Ashley POVI Arrived on the dance floor and started dancing with Lucy and Bella. I started feeling hot, perhaps the alcoholic drink raised heat in my body. I took off my office coat and threw it aside. “Madam, are you okay?” Lucy stared at my clothes, a white strapless tube top and a white skirt. “Chill Lucy, we are at a club.” I held her hand and danced with her. Alex stared at me with his narrowed eyes. He stopped dancing with Vini and was about to approach me, but Vini stopped him.“What happened Alex? Where are you going?” Vini wrapped her hand around his neck so he could not go anywhere.I also turned back and danced with my girls to ease my mind. Dyaln's words still echoed in my ears. My chest tightened to recall everything he said.“Wooo.. Hello sweetheart..” The music turned wild, and a tall man approached me and started dancing with me. I didn't mind until there was a good distance between us. But slowly he came closer."If you don't mind, do you like to dance with me?"
Ashley POV"I saved you from those goons and what I am getting in return? The shout and the scold?" He spoke coldly. I was still in his arms like a small baby. And he carried me as if I weighed like air."Why did you bring me to your room?" I said, gritting my teeth."Because I am not going to sleep alone tonight." He said, My brows arched. How shamelessly he said this."But I won't sleep with you..." Before I could finish what I was saying, I puked on him. I puked so badly, his eyes widened."Dylan.. I am sorry.." I grabbed tissue paper and tried to wipe his coat, but I was so drunk that I only messed up. I puked on him again. That smelled like shit! I was disgusted by my puke. "Oh. Sorry. I will do it again.." I said and grabbed a tissue paper. He clenched my hand and stared at me coldly."You are responsible for this, now you have to clean it." He said and I stared at him with a baffled face. "How?" I asked. He dragged me into the bathroom and filled the bathtub with warm water
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
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 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 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
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
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
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.