Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 122: Couldn’t see this coming

Chapter 122: Couldn’t see this coming

Watching him relax, Gwen let go of his hold and stood up.

"Now, don’t waste your time. Your boss won’t be coming, so let’s start our work," she said, cheering his mood and seeing the fatigue on his disappear entirely.

Karl nodded, smiled, and watched her leave the cabin with a happy face.

It was going to be a hectic day. Getting up, he encouraged himself, forgetting about the worry, and started with the work.

*****

Hospital

"They both deserve this," Alice snorted, feeling no pity for Gorge and Jane.

Alice met Ashley as Tristan had asked everyone to visit her only when she woke up, and they agreed. Learning that she was fine and doing better made Alice calm.

"I had doubts that it wasn’t just Jane behind this... but someone was helping her."

Jane was clever but not that smart to do everything on her own until someone was helping her behind the scene. And it turned out that Gorge was the mastermind behind Jane’s every plan success.

Gorge held a grudge against Ashley because she rejected to be his bedwarmer. She even went on to slap him when he tried to force himself on her. She was a dignified lady who never believed in friends with benefits protocol and believed in hard work.

Alice nodded her head, agreeing with Ashley. That day when they followed Jane, they doubted that she wasn’t the one behind everything, but there was someone who was instructing her. And that one turned who was helping her turned out to be Gorge.

"But then, what happened between them that she ended up killing him" Alice’s words made Ashley think about it.

Weren’t they a team all the while? Then how did everything change, and she ended up taking his life?

Ashley was now bothered thinking about it, and something struck in her mind, but she didn’t say it to Alice and kept to herself.

"I, too, don’t know-" she muttered.

****

Outside Ashley’s ward

"You are merciless, Tristan" Noah couldn’t believe what Tristan did to Gorge and Jane after Karl told him.

"They almost killed my wife, Noah. Did you think they would be spared? No way" Tristan had no regret after whatever he did. In his thoughts, they deserve more worst than this.

Noah stared at Tristan but did say anything. He couldn’t be blamed because if he was in his place and the same thing would’ve happened with Alice, he would have burned them alive.

Tristan turned and looked at the closed door and sneered," How long do your girl plan to stay inside? I want to be with my wife."

"Do you think I like being with you" Noah rolled his eyes? If he hadn’t talked with Tristan, he wouldn’t have stepped out of the room.

Ashley and Alice weren’t aware of their secret, and he didn’t want to tell her yet. Noah had helped Tristan when he took over Dante’s position in the underworld. He was just as ruthless as Tristan. The only thing was he hid it behind his cheerful face.

Tristan glared at him," I am going in," he said, opening the door, and entering, followed by Noah.

"Your husband doesn’t seem to leave you alone," Alice said, looking at the man who couldn’t even leave Ashley for more than ten minutes.

Ashley didn’t say anything and only at Tristan, who passed her a smile.

"Okay then, I should take my leave. It would be best if you rested now," Alice picked up her bag and said.

Noah, who stood behind Tristan, said," Yes, Ashley, you should take some rest and make sure no one disturbs you," Noah said playfully, looking at Tristan, who just turned and glared at him.

"You..." gritting his teeth in a fury, Tristan watched Noah lick his tongue, teasing him, and they left from there.

"Noah likes to pull your leg" Ashley smiled and watched Tristan approach her and sit next to her.

"He had been like this always," he said and held her hand.

"Do you feel any pain?" he asked.

"Hmm..." she said, looking down at their intertwined fingers.

Tristan had already asked Taylor about her health, and he said she was fine but had to stay a day more since her wound needed to be cleaned. The stitches were fresh and needed attention.

Ashley stayed quiet for some time, thinking about whether ask Tristan or not but decided to do it later. She said," Tristan is the news accurate that Jane killed Gorge because he backstabbed her" her words made him stiff, and he raised his head, looking at her questioning eyes.

The news about the Vice president of Dream Star agency being shot by their model Jane Willow had been circulating all over the news channel. She killed him because he refused to help her after she shot Ashley.

It turned out that they had a heated argument, and in her anger, she shot him.

Ashley could’ve believed it, but she couldn’t because the news didn’t make any sense. Jane was very loyal to Gorge because he had helped her in many ways, and killing him wasn’t something she would do willingly.

"If they are saying it, then it should be true," Tristan ignored, meeting her eyes because they had started to intimidate him.

"Last night, you said you took care of them. Does it mean-" she couldn’t finish her words when she saw Tristan look at her?

He didn’t say a word, but she understood it.

Ashley didn’t ask him anything further and held onto his hand." I don’t feel sorry for them because they deserve it," her words surprised him.

"Gorge had been using many women as his pleasuring tool, and Jane was one of them. Though he didn’t sleep with her because of her angst against me, she became the tool he would use to defame me."

Tristan frowned when he heard her." Why didn’t you do anything and keep enduring everything," he asked.

"I couldn’t. I had considered Jane as my friend and hoped her thoughts about me would change after knowing me. Guess... I was wrong."

Ashley believed Jane wasn’t wholly evil. She had humanity in her. But Gorge brainwashed her filling her mind against her, and she let go of the little bit of kindness within her.

She had given them a chance on every step, but they didn’t change. Now whatever happened to them was their fate. They didn’t care about anyone but themselves. They were greedy and cruel people who didn’t even think twice before they took anyone’s life.

"Ash... I," Tristan tried to tell her, but she stopped him.

"You don’t have to say anything. You did what you felt was right," she said.

Tristan composed a little and leaned forwards before kissing her." They asked for it," he said without remorse.

They stayed like that until they heard a knock on the door, and the couple pulled away.

"How is the patient feeling" Taylor walked in with a nurse to check on Ashley.

"Better," she said.

Taylor checked Ashley’s wound and motioned to the nurse." Her wound needs cleaning," he said and instructed the nurse on something before he left.

Since her hand was injured, Tristan didn’t step out of the room but stayed with Ashley and watched the nurse clean her wound.

Ashley hissed in pain, holding onto Tristan’s sleeves and burying her face into his chest when she felt the medicine sting on her flesh.

"It’s done," she heard the nurse say, and she picked up the tray and left from there.

Tristan helped Ashley lie on the bed and tucked the duvet asking her to sleep. She did as he said and soon fell asleep.

By the time she woke up, it was already lunchtime. Grace had sent homemade food and asked Tristan to feed her without leaving anything behind.

Tristan helped feed the food until she finished everything and then had his.

"Can you pass me the phone?" she asked and saw him shake his head.

"You can’t work," he rejected it.

"I am not working. I want to check my emails" Ashley was getting bored doing nothing, so she thought just to check her emails.

"Just five minutes. Not more than that" Tristan gave a deadline.

"Yes, boss," she answered playfully and then reached her hand to take the phone from Tristan.

As soon as she turned on her phone, it was spammed with numerous messages.

Tapping on the notification, she opened the tap, and her eyes widened in shock.

"How couldn’t I see this coming" she mumbled and scrolled down the comment, which only had one statement,[ Is Ashley dating The Tristan Knight]

Ashley had already decided that she would soon announce her relationship with Tristan. She was only waiting for the right moment.

Tristan, who saw her frown walked to her and stood by her side, looking into her phone. He wasn’t shocked at all because he had already guessed this coming.

"What will you do about it?" he asked, hoping she wouldn’t brush it off this time.

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