Chapter 38

Asher's POV

I sat in the car, staring at the documents, my mind filled with a lot of things.

“ Damnit, damnit” I cursed repeatedly.

“There has to be another way.”

I couldn't make Arabella sign a document agreeing to her father's death.

“I'm not that heartless.”

But the options were slim, I knew I definitely could not take the chance of being disowned just because of her, I didn't hold her in such high esteem.

My hands shook as I turned the pages, the words blurring together. “Think, Asher. There must be another way.” But deep down, I knew there wasn't. My father's ultimatum was clear. Either making her sign the document or being stripped of my title as a Blackhood. “I can't lose everything. Not like this.”

I glanced at my phone and saw a missed call from Arabella, she had been calling for quite some time, I knew I definitely could not face her now and I surely couldn't go home, I didn't want to face after what she saw and I neither did not want to drive around aimlessly either. I