Charmed by the Billionaire CEO

Alice wanted to block him again but stopped when she read the message he had sent.

’If you don’t come to meet me, then I will keep calling you using other mediums’

Alice felt her body burn in anger. He was blackmailing her, and that pissed her even more.

Why on earth he wanted to meet her, she thought.

Alice had already broken all of the ties with him, then why was he so eager to meet her?

Taking a deep breath, she called the number from which she received the text, and within no time, the call was picked up.

"I knew you would call me," Dylan smiled.

"Why are you doing this, Dylan? For god sake, you have a fiancé, and soon you are going to marry her. Then why the hell are you disturbing my life" Alice roared.

She had already been patient with him, but he still couldn’t get it even after giving him a warning.

"I only want to meet you, Alice. Why won’t you agree" he said, ignoring her frustration.

Alice wanted to break her head. Why can’t he understand that she didn’t want to keep any association with him?

All that was between them was gone the day he used her for his benefit. She had accepted him with all her heart, but he broke her beyond repair. And now he is back again to remind her of the horrible life she had left behind.

"I said I don’t want to keep any relation with you. Why can’t you understand" she said, holding a little patience within her.

"I only want to meet you, Alice, and if you agree to it, then I will stop calling you" Dylan wasn’t ready to leave it.

Alice felt quiet listening to his words. She had no clue why is so adamant about meeting her. He was a man with a fiancé, and even she had a boyfriend with whom she had started to fall in love. So would it be appropriate for them to meet, she thought.

Thinking some time, she said," Fine. I will meet you, but you have to keep your word."

Alice wanted to end everything once and break free from his shadow lingering around her. She had finally seen hope in her life, and she tried to grasp it anyhow, and for that, she had to end things with Dylan once and for all.

"Great. I will send you the location," he said and ended the call.

Heaving out a sigh Alice closed her eyes. She didn’t know why he wanted to meet her, but if this meeting meant he wouldn’t bother her anymore, she was looking forward to ending this.

****

Dylan smirked as he sent the location on Alice’s number. His eyes shined with evilness," You are still so stupid, Alice," he said and made a call to someone.

"I want any mistakes," he said and ended the call.

"I am looking forward to meeting you" there was a glint of evilness in his words which only he knew.

*****

Evening

Tristan finished his work and took Ashley for a walk inside the garden. Ashley was healing faster than expected, and that surprised everyone around her.

"You are recovering way too fast, wifey," Tristan said, wrapping his arm around her waist as they kept walking.

"You have been taking care of me, Tristan. Isn’t it obvious your wife is healing quickly" Ashley herself couldn’t believe it was only the third day since she got shot, but her wound was healing faster than she had thought?

All thanks to her husband, who followed the doctor’s instructions and cared for her at every step.

After walking for some time, they both sat down, taking their respective chair, when Ashley noticed Gwen stepping out of Karl’s car.

She looked so happy as she waved her hand, and the car drove away. Gwen turned to leave when she saw Ashley and Tristan, and she decided to go and meet them.

"Hello, lovebirds" her cheerful voice made Tristan turn to look at him, and he said," Lovebirds. Gwen, from where are you learning these words."

Tristan frowned at her remark and saw her wave his hand in the air. She ignored answering him and sat on the chair facing Ashley.

"He doesn’t understand anything," she said and saw Ashley smile.

"How do you feel now," she asked Ashley, who looked much better than she had seen in the hospital.

"Your brother had been very considerate, and see how fast I recovered" Ashley praised Tristan and saw him broaden his shoulder proudly.

Gwen felt like puking watching how Tristan act out of his character around Ashley. They were still getting used to it, but sometimes they felt like fainting.

"You seem to enjoy your work" Ashley ignored Tristan and asked Gwen.

"Yes, Karl had been a good mentor. He makes things easier for me," she said with a smile appearing on her lips.

Ashley knew Gwen was a cheerful girl but had never seen her blush at mentioning someone’s name. If she wasn’t mistaken, Ashley felt that Gwen had a crush on Karl, and the way he smiled, saying his name made it obvious.

"Okay, now you both continue. I will head in," she said and left.

As soon as Gwen was out of sight, Ashley looked at Tristan and asked," Don’t you feel something strange about Gwen."

Tristan knitted his brow and asked," What strange. Haven’t you figured her out yet. She had always been this peculiar," he chuckled, knowing Gwen was the weirdest person inside the house.

Ashley shot him a glare, and he pursed his lips and asked," Why do you find her strange?" he had no clue what it meant to be odd, as per Ashley.

Rolling her eyes at his stupidity, Ashley motioned him to come closer to her and whispered," Didn’t you see how she blushed at the mention of Karl’s name"

Tristan moved back, listening to her words, and watched her in horror.

"Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed it. With your exceptional detective skills, there is no way you haven’t seen them act differently with each other" looking at his shocked face, Ashley could tell that Tristan was already aware of it.

Tristan blinked his eyes at Ashley. She knew him so well, he thought and cleared his throat, composing himself.

"Okay, so what if I know? There is no way Gwen will speak up until that cowardly boyfriend dares to speak up," he said and saw her widen her eyes.

’So they were already in a relationship,’ she mumbled.

Tristan was aware of Gwen’s liking towards Karl, which was why he had asked her to assist him. He was helping his sister to impress her crush, or else she would’ve been only crushing on him secretly without letting him know about it.

"What do you mean?" Ashley did understand why Karl would never speak about it to anyone. Wasn’t he serious about the relationship?

Tristan heaved out a sigh and told Ashley everything. That day when he was interrogating Gwen, he could see the shine in her eyes as she spoke about Karl, but when Karl’s time came, he just saw the man act on his words. And that made Tristan think that Karl was suppressing his love because he didn’t want to disrespect him in any way.

"Oh... so this is the reason they are keeping it secret from everyone" Ashley never thought Karl would be so inclined to Tristan’s reaction that he could even let go of his feeling for Gwen.

Tristan pursed his lips when he realized how much Karl respected him and his family, that he broke his sister’s heart, burying his feelings for her so that he wouldn’t cross the line.

Nevertheless, he finally realized what Gwen meant to him, and with her help, he would surely overcome this fear and come out clean, declaring their relationship.

After spending some more time there, they both returned to their room.

On their way, their eyes fell on the elders." What are they arguing at?" Ashley muttered slowly and looked at Tristan, who just shrugged his shoulder.

"Come, let’s see?" he said, and they walked toward the table at the corner of the living hall where the oldies were playing chess.

"What happened, grandpa?" bother asked and saw them both glaring.

"This man cheated," Dante pointed at Herd, who had this calm expression that pissed Dante even more.

"Look.. he isn’t even sorry about it," he continued.

Ashley watched Herd agree to Dante’s words because his face didn’t react, and he sat there calmly.

"Why would I feel sorry when I haven’t made any mistake? Is it my problem that you lost your focus recalling your high school crush" Herd smirked.

They both played chess until a time came when they started talking about their high school memories. As the talk got deeper, Dante recalled his crush, which he liked back then but never confessed to her, and that’s when he played wrongly and lost the game giving Herd the chance to win.