(Ashley’s POV).The next day, I woke up early with a good mood. I was smiling to myself looking at my reflection in the mirror. Wearing another one of my gorgeous dress designs, it had accentuated my curves to look elegant and sexy. With a little spell, I put on colours to my face to make me look radiant and beautiful.Was it not good to be a Witch? Well, I guessed it had its benefits as well.Hearing my son’s voice in the morning had lift my spirits to be in such a good mood. My little Teddy wished me luck and hoped to hear from me soon with good news.How lucky I was to have such strong support group!As I got into Gina’s car, I sat down with a smile on my face.“You are looking weirdly happy today? Did you f*ck someone last night?” she teased me while driving her Mercedes. I saw her winked playfully at me thinking that I got laid last night.“No. I did not” I said while hiding my smile, “Almost got laid”My words got Gina opened her mouth and started to fan herself with her hand,
(Author’s POV).The meeting went longer than planned. Ashley could not focus much on what was mentioned by the organiser team of the event. Her mind was trying to figure out who had sent her the message.It was not from Finley. She had checked with him.Both, Finley and Ashley, knew the risk now about exposing Teddy to the public as Tiana Winters’ son. That secret would need to be kept hidden for longer.They would need to even consider changing Teddy’s name for his safety.Before the meeting ended, they were given tasks to complete for the next level of the competition. Ashley sighed to the fact that she would need more time to complete it and longer time to be apart with her son. He would not be happy about it.After the meeting, she walked out from the large meeting room and not bothered to stay over for coffee with the rest of the contestants. She could not stand another minute breathing the same air with Helen Ross. Watching Helen graced herself like a celebrity was making her s
(Ashley’s POV).“Why do you want that bracelet, Helen?” I walked towards Helen who was clinging on Philip’s arms like her life depended on it.I wondered why she wanted that bracelet which was supposed to be mine due to my birth right. I wondered why that bracelet was on sale. Did my mother hate me so much that she sold it off to someone?I hope the latter was not the case.“I don’t know. If you are not Ashley, why are you interested in that bracelet? Are you admitting you are Ashley now?” Helen asked and looked at Philip with a smile.Of course, she wanted to look smart in front of Philip. The truth was Helen was never the smart one. She was a slow learner in school and barely graduated with her grades not on the high side.I helped her to study most of the time.But, I wondered how she took everything away from me so easily. Now, who is the dumb one? Fingers seemed to point at me.“When is the auction, Helen? Don’t make me ask again” I said with gritted teeth with an angry tone.Ph
(Author’s POV).In order to get the invitation to the private auction event, Ashley had to agree with Nikolai’s requests. She knew he was enjoying those moments controlling her. Making her do what he wanted her to do.For a moment, she felt like his puppet. His beautiful doll.Before the auction started that night, Nikolai picked her up from Moonlight Hotel to specifically take her to dress up for the event. It was a place that Ashley had been to quite often in her past life as the Princess of Averna.An exclusive boutique with clothes designed by the famous designer called Tommy Heiser.What made it worse was Tommy was the best friend of Ashley’s cousin, Phoebe Strauss. Ashley hoped very much that Tommy would not recognise her.Walking around the private boutique, Ashley was surprised to see the elegantly dressed shop assistant showed the latest and finest dress that Tommy had design.‘Nikolai must be good friends with Tommy. I just hope Tommy would not be around today’ Ashley thoug
(Ashley’s POV).Why did I feel he was taking his own sweet time to win this game? Whatever this game was with cards.It seemed they made their own rules which I never heard before. A winning number was set to get the entry of the private auction for exclusive products.Everyone was looking at Nikolai whenever he folds his card as a sign, he was not going to bet on it. In other words, he called it over as a lost. It was odd. I could tell he was good at this game.Was he losing on purpose?“What is taking you so long to win this game? Are you that incompetent to win this game?” I said with gritted teeth while pretending to smile. There were eyes watching me.Some smiled, some gave me a stare. I did not have to be psychic to know everyone in the room thought I was perhaps, one of Nikolai’s mistresses. I was sure they wondered where his so-called girlfriend, Pamela big boobs, was.I wondered too. Did he not love Pamela?I would one day find out the truth. But for now, I need him to win!
(Ashley’s POV).What was happening to me? I got nervous when he flashed that beautiful smile at me. Those damn dimples were making my heart beats wildly.If he was playing a game to seduce me, I was terribly losing it.The auction room was dark with dim lights on the floor. The only bright light visible was on the stage which had several glass cases with I assumed to be the auctioned item placed inside it. My eyes were trying to find which glass case had the bracelet.“Mind you step” Nikolai said which I was too late to respond. I skipped a step and fell on his chest. He caught me just in time before I embarrassed myself further.Under the darkness, I could sense he was smiling at me. Perhaps, he was laughing too.“This is our booth, sit here” he helped me to sit at a small individual space which could barely fit two persons. I hoped I do not have to sit on his lap again.“Nikolai, is there a bigger space for us?” I whispered while seated so close to him as if we were magnets. My God
(Author’s POV).Nikolai helped Ashley to fix her dress that was exposing part of her breast. All the while, Ashley was holding her breath seeing how close he was seated next to her. She could even feel his breath on her cheeks.Something she came to like lately. His warmth close to her made her feel safe.She was moved by his gestures to make her presentable. Fixing her dress, her hair and even wipe the lipstick stain on her cheeks after the passionate kisses they had.He was a true gentleman to her, unlike how others had described him to be like a monster who had killed many for wars he fought for many years. A war that Ashley knew, her grandmother as a Queen, could have prevented it. Many deaths could have been avoided.Despite their age difference of close to ten years, Ashley did not mind that age gap. Age was just a number to her. And being a Witch as powerful as her, she could live much longer than Werewolves.Her hands moved to place gently on his chest which she knew he was t
(Ashley’s POV).“Nikolai?” I called his name several times in the dark room. Before I could whisper a spell to lit the room out from darkness, I felt his hand grabbing my wrist. I just knew it was him.“Follow me. Don’t use your powers to turn the light on. Not yet” he whispered closely to my ear. Something was not right. It was not just the electricity failure that happened, I could sense it was more than that.“Nikolai, where are we going? We need to get my bracelet” I could see within the darkness on where he was heading. It was the opposite direction to where I wanted to go to get my bracelet.Suddenly, he dragged me to a corner and tightened the hold he had on my wrist. “Nikolai! What are you doing, I don’t –“‘BANG! BANG!’Before I could scream, a hand was placed to cover my mouth. I could hear Nikolai’s erratic breathing close to me. Then, he whispered, “Tiana, I can’t see”What was he talking about? Can’t see as in it was dark? Or can’t see because he can’t?“I think I was dr