Ashley POVThe meeting ended in chaos without any conclusion. Dylan’s betrayal left me reeling. We had an agreement—he would help rebuild Weber Group. So why had he pulled his vote at the last moment?I was baffled, not understanding what kind of person he was exactly. I walked out of my cabin only to find a noise coming from the balcony. "How could you do this, Alex? I told you to vote against her then why did you do this?" I heard Vini shouting at Alex aggressively. I froze, eavesdropping."And you think I’m your puppet? That I’ll just dance to your tune?” Alex shot back. “Don't I have my own opinion?"Alex said with a cold tone. I had never seen him raise his voice against Vini. They are both always a lovey-dovey couple in front of the world. At least Alex finally realized he’d been nothing more than Vini’s pawn.“Do you even know who I am? I’m the only daughter of the Weber Group. You should—”Alex cut her off with a mocking laugh.“Only daughter? You’re not even blood-related!
Dylan POV She defied me again. Even after I explicitly told her not to, she answered the damn phone. My jaw tightened. I snatched the phone from her hand without a second thought and pressed it against my ear. "Diana, I need to talk to you. Can we meet, please?" I frowned. That bastard. I always knew Alex would regret choosing Vini over Ashley. He would realise what he lost. When I was not able to move on from her after so many years, How could he? I just didn’t think his regrets would surface this quickly. This was why I withdrew my vote. Why I made damn sure he and Ashley wouldn’t work together on any project. Not now, not ever. "Alex," I sneered. "I didn’t think you’d be fucking shameless to ask my fiancée to meet you." There was a pause on the other side of the phone. "Mr. Marcov. Is Diana with you?" He asked, his voice was tinted with anger, but I fucking didn’t care about it. "Yes, she is here. You are interrupting our date. More than that, you are calling m
Finally, you came. It’s past office hours.." Alan approached me with hurled steps as soon as I entered the Weber house. "Grandpa’s been waiting for you to join him for dinner.”"Alan, can you take Grandpa for dinner today? I have no appetite." I said, gulping the fury within me. "Has anything happened?" Alan asked me, perhaps it's written all over my face. That's the reason I didn't want to see Grandpa right now."Nothing. Just a usual bad day.." I muttered and made my way back to my room. Once I got inside, I slammed the door shut and tossed my purse in the corner. “It wasn’t because of you. If any other girl had been in your place, the same thing would’ve happened.” I mimicked his voice. It ignited my anger all over again. How could he say that?Even though I engaged myself in the work, his words still echoed in my ears like a broken cassette. I went straight into the washroom and stood below the warm shower. I stared at my reflection in the foggy mirror. My anger now tinged with
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
Alex POV"Marcov group had expanded its branch in China, Dylan Marcov gave a hint that he would slowly occupy the whole of Asia. Let's ask him about his further plans.""Well.." Dylan scratched his nose and laughed. "I never planned to expand business out of Europe, but it happened." "I heard the Markov group touching the sky since the day you married, what's the reason that you focused on Asia?""My elder son's birth was in Japan, so basically I wanted him to be rooted at his birthplace.""Are you planning this so that your elder son handles branches in Asia and another in Europe?"Interviewer asked."You can say that.." Dylan laughed at every question. My grip on the remote increased when Dylan Marcov's face appeared on the screen. My teeth gritted at his smile, if one person I held responsible for my condition, it was him. "This Bastard.." I slammed the remote on the floor. "What the fuck you did.. You broke the remote. Do you know how expensive it was? It's the second time you
She was upset over something, I could read it on her face. I should have postponed my business trip. But I didn’t do that, I should be tagged as a careless husband. “I am really sorry, Ashley. I never paid attention to your health these days. You even managed the projects of the company singlehandedly.” I held her hand. “I should be more cautious about it.”Ashley nodded. She pressed her lips and gave a thought. “Yeah. You should be cautious about wearing condoms in the office. Then this would not have happened.” She said and I was puzzled. For a moment I didn’t understand what she said, but when I realised, My eyes widened. I couldn’t believe that. She said I didn’t use condoms when we did last time in the office, does that mean she is pregnant? “What? What did you say?” I stared at her stomach. Her muscles were loose, I doubt if I was wrong. “I am pregnant again. Thanks to you, we are having our third baby.”Ashley said and I thought as if I was dreaming something. This was un
Ashley POV “Dylan.. I brought Adrian with me today..” I said while panting, Dylan stared at me with sharp eyes. “You are calling another man when I am inside you. That’s ridiculous.”Dylan thrusting inside me. His pace was smoother and deep. Every time he pushed himself into me, I felt like I was reaching heaven.“I am talking.. Ahh. About Adrian. Our second son. Have you forgotten it?” I asked him, I was moaning. But made sure my voice would not leave outside the cabin.“I know that. But he is still a man. No matter how old he is, even if he is our son. I don’t like any other name on your lips when I am with you.” Dylan thrusts hard.“Oh god. Which father gets jealous of his baby.” I said, I reached climax and was about to come. I clenched his elbow, my legs wrapped around his waist. His balls rubbed against my crotch and I came finally. “I have become so sensitive since Adrian was born,” I muttered. I came faster than I thought. “I am not pulling out..” Dylan said. I was stunne
"Really? Have you ever asked me why I tried to capture the Weber group when you were lost for more than twelve years?" He asked me. I raised my brows. I believed everything that Alex said without asking Dylan about it."I knew the reason," I said. "Because of competition. The Weber group was the biggest obstacle for your company."He chuckled and laughed loudly the moment I said that. He leaned closer as he entangled his fingers with each other."And who told you that?"I took a deep breath."Alex, but I have seen the shares you kept holding for many years. It was a big threat to the company." Dylan sighed when he heard that. He "When I tried to come with you on your grandpa's birthday. Your grandpa already knew about it. He beat me and insulted my background. He cursed me for being an orphan, but I didn't mind that. I just wanted to be with you. He asked me to stay away from you."I stared at him with a stunned face, I didn't know if such a thing happened. "I came home, disappoin
Dylan POV"This is the biggest diamond we have mined to date. It's 1800 carats, a human human-excavated diamond found in the last decade. It's one of the rarest diamonds on the earth as it had the largest stone cut."A merchant showed me the diamond I had been waiting for two days. I held the crystal in my hand. He made me wait too long but after seeing the crystal and holding it in my hand I could say that the time was worth wasting. "So you want to buy this?" Merchant asked me. I could have sent Fred or any other person to buy this but this merchant insisted he wanted to see a buyer. Even he was not ready to deal with any other person except the buyer."Do you think I just left my business, especially my wife and my children for two days for a time pass?"I asked him smirking.He nodded. The deal was done. I bought that diamond. It was our first anniversary tomorrow and I wanted to gift her something that she would remember for her life. This rare diamond resembles her, shiny, str
Ashley POVI was in a huge guilt when the truth came out right before my eyes. I recalled the time when Dylan told me he found the papers, he actually found the divorce papers that Alan sent to him."Why didn't I clarify things that time? Dylan didn't even know about my pregnancy. He never abandoned me or my baby." I was frustrated after knowing the huge mistake that happened. I decided to clarify everything today when Dylan gets back to the home. I was waiting for him at dinner time, It was past nine yet he was not around. The bell rang and I rushed to open it"Sister-in-law," Fred arrived at the door. I was shocked to see him alone. "Where is Dylan? Why is he not with you?" I looked behind him. Fred appeared a little worried."Boss went on a business trip to the United States for some work. He will return in three days." Fred informed me. I was stunned, Dylan didn't inform me about any such business trip. I tried to call him, but Fred interrupted me."He is in flight, Your phon
Ashley POVI initially denied it, but then I realised that Dylan needed me right now. He wanted me in his arms, he wanted to be all over me. I kissed him passionately, holding his face in my hands. The night appeared longer than it was. Dylan continued working from the office a few days later. We were living in a penthouse for a while as Maroc mansion was going into a huge transformation. The blast that occurred that day had already shaken the entire mansion, plus Dylan wanted to increase the security for children. I prepared mashed potatoes for Damien. He just started getting tiny little teeth and he was able to eat some mashed vegetables. There was a knock on the door, it was mid-afternoon and Dylan had no chance to come back. I opened the door and found a security guard was there."Mrs. Marcov, a man named Alan Weber is here. He wanted to see you now, but he had not taken any appointments." Guard said, as soon as I heard the name, a broad smile appeared on my lips. When I ca
Angela POVI watched my daughter leave in the police van. I fell on my knees and burst into tears. "Lilia... My daughter. Lilia.." I cried miserably. Jonathan came and held my hand."Why are you crying now? It was you who handed Lilia to the police. I told you not to do that, why did you do this then?" Jonathan asked me worriedly. When the fire broke out in the event, Dylan saved his family. I was restless. Lilia confessed that she was behind this disaster and she wanted to kill Ashley and her children, that's the reason she took this step. But she was too naive to understand this world. "If I had not sent her to the police, Dylan would have killed her. It's too dangerous if she is out. She is safe in prison."I said with terrifying words. I recalled how he bailed out the culprit of the fire in the factory and even paid a huge amount as a Fine just to make him disappear. That person appeared dead after a few months. "I didn't want Dylan to disappear my daughter from this world. S
Ashley POVI found the biggest nightmare of my life getting true right before my eyes. Fred and other bodyguards saved Dylan. He was taken to the hospital immediately. Damien had no burn but Dylan's arm caught fire. We were standing outside the hospital and waiting for the doctor to come out."Patient had minor burns at his elbow and the side of his arm. It's superficial, yet I would suggest taking care of it. So it won't cause any infection." Doctor said,I walked inside, Dylan was lying on the bed. He sat up and smiled when I went in. I couldn't stop my tears when I saw him. I hugged him tightly. I didn't know if it was because of my overwhelmed hormones or the fear of losing him, but I began crying loudly. "Hey, why are you crying? It's not like it's a big injury. I still have a working hand attached to my shoulder." Dylan said as he wiped my tears. "I was scared.." I said. When that big burning pillow was about to fall over him, for a moment, I thought I lost everything. "Don