Chapter 35
Ashley
I woke up and found myself in his embrace. I can’t believe we slept together… that I trusted him enough. I tried to get out of his embrace, but he pulled me close. I thought he was definitely sleeping, but he opened his eyes and looked at me.
“Awake?”
“Y-yeah…”
He smiled and kissed on my forehead leaving me really astonished.
“Don’t get up so soon”
“Ah, it is 8 AM”
“We make the rules here”
I looked at him with a ‘are you seri
VincentShe looked at me confused and I just laughed.“I mean, I can love you anytime”“And I don’t understand what that means either” I looked at her and she made a cute pout. “Ashy. That means… it is just a matter of time”“G-Good” she looked into my eyes.“Yes”“You… you are not bad at all”“Thank you. I finally have someone who understands me. You are good too”“Yeah. They only need to understand and see the beautiful you”“You flatter me”She smiled at me. I went to the side and finally got up. She sat up on the bed too.“Come here, Ashy”She came to me and I picked up the second ring. “With this ring in your hand, I promise to give you the world on the occasion of the official start of our love story” I inserted the ring i
AshleyI was feeling suffocated as I remembered everything again.“And… then Lara…. Lara and I decided to start over… we had no one… so…”“Are you okay?” he took my face in his hands. “Y-Yeah, I guess”He looked into my eyes and then stared deep into them. He came slowly closer and didn’t leave my eyes. As he reached closer, I closed my eyes as I anticipated his kiss.His lips touched mine slowly. The kiss was so relieving, as it was soaking all my sadness away. My hand went to his face and I touched his cheeks as he pulled me closer. Slowly he came over me as I laid on the sofa. His kiss was just a small peck on my lips, but still, it was the most beautiful one. It had more emotions than any I ever had.He got a little away but I pulled him close and he looked into my eyes again.“Don’t go away” I un
VincentAfter the call ended, I decided to go back soon. I was quite upset with everything, and I remembered how good those muffins were just when I reached here. I didn’t even praise her. It is so bad of me, right?Well, I never really cared about anyone so it is quite difficult for me, to know what small things I don’t even notice, would make her sad or maybe slowly unlove me. Yes, I am scared to lose her because that ‘I Love You’ wasn’t fake or on impulse. I spoke it after thinking for hours.She was so happy when she said ‘thank you’ to me. Maybe she was expecting me to praise her… and I didn’t. Well, I am gonna try my best to pay attention to these details, but I am not the caring type cause I never cared for anyone but me.“How can you tell me that you can’t get the deal?” I confronted him. “How dare you say that?”“Boss, we tried&helli
Hey guys... actually due to my exams, I am not being able to be regular. I haven’t studied the entire year and the exams are offline, so I hope you understand lol… Please be patient… I will be regular from 16th March when my exams end… thank you so much.AshleyHe looked at me quite shocked. “Really, Ashy?”“Yeah… I guess”“That is such a cute line but ah, you can change ‘kidnapped’ to something better maybe…”“But why, Vincent? It marks the starting of our love story and I don’t wanna change cause people will think it is wrong. I wanna keep it as it is cause we both know what good it brought to us”He smiled. “You are really sweet”“Oh, thanks!”“Alright… What do you wanna do now? There is still so much time”“Ah well, I hav
AshleyI felt comfortable in the cab as we moved towards the airport. Maybe I was excited for Paris, but more I was excited to spend time with him.I looked at him and he looked back at me with a small smile. I smiled back and he took my hand in his.“You look so happy today,” he whispered. “I am really glad”“I am so happy that you are glad because of me”He kept his hand on my face and traced his fingers along my face. Then he touched my lips with his thumb. “You are so beautiful”“Ah thanks”He smiled bigger and came close. “Vincent, we are in a cab!” I whispered.“Doesn’t matter,” He said in a husky tone.“VINCENT” I whisper-yelled.He laughed softly and went back. “Just let me get the room in Paris with you. You are gonna regret pushing me away”“Oh I am not pus
Chapter 41ChrisI was at the hotel reception in Paris, as I came here with Heather. Heather wanted to go to Paris suddenly, and she also booked the tickets herself for both of us! Well, it is okay, she has major mood swings anyway.I was taking the room card from the reception in the hotel when suddenly I felt someone’s eyes on me. I turned around and saw… Ashley.I was really shocked and numb for a moment. She looked at me with the same blank emotions; I never expected her to be here. I mean, out of all countries, and out of all cities, and then out of all hotels… is it coincidence? Can it be?I was gonna go to her when I heard Heather.I turned around and she smiled at me.“Anything wrong, Chris?”“Nah”“Then let’s go. Have you taken the card?”“Yup”“Okay”She smiled and took my hand. Then she took my hand to her
Vincent“So, are you sleepy?” I asked her.“Nope” she got up. “Let me arrange the room first”She opened up the suitcase and started arranging the things. I went to her and took out something too and helped arrange it. She was tired by herself too, I shouldn’t just sit around.After some time I saw that the things I arranged, she removed those and kept them somewhere else. She didn’t say anything to me but rearranged every single thing I arranged.“What’s this Ashley?” I said, a little irritated by this. I did so much work but it all went in vain.“Ah actually,” she turned to me and smiled, a hint of evilness lurking. “I appreciated your efforts by not pointing out your mistakes, but I gotta correct them because the kettle should be near water and not on the dressing table and I will never ever find the comb if you keep it with the book
AshleyI opened the door and all the happiness from my face faded. It was Chris. Chris again. Why is he here? He sure saw me back then and maybe knows that I am gonna be here and that’s why he came here. But why exactly is he here? Does he need anything? But that is a really lame reason. I can’t think of any excuse why he would be here. He was looking at me with a smirk, an evil one. That means he knew I was here for sure. Oh Hell! Why does this all happen to me? Like what did I even do!“V-Vincent” I stuttered because Chris’s presence had its effect on me. I don’t know why he did what he did, but I am quite afraid of him.Vincent came to me as soon as I called him.“What are you doing here?” he directly asked Chris.“It isn’t your hotel that I have to give you any kind of explanation when I come to meet my girl”I looked at Vincent and took his hand. “H
AshleyI was with Lara. I had no idea about where Vincent must be. I just hope that Chris finds him. Maybe that could mend all the things.It was gonna be night soon. I thought of having a small nap, it could help me.I suddenly received a call from Chris.I picked it up as my excitement reached its peak. Maybe he found him.“hey? Did you find him?” I asked him.“Yes. I found him. But he is not very good…”“What? Where is he?” I asked. “I will send you the location”“Okay”The call ended, but I was worried sick. Why was he not well? What happened?I went out and then at the location he sent. I was scared, as well as happy too. Maybe I will be with him forever, but he should explain to me why he left!I parked my car in front of the location. It was an abandoned house.I ran inside and saw Chris just as
ChrisI started searching for Lara’s dad. I was shocked when I heard the news. I don’t know why Heather killed her.I told my men to find him. As soon as someone found his location, he sent me. “He is staying in a house near the countryside”“Okay, I will talk to him,” I replied to him and he sent me his location.I was still in a dilemma about what really was going on with our lives.I reached him and talked to him. He was disheartened when he heard the news. But in the end, he agreed to visit.I said the same to Ashley via message.-----AshleyI was scared to meet him, but I had to. Soon, I saw him coming to the hospital and I took him out with me.“Hello,” I said to him.“Hello. Are you… Ashley?”“Yes”“Oh…
VincentI was completely shocked when I heard the news. I looked at Ashley as she desperately looked at me and asked, “What happened?”I was not in the state to let her know anything. I held her back here and promised that she would be okay. I couldn’t believe it and even it was hurting because she was my sister-in-law, but I was scared that Ashley would hate me now.What if she really does hate me? she would go around and say that it was my fault.I was more concerned about the fact that the happiness on her face would fade.“Hello? What happened?” She waved her hand in front of me and I looked sideways. She had to know it anyway, so I handed the phone to her.She looked at me and then at the screen, the call was still ongoing.She kept it near her ears and heard. she should have realised what happened.I was scared to know her reaction, so I kept my head down. After a
Vincent“How are you so sure?” I asked him.“It is her hand writing” he threw the note on the floor. “I’ll help you in finding Lara”“Why would you?”“Maybe because I hate Heather” he went out of the house.I picked up the note just in case I needed it later on and then followed him out. He gave me an earphone. “Sure you know how to use it”“Yes”He nodded and went to his car. I wore the earpiece.“can you hear me?” I heard him through the earpiece. “Yes”“Great. You should follow my car, I will take you to her place”“Fine”I knew that he really did hate Heather, so I decided to believe him on this. Whatever the case maybe, I will handle it.“What are we gonna do?” I asked as I sat down in my car and followed his’.&
Vincent“Heather?” I asked him.“Yes! She is the one who sent me all those photos and made me believe all the lies. And I came to know you two were working together!”“We were but not this!” I yelled at the wrong accusation. “The only thing I made her do was to bring Lara!”“Do we believe him?” He looked at Ashley. I raged as he referred to him and Ash as ‘we’.“There is no ‘we’ in us” She swiftly said and a small smile appeared on my lips. “and yes, I believe him”“Damn!” He pulled her but I pulled her back and she landed on my chest. “She is not a toy that you are snatching her like that!”“Same goes for you! She believed me, Vincent. You know I mean more to her!”“There’s nothing like this, Vincent…” I heard her whisper.&ldq
VincentI was going crazy after what Lara said. I couldn’t believe that thought even crossed Ashy’s mind. I mean, we were past this, weren’t we?I started going to my base because it was difficult to stick around while this was happening. As I drove, I remembered that I left abruptly and maybe she would be wondering why I did so. I should have said something that made sense but I was completely fucked up at that instant. It was like all the trust suddenly vanished.I decided to go back and tell her. She would worry about nothing.I reached my house and got out. I sighed. it is okay, everything will sort out as it always has.I rang the doorbell and Lara opened the door. “Hey Lara”“Hey Vincent… uh…”“Where’s Ashy?”“She, uh…” she sighed. “Well, do you want me to be honest?”“Absolutely”
ChrisI was so excited when I saw Vincent walk out of their house, filled with sadness. I of course had a camera fixed there to see the drama. However, I couldn’t fix it inside and actually I didn’t want to: I hate seeing her close to someone else and that would have been a felony; that is, exploitation of right to privacy anyway.I knew this was the time to attack. Lara probably told everything to him, he is the most vulnerable right now.I went to their house in my car, making sure Vincent isn’t around. I rang the doorbell.“Chris?” Ash opened the door and I just went inside and she closed it. “What are you doing here?”“We have to do it now!”“What? No!”“Think clearly, Ash. He was behaving weirdly. We need to do this now so that we can know the truth”“Yeah… uh wait. How do you know he was behaving weirdly?”
HeatherI was in my company and I heard about the headlines. Chris is in the headlines for a fight. Surely, this is a chance to bring him more down than he ever thought he could.An evil idea came to my mind and I called Jason. He came inside.“Yes, mam?” “How about spreading a news? Can you ask our PR Department to do that straight away?”“Yes, boss. What’s the news?”I got up and went to him. He looked at me, quite confused. I smirked at him and he looked at me completely blank.I went near him and kept my hand on his chest. “Still got no clue?”He looked at me and went back. “Ah, this-- this is wrong, boss--”“I make the rules”“But--”“Don’t deny it until there’s something else holding you back” I stared at him. He looked into my eyes. I know I said I will not make a move o
VincentWe attacked the group and they were prepared too. It was a long and hard fight, of course bloody too, but we made it through. We won.I was so happy. The leader was still alive, while some of their men were dead and the others ran away.“Stay away from her” I warned him and smirked. He just breathed heavily, while begging for me to leave him alive. I don’t kill now. I left it since someone enlightened my heart.“Fine”I went to my car and drove to my base. I was covered in a lot of blood. Of course I wasn’t totally fine. I was hurt and shot too. I had a bullet pass through my hand.I went to my base doctor. She was a highly paid doctor. She is here to treat everyone who gets hurt during our Mafi fights because we can’t just go to the hospitals.She bandaged my wound and gave me something waterproof to cover it with while I had a bath. However, she suggested I just dry