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Chapter 135: Exercising Her Authority
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“Today, I clock eighteen, and I have decided to keep a secret diary that only my maid knows about, because a lot of things are happening, and I do not want to forget all of it. So welcome to Ashley’s diary…even though I hope no one ever gets to read it.” Lily closed the diary when she read those lines, suddenly feeling like she was trespassing or invading a dead girl’s privacy. She clearly wrote that she hoped no one would ever read it, and Lily, although she never kept a diary of hers, knew that secret diaries were not meant for a second eye. Maybe she should just stop, now that she hadn’t gone far. “But she is already dead, and how would you know all you need to know if you do not read it?” Lily questioned herself. “You are already acting as Ashley Grander, and everyone believes that you are Ashley Grander. You are not invading on anyone’s privacy. Technically, you are simply reading your own diary that you did not write,” Lily added. She was surprised that she actually talked
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As Lily sat comfortably at the backseat of Christopher’s car and allowed herself to be driven home, she felt ecstatic. “He is probably breaking the news to her now,” Lily said to herself with a coy smile. She was never one to rejoice at someone else’s pain, but it was obvious that Aimee never wanted her to be happy, and for that, she shouldn’t also look out for Aimee’s happiness. Lily still wasn’t sure how she would know if Christopher stood by his words or not, but nevertheless, she would just trust in her instincts. Lily wished in regret that she hadn’t asked Christopher to do it right in front of her so that she could see Aimee’s reaction and gloat. That way, she would have been able to get that revenge from the wedding reception. “There will be other times,” Lily said to herself. For now, she was concerned about two things; firing Maggie officially immediately she arrived at the mansion, and read the beginning of Ashley’s diary. Lily knew that she had mentioned something abo
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Aimee was stunned at the question that Christopher just asked her. When she had gotten Christopher’s call to come to his office, she had been hopeful with excitement. She had thought that Christopher couldn’t wait to have her in his presence. “Excuse me…sir?” Aimee asked, almost forgetting to add the last part; she couldn’t wait to get over the formality stage with Christopher, because it pained her to even address the man she was madly and head over heels in love with, with such formality. “I asked you a simple question, Aimee,” Christopher simply said. His tone was bland and his expression was blank, so Aimee could not exactly tell what point or angle he was asking the question for, because if she knew, it would help her present her answer in a way that would please Christopher. Of course she hated Ashley Grander, but she could not just say that to Christopher, because she could not tell what his reaction might be, and she would hate to infuriate him. “You wife?” Aimee asked, st
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“It isn’t something you should be worried about for now. Just do it, as you have promised. I will send you his code and full name,” she said before stepping out of Christopher’s office and shutting the door quietly before Christopher could say another word.After she left, Christopher was thrown into utter confusion.The Ashley he knew, at least the most that he knew about her, rarely cared about anything in life. The only thing that she was interested in was going to parties, and squandering money, which was why her demand for dates did not quite surprise Christopher.But baseball?Christopher knew without a doubt that betting on a football player, especially during their tournament was a lot of money, and secondly, one had to be really interested in baseball game to be betting on their players, and the fact that she had specifically mentioned a baseball player’s name made him more confused.Again, there was something off with Ashley Grander.One minute she was acting like Ashley Gra
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“What?! Why would I do something like that?!” Christopher asked, turning blue.Lily almost burst out laughing, and at the same time, she was very jealous, because Christopher seemed liked he was going to pass out simply because she asked that he demoted Aimee. It pained Lily that he was that attached to Aimee.Christopher might deny all he wanted, but Lily was not stupid. She might be a virgin and a naïve girl who had never had a boyfriend, but she certainly wasn’t stupid; there was definitely something going on between them. At least, Aimee was not denying it, because she accosted Lily right there in their wedding reception, but Christopher on the other hand, would continue to deny it even if a gun was placed on his head, even though he had been caught in almost compromising positions with Aimee. Lily wondered why.If he liked Aimee, and Aimee was obviously crazy about him, why didn’t he just go for her? Granted, he and Ashley Grander were bound by a contract, but Lily knew that a l
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Lily stood still, unable to move from the spot that Christopher had had her pinned against his wall. She could still feel the pain of his tight grasp on her neck, and Lily was white with fright. He could have killed her right this minute!Lily swallowed hard, trying to fathom what was going on.Before she was plunged into the world of the rich, powerful, and influential, she had never known violence. Her parents had raised Joe and her with love, compassion, and tenderness. They always frowned at Lily whenever she even tried to be a little rough with Joe when they were playing. Whenever they fought, her parents were always quick to create reconciliation between them, and they always ensured that they hugged each other and shared each other’s snacks afterwards.That was why she and Joe shared an unbreakable bond even after the passing away of their parents. Lily would rather die than watch anything happen to Joe. She would protect Joe with her life, and even though she did not live wi
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Christopher only recognized what he was doing when he saw the raw look of fright in her eyes, and immediately, he pulled away from her and stepped back. Then he also turned back, unable to look at her as a result of what he just did. If she decided to sue him for violence, he would sink to the ground.It was happening again, and Christopher thought that he would never touch a woman in that manner ever again. He was not a violent man, but women always had a way of bringing out the beast in him.“What did I do?” Christopher asked himself in agony.He had thought that he had been able to do away with this part of his life, and this was another reason why he intentionally stayed far away from women. Aside from the fact that their presence, especially when it was seductive or alluring, made him scared to his bones, he never wanted what happened before now with Nanny Brenda to ever repeat itself.It was the one mistake that Christopher ever made, and he knew that if it ever got out, he woul
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Lily had not expected the attack from Christopher, because that was exactly how his question sounded to her, but she was more than ready for him.“I made the choice to,” Lily lied.“Why?” Christopher asked firmly.“Wouldn’t you have been embarrassed that your trophy wife still had indecent things out there for the world to consume? What if bloggers got hold of it and decided to circulate it just to ruin something important for you, huh?” Lily asked Christopher firmly.It might be a lie, and Lily was definitely still in the dark about this issue, because just like other times, Don Grander and Emily hadn’t deemed it fit to tell her that they had wiped off everything about Ashley’s lifestyle from the internet, but this was the only logical and convincing explanation that Lily could think of, and she was certain that this was the exact reason Don Grander and Emily might have done what they did.No one would ever have been proud of the lifestyle Ashley lived, including her father, even tho
