I was clenched in one corner, feeling a little uncomfortable. I huddled myself further into the corner and tried to put as much distance as possible between us. The driver felt more like a robot; he did not blink or shift his gaze for the entire ride, as if Mr. Dylan had given him strict orders about it.Dylan's fragrance was strong, yet undeniably attractive. He wore a white shirt and black trousers, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing muscular arms with greenish veins throbbing. I couldn’t help but stare. No wonder women went crazy about him.Suddenly, I felt hands gripping my waist, and a wave of discomfort washed over me. I shifted slightly."Mr. Dylan, I already told you, I'm not the kind of woman who sleeps around with men," I tried to set my boundaries once again. His expression darkened."What do you think of me, Ashley? Do you think I'm close to you because I want to fuck you?" His words were blunt, hitting me like a punch to the gut. I swallowed hard. I felt embar
Vini's eyes filled with tears and her fist were clenched. She stared at me as if she were going to eat me alive. "What happened, Vini? It was just a painting," I said. Everyone around us snapped photos of it, murmuring among themselves. Alex's sharp eyes looked at me in frustration. As soon as I stepped off the stage, Alex’s family surrounded me. Vini was crying like she'd lost everything. She must be cursing me under her breath. "Why did you do that? Do you really hate me this much?" Vini took out a blade from her purse and placed it on her wrist. "I should kill myself to satisfy you," Vini screamed. The crowd muttered, giving her sympathy. "Miss Ashley is hurting Miss Vini so much. Now Miss Vini is getting into depression." "Yeah! I mean, look how she insulted Miss Vini's painting publicly." I grabbed the blade from her left hand and placed it in her right palm. "If you really want to die, cut the nerves of your left wrist, not the right one," I said. Her face turned pa
I pushed myself against the corner of the car to avoid any contact with Dylan. His face showed clear irritation. He didn’t like my behavior. I had been defensive every time he tried to hold my hand or even touch me."Miss Ashley..." he called out in a sharp tone. His glare was cold and piercing. "I am not invisible, am I?" he asked sarcastically. I knew very well that the man sitting beside me was not just any ordinary person. Even the exhibition owner had bowed to him like he was some kind of emperor. No one would dare insult or ignore him, but I was extremely upset because of that deal."No, Mr. Dylan. I am just a little tired," I said.I glanced at my watch. It was almost eleven. I still had to plan my strategy for tomorrow’s press conference.All of a sudden, a car came out of nowhere and rammed into our car. The impact was so strong that sparks flew from the collision, lighting up the dark road."Ahhh..." I jumped in my seat. Dylan instantly moved closer and wrapped his arms arou
While being in the car, when she pulled her hands away, I shamelessly grabbed her waist. Her playing hard to get only fueled my desire. When I had her on my lap, I wanted her there for the entire journey. But as soon as those hooligans ran off, she slipped back into her seat. The distance between us was unbearable. "I was still stranger to everyone. Isn't too awkward to bring this topic..." Before she could say anything else, the door behind swung open. Alex and Vini walked inside. Ashley immediately pulled away from me as if she was guilty of something. "Mr. Dylan, are you okay? I heard about the accident. I hope everything's fine," Vini asked, her face was full of concern. Alex's eyes were fixed on Ashley. I clenched my jaw. The way he looked at her made me want to rip him apart. "Yeah, I’m fine," I barely aknowledged Vini. My eyes stayed fixed on Alex, silently warning him to back off. But he didn’t. He approached Ashley and placed his hands on her shoulder "Are you alright?" he a
Ashley POV"Stop it, Dylan.." I pushed him away, not because I didn't want his kiss but because I liked it too much. The way his lips claimed mine stirred something deep within me. A spark that I hadn't felt in years and it terrified me. I turned away, guiltily, I had just divorced not a month before, and Dylan's touch sparked in my heart. He stormed into my heart. "Ashley.." Dylan called me, I avoided looking at him. He is about to touch my face. "Don't.." I shook my head. "Don't do this to me.." My body was turned hot, he might have felt it if he tried to touch it. I didn't want him to know that his touch melted me right now. We are just bound by the deal. I shouldn't raise much hope. When I loved Alex deeply, he gave me pain. If I dared to love a person like Dylan, he would shatter my heart into small pieces. I climbed into the car and fixed my gaze out of the window to avoid his piercing stare."We should go back to the mansion, Alan must be worried about us."I said."Okay.
Dylan POVThe warm water cascaded over me and washed away the drowsiness but the memories of last night clung to me. Even a blink takes me back to her room, her face appears again. ***Flashback I was restless and couldn't sleep. Just because Ashely was just a wall away. She was too close, yet impossibly far. I resist the urge to see her, fighting a battle within me. I finally made up my mind and walked to her room. She lay asleep on her bed. The soft glow of moonlight illuminated her skin. A purple satin gown clung to her body and outlined the curves that haunted my dream. I knelt beside her hesitatingly and reached her for her face. My fingers brushed her cheeks. She stirred slightly.My thumb ran across her lips, the kiss we had in the evening felt the same as eleven years before. Her lips tasted sweet and juicy, I clenched her waist tightly so that I was scared I might hurt her. I couldn't control myself and brought my face close to her. But then I recalled the push."No, Dy
Ashley POVAs I descended the stairs, Dylan's gaze locked into me as if the rest of the world didn't exist for him. His expression held something intense. Almost predatoryA nudge from an elderly woman beside him pulled him back to reality. "Go and get her." She whispered. She must be his grandma. He is the only person in his family and also his most lovable person. Without hesitation, Dylan approached me. His confidence was outstanding.I was still on the last two stairs when he held my hand firmly. He helped me step down the remaining stairs."You're late.” His voice was still rough. His hands lingered on mine. “Everyone is waiting." I braced myself. I expected a single compliment from him but his arrogant ass won't let him do that. Yesterday at the same time he was kissing me and now I am engaged to him, what's next? Marriage or honeymoon? I really couldn't understand where my life was going.He gripped my waist as we walked to the stage. Everyone's eyes stuck on us. I could
Dylan POV"Boss, here is the footage of the event management team. They said the person who appeared in the video is not a part of their team.." Fred handed me his tablet. My eyes stuck to the screen. A masked figure slipped into the hall and replaced the balloon with a swift. He left with the calculated move without being noticed. Within a second he disappeared from the crowd. "Fuck!" I scoffed and ran my hand through my hair. “How are we supposed to find him now? More than two thousand people attended the engagement. Identifying the real culprit in that chaos is next to impossible.”Fred hesitated a little bit. “Could it be Alex?" Fred assumed. "Not likely. He doesn’t know enough to pull this off. But…” I said. “ If my engagement with Ashley falls apart, he was the one who benefited from it."I scratched my head."Have you found out about the people who attacked Ashley?" I couldn't help but find the connection between these two incidents. "They are dead,” Fred replied firmly.
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