Dylan POVFlashback I already heard her conversation with Lucas about buying raw materials. Their departure was the next morning so I planned everything strategically. By evening, I arrived in Hallfrey City and stayed in the Barrington Hotel. I bought this company and registered it under Fred's name. But Lucas was a big headache. Even after firing him, he didn't stop. I didn't want him to get in the same car as her but I knew Ashley was extremely punctual about time. I called Alan to help me with that.“Mr. Dylan. Have you called me because my sister is not picking up your phone?” He said. I pressed my lips into a thin line. Why does this brother and sister both have the same temper?"I would be thankful to you if you stopped your sister from going to Hallfrey City. Can you do that?" I said.If he was not my brother-in-law, I would have taught him a lesson for talking to me like this. "Why did you hit Alex? Why were you trying to hurt my sister?" Alan asked annoyingly. I scratche
Ashley POVWhen I walked out of the changing room, Dylan had taken off his shirt and was wearing only shorts. The room temperature was warm so the outside snowy atmosphere didn't affect him at all."What is this?" I asked while gesturing to his body. His perfectly placed abs and fit body lured me many times but I avoided looking at it."I sleep without clothes. Why are you acting like you don't know it?" He said. I pressed my lips. Two days sleeping without him and I feel it's new. Or I was scared that I couldn't act angry for long. He jumped on the bed and patted beside him."Come on, let's sleep." He spoke mischievously. My eyes narrowed. Sleeping? Will he actually let me sleep? "What's that? Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?" Dylan asked me with a puzzled face as his eyes darted over my towel. "I did," I said as I pulled my towel that exposed that sexy pink lace nightdress which showed my skin more than it should hide. The lace at the hem and chest area made it look ext
Dylan POV"Boss, we caught a man who was disguised as a traffic officer last evening," Fred informed me. I knew that my men would catch him within a few hours. I didn't care to capture him last evening because I didn't want to scare Ashley off. I knew they couldn't run away from the city on their own feet. "Alright, just lock him up in the office basement and don't touch him until I tell you to do so.""Why boss? Didn't he want to harm Miss Weber? We should teach him a lesson." Fred was aggressive. "No, I need to handle him in my way," I said and Fred agreed.I didn't want to make the same mistake I did with Alex. Sometimes we need to use a person's weakness against them rather than giving them physical pain. It breaks them deeply and gives them such a wound that they are never able to be healed by it. I would make this person spill everything about his employer."And what about Lucas? What did you find about him?" I deliberately sent Lucas with Fred. He was stuck with Ashley like
Ashley POV"It's Lilia's stupid game. She wanted to lock you up there and tried to seduce me. She is a teenager but her action could have harmed you badly."Dylan said, and I couldn't agree anymore. The moment I was locked up in the bathroom, I thought I would die there. My head was fizzy, because of the drug. It’s all Lilia's doing. "How are you going to handle this? ?" I asked him. She seemed obsessed with Dylan. "We would talk to her about it. She needs to understand her mistake. We can't just ignore her actions. I can't let anyone harm you in any way."Dylan’s intentions were determined. Seemed he could not easily spare Lilia just because she was his foster sister.We arrived at a mansion after a five-hour journey. Grandma was already waiting for us in the living room. As soon as we went in, she approached us."My children, Are you okay? We heard the snowfall was heavy." Grandma said worryingly. Her wrinkled eyes darted at us and relieved.I poked my elbow at Dylan."See, your r
Ashley POV"Guards, Just kick her out of this house. Also contact the cops to investigate her, right now.” Dylan called security guards and talked to them. Listening to this chaos all the family members from the Marcov family gathered. Including Angela and Lilia. They were stunned to see the girl at the door with her luggage. "Did she come here to stay?" I muttered to myself while staring at that big luggage in her hand. She was not reacting but sat steadily over her trolley. She looked more confident and tried to break me a little. But I was relieved that Dylan didn't come to her rescue. Instead, he was ready to kick her out. Obviously, it was Dylan who recognised me first, he informed my family about me. He knew me when I didn't know about myself. I decided to take the things in my hands and chase her away. "You are not welcome here. You are just another girl who came here to claim what is mine. But I can't let you do this." I grabbed the elbow of that girl and was ready to thr
Lilia POV"What nonsense are you doing right now? I asked you to chase Ashley away and you brought another Ashley in a row. What do you want?" I was frustrated. Vini must have lost her mind. I had no strength to deal with this girl who looks like a piece of shit. She always sticks around Dylan and does not leave him for a moment. "Stop calling it nonsense. Your plan failed badly. If It was not me, you would have been thrown out of the country."Vini sneered. The man caught by Fred had already killed himself. Vini threatened him about his family and instead of answering against us, he ate mercury pills that Vini gave him during the plan. He just died before spitting our names."Just because I failed in our last plan doesn't make you do whatever you want." Right now both Ashley's are staying in Markov mansion and Dylan was not even looking at me. He gave me the last warning, I could not take any step. "You want Dylan to chase her away. He would do that soon. You just need to do whate
Ashley POV My gaze went to the mirror, I sensed someone watching me from behind. I approached and pulled the curtains. To my surprise, it was Dylan. Whatever I saw at the dining table had infuriated me already. He was loving towards that short-haired girl and hurt me already. Why did he come after me? To console me? "I never expected to see you here. Do you want anything, Sir?" I asked him mockingly. Showing How this two-day difference parted us. His brows arched as he shook his head."Yes, How are you going to work on the project? Isn't the deadline near? I want everything to be perfect." He asked, and I wanted to laugh. So our conversation was limited to our profession. Couldn't he ask me what made me upset? Why did I leave my food and come here to my bedroom? "The products are under quality control. As soon as it passes the phase, the company will deliver its first batch soon. You don't need to worry about it." I said, without showing the hurt he caused me right now. I wondere
Ashley POV "Thank you so much, Lucas," I said as we walked out of the car. I stared at my watch and was happy that we made it on time. I just received a call from factories that the products are ready to ship. I need to show the reports to the board of directors and seek their approval. "It's fine, madam. I live in the same lane. If you don't mind, I will come and pick you up every day if you want." He said, I shook my head. He was so generous and helpful. But I need to tackle this problem, coming into his car was not a solution."That's not needed. I would ask someone to get a spare key for my car. I bought it with my hard-earned money by the way." I stated. If she thought I would be scared and leave my car then she was wrong. I would get my things back.“Are you doing this because of Mr. Marcov?” Lucas asked me, I scratched my head. “That’s another reason.” I smiled. "No matter if anyone believes you or not, for me you are Ashley Weber. You have all the qualities an heiress s
Dylan POVFlashbackWhen Ashley left the courtroom after slapping me, I wasn't angry with her. If she thinks her mere slapping me will make me get myself away from her life, then she is wrong. Even if she shot me in my heart, my heart would scream just her name. "Boss, Are you okay?" Fred asked me. My death glare made his mouth shut. This is what she meant to me, no one in the world dares to look into my eyes but I allowed her to slap me. I had given her the place where she could do anything to me and I will still love her. "Take the lawsuit back. She would contest it till her last breath. Her love for the Weber group was more than anything else, it was her father’s dream after all." I said, I saw the spark in her eyes that she would break but wouldn’t bend. And I would break myself before breaking her.“Okay, Boss.” Fred watched me in disbelief. Ashley did not give her whereabouts, she even disabled all tracing on her phone and finding her was extremely difficult. She even fired
Ashley POVHe bent on his knees and checked the pulse of that hired killer. He was disappointed when he found the killer was already dead. Dylan took that goon's mask off and dug out his phone out of his pocket. He took some photos of that person with his phone. He sent it to Fred but as we were in a deep jungle, the network was lost. "You killed him.." I said with a trembling voice. Dylan nodded as he threw the dagger aside. "Yeah, I know I shouldn't. We needed to keep him alive. At least he would have confessed who sent him." Dylan said. "But no problem, Fred would find which gang he belong to. He seemed professional gang member." "I know that. He was the one who attacked us when we left the painting exhibition." I said. His face darkened at my words. He stood up and started walking. "Let's go somewhere else. Fred will take care of it in the morning." Dylan spoke as if it was a routine for him. I felt almost puking at the metallic smell of the blood that started lingering in th
Ashley POVHis face turned colder, he was more like a giant iceberg placed in the room. I held my bag and got ready to leave. His eyes gave me different and scary vibes, more like he could ruin me at any moment. Better I leave this place before he does anything. As soon as I moved, I bumped into his chest. I was startled, just a moment before he was sitting on the chair and another moment he was standing in my way. "Where are you going? We have not finished the mediation yet." He blocked my path. His eyes glared at me with an intense gaze that was almost ready to pierce my skin. "I don't think we will come to any conclusion now. Let the lawsuit go ahead." I said as I finished gathering my stuff from the wooden desk. I noticed he was not even listening to me, his eyes were on my lips. Seemed he was controlling himself to kiss me. His hands were inside his pockets, and he stood in the courtroom as if he owned that place."Why did you leave last evening? Didn’t I ask you to stay unt
"What is this? Are you insane?" I yelled at him. "I came here to talk to you about the lawsuit about not getting tattooed." I blabbered. "It's you who think throwing the ring would end everything between us." Dylan took my finger in his hand and started carving in my skin. "Dylan.." I almost cried out, but he didn't flinch. He kept drawing something with that tattoo pen on my ring finger. It didn't hurt but I screamed and tried hard to snatch my hand away from him."Bear it for a while, princess. It's painless tattoo ink, it will just tingle like an ant bite." He said. In a short while he released my hand. "It's done." I stared at his art and was stunned. "Are you crazy.." I tried hard to rub it but it was of no use. Now his name is carved on my finger. "Now dare to take this ring off." He said as he dropped the pen back into the drawer. "It's another way to tell any Tom, dick and Harry that you are mine. No one can dare to put their eyes on you whenever they want." He claimed p
Ashley POV"Send the next candidate." I said, and rubbed my forehead. It was five in the evening and I finished the interview of seventy girls. I found five of them very productive and talented that we need them in this department."Madam, you are just wasting your time on them." Mr. Silver came and tried to convince me. "You are only able to choose five after three days of tiring interview." "Mr. Silver, these five newcomers are better than employees who have been working in our company for several years. They are trained with new softwares and they can handle the technology better than them." I stated. Mr. Silver's face turned bitter as if he could not digest everything I said. "I have given my two decades to this factory. I knew it better than anyone."He stated arrogantly."Shall I hold you responsible for its decline then?" I asked him. His face turned a little annoyed because I didn't take his advice even being a senior officer. He didn't say anything but walked out of the cab
Dylan POV"Why would I marry an orphan like you? What if you are the product of rape?" Her words stabbed into my heart like a sharp dagger. How disgusting it felt when that cursed line fell out of her mouth. I never mind if the world said this about me, but Ashley.Why did it happen? She was the one who fought for me when people blamed my blood. She said it never mattered if I had no family, she called herself my family, my home. I poured the drink into a glass and drank it again. I wanted to forget everything that happened that day. I wanted to assume that this day had not come but the more I was drunk, the more everything flashed before my eyes. The moment we shared was a dream, she was in my arms, but then everything shattered. "Boss, you are drinking too much. You shouldn't drink more." Fred grabbed my hand and tried to stop me. But I snatched the glass back and shot him a glare."Shut up. You are not a boss here. I would kick you out if you did this again." I poured the whis
Dylan stared at me with surprise, as I brought the glass closer to his mouth. He grabbed my wrist and stopped me. "What happened?" My gaze met his suspicious eyes. "Do you think I mixed something in it?" I asked. He leaned closer to me, and whispered in my ears."I would love to drink poison when you are serving me it." He said as he held the wine glass in his hand. He brought it closer to my mouth. I stared at him with a puzzled face."You are really thinking I poisoned it." I said and sipped it in front of him. Dylan instantly geabbed my neck from behind and tucked his mouth to mine.He sucked all the wine from my mouth, My eyes wide opened. He released my mouth as soon as he finished."Ahhh... It feels tastier when I drink it with your mouth." He said, I smiled and fed the drink with my mouth. He grabbed a wine bottle in his hand and poured it over my lips. The wine juice dripped down through my lips to my neck and streamed down between my cleavage. "Ahhh.." The cold wine runni
Ashley POVI took my stuff to the car and drove myself to the factory in Southport. Shina transferred me to one of the oldest factories, whose production was low but maintenance was too bad. Hardly any air conditioner working there. I thought of giving a resignation, but I didn’t want to look like a coward who ran away from the problem. It’s better that I face it and I would definitely improve this factory. When I arrived at the office, I found no female workers were around. There were mainly middle-aged men who worked for more than decades. No wonder the productivity was extremely low here.They all stood and greeted me."You may sit down.." I gestured and went to the cabin. I quickly called the Manager of the industrial department. He entered, and I heard he was a middle-aged misogynist person who thinks women are no better at industrial processes. "Mr. Silver. Why are there no females in the office?" I asked him, He scratched his forehead. I stared at him with a suspicious gaze
Ashley POV"Doctor, how is Grandma? Is she getting better?" Dylan rushed to the doctor immediately. "The surgery is successful. But we need to keep her in observation, she is out of danger for now." Doctor said, "Thank you, doctor," Dylan said and wiped his face. It looked like a heavy burden was lifted from his heart. He seemed relieved and better. I held his hand. Dylan turned to me and hugged me tightly. "Thank god!" He muttered, "She would be walking in a few days. Don't you worry about it?" I said, He went to the glass window and watched Grandma lying on the bed. She was surrounded by heavy equipment and looked extremely weak. "Do you know it was her who accepted an orphan like me in the Marcov family? Everyone was against her but she accepted me anyway. She never let me feel that I was adopted. She loved me wholeheartedly." Dylan spoke, I rested my hand on his shoulder. I realised why Grandma meant him so much. He values the people who were with him when he had nothing.