see him. He just wanted to clear everything up, but now as the days passed by, Tristan found it hard to reach the boy.

He tried to track his cell number but before he could trace it, the number was turned off.

Rubbing his forehead, Tristan tried to think of how he could reach Gabriel but he couldn’t find any way.

"I think Karl is right. We need to give him some space. What if he shows up unexpectedly? You can then talk with him and clear everything" this time it was Noah who suggested.

Tristan glanced at both of his friends and bobbed his head agreeing with them. What if Gabriel wanted some time alone? Sandra had already broken his heart, hurting his feeling. It was better for him to take his time before they could talk.

Spending some time in the cafeteria the trio then stood up to leave. On their way out they stumble on Mia. Eyeing Noah both Karl and Tristan walked out.

After learning about Mia’s true intention, Noah ended his relationship with her, but the girl was too stubborn to claim him.

"Why are you here?" Noah asked giving Mia and lazy look. He didn’t want to associate with her anyhow but she kept finding ways to meet him.

"I wanted to talk with you-" she looked around, every pair of eyes on them. Pulling away she looked back at him and continued," alone"

Noah stared at her for a few seconds before he bobbed his head and they both walked out of the cafeteria.

****

Tristan and Karl were waiting for Noah to return and when he finally did, his appearance didn’t look good.

"What did she come to talk about?" Tristan asked as he sensed the change in his mood.

Noah heaved out a sigh and said" Same old thing. She wants us to resume our relationship"

"Didn’t I warn you earlier, not to give any girl false hope? Look what’s happening now" Karl complained.

Noah glared at him but that didn’t intimidate him. There were many times they tried to stop Noah from being this reckless in breaking every girl’s heart. They knew he enjoyed fooling around but they also knew the consequences and one of them were happening to him right now.

Scratching the back of his neck Noah looked at Tristan who just rolled his eyes and turned to leave. Karl shook his head at Noah and tailed behind Tristan.

Watching both his friend walk away Noah pursed his lips before he followed them.

******

Back inside the secret hideouts, Gabriel kept himself isolated for two days. After meeting his father, he needed sometimes to sort out his thoughts.

’Tristan purposely approached you because he knew you were my son’ his father’s words kept ringing in his mind and he recalled the time he spend with them.

Alphonse had lied to his son about Tristan’s genuine motive. He knew if he told him the truth, his son would never take over his organization and it was the last he expected for his clan to vanish without any trace.

But Gabriel was too innocent to see through his father’s lies. The words he spoke about Tristan and Dante had somewhat managed to manipulate him because now he started to have second thoughts about Tristan’s loyalty.

Gabriel clasped his palm firmly as he was having a hard time accepting the reality, but what about the video, he saw earlier? It clearly showed that Tristan was with a man named Dante.

’Was it all their strategy’ he thought.

Gabriel couldn’t come to believe any of this, but whatever his father said can’t be a lie. Why would he risk his life if he knew, the enemies would soon come to attack them?

Sighing in defeat, Gabriel closed his eyes. He wanted everything to return to as it was a few days back. He never wanted any of this but now with his father not being in a position to handle his organization, he requested him to take the rein in his hand and lead his clan.

Gabriel had no valid reason to reject his father because he had already given his words and now he couldn’t back out. He had to avenge the people who tried to kill his father as it was the only way to mend his mistake.

Composing his emotions, Gabriel slowly opened his eyes." If Tristan had approached me with an ulterior motive, then there is no point in holding the friendship. I will not let them fool me" his eyes shined with determination as he kept staring at the unknown.

*****

Meanwhile, the news about Alphonse’s sudden escape made Dante restless. The cops had been trying to locate him but there wasn’t any single trace of him to be found.

Rubbing the bridge of his nose Dante sighed." Okay let me know" he said on the call and hung up.

He had been in constant touch with the head of the police department regarding Alphonse’s case. They even accepted to extend help to find him, but even after two days passed, they couldn’t find him.

Ace stepped inside the room breaking Dante’s trance and he looked up." Did you find anything about the boy?" he asked with hope.

Ace bobbed his head before he started to dictate." Gabriel seems to be missing since the same day" he said and passed him an envelope.

"What is this?" Dante asked and he opened them and saw some pictures of Gabriel with a girl as they entered a restaurant.

"This was the last place he entered with this girl but after some time this girl was seen returning alone," Ace said with a heavy tone.

"And who is this girl?" Dante further asked.

"She is the same girl who is studying with Tristan at the same university and unfortunately they both are friends with him" Dante frowned as he finished confirming his question.

"How come we never knew about it?" Dante asked with a glint of anger in his voice which only made Ace gulp in fear.