THE TRILLIONAIRE'S UNDERSTATED DOMINANCE

Jealous Ex-wife

Haylee's eyes widened when she heard that Annabel was a senior director at the Prime Royale Bank. She quickly tried to compose herself, but her cheeks were flushed, and her palms were beginning to get sweaty. 

Being ignored by Rachael made her even more jealous because the woman was so comfortable speaking with Annabel. She stared at Roman with narrowed eyes, waiting for him to look at her so she could give him a signal that they needed to talk. 

Roman didn’t look at her though. His attention was focused on his conversation with Rachael after Annabel introduced him to her. Haylee’s grip on her wine glass tightened, but she had to force her grip to relax in order not to ruin her manicure.

She was having a weird achy feeling in her heart, and her chest seemed tighter, making it a bit hard to breathe. She couldn’t believe that she just divorced Roman, and he already found another woman better than her.

They moved into the main hall, and people immediately moved towards Hamilton and Haylee. Hamilton smiled widely at the attention. Everyone that tried to speak with him was being so nice, praising him on previous projects and smiling to try and gain his favour.

Some of them even tried to talk about their companies, hoping he would want to invest, but he just smirked arrogantly, using the opportunity to gloat, hoping that Roman was watching everything.

“Mr Hamilton, you have such good taste. So she finally divorced her good for nothing ex. I’ve been waiting for the day that happened.” One of the guests said, and even made a nasty look in Roman’s direction.

Everyone knew he used to be married to Haylee, and they were all wondering why he was there, dressed in designer brands.

“I’ve always known that I’ll end up with Haylee. Her past was just a phase, or should I say, an experiment. But even after divorcing him, he still followed her here, trying to win her back.” Hamilton told the crowd, and most of them turned to face Roman.

“How pathetic.”

“Don’t you have any shame?”

“He probably stole that suit he’s wearing.”

“Why are you stalking Haylee?”

“She’s way above your league.”

Roman heard the whispers and accusations, but he didn’t say a word. He just stood calmly beside Annabel and Rachael.

Rachael didn’t really understand what was going on, because she was usually too focused on her duties to keep up to date with all the gossip. But she trusted Annabel, and knew that Annabel wouldn’t bring a delinquent with her. So she had trust in Roman too, and remained with them.

“He’s here with me, so I suggest you all mind your business.” Annabel spoke up, and instead of stopping, more rumours began to spread.

“He must have seduced her.”

“He must be a con man, going after vulnerable rich women. First Haylee, now Annabel.”

“He must have used her to get an invite to this event.”

Annabel was about to give a harsh response, but Roman held her hand and calmed her down. He just whispered in her ears that fighting or arguing with them was just a waste of energy.

When they saw that Roman and Annabel were not reacting to their taunting words, they changed the topic of conversation.

“Have you heard what the most expensive item among the auction list is?”

“It’s definitely the engraved antique ring. It has this vintage, rustic vibe. And I heard it belongs to the president of the city’s largest business association. Imagine how much it will cost.”

“That’s true. The starting price is at twenty million dollars, and by the time bidding starts, it might get sold for up to eighty million, or more, depending on who wants it badly enough.”

“The ring is definitely going to be mine. I have a great interest in it.” Hamilton said with a broad smile.

He saw this as his opportunity to assert his dominance, and flaunt his wealth, because he knew only a few people would be interested in bidding too high for a ring. But he was hoping it would make him get a connection to the ring’s owner. 

It was rumoured to belong to the richest family in the country. If he could become their business partner through purchasing the ring, then whatever money he spent would be returned tenfold through business profits.

Annabel scoffed and other guests, including Hamilton turned to face her.

“What? You don’t think I can afford it? I am a very rich man.” Hamilton replied arrogantly to try and impress her.

“Roman can afford to buy the auction house itself if he wanted.” She said with a smirk.

“I’m not interested in buying the whole auction house. I only want the ring, and I’ll get it.” Roman said as he casually put his hands in his pocket.

The guests began to laugh. Even Haylee chuckled, because she didn’t believe her ex-husband could possibly have that kind of money.

“Where would he get that kind of money? Unless you want to empty your whole accounts on his behalf?I believe you’re smarter than that. You deserve a man that will match your status and power.” Hamilton said to Annabel.

“He must be great in bed. That’s the only reason I can think of that would make a woman as intelligent as you to defend him, when he’s clearly a pauper.” Another guest whispered to his partner.

He didn’t want Annabel to hear his words, so he wouldn’t be blacklisted from the bank.

“Yeah. I’m sure she’s even the one who paid for everything he’s wearing. He’s just using her.” The man’s partner whispered back.

“I wonder what tricks you use to get rich women into your bed. It worked with Haylee, before she finally came to her senses and divorced you. Now you’re already playing another woman? You must really be desperate for money.” Hamilton spoke like he was concerned about Annabel, but it was just a sarcastic way to belittle Roman.

Roman just took Annabel’s hand and moved with her to a different part of the hall, while the others kept gossipping.