Chapter 336: Arabelle’s Game
In the dimly lit room, a girl sat cross-legged on her bed, the soft glow of her phone casting a subtle blue hue across her excited face. The thrill of impeding victory rushed through her as the sound of tires screeching echoed through the speakers, before a loud crash could be heard from them. Her face contorted into an expression of frustration at the crash and failure to accomplish the task and she flung her phone across the room in a fit of anger, causing the phone to shatter into pieces.
Unconcerned by the destruction she had just caused, Arabelle reached for another phone from the bedside, determined to resume her gaming experience. She powered it on, swiftly downloading the game once more. Laying back down, she resumed her virtual race, her fingers moving with agility over the screen, navigating virtual cars through the intense competition.
Just as she started to win again, a message popped onto her screen, disrupting her game and almost causing her to crash again. The words flashed before her eyes, "Looking for you, Arrie." A chill ran down her spine as the realization hit her – her phone had been hacked. The excitement of the game quickly morphed into a sense of unease, and her eyes narrowed as she scanned the room, half-expecting someone to materialize from the shadows.
The nickname caused her to narrow her eyes in hatred as she stared at the message again, her mood ruined! Angrily, she tossed the compromised phone aside, causing it to crash against the wall once more. The display flickered and went dark, adding another victim to her fit of frustration.
She reached for yet another phone, undeterred by the chaos she had created, and began the process of downloading the game once again. She was bored and needed something to do. And she liked gaming best.
Once again, she focused on gaming but this time, she was a bot shaken. The previous message seemed to be echoing in her head as a voice spoke her name in a loving voice," Arrie..."
However, as the seconds ticked away, a new message materialized on the screen, its appearance abrupt and unwelcome. "Come back to me, Arrie. Why did you leave me?"
Arabelle’s eyes widened in disbelief, her heart pounding against the backdrop of the racing game’s soundtrack. Had he found her? Was it really Gabe who was asking her to come back to him. A kind of yearning unfurled within her as memories seemed to awash over her. Him calling out to her in the pool or when she’d gone for the brain tumor removal surgery, the way he’d held her hand, promising that he would be waiting for his Arrie when she returned.
As tears fell from her eyes, Arabelle threw this phone into the wall too and quickly slid under the blanket, covering her face as she hid under it. No. She could not go back to him or else, she would once again forget her love for Demetri. She needed to kill that Nora for standing in her way.