When Ian got into the room, Ashley was already asleep again, sprawled in the middle of the bed, prenetin we any other human entry onto the bed. A small smile bloomed on Ian's face. And she dared say he was the careless sleeper. He was the most careful when she was in the bed with him, making sure he wrapped around her perfectly in such a way that she would be comfortable too.But his adorable little wife was monopolizing the giant bed.Forgetting everything wrong with him even for a second was all he needed at that point and so he lay beside her at the edge of the bed, waiting for her to shift away and back to him like she always did, at least that one would be muscle memory.The thought of her memory poured maggot infested water on his train of thought.He would have to be an asshole again – something he had yet to completely rectify from before – in order to rectify the illness she had been given because of him. He didn't care anymore, he would find Leon and kill him, brutally and
Ian tore a wad of papers that had just been handed to him by his assistant. An entire team of people cowered in front of his desk as he delivered the most depressing speech anyone would ever get the misfortune of hearing.“Useless. Every single one of you”, he ended and threw the entire stack to the floor. “Fix it”, he growled and looked to Yu Zhen for them to be kicked out. Yu Zhen closed his eyes in helplessness as he gently shooed seventy percent of the company’s employees away. Truly,, he had slacked off, but they didn’t deserve to bear the weight of Ian’s general disposition. He had been subjected to it multiple times in the past week.Ian had not slept a wink in ten days, he was snappy to his family and friends, horrible to his employees and rude to Ashley, of all people. He knew what Ian was trying to do and it was ridiculously stupid, even for him. He expected Ian to try to reenact cute moments or lovey-lovey moments, not snippets of a time she literally hated him.“We need to
Ashley had been called in the middle of another boring routine that Chloe had forced on her to help her regain her memories. It wasn’t that serious, she had lost some memories, but it was only short term, everyone needed to stop treating her like she was chronically ill.The only person that didn’t treat her like a baby was the man she was sitting in front of that was glaring daggers at her.Honestly, if he hadn’t taken her to the hospital or slept with her in the same bed she would have been sure that they had never touched in their lives. She wanted her brain to believe he was just a shitty asshole that couldn’t change but the way everyone looked to her pleadingly whenever Ian went on a tirade assured her that they were in fact married and Ian in fact could be controlled.“Why are you acting two faced? When you brought me from the hospital, you treated me like I was an egg. You even told me you loved me, what went wrong in hours?”, she asked, her brows furrowed and her arms crossed.
Yu Zhen had been sitting on wires ever since Ashley had pulled Ian into that room. He was convinced Ashley would come out crying because Ian was a crazy man on a mission. A small part of him held out some hope that Ian would act normal to his wife but he quickly dismissed that. Ian was a man filled with determination, focus and sheer will. Ashley couldn’t have come at a worse time. It took everything in his body to not move to that door to eavesdrop on the two of them, but he owed the decency to Ashley at least. He had never listened in on any conversation about her, and he wasn’t about to start now.“Calm down Yu Zhen, she’ll be able to calm him down”, Kevin grinned, like a fool that he wanted to pummel. This was all his fault. If he had kept his mouth shut instead of calling Ashley, Yu Zhen wouldn’t be praying on behalf of Ashley’s mental health.He knew letting Kevin know about Ashley would be a mistake. He should have just kept her anonymous with everyone like the plan was suppos
Ashley huffed in annoyance as Ian had gotten worse in the elevator, practically melting her against him. She wasn't complaining but the entire staff had seen her under his grappling hands and her face was on fire.She brightened up as she eyed the car parked a few yards away. "Let's get you to the car", she said, patting his arm to notify him to remove himself.Ian smiled a small somber smile as he let her go slightly, his arms still wrapping around her like an overenthusiastic octopus. "Want me to drive you again?"She shook her head, attempting to take a step but finding her movement hindered by Ian's clingy antics. "You're too sleepy, you need to rest.""I'd better rest with you, " Ian quipped, squeezing her a bit tighter.Ashley rolled her eyes. "I hope the car appreciates the effort we're putting into this grand entrance."Ian hid his grin on her shoulder before lunging her into his arms and to the car. He had notified the driver the moment he got the chance, even if she requeste
Ashley furrowed her brows, her mind was already going seven hundred miles a minute. Ian couldn’t do that, Ian wasn’t like everybody else. She was chanting it over and over. He was a man of honor and he would never cheat.She couldn’t even remember two percent of their entire married life but she just knew Ian wouldn’t be like anyone she had dated…at least she hoped.“Is that all?”, Ian asked glumly, his entire countenance deadpan.“Perhaps I’ll call again when she’s tortured beyond measure”, the disembodied voice said and Ian dropped the call to immediately touch the side of Ashley’s face. “I know you’re worried-”“I’m not wor-”, Ashley tried to interrupt but Ian continued talking anyway.“But you don’t have to be, my heart didn’t even work before you. You’re its sole commander”, he said seriously, trying to drill in the fact that he was practically useless without her into her head.Ashley’s face gradually reddened till she had to look away.Ian rested on the car door to admire his
Ian had slept like a baby all through the ride, she didn’t even know someone could sleep that deep while their legs were cramped in a car. The problem before her was that they had gotten to the house that she had been put in the mean time – according to Chloe their main house had a huge underground library, she couldn’t wait to see that one – and Ian was still asleep. The bags under his eyes had grown prominent in his relaxed state and she was begging to every power in the universe to give her teleportation powers.She felt as though if he woke up, he wouldn’t sleep anymore.She had no choice, the position he was in was bound to be uncomfortable for him, taking him inside would be the best thing to do.“Ian”, she whispered softly. There was no answer, he was as unresponsive and dead as a log of wood.She sighed, how would she wake him now? The thing that made her most surprised about their entire marriage – other than the fact that they actually seemed happy together – was the fact t
Ian grit his teeth and vowed to destroy whoever was on the line. They had ruined a perfect moment, people were so fond of that. It was such an annoying phenomenon that he hadn't kissed his own wife ever, he was about to rectify it too, until the bastard called.He closed his eyes and held the phone to yell at the caller, peeking at Ashley to see her face tinged red and he immediately threw it out of the car. He had far more important things to do.He wanted to move slowly, to give her the chance of stopping him if she wanted to, but he had been feeling urges since he met her, slow was out the window at this point.He leaned in and captured her mouth with his. He was immediately blissed out, this, this is what he had been missing. The feeling of Ashley's soft lips against his own was a feeling he could relish in for the rest of his life.Ian's heart quickened its pace as he pulled away. He wanted more than just a simple touch of the lips but if this was all he was getting then he would