Xander’s POV “So Mr Xander, how is your wife?.” Mr Hu’s secretary asked me. I frown at him. I don’t know what he is getting at. “She Is fine. Is there a problem?.” I asked. “Not at all, I just wanted to remind you of the dinner on Sunday night.” He smirked at me. What exactly is his problem? It’s not as if I have any business with him. “Well of course, I haven’t forgotten about it. In Fact, my wife and I are looking forward to it!”. I force myself to smile for the sake of Mr Hu. Heck if not because this contract is important to me, I would have been here. “Very well then, the contract shall be handed over to you on Sunday evening at the party!.” Mr Hu stated. The meeting still went on for another twenty minutes. After the meeting, I decided to head home before I received a call from Rick. I guess my guest was waiting for me then. I decided to call Ashley and inform her that I will be late. But then I remembered that she doesn’t have a phone. I made a mental note to get her one t
Ashley’s POV “O Xander!.” Samantha said before she ran to Xander and placed her lips on his. Immediately she did that, Xander pushed her away. “What are you doing here Samantha?.” Xander asked her as I put some distance between them. “I came to see you, only for them to announce that you are married to this bitch here. Tell me, is this true?.” She pouted at Xander. “That bitch is my wife! And the next time you dare insult her, I won’t hesitate to put a bullet between your heads! Are you clear?”. Xander glared at her. I didn’t expect that from him. “Good! Now off you go!.” Xander turned to look at me. “Hi…” he started to say but I didn’t wait for him to finish his sentence. I walked out of his presence and started heading back to the house. I honestly don’t have strength for this. I finally made it into the house after occasionally stopping to accept compliments and greetings from the members of the organization. I head straight to the kitchen because I am famished. I only ate br
Xander’s POV ~ “What’s up with her?”. Stacy asked me as we watched Ashely walk to her room. “I have no idea!”. I seriously need a talk with her. She has been acting like someone who is depressed. “Maybe you should let her go and find someone else.” Stacy advice. “What no! She should be lucky I brought her instead. Come on, you know how the guys in this underworld are. She would have been a sex slave my now!.” I stated. “Well that’s through. But her being here does not add value to your life! Heck she doesn’t look like your regular type!.” Stacy pointed out. “Exactly my point. She does not look like my regular type. She has an innocent and soft look. In other words, she looks like a wife Material. I need her by my side to convince my Asian clients that I am a responsible man. By my findings, most Asians will not work with a single man and so I need to stay married for a very long time.” I explained to Stacy. “Are you sure that is the only reason why you are keeping her here?.” St
“Well here goes nothing!”. I took a deep breath and got out of the car. Xander gave me his arm and I placed my hand around him. I look at the building in front of us. It’s the popular La Visa restaurant. It is the most popular restaurant here in New York. They serve food from about fifty different countries of the world. I heard that a plate of food here cost more than a thousand dollars. My friends and I always wish to come here. It is on our bucket list. I can’t believe I am standing before the restaurant. The doorman prostrated to us as we passed. The whole restaurant is empty. “Good evening Mr and Mrs Cage, the dinner is upstairs”. A lady wearing a waitress uniform directed us to the stairs. “Why is the restaurant empty?”. I asked Xander as we climbed up the stairs. “That’s because Mr Hu has rented the whole restaurant!” Xander stated as if it is nothing. Book a whole five star restaurant for just a dinner? Mr Hu must be very loaded! No wonder Xander said he is his very impor
Ashley’s POV Early the next morning at five o'clock as usual, Stacy came and woke me up. “Good morning Ashley” Stacy happily greeted. I wonder why she is always happy as early as this. So I concluded that she must be a morning person. “What’s good about the morning?.” I grumble. “Well for the fact that you're alive, you can talk, you can walk, you can use all parts of your body. That enough is good about the morning!.” Stacy dropped her motivational quote. I rolled my eyes at her. We entered the gym and I scanned the machines. Since she is in a good mood today, I pray that she doesn’t make me try all the machines. “Let’s warm up, we are doing the push up and Dive today!.” Stacy said and I looked at her to make sure I heard it right. “Pardon?” I asked. “We are doing only today except you want to do me?.” Stacy asked. “What no! The two are good.” I immediately started and headed for the machine. I wonder why we are only doing two today, she must be in a really good mood that Is
Xander and I eat our food in silence before we move to the club. Xander immediately led us upstairs where the VIP was. Rick and some men were gisting and drinking while a lot of half naked girls strippers danced around them. “Go into the inner room, I will just have a meeting with my men!”. Xander ordered as he push me into the inner room. The place is more quiet and private than the outer part. I sat with my hand folded not knowing what to do. After a while, I looked through the glass separating the two sides and saw Xander comfortably seated with a stripper sitting on his lap. It seems as if she is giving him a lap dance. The Nerves of him! He kept me here doing nothing while he was having fun. I angrily walked to the fridge and took a drink for myself. Perks of being in the VIP. I picked a glass from the shelf and poured myself a drink and immediately took it all at once. I nearly threw up because of how bitter the drink tasted and it burned in my mouth. “Drinking now are we?”
I left the club and rushed to the bush beside the parking lot and threw up. After that, I sat on a bench close by. I started to reflect on how my life has gone from bad to the worst and the years gone by. Is there really no room for happiness in life? I thought about it. Still lost in my thoughts, I did not notice when a man sat next to me until he grabbed me. “Annie my wife, I missed you so much!” The man moved to hug me as I freed myself from his hold. I stood up from the bench and tried to run away before I was pulled back by my hair. And my back meets his chest. “W-why are you trying to run away from m-me Anna? Do you think I am going to let you go? Never! N-Not again!”. The man screamed. From his sloppy words, I knew he was drunk. Just great! I have to run into a drunk man who thinks I am his wife whom I am sure left him. “Hey mister! Let go of my hair! I am not your wife. There is a misunderstanding somewhere!”. I pleaded with him but he held my hair tighter. I look around
Ashley’s POV Just as I started to enjoy my sleep. A loud knock on my door brought me out of lala land. I frown as I sit up. Who could it possibly be? And why is the person knocking at my door at this time of the night? It better not be Xander because I am tired of his psycho behaviors. I stood up from the bed and went and open the door. It’s Rick, I became confused on what he might possibly want. "Ashely," he says my name in relief as he comes to me. He pulls me into a hug. "I need your help," he says and my confusion only increases. ""The boss needs your help. He was shot and he can't get the bullet out," he says and I stiffen. No way was I going to fall interested in this trap. “Let me get this right, Xander Is hurt and you want me to help pull the belt out of him?”. I pointed at myself. “Yes please. He is in a lot of pain!.” Rick uttered and I smiled. Serve him right! “I am sorry but I can’t help him!.” I flatly uttered. “Why?.” Rick asked. “With the way he has been treati