Hayden stared at Ashley as she slept, he found it weird and amusing as she hugged her pillow in her sleep. He checked the time on his phone and rolled his eyes. It's 9:00 am already, why isn't she awake?“Ashley.” He called and she didn't show any indication of waking up, he decided to leave her and continue staring at her. After a few minutes, she opened her eyes and screamed in fear, she rolled off the bed and Hayden sighed.“Good morning.” He said and he heard her scoff. “There is nothing good about the morning already.” She snapped as she stood up from the floor.“If you say so.” “You scared the hell out of me.”“I know.”“So apologize.”“For what?”“For scaring me.” “No, am not doing that.” He replied and stood up from the bed. “Get ready and meet me downstairs.” He ordered and walked out of the room, Ashley scoffed and rolled her eyes.“Always giving orders.” She mumbled and headed into the bathroom. Minutes later, she walked out dressed in a gown with her phone in her ha
“Hi, Ashley.” Bryan replied and waved back and everyone glanced at Bryan. “Can we begin?” Hayden asked and they all bowed, Ashley found it amusing and she giggled, everyone turned to her and she looked away embarrassed.“Hey, you don't have to feel embarrassed, you can do anything you want.” Hayden said and she smiled, Hayden held her hand and they both walked towards a chair. Hayden sat and Ashley sat next to him, he nodded at the members and they all sat down.An old man raised his hand and Hayden nodded at him to go on.“Who is she, sir?” He asked and Ashley smiled at him.“Hello sir, I am Ashley Smith and I am the one playing the role of the female lead.” She said happily and they all stared at each other confused.“Oh, God,” Bryan muttered and ran his hands through his hair.“Can she excuse us?” A man else asked. “Oh, of course,” Ashley replied and was about to stand up but Hayden held her.“Say it to her again, politely.” Hayden ordered the man and he stood up and bowed.“Can
Hayden and Bryan watched Ashley sleeping soundly on the bed, after she passed out she got admitted into a ward.Hayden kept checking if she is still breathing after every five minutes, she has been unconscious for more than an hour and he was starting to get worried. “She is fine Hayden, she is just sleeping.” Bryan said as Hayden checked if she is still breathing again. “I know.” He muttered and sighed. “What about the child's body?” Hayden asked and Bryan sighed.“She is in the morgue, she will be buried tomorrow.” Bryan replied and he nodded.“You could have saved her, why didn't you do anything?” Hayden asked.“I didn't do anything because she deserves peace, she deserves to rest. If I save her, her life will become abnormal and she is still seven years old, I felt like I will take her life away from her.”“You knew she was going to die?” He asked and he nodded.“Although, I was thirty percent sure she might survive but I guess she isn't meant to live.” Bryan replied and Hayden
“Wait, will you still say something hurtful to me after a while?” She asked.“No.” He muttered and trailed his hand down her body.“Are you sure about that? You are always like this to me for a while then you will be mean again.” “I won't.” “You promise?” She asked and stared at his face.“Yeah, I promise.” He replied and kissed her forehead. “So what are we? Friends? Co-workers? Best friends?” “What do you want us to be?” He questioned and played with her hair.“I don't know, depends on you.” She replied and he looked at her face.“You can tell me anything you want us to be.”“What if I want us to get married?” She teased and he chuckled without any expression on his face.“It sounds interesting. What do you want your wedding to be like?”“I wasn't serious about that, I was joking.”“Yeah, I know. Just answer my question.” “Hmm, okay. I have always dreamt to have my wedding like a huge party, different relevant and famous people will be present, it should be grand, there should
Ashley groaned in her sleep and slowly opened gee eyes, she saw Hayden staring at her without any expression and she sighed. He might be back to his cold attitude again.“Good morning.” He greeted her with a smile and moved closer to her, he kissed her forehead and Ashley smiled.“Morning.” She replied and he pulled away. He was already dressed and Ashley slowly sat up.“Go and get ready for the day, I already prepared breakfast.” He said and she groaned, she stood up lazily and sighed. “I am so tired.” She whined and Hayden walked to her, he wrapped his arms around her waist and she placed her head on his shoulder.“How can you be tired when you just woke up?”He asked and she whined.“You are so lazy.” He chuckled and she raised her head from his chest, she glared at him and he chuckled.“Okay, am sorry.” He apologized and stroked her hair.“I will help you into the bathroom.” He said and she leaned on him and they both walked into the bathroom. “There is a new toothbrush you can u
“We came here for something important, so would you two just quit it?” Bryan asked and Andrew sighed. “Thank you,” Bryan said and walked towards the grave, they got to it and Ashley sighed. “I really don't know how it's done, no one in the orphanage showed up so I felt like it should just be the three of us.”“Then why is Andrew here?” Hayden asked.“He decided to join because we both made the preparations for the burial ceremony.” Bryan replied and Hayden rolled his eyes.“Can you at least act normal for Lydia's sake?” Ashley asked and turned to Hayden.“Did you just say that to me?”“Yes, why are you being childish?” She asked and he sighed, he turned to Lydia’s coffin and took in a deep breath.“Rest in peace Lydia.” He said and walked away, Ashley stared at him as he walked away and she knew he was upset already.She sighed and turned to the grave, she took in a deep breath and tears clouded her eyes. *******After they all said their prayers, Ashley waited behind and had a mom
“What?” “Just kidding, but I will be close to death because I will be so miserable.” “Do you care that much about me?” “Of course.” He replied and she smiled.“Okay, I will distant myself a bit from Andrew, all I will do with him is just greet him.” “Thank you.” He said and kissed her hand, Ashley blushed and he chuckled.“Do you want anything on our way home?” Hayden asked as he started the car and continued driving.“Yes, I want... ““Anything apart from ice cream.” Hayden cut her off knowing she was about to request it and she pouted.“Then I don't want anything else.” She scoffed and folded her arms.“Fine, I will get you ice cream.” She smiled happily and giggled.They got home after a while and Lucas welcomed them as usual, Ashley was feeling exhausted and she felt like taking a nap. She headed towards the stairs and Hayden followed her, he stopped her as she was about to enter her room and she gave him a questioning look.“Why are you going to your room?” “I really need a
Ashley slowly opened her eyes and looked around, her eyes from on Hayden and he smiled at her.“Hey.” He called and moved closer to her on the bed, he helped her up and she sighed. She felt a lot better compared to how she was feeling hours ago.“How are you?” He asked and she nodded in response.“Are you hungry?” “Yes.” She replied and he used the telephone in her room to call the maids.“What happened?” She asked.“Is there anything you are allergic to that you took earlier today?” He asked and she raised her brow confused.“No, nothing I can recall.” She replied and he nodded.“Is something wrong?”“Not really, Andrew came to check up on you and he said you ate something you are allergic to.”“Is Andrew a doctor?”“Yes.”“Really? I had no idea.”“Yeah, sometimes he forgets he is a doctor.” Hayden chuckled and she smiled.“Are you feeling okay? Or do you need anything?” “No, am okay now.” She replied and he smiled at her, the door opened and the maids walked in carrying trays and
“What?” Hayden asked and Bryan sighed.“Yes, she might not wake up.”“How many percent possibilities is that it will be successful?” Ashley asked and Hayden turned to her.“Oh, it's 50-50.”“Okay, I will do it.” “What? No.” Hayden yelled and walked to her.“Yes, I will.”“No, you are not, what if you don't wake up?”“What if I die anytime? Huh? Then we won't get to be with each other.”“But you might not wake up.”“Might Hayden, it's not certain that I won't wake up.”“I don't care, you are not doing it. I own you so I have every right over you.”“You can't tell me what to do and not do, I am not a child.” She yelled and he scoffed.“I don't think you know what being a mate is, you have to be submissive to me which means you will do everything I ask you to do.”“I am not some kind of an item or property you can control, I can do whatever I want. So what if I don't listen to you?”“I want you to listen to me.” He yelled.“Okay, this is getting worse. My bad.” Bryan muttered and watche
“Good morning beautiful.” Ashley heard in her sleep and felt soft kisses all over her face, she giggled as she slowly opened her eyes. She saw Hayden smiling at her and she chuckled before sitting up, he pecked her lips and she sighed.“Morning.” She replied and he nodded.“Go and get ready and come down for breakfast, I bet my baby is hungry already.” “Yeah, yeah.” Ashley laughed and he helped her up, she walked into the bathroom and he waited for her in the room. She walked out of the closet minutes later dressed in her clothes and Hayden smiled at her.“You aren't dressed in my clothes today.” He said as he stood up and wrapped his arms around her waist. “Well, that is because I am back in my room which is filled with my clothes and not yours. I can't enter your room in this mansion because you never let me.” “Oh, do you want to see it?” “Seriously?”“Yes, I mean, it's not really that bad.” “Why don't you want me to see it exactly?”“You will find out but that will be after b
Bryan stared at the Princess as she walked angrily away from the throne room, he followed her and she glanced at him as she walked.“Stop following me.” She said with her voice starting to break and he ignored her.“Slow down Ariadne.” He said and she ignored him, she got to her room and tried to close the door but he got in forcefully.“What do you want Bryan?” She asked with her eyes starting to get clouded with tears.“You don't have to cry, I get the fact that you are upset but you really don't have to cry.” He said and she rolled her eyes which made a tear roll down her eyes.“I never knew you could cry.” Bryan chuckled and she glared at him.“Yeah, sorry. My bad.”“Please leave.”“No.” He replied with a frown and moved closer to her, he wrapped his arms around her waist and sighed.“Don't cry over something your selfish mother did.”“Yeah, you are right.” She muttered and wiped her tears, Bryan chuckled and creased her waist.“So, you hate me.” Bryan said and she smiled.“And yo
“Oh my God, you guys pulled it off really well, I never expected it.” Ashley said as Hayden held her tightly from behind. They were still in the garden and everyone was still celebrating the successful proposal.“Yeah, we did. All thanks to Ariande.” Hayden said and the Princess smiled happily.“I played my role right.” She said proudly and Ashley nodded.“Yes, you did. Thank you so much.” Ashley said and pulled away from Hayden, she walked to the Princess and hugged her.“I want a hug now.” Bryan said walking to her as she pulled away from the Princess. Ashley chuckled and hugged.“Now I get the reason why you don't want me to hug you, you don't want me to read your memories.” “Yeah.” He chuckled and hugged her again.“Hey, that’s enough.” Hayden said and pulled her to himself, Ashley laughed and hugged him.“I am so happy.” She giggled and he smiled at her.“Yeah, me too.” Hayden replied and kissed her.“Yes! Let's celebrate this!” The Princess yelled and the maids around smiled ha
After they both got their hair treated and styled, they did their nails and they both walked out of the saloon. They entered the chariot and Princess Ariande heard Ashley’s stomach grumble.“Hey, are you hungry?” She asked and Ashley nodded in response. “Okay, there is a restaurant close to this place, let’s head there.” The Princess said and she nodded. They got to the restaurant and Ashley smiled knowing it was familiar.“What's with the smile?” The Princess asked as they walked in.“Oh, Hayden has brought me here before but it was like a month ago.”“That's nice.” She replied and smiled, the people in the restaurant bowed as usual and the waiter and waitress treated Ashley and the Princess well. People left the restaurant for them and Ashley turned to the Princess and she shrugged with a smile.They both sat down and ordered for what they wanted, Ashley ordered a lot of things which surprised the princess.“Are you sure you want to eat all of these?” The Princess asked as they st
Ashley slowly opened her eyes and sighed, she frowned when she couldn't find Hayden beside her and she slowly sat up.“Great, you are finally awake.” She heard a familiar voice and she flinched when she saw the Princess walking out of her closet.“Princess Ariadne.” She called surprised and stood up immediately, she bowed and the Princess smiled.“Oh, please. Stop that.” She said and Ashley looked up at her.“Hmm, is... Is everything okay? Why are you here?” Ashley asked nervously and the Princess smiled at her.“Yes, dear. Come on, hurry into the bathroom, we have to get ready and why are you up so late?” She asked and Ashley stared at her surprised, she has never been this confused in her life.‘What the hell is going on? And where the fuck is Hayden?’ She thought and the Princess smiled.“I know you are confused but don't worry, am not going to hurt you. See? No claws, no fangs, just me in my human form.”“Okay. Am sorry, please where is Hayden?” She asked.“Oh, he put me in charge
“Open up.” Hayden said to Ashley and she slowly opened her mouth, he fed her brown soup and she frowned.“I don't want this Hayden, I really don't want it.” Ashley said and made an irritated expression.“But Lucas said you have to take it that it will help.” Hayden replied as he fed her another spoonful of the soup.“It's just brown soup, it's not helping.” She argued and he smiled at her.“Relax baby, as long as Lucas said it will help, I believe it will and besides, you were the one that wanted Lucas’s meal.”“Ugh, I thought he would prepare his normal delicious meals, I didn't know he was going to give me this recommendation.” She scoffed and he chuckled.The sorcerer walked to them and smiled at them, Ashley smiled back at him.“How are you feeling madam Ashley?”“Am feeling good, thanks.” She replied and he nodded.“Are you feeling any pain anywhere?” He asked and she shook her head in response.“Okay then, you are free to go to your room but if you feel any pain or you need anyt
“The Queen?” Bryan asked and she nodded.“Why the hell does the Queen wants you?” Bryan asked and she sighed.“Can you help me up?” She asked Hayden who remained quiet but kept staring at her.“Yeah.” He muttered and helped her up, she leaned on him and sighed.“She is mad at me because I am with her daughter’s supposed mate to and I also caught her son’s attention and much other stuff.” She explained and Hayden sighed.“Why aren't you saying anything?” Ashley asked Hayden and he turned to her, he stared at her for a while before wrapping his arms around her. “I really have nothing to say, I am just glad you are okay.” He said and kissed her. “So you are just going to let the Queen go?”“Hell no.” Hayden replied and pulled away from Ashley.“She is going to pay for making my beautiful babies go through hell.” He said and kissed Ashley’s forehead. “Oh, that reminds me. She knows am pregnant and she was planning on using my baby as a sacrifice by midnight.” “What? How did she know t
“Hayden, we have been searching for hours, the guards are starting to get tired, we need to go back.” Bryan said but Hayden ignored him and kept walking deeper into the woods.“The guards can go back, you are with me.” Hayden ordered and Bryan turned to the exhausted guards.“You can go back now.” He said and they all bowed.“Thank you, Sir Bryan.” They chorused and they all walked away, Bryan sighed and ran to Hayden.They kept walking but Hayden stopped when he saw an old house from a distance.“Hey, did you know there is a house in the deepest part of the woods?” Hayden asked and Bryan looked at it.“Yeah, kind of but only a few people know about it.”“Who does it belong to?” Hayden asked as they walked towards it.“It is abandoned now, it belonged to a poor family but they got moved into the city and that happened hundreds of years ago.” “Does the Royal family know about this place?”“I don't know but they should.” Bryan replied with a shrug.“Let's take a closer look.” Hayden sa