I ignored him and walked to the elevator. "Diana..” Alex approached me. I smelled alcohol from his mouth. It was not a weekend, and it was daytime. Alex was not someone who would drink this much."Alex, are you drunk?" I asked him. His condition was a little bit worse. More like he hasn't gone home since last evening. Seemed he didn't even take a bath. His hair was messed up. I couldn’t pity him even though he seemed miserable. "Yeah, a little bit." He smiled bitterly. I feel disgusted. He walked ahead and grabbed my hand. "I have been calling to you since two. Why didn't you pick up my phone?" He sounded miserable. I could not even dream of Alex holding my hands and begging me to pick up his call. But this is what he wanted. He wanted to be Vini all the time, he stayed with her and ignored my calls, not even replying to any of my messages before. "You didn't call me," I said pulling my hands away. Even if I wasn't about to answer his phone, I was sure that he didn't call me."N
Ashley POV“Oh Mr. Marcov, I didn't see you coming." Caren’s tone shifted the moment she spotted Dylan behind her. The employees scrambled back to their desks like they’d been caught plotting a coup.“What were you saying to my fiance? I heard you were blaming her for something?” He asked, his tone was authoritative. As if Caren tried to break something that belonged to him.“Nothing,” Caren said with a sugar-coated smile. “I just found her holding Alex’s hand in the basement. Mr. Marcov, you are a famous personality. You can have anyone but why her?" Caren sounded complaining. "Disappointed I chose someone better than your asshole son-in-law?" I muttered under crushed teeth. I feel the incident at the engagement party had to do something with Vini and her mother. Apart from her, nobody knew I had a miscarriage. "Better than Alex? Mr. Dylan doesn't know how scheming you are. You just won a jackpot that you don't even deserve." Caren rolled her eyes at me. Jealousy flashed on her
Ashley POVI opened the door to Dylan’s penthouse and froze. The entire penthouse was bigger than Alex’s mansion. The guard followed behind me and placed the luggage inside. It felt awkward. The servant’s room was in the basement and they would appear only when needed. So it would be just Dylan and me most of the time. "I thought of taking you to the Grey villa penthouse,” Dylan spoke while pulling the curtains and revealing the beautiful river view. "But you'd hit traffic going to the office from there.""Won’t you get late from here?" I asked as I tried to fill the awkward silence. His office and my office both were poles apart."I own that place, No one is scolding me for being late." He said."Oh yes.." I realised I was just making small talk to avoid the awkwardness between us, but it grew even more because the guard was already gone. I wanted to tell him we wouldn’t be sharing a room, but I wasn’t sure how to bring it up."This is your room." Dylan gestured at the door on th
Alex POV"Brother, you came this late.." Andy opened the door and was shocked to see me. She rubbed her eyes. "Yes Andy, Bradie dropped me here.." I walked inside, unable to walk. I felt like I would fall right now. It wouldn't hurt now as I was drunk but sure after I get sober. As I took another step, my leg flattered and I slipped. "Brother.." Andy approached and held my arms. She helped me to get up. "Brother, what's wrong with you?" Andy sounded worried."I am okay Andy.." I leaned to the edge of the fountain. "Brother, you are so drunk. You have been drinking too much lately. How can you do that? Think about yourself.." Andy said. She caressed my head and hugged me. But as soon as she heard another voice, she turned pale. "Do you think your brother could think about himself?" He only thinks about that bitch. That fucking Diana." Vini sneered. "Shut up Vini, Stop blaming her." I scolded Vini. She grunted and dug the phone out of her pocket. "Alright, I won't do that. Firs
Dylan POV"Boss, Are you okay?” Fred’s voice broke my trance. I glared at him. His interruption annoyed me."What happened? Why are you still here?" I scoffed. "You’ve watched the same screen a hundred times now," Fred sounded curious. "And you’re smiling at it. That’s… new."I looked back at my phone, my fingers brushed against the screen. It was the first ever message that Ashley sent to me. The message I want to read every other day. A kind of message that a wife sends to her husband every evening. "You said you'd have dinner at home. You disappointed Me. Sherlock. He is our business partner and invited you for dinner yesterday but you refused. I think it would affect the deal."Fred informed me. "We will manage that.." I said and leaned back on the chair. I stared at my phone hoping for another dinner at home message. "Miss Ashley must be a great cook." Fred noticed me reading the same message again.I shot him a glare sharp enough to silence him."That curry almost killed me
Ashley POVAs I opened my eyes, Dylan Marcov's devastatingly handsome face loomed over me. My heart raced. This man, why does he keep haunting my dreams?I reached out and cupped his chiselled jaw in my hand. My thumb traced the edge of his cheekbone. The touch felt too intimate to reality."Just go away..” I said in a husky tone. “I promised myself I wouldn't masturbate in your name anymore.” I gave a slow slap to his face. His brows furrowed at my action. He doesn't give such a cold reaction in my dream. Oh, God. My eyes widened as realization hit me like a truck.He wasn’t a dream.I gasped and yanked my hand back. Heat flooded my face.I scrambled to get up and sat in my place, I tucked the blanket over me as if it could shield me from embarrassment."What did you just say?” His voice filled with amusement but his gaze was sharp. “You promised you wouldn’t... what?” He leaned closer as his dark eyes narrowed dangerously. “Were you.?” “Not at all.” I cut him off. I have a habi
Dylan POV"Shit!" I slammed my fist into the wall, my knuckles sore with impact. "How could I be this reckless?" I muttered as I ran my hand through my hair. Ashley was in pain and needed my help badly. But here I lost my control again. My gaze dropped and landed on the betraying bulge pressing against my pants. I clenched my jaw.How long is it going to control me like this? I glared at the tent forming in my pants. Fortunately, I escaped the room before Ashley could find it. The bell rang, I opened it and found Fred had already arrived with the doctor. I escorted them inside. My jaw tightened as the doctor crouched by Ashley’s bed. He gently cradled her injured foot. My guts twisted with jealousy. It grew dark, almost consuming me. I didn’t like anyone even touching her broken nails or fallen hair. Seeing the doctor holding her feet maddened me. "Can't you get a female doctor for her? Who is this fucking man?" I muttered under my crushed teeth. Fred shook his head."He was th
Dylan POVHer soft breast rubbed against my elbow and I went crazy again. I thought kissing her would calm down my feelings. It’s okay to break the promise if I kiss her and that calms down the heat in my veins. But It turned out my body started wanting more. My body wasn’t satisfied just with her lips but it wanted her whole body. Her soft breast, her clit, her butt, everything.I wanted to squeeze her soft spots under my muscular hands and listen to her moan for the whole night. I quickly pulled myself away. Ashley was breathless because of my fierce kiss. She was breathing heavily, gasping for the air. I pressed my forehead against hers. My eyes bore into her.“Don’t whisper my name again, if you are not ready to face consequences, don’t do it again.” I warned her as I walked out of her room. I headed to the stairs, the door opened and one maid from my mansion walked in.“Master, Fred called me urgently to work here.” She said with a startled look on her face. “Alright, Miss A
We arrived at the business meeting, which is the last place I want to go today. All eyes rested on us, making me a little uncomfortable to get along with people. The morning was a disaster and right now it was difficult to smile at the investors. “You don’t have to be nervous. It’s not like the fire caught in any company for the first time.”Dylan’s words tried to encourage me. I nodded and breathed heavily. I walked ahead and greeted a few business partners. But the wh press behind me didn’t escape my ears.“How shameless she is. She is still here after everything happened?”“I heard that the factory worker’s family is not compensated yet.” “How she could roam this confidently when she already killed a man.” I realised it was too early to visit any business meeting for me. I should leave this place immediately. I turned to Dylan who kept greeting other guests.“Why did you bring me here? I didn’t need to be here. You said it would be a family party, but it’s a business meeting.
Ashley POVThe car stopped, and the workers of the factory surrounded the car holding hockey sticks in their hands.“You killed one of our men. Now ready to die..” he hit the stick on the window and the glass shattered. “Ahhh…” I screamed. The glass fell off and I could see them. The horrified look on their faces.“You..” He raised the stick, I covered my head and bowed down. But before I could get hit, I heard a crackling of bones.I raised my head and found Dylan was gripping that man’s hand and his men already covered my car. “If you love your life, I dare you touch her.” He said. Dylan gestured at his men and opened the door of the car. He embraced me and helped me get inside the building.“I hope you are alright..” His eyes traced my body as if he was checking for something. When he found out nothing happened, he was relieved. “Thank you. Dylan..” My lips were trembling. Just the thought of what happened when that person would have hit me sent shivers down my spine. “Why did
Ashley POV“You. Here..” I was startled when I found Dylan standing before me. I clearly remembered that I locked the door. He had wrapped the bathrobe around him and seemed stunned. I found him staring at transparent water. I quickly covered it with my hands.“Why are you acting like I haven’t seen that?” He asked me. “I have seen every inch of your body. You know that.”He approached me. My body stiffened just by the way he glared at me. I decided I was not going to let him win my body now.“Why are you here?” I asked, annoyingly.“Here? To take a bath..” He pulled the thread of his bathrobe and his body was exposed. He was just wearing boxers.I gulped in my throat, the sweat beads trickling from his chest to his abs. He noticed me watching it. I grabbed a bathrobe wrapped it around my body and stepped out of the bathtub.“You can take a bath. I am done.” I said and started leaving. He grabbed my hand to stop me.“Leave my hand. I am not going to take a bath with you.” I said, pu
Ashley POVI arrived and was excited to see the new factories were completed today. It had double the capacity of the previous building, and also faster delivery which was going to save us time. “Even though the cost reached more than expected, we will recover it soon.”I said, and Lucy nodded. “Yes madam, the way you used high-quality equipment this time, we will surely get better quality products.”This was the first thing I wanted to improve. The quality of products so we would get better customers. We already bear a loss while returning the products.I was just finished speaking and the door opened. Vini stormed inside. Her face turned red and irritated, I already expected to see her this way in my cabin. “What the hell is this? What do you think about yourself?” Vini was holding a paper in her hand. She was staring at me aggressively. “I was glad that this notice reached you on time,” I said sarcastically and continued my work.“you, how dare you cancel my name from the board
Grandma POV“Ira, is everyone gone?” I asked Ira as soon as everyone left the room. She checked behind the door and nodded. She locked the door and quickly took the plate to me.“Mrs. Marcov eat this. I brought everything you asked for.”Ira handed me the plate, and I started eating. How could I starve when everything was my favourite?“Madam, are you sure that Master Dylan won’t find out that the heart attack you had was fake?” Ira sounded scared. All maids and servants were scared of Dylan, I knew nobody would help me except Ira.“I have already set the doctor and nurse. He would never find it.” I assured her.“But he was worried too much, He loved you so much, madam,” Ira spoke.I breathed heavily. Even my heart broke when I saw him tense. He was so worried when he came to see me. “But this is the only way to make things better between him and that girl.” I scoffed. The moment they entered, I already guessed that something was off between them. The love appeared more fake than g
Dylan POVIf pissing me off was a game, Ashley would be already declared a winner of that game. First, she went to meet that bastard Alex while lying to me. And now she was laughing with Maddy.The way she smiled at Maddy right now, made my heart burn. It made me want to disappear every man in the world who tried to please her. Who tries to flirt with her. I called the girls working in my club to put on an act, just to show Ashley how minding my personal life could affect her. I thought she would be jealous the way I was getting jealous of her. But there was not a single flinch on her face. “What did Maddy tell you about me?” I asked her, knowing he must have something filth about me to tell Ashley.Her brows creased.“Why do you ask?” Her brows arched.My hands around her tiny waist tightened and she pulled closer to me. Her breath hitched as her soft breast collided with my hard chest. She tried to break free but I circled her and faced her back to my chest, my fingers trailing
Ashley POVI rushed to my room, my heart clenched with pain. I tore the sorry card and threw it into the dustbin. “Why do I care about it? That person is a womaniser. It’s not like I have no idea about it. It’s not a shocking thing either.”I muttered to myself and poked my face in the pillow. An unknown pain enveloped me, It wasn’t a disappointment, not a betrayal. Perhaps it was my heart which was inclined towards him.The next morning I woke up with a tired body, only to hear chaos outside the bedroom. When I walked out I was stunned to see the girls take over the kitchen and everything around. They started tossing things on each other and laughed. “What is this nonsense? You have messed everything up.”“I am making soup for Mr. Marcov. Do you want some?” She asked me and it irritated me even more.Dylan stepped down the stairs, he looked extremely tired. I chucked myself, he was with five women, how he was not tired. Even if his stamina was fucking high, the girls didn’t seem l
Dylan POV“That’s done. We are ready to supply the raw materials to the Weber group. Thanks for this payment.”Mr. Chaebol closed the briefcase full of money. It’s not wrong if someone says I tried to bribe him. As I grabbed my coffee, my gaze went to the back of a girl. I felt like she was Ashley. “What happened Mr. Marcov? Are you looking for someone?” Chaebol asked me. We were sitting in the private lounge and it was too long from the public crowd. Perhaps I am mistaken, she said she would be at home watching her favourite series. I continued my talk but then my gaze averted to the same table. The person on the other seat was Alex. “Where is Miss Diana?” I asked the servant on call.“She left in the morning.” I quickly followed her to the washroom. She watched me through the mirror with a stunned gaze.“What are you..” Before she could say anything, I pinned her against the washroom wall. “Oh no, a man intruded in the women’s washroom..” A few women screamed and rushed out.
Ashley POV“Hello, Diana. “ Alex’s voice became heavy. It felt like he would cry anytime soon.“Hello Alex, What happened? What’s wrong?” I asked, it was his hundred missed calls. If he needed anything, I could give it to him in exchange for his signature.“I missed you. Diana.. I missed you so much..” He burst out in a cry. He also sounded heavily drunk. “Alex.. Calm down..” I tried to use soft words. “Vini loves you so much. She will be upset seeing you cry and missing your ex.” I explained. “Diana, can you meet me tomorrow? I need to see you. I want to talk to you.” He said and I took a heavy breath. Seemed he was desperate to see me, so why shouldn’t I use the opportunity?“Alright, Text me the location. I will see you tomorrow.”I said and hung up. The next morning I walked out of the bedroom, only to find Dylan on the dining table. He stared at his white shirt which I wore last evening. “Have it..” He pushed a glass of lemon water to me.“Huh? I am alright. It’s not like I n