Charmed by the Billionaire CEO

Ashley looked up and met his expectation-filled eyes. She knew what he was thinking, and now she didn’t want to keep him waiting.

Taking a deep breath, she held his hand and made him sit next to her." They already know it, then why hide" she said and saw his eyes and face brighten up.

"I was already thinking of a way to announce about us but now that it was already out, then let’s confirm it?" she said, and the next second, Tristan leaned and captured her lips.

"Umm... Tristan, my hand," she said when her body jerked a little because of his aggressive movement, and he paused.

"Oh... sorry. I was just too happy that I-" he pulled back, scratching the back of his neck, and checked her hand carefully.

Tristan couldn’t hold himself back and pounced on her, showing his happiness. He had waited for this to happen, and now he couldn’t wait for the world to know that Ashley was his wife.

Ashley could see his excitement, and she couldn’t stop smiling.

*****

Knight Mansion

"How long do you want to keep her in the dark" Herd sipped his coffee and looked at Dante, who rolled his eyes.

"I just got her now, and I don’t want to ruin our happy times."

Herd and Dante may act indifferent to each other, but deep inside their heart, they care for one another.

Herd had come to find out about Dante’s illness a few years back. He pestered him to undergo surgery, but he obliged. He knew it would be a waste because there wasn’t any guarantee that his tumor would completely get removed and the surgery would be successful.

"Just for momentary happiness, you will give your daughter lifelong sorrow. Will she be happy after she loses her father, who didn’t even give it a try" Herd couldn’t understand why Dante was so stubborn.

Now, when Grace had finally accepted him, why wasn’t he ready to live more?

He wanted his daughter to address him as her father all his life, so why was he so adamant about going?

"I have already lived more than I expected. Every time my enemies patrol behind me, ready to kill me, I feel I would be gone too early without reconciling with my wife and daughter. But I was given a chance every time.

Now I don’t want anything. Sera is waiting for me, and I want to go to her," he said with a sad smile.

Sera left him very soon, and he couldn’t fulfill his promise to be with her till death do us part. He mended his relationship with his daughter now he wanted to be with his wife.

Herd just shook his head, knowing no one would change his mind.

"Anyways, let’s not talk about it. Now that I am here, I want you to keep yourself away from Grace. With you around, I feel insecure" his words made Herd arch his brow.

"Why would I do that," he asked.

Dante’s lips twitched at his words, and he said," You have been pampered by my daughter all these years. Now it’s my turn," he said without any filter.

"You think I will listen to you, In your dreams, Dante? I know my daughter won’t forget her father and will eventually take care of me even if I keep my distance from her" he stood up from his seat and smirked.

"Grace is my daughter," Dante said in anger.

"So what? She loves me more than you," saying. He walked away from there, leaving Dante in a fury.

*****

Alice returned home alone as Noah seemed to be busy with some work.

Entering her apartment, she turned on the lights, walked deeper toward the couch, and slumped on it.

Closing her eyes, she slowly began to doze when her phone rang, and she snapped open her eyes. Pulling out her phone from her bag, she lazily got up and saw the caller’s name.

She frowned, looking at the unknown number, and ended the call." Why can’t these span numbers give me a break? I am tired of picking them," she said and kept her phone aside and got up to get fresh when the same number called her again and this time her eyes narrow.

"Why would he keep calling again" she muttered and bent down, picking up the phone and taking the call.

"Why can’t you understand that I am not interested in attending your calls" she slammed the caller hoping after her lash, they would stop bugging her, but when she heard the voice, she froze.

"Then don’t block my number, or else I wouldn’t be bothering you in some other way," Dylan’s voice spoke from the other side.

Alice quickly composed herself and fumed," You should stop bothering me, Dylan," she said and heard him chuckle.

"How can I stop bothering you, Alice, when I never stop thinking about you," he said, making her cringe.

This man would only think about himself and his need. Back then, he did the same when he was with her. Even now, he was marrying Avera because he wanted power.

"You can’t fool me, Dylan. I am not the old Alice who would fall for your sweet words," she sneered, thinking how highly he thought of himself, considering her life still revolved around him.

There was a long pause on the other side. Alice thought that finally, her words reached his brain, but she was wrong when he asked," Does Noah knows about us, or are you only using him as your boyfriend so you can forget me."

Fear crossed her mind, but she composed herself quickly. She wouldn’t let him trick her with his words, she said to herself and said," Yes, he is my boyfriend, and he doesn’t have to know about you because, in my life, you have no worth," gritting her teeth in anger she ended the call and threw the phone on the couch.

"Dammit... why can’t he let me live with peace" Alice was tired of this Dylan name threat revolving around her life. Why did he have to come back and mess with her life? He had already done enough damage but now, not anymore. She wouldn’t give him the chance to ruin her life again.

She fumed in anger and ran her fingers through her hair in frustration when the door of her house opened. She snapped, turned, and saw Noah entering in, and the next moment, she sprinted to him and hugged him, burying her face into his broad chest.

Noah was caught off guard by her sudden movement but composed himself and engulfed her back. His hand carefully brushed her back, and he felt her body relax.

"Hey... is everything alright?" he asked. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Alice didn’t answer back and let herself calm down. She didn’t know what to answer because she didn’t want him to know about Dylan and her.

Yes, she was stupid to think this way, but now she was scared thinking Noah would leave her after learning about her past with Dylan. She didn’t want anyone to ruin their relationship because now she had started to fall for him deeply, and she feared that his feeling for her would change after learning about her past.

After some time, she pulled back and looked at him." Noah-" she called his name and saw him cup her face. His eyes looked at her hopefully, but she wasn’t courageous enough to face him, and she looked away.

"I missed you," she said.

Noah was surprised by her words, and he smiled, pulling her by her waist and holding her closer to him.

"Silly girl, you just scared me," he said and hugged her. He thought something had happened that made her react this way.

Alice didn’t say anything and let him hug her. She was a coward trying to escape her past instead of facing it, but she couldn’t do anything about it because she was scared of losing herself again.

****

Hospital

"Tristan, I am getting bored," Ashley whined.

The entire day went on doing nothing but either eating or sleeping. She had had enough rest and now was feeling better. Though her hand pained a little, it was bearable.

" What do you want to do?" Tristan asked, bringing the apples and sitting on the chair, ready to cut them.

"Stop that!! Please don’t cut them. I have had enough," Ashley warned him.

Tristan had been feeding fruits for the past half an hour. She had already finished eating two apples before, and now he had bought another one. If she had one more, then she would be done.

Looking at the apple in his hand, he kept them back on the plate before he kept the container on the table next to Ashley’s bed.

"Tell me what you want to do. Do you want me to read you a book, or should I tell you a story" he asked and saw her snort?

"I don’t want either of them. I want to go for a walk to refresh myself," she exclaimed.

Ashley wanted to breathe fresh and get out of this room. She was already feeling restricted, so she tried to step out.

Tristan thought for a while and then called the nurse. Arranging a wheelchair for her, Tristan helped her sit on it, and then he walked out, heading down to the big lawn usually used by the patient.