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
Ashley POV As soon as I opened the door, I found Mr. Shane standing before me. Seeing him shocked me a little bit. Two hours before we had a meeting where he refused to give a final decision for an upcoming project, then what was he doing here? "Mr. Shane, I never expect to see you here. The hotel room is not a place where we talk about business.” I looked around, he was alone and drunk. The entire room was filled with empty cans and every molecule in the room had the smell of alcohol. "Business, you are not a fool who comes here to talk about business. You came here to warm my bed tonight. It’s my condition.” He said, My brows furrowed. His condition? I just came here after that note. Seemed someone deliberately did it just to trap me. I clenched my fist. "Sorry, Mr. Shane. You must be mistaken. I don’t want to sign any deal with you. And talking about warming your bed, have you forgotten that I am already engaged to Dylan Marcov? Don't you dare to touch me?" I warned
Dylan POVI had an important meeting at the restaurant Hotel Paradise. Everything went wrong when a waiter spilt the drink on my clothes just an hour before the meeting. The meeting was extremely important and I had no time to go back to the mansion and change my clothes. So I booked the luxury suite of the hotel and took a bath. I didn't want to smell like alcohol in the meeting room so I asked Fred to buy me a new pair of suits. The business partner came from abroad, he would probably leave tomorrow. The deal was crucial for Markov's mansion. I took a bath, but then I heard a click of the door. I sensed someone had already entered the room. My brows furrowed as I had to be alert, I had many enemies and it can be one of them. I dried my hair and slowly moved to the curtains.My heart raced as soon as I saw her there. The right person always meets you at the wrong time. I tangled my fingers into hers and kissed her fiercely. Her hands wrapped around my elbow, as I shoved my tongue
Ashley POVWhen my eyes opened, Dylan was already wearing a white shirt that tightly wrapped around Dylan’s body.He prepared an ice bowl to wipe my body again. I stared at him walking around tense and muttering something. His phone on the table vibrated almost a hundred times but he didn’t pay attention to it. “Give me your hand.” He said as he sat beside me, I turned my head but he held it anyway and wiped my body again. He checked the temperature and made sure it lowered. His tensed brows relaxed after staring at the thermometer for a while. “Phew.. Now it’s fine.” He said as he took out a night suit from the bag and wore me. That purple night suit was sexy, the same one I wore last time. I was embarrassed to see those tiny pieces of clothes on my body that barely covered anything. “Let me tie the strap here, princess.” He carefully tied the strap. I really loved the way he pampered me, but imagining him doing the same to Shina made me annoyed again. “I can do this..” I jerked
“Dylan will marry her." I heard a voice from behind, I was stunned by those words. My brows raised. It was Grandma Marcov who walked into the chaos while holding her stick. She looked sick and older than before. Ira grabbed her arms and led her way. "Grandma, what are you talking about?" Dylan walked ahead, he clearly did not agree with his grandma. "How can I marry her? Everyone knows whom I love" Dylan glared at me proudly.The way he spoke now, He didn't believe in the chaos that was happening in the Markov mansion right now. Even he didn't fall for the crocodile tears of Shina. Grandma stared at me with annoyed eyes. She looked pissed over something. I didn't see this hate in her eyes before. It was strange like something might have happened to her."For her benefit, she pushed Ashley into the rape. Such a woman is better not to take the position of daughter-in-law of Marcov." Grandma pointed at me, with gritted teeth. Her eyes carried hatred. "Grandma tried to understand. I d
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.
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.