Chapter 36 E&R group of companies

Rachel's POV

"What about this one, he's nice and tall and...Em... Er, rich?" I said more like a question as I pointed at him.

We couldn't see his face, but from his stance, I could tell he was good looking.

We arrived at the Charity gala just about ten minutes ago and I was already set in finding guys that would be a match for Marina. I had already introduced her to a few guys at the party, some of which I don't even know myself.

I smiled pointing at tall man standing beside the drinks section, he was talking to an elderly man and had his back to us.

He looked rich.

"How can you tell that he's nice?" Marina raised her brows at me as she said mockingly.

So that was the only thing she caught out of everything I said about him?

"Well... He doesn't look bad." I shrugged looking at him even more. He really did look handsome from the back, nice... Well I wasn't so sure.

I felt uncomfortable, so I turned back to look at Marina who happens to be glaring at me. She was looking at me like I had just said the dumbest thing in the world.

"For fuck sake Rachel, we haven't even seen his face clearly yet. Even if we've seen it, and he happens to be handsome, you can't tell a person character by his face. Take David for example, he is handsome, yet really stupid ".

My jaw clenched when I heard that bastard name.

No no, that bastard was not handsome, I was just plainly blind.

"I don't like you mentioning his name, it annoys the hell out of me." I said my voice turning cold. I had thought I was over him already, but even if I was, I was not over his betrayal yet.

"Alright, but you need to stop what you're doing. If I had known you were going to try to set me up with every young guy here you think is nice... I wouldn't have told you about what I planning."

I rolled my eyes at Marina, but I could tell she was serious.

"Fine, I'll stop, but if I see a guy..."

"David?" Marina interrupted.

What the hell? Didn't I just tell this girl that I don't like hearing his name, why did she call it all of a sudden?

Wait did she think I'll want to set her up with David?

I glared at her.

"Marina, why would I set..." I began waving my hands at her, but then she interrupted me again.

"No...No." She held my hands in her's before turning me around.

My eyes narrowed and my smile disappeared when I saw the man walking towards me. His face had a huge grin on it as he stopped right beside me.

"David!"

"David!" We said at the same time. Marina said her's in shock while mine was in anger.

What was this God forsaken bastard of a man doing here?

"Rachel... I didn't expect to see you here"

"The feeling is mutual." I replied curtly trying my best not to glare at him.

"What are even doing here? We're in England, you're so far away from home." Marina scoffed at David, who immediately glared at her.

"I see you've gone back to your previous taste in friends." He said eyeing Marina who rolled her eyes.

"Well, we can only be so stupid for so long". I said my time filled with sarcasm.

The smile on David face stiffened before coming down.

"Don't speak to me in that manner."

"Or else what? She's no longer married to you so you don't have any control what so ever on her. I ask again what are you doing here?" Marina tone was filled with so much venom, I was actually suprised.

For a second there I thought she was the one who got betrayal and dumped by David.

"I don't have to answer to you. But I'll just fulfil your curiosity. My family owns the entertainment company that sponsors this movie you all are acting." He said dropping a bomb shell on me.

I looked towards Marina for confirmation. She was just as surprised as I was.

"That's... That's not possible. I crossed checked. The entertainment company is owned by E&R group of companies." Marina said shaking her head in disbelief.

David lips hook up in a disgusting smirk.

"This can't be right, could you possibly be...?"

I looked between Marina and David. It was as if they were speaking in codes and I was not getting it, or maybe I was getting it I just couldn't believe it.

"I think you should tell your friend, don't worry, I'll be right here." David said with the smirk still plastered on his face as he began checking me out.

I rolled my eyes at him before giving my attention to Marina. She and David knew something they were not telling me.

"What's E&R group of companies? How is he related to this?"

Marina held my hands.

"E&R group of companies, is a giant company, that owns all sorts of different other companies under it, and the entertainment company sponsoring this movie is one of them"

"Er... Huh?" I was still very much confused.

Was this conversation going somewhere?

"I heard a rumor few years that the billionaire who owns the company gave it to his son, who actually changed the companies name to E&R, and recently I heard that the young billionaire is back in the country and would be announcing himself soon."

I looked into Marina's eyes and then it dawned on me what she was trying to say, that David could possibly be the owner of such a huge company.

I suddenly burst into an uncontrollable laughter.

"Wait... You think, this idiot owns the mega huge company?" I laughed even harder.

My laughter subsided when I noticed a huge number of people where now looking towards us.

David's face contorted in embarrassment and anger.

"What do you think you're doing?" He asked in a hushed whisper so the onlookers wouldn't hear what he was going to say.

He was embarrassed, good for him.

" Marina thinks you own the huge company, and you are going to let her believe that lie?"

I knew for a fact that David couldn't own something that big... At least not by himself.

For the past three years I was married to him, though I was called a jobless full house wife, I always left the house early in the morning and came back late at night, why? Because I was to busy managing his company!

He was always travelling, going for his so called business trips that he had no time for ten little company his father gave him to manage, so he asked me, no begged me take care of it and I did.

Now imagine my surprise now that Marina's suggesting that he owned one of the biggest companies in the world.

"What's so funny Rachel? I know you don't think I do, but haven't you ever wondered why I was always out on business trips? I was too busy managing my big company."

I shook my head.

"No, you were to busy sleeping with my use to be best friend, David." I spat back in anger.

This conversation was getting way too longer than I would have expected, or even wanted.

"Fine let's say you do own the company, that doesn't obligate you to talk to me, as you can see, I'm not Lana."

"I can see that."

His smirk widened and his lustful eyes trail down my body stopping at my legs which the long split on the dress revealed.

"Despicable." Marina spat in disgust.

"You asked what I was doing here, and here it is. I want to make you an offer, I'll take you back if you kneel in front of everyone here and beg me."

Now I completely speechless. Just how shameless could a man possibly be?

He was the one who cheated on me, he was the one who threw the divorce papers on my face, he was the one who forced me to sign those damn papers, now he asks me to kneel and beg for his forgiveness?

What a fucking joke?

I'll rather die!

I was about to give him a befitting reply when I heard a deep hoarse familiar voice right behind me.

"What if she doesn't want you back?"