Charmed by the Billionaire CEO

Alice’s smile dimmed when she saw Noah arch his brow in amusement. She could tell he didn’t like this idea.

"No?" she asked shaking her head.

"Come up with a better proposal Alice. This one was seriously lame" he said lazily and got up before climbing down the bed.

Alice too followed his reflex and got up sitting on the bed kneeling." Then how about we go out somewhere? It had been a while since we haven’t gone out" she said quickly stopping him from leaving.

Noah wore his pants and turned to face her. She looked like a lost puppy who wanted her master’s attention. He watched her for some time trying to see how far she would go to seek his forgiveness.

He was totally loving the attention he was getting right now but, he wanted more.

"I would like you to come up with something better than this babe. You ignored me the entire day, so you really have to woo me to gain my forgiveness" he said with a smile and walked towards the bathroom leaving Alice speechless.

"Is he trying to take revenge on me" she felt like crying.

Yes, she didn’t a mistake by leaving him without informing but she left him a note. Then wasn’t it even?

Only she knew how badly she missed him and that led her to finish her work as soon as possible and run back to him. But this man didn’t appreciate it and now was sulking about something which she didn’t do on purpose.

"You have to do something Alice before his adult kid turns even more childish" she muttered to herself and climbed down from the bed looking at the clothes that were lying everywhere on the floor.

"Sigh... but first I need to clear this mess," she said looking around when her eyes fell on Noah’s t-shirt and she bend down to pick it up when her eyes caught the sight of the lipstick mark on his collar and she frowned.

’I didn’t wear this lipstick’ she thought recalling the color of her lipstick different from the one she watched on his t-shirt.

She fell silent for a while pondering on her thoughts when the bathroom door opened and she snapped out of her trance.

Turning her head in Noah’s direction Alice looked at him. She didn’t want to think of something else but then who lipstick mark was this?

Quickly hiding the T-shirt along with her garments Alice, got dressed up and turn to leave. She didn’t want to face Noah yet as her thoughts were clouded with something which was making her question his faith.

’I will have to find it on my own’ she said to herself and walked out of the room.

****

Ashley sat in her room reminiscing Gwen’s words. She still could believe Tristan was in love with her for more than two years but then why didn’t he approach her?

’Weren’t you dating that cheater Greg’ her subconscious mind poked her from the back of her head.

"Hmm... how did I forget such a crucial point. It was my foolishness that I kept ignoring the obvious and giving Greg the chance to hurt me" she mumbled scolding herself.

But now, everything was clear and now her heart, body, and soul only belong to Tristan and there was no doubt that she loved the man crazily. A smile formed on her lips and suddenly she felt like seeing Tristan.

Quickly getting up from her seat, she picked up her handbag and was about to leave when suddenly she remembered Tristan being out for some important meeting, and her excitement dropped realizing she would only see him once he was back home.

Sitting back in her seat, Ashley sighed. She so wanted to hug him but all her dreams came to a halt because Tristan wasn’t in the company. If he was in Melanin she would sneak in with Karl’s help without letting him know but now she had to wait for him to return home. And he did, she wasn’t going to leave him at all.

As Ashley began to dream about what she would do once she sees him, she felt giddy all of sudden. It wasn’t that awkward before but now after knowing his truth, she felt butterflies in her stomach.

"Oh Tristan, what have you done to me," she said helplessly and leaned back, closing her eyes. She felt her heart pound inside her chest as she took some deep breaths to calm herself.

She now understood why he was so persistent to marry her. He wasn’t like those men who used women only for pleasure and then leave them after getting what they want. He was different, even though he loved her, he never showed himself up and kept helping her silently.

He waited until she was out of Greg’s unfaithful love and that is when he showed up but in return got banged by her. She clearly remembered the concern in his blue eyes, which melted her into his embrace, and without a single thought, she initiated the kiss.

Damn, that was the most passionate kiss she has ever had. Greg never kissed her that way but with Tristan, she found the warmth and love which she never got from Greg. And she was glad she met him that night and gave him her first. It was the beginning of a new love story. It was the beginning of them.

Embarrassed by her own poetic thoughts, Ashley’s lips curled up into a smile, and pulled herself back sitting straight. She was about to get up when her phone rang and she picked up the call as soon as possible.

"What’s up girl," Ashley asked chirpily. She was in good mood today and she didn’t hide it from letting others know how happy she was.

"I want to meet you. I will send you the location" Alice sounded different. He ever so excited friend was friendly and she even forgot to greet her which only meant she was upset about something.

Without asking her anything Ashley agreed to meet her and quickly got changed heading to the location she asked her to come.

She reached the Kids and play park where Ashley found Alice sitting on the swing having an ice cream cone. She didn’t look good. The way she stuffed her mouth with the ice cream showed something was off.

Taking a deep breath, Ashley approached Alice and took the vacant swing next to her," I was expecting to meet at our place. Why did you ask me to come here?"

Alice and Ashley liked to talk only at their favorite coffee shop. They spend their time alone talking about various stuff, even the owner of the coffee shop never asked them to leave as she was a very nice lady who has known them both since their high school times.

"I wanted to clear my mind and this place seemed better. At this hour no one comes here and it would be better if nobody sees me yell like a frustrated, crazy woman" Alice’s words made Ashley frown and she couldn’t stop herself from asking.

"What’s wrong with you? Is something bothering you? You know I am here to talk with" Ashley could easily read Alice’s mind and the heavy words she spoke a while back were giving her major chills.

Alice stopped moving the swing and turned to face Ashley and opened her mouth," I think Noah is cheating on me" as she finished the cone in her hand crumbled into powder and that was enough to make Ashley gulp.

Alice told her everything she saw and even after trying to brush off that thought she couldn’t.

"I think you are coming to conclude on your own Alice" Alice frowned at her words making her sigh.

"I am not telling you are wrong but what if whatever you saw isn’t something related to your assumption?" Ashley tried to make Alice understand that sometimes whatever we see doesn’t have to be the truth.

Alice fell silent for some time as she tried to grasp Ashley’s words. All these days with Noah she never felt insecure at least not for his playboy thing, then how come she started to doubt him after knowing him for too long? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"You think, I should confront him?" Alice asked with hope.

"Yes. If you talk with him wouldn’t it clear your doubts" she shrugged making Alice fall into deep thought.

Ashley didn’t want Alice to end up sabotaging her relationship with Noah just because of that stupid lipstick mark she saw on his T-shirt.

Communication is the key to a successful relationship and Ashley wanted Alice to know that her coming to a conclusion without a proper conversation would only make her push back from the love she missed her whole life.

"I think you are right. What if everything I saw wasn’t the truth? I should talk with Noah about it" Alice agreed to her advice and she began to swing once her mood lightened.

"That’s my girl" Ashley smiled once she saw Alice’s mood cheer up like before and she too joined her.