Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 120: Taken care of.

Chapter 120: Taken care of.

In the middle of the night, Ashley finally regained consciousness back. She tried to move but felt restricted because of the numbness in her right arm. Turning her head to the other side, she opened her eyes and saw Tristan sleeping while holding her hand firmly.

The evening memories rushed into her mind, and she shut her eyes. Ashley remembered Tristan calling her through the crowd, and when she turned to see him, she felt her body jerk with immense force, and before she could grasp her thoughts, she fell to the floor as her eyes fell on Jane, who tried to run away after shooting her.

Her mind was so chaotic that she couldn’t think of anything. Tristan’s worried voice made her break free from that numbness, and she raised her head only to blank out the next second.

Snap opening her eyes, Ashley looked at the ceiling blankly. Just like her body, her heart had turned numb, and her emotions had turned cold. She couldn’t comprehend her thoughts, thinking Jane would come to hate her so much that she even thought about killing her.

All this while, Ashley thought Jane would come to learn from her mistakes, and when she was released, she would be a better person. But she was wrong even to think that Jane would become a good person.

While Ashley’s kept staring at the ceiling above, the man next to her sensed her minute movement, and he woke up.

His eyes looked at the woman, who didn’t even blink as she stared above until he called her name and her eyelashes fluttered," Ash."

Tristan’s horse voice broke her gaze, and she turned her head, and that was when she noticed how distraught Tristan looked. His shirt was soaked with blood, and his eyes looked restless. His lips moved to say something, but he couldn’t speak as if he was trying to hold himself together and not break down in front of her.

By the look, Ashley could tell that he was scared to death and also realized that she had to be more careful because if anything happened to her, Tristan would lose his life inside him.

Pulling her hand from his hold, she reached up and cupped his cheeks. Her fingers trembled as she carefully brushed his skin and saw a lone tear roll down his eyes.

Before she could say a word, he cut in.

"I-I thought I lost you" he tried his best not to be vulnerable but slowly lost it.

The image of her limp body in his arms scared him, and he couldn’t hold on to himself anymore.

Ashley was shot in front of his eyes, yet he couldn’t stop it. He failed to protect his wife, and that guilt crept deep into his heart. He was only one step away from losing his sanity. If the doctors didn’t assure him, he would have gone insane.

Ashley saw his emotion overflow through his eyes. He was scared, happy, and grateful, but what caught more of his emotion was the guilt that flashed across his ocean blue eyes and broke her heart.

"You will never lose me, Tristan, ever," just her assuring words, and he lost it. He held her hand that cupped his cheeks and brought it close to his lips, kissing it continuously.

She was his sanity, and anything happening to her would bring him close to his end.

Tristan never thought he would come to love someone so much that he would lose himself if something happened to them.

Ashley let him ponder his emotions until he finally calmed down, and that’s when she asked, "Jane... how did she get to the event"

After Jane was taken into custody, Ashley didn’t pay much attention because she trusted the cops. But then, even after such tight security, how did she escape?

She looked at Tristan, whose expression had already been dark. Holding her breath, she saw him open his mouth to tell her the entire incident.

Ashley was shocked to learn that Gorge helped Jane escape cops and even brainwashed her, filling her mind with hate against her. She suddenly fell silent as she tried to absorb everything.

Tristan looked at her, and he understood what was going on inside her mind and said," You don’t have to worry about them lurking around you again. They have been taken care of."

His words made her look at him, and she saw him pursing his lips.

Ashley needed some time to pull back her thoughts together, and Tristan understood it, so he changed the topic." You need to rest. The doctor said you can’t stress, nor can you use your right hand until it’s completely healed."

Tristan stood up from the chair, took her hand before tucking it under the duvet, and sat next to her.

Ashley watched his gentle action, and she forgot everything. Her heart filled with warmth, and she nodded her head. Moving a little, she made some space next to her and patted her hand," Not until you join me" her words surprised Tristan, and he shook his head vigorously.

"No, I can’t sleep with you. What if I hurt you" he was worried, thinking he would touch her wound in his sleep.

Ashley smiled at his worried expression and shook her head, saying," You won’t hurt me, Tristan, I know. And now if you don’t sleep with me, then I won’t sleep either" the last words she said were a warning.

Tristan looked at Ashley helplessly and saw her pat the space next to her.

"Fine, I will sleep but not before I change my clothes," he said, pointing at the blood-stained clothes he wore till now, even when Karl had sent him some spare clothes.

He asked him to change himself, but this stubborn man was not ready to leave Ashley’s side, and just like a defeated person, he had to drop the idea of changing his mind.

Ashley nodded and saw him walk away, picking up the bag on the couch and entering the changing room. Ten minutes later, Tristan had changed into a new pair of clothes, and he walked back to her bed.

Lifting the duvet, he hopped in and joined his wife to sleep. Like her, he couldn’t fall asleep without holding her in his arm.

Tristan wrapped his arm around her waist and buried his face in the crook of her neck before he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Ashley heaved a sigh, listening to his steady breath, and with a smile lingering on her lips, she too dozed back to sleep.

*****

The next day, the entire Knight family came to meet Ashley. Grace and Trevor traveled back along with Dante when they learned about Ashley’s condition. They were the first ones to reach, while Herd and Snow soon came along with Gwen and Gavin.

They took their private jet and returned. Grace couldn’t keep still until she saw Ashley safe, which happened when they landed.

She rushed to the hospital to see Ashley, and the moment they stepped inside her room, they saw the couple deep asleep.

"I told you they won’t be up yet" Trevor poked her hand, looking at their son and daughter-in-law sleeping peacefully.

"Yes, we should’ve waited until they woke up," Dante agreed.

Ignoring their words, Grace dashed towards the bed and pulled Tristan’s ear taking him by surprise, and he yelled, breaking out from his beauty sleep.

Tristan climbed down from the bed and saw his father giving him a pitying look, and next to him stood Dante, who also had the same expression.

As soon as Tristan was down on the floor, Grace let go of his ear after badly assaulting it until he turned dark red and said," Do you want to squeeze her."

Tristan, who wasn’t expecting them, was taken back when he found them in the hospital early morning.

Before opening his mouth to say something, Grace again pulled his ear harder than before," You dare to keep it away from me, Tristan. If I had not pestered Gwen to let me talk to you, I wouldn’t have found out about it."

Tristan whined in pain and let his mother punish him. Grace had always treated Tristan with love, but when he would make any mistake, he wasn’t treated any different from her other two kids.

He had asked Karl to keep this news away from his mother because he didn’t want them to panic. Dante was already weak and knew that when Grace found out about this incident, he would tag along without listening to anyone.

Grace was about to scold Tristan when she heard Ashley’s weak voice and turned to see her. Her hand instantly let go of his ear, and she rushed towards Ashley, who woke when Tristan was dragged down from the bed.

"Oh dear, how are you now" Grace sat on the chair next to her bed and caressed her face before she kissed her forehead.

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