Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 143: Don’t they look good

Chapter 143: Don’t they look good

Luke already knew who Gwen was but still kept to himself on Tristan’s word. He purposely tried to get close to Gwen to get some reaction from Karl, and to an extent, he succeeded.

After some days, he found that Gwen and Karl had started dating, so he stopped visiting the company using different excuses.

But today, when Tristan personally came to visit him, he found a problem between the two again, and he just wanted him to play along until Karl finally gave in.

Gwen sat still in her seat as she tried to grasp every word Luke said. She wanted to run inside the house and hug her brother for supporting her. But wait... why did he have to stress me so much.

’No, I won’t hug him,’ she said, erasing the latter.

Gwen felt relief when the hurdles that seemed to stress her weren’t even a hurdle. It was all her brother’s work to help her.

Looking at Luke, she couldn’t help but feel thankful for him. She opened her mouth to say something when he stopped her," Now, don’t thank me. I did what I felt was right."

Luke was such a wonderful guy with a pure heart, and she would always be grateful to meet him.

After talking with Luke, Gwen was finally feeling a lot better. He even proposed continuing this act until Karl confessed, and she agreed to him without thinking twice.

Gwen asked him not to utter anything they talked to Tristan as she wanted to spoil the act and let it feel genuine.

Gwen knew she could trust him with this, and with a happy smile, she stepped out of his car and walked inside the mansion gates.

****

Karl stepped into his house drunk. After watching Gwen drive away with Luke, he felt sad and broken.

He wanted to vent his frustration, so instead of returning home, he went to the bar and drowned himself in alcohol. He got high with just one glass of whiskey as a lightweight drinker. That was his only limit.

Tossing his suit on the couch, he stumbled, walked towards his bed, and slummed down.

His eyes had turned red as he cried all the way home. He was missing Gwen, but being with that Luke guy made him go crazy.

He kept recalling their memories together and felt even more miserable. How did everything change within a blink of an eye that he couldn’t even do anything about changing it back again?

Pulling out his phone from his pocket, he made a call and brought it close to his ear. His eyes had never stopped tearing up when he drove away from the company.

The ring went for a while when the call was picked." Gwen..." Karl sniffed as he called her name on the call.

"Are you so upset with me... that you don’t want to talk with me" he wiped off his tears and tried to sit on the bed but fell.

"I... know I was a jerk, okay, but... please don’t push me..." staying still, he kept talking without hearing anything back from her.

"I can’t handle your indifference, please... Gwen, I am sorry I will do anything, but please don’t agree to a date that Luke. I can’t see you with him. It rips my heart."

Karl was so overflowing with his emotions that he didn’t hold back and kept talking his heart out until he passed out on the bed with the call still on.

****

Gwen was sitting in her room thinking about the strategy to make Karl jealous. She didn’t want to use any hard way to hurt Karl because after what she witnessed today, she was sure that Karl was slowly losing his mind.

Brainstorming her mind with different ideas, she finally picked the one that seemed more worthwhile.

A mischievous grin appeared on her face, and she lay on the bed imagining Karl’s face when he learned about her going out on a date with Luke.

"Sorry, Karl, but if I have to make you speak, then I have to do this," she said, feeling bad for Karl, but all this was important for her to have a future with him.

With this hope in mind, she closed her eyes and drifted asleep.

*****

The following day Tristan woke up and started getting ready for work. He was so engrossed doing his job that he didn’t realise when Ashley woke up.

Fixing his tie, Tristan took a final look at himself and turned when he saw his wife gawking at him. His lips curled into a flirtatious smile, and he walked to the bed, leaning down and pecking her lips.

"Stop doing that, or else I will have to stay here by your side" his seductive words made her look at him.

Ashley could feel his burning gaze on her and knew if she kept testing him, he would turn his words into reality.

"Ahem... no need," she said, pushing him away.

"I don’t want to waste my time sleeping the entire day", she continued.

"Who said we are going to sleep? There are many things we do in bed, wifey" Tristan arched his brow, making her gasp like fish.

This man was so shameless sometimes that he spoke without filters.

Amazed by her look, Tristan winked playfully and turned to leave. Once he was out of sight, Ashley released her breath which she had kept holding all this while.

Cupping her cheeks, she felt them heat up, and she shivered, thinking about what would happen when this bandage on her hands was removed.

****

Outside

Karl stepped out of his car, pinching his temple as he still couldn’t cope with the hangover he was facing. After getting drunk, he was so wasted that he couldn’t even recall how he reached back home.

"Argh!! How should I stop this pain" he cursed under his nose when Tristan’s sudden voice startled him.

"Is everything alright, Karl? You don’t look good," Tristan said, stopping before him.

Tristan had called Karl in the morning, asking him to pick him up from the mansion. It wasn’t known for Karl as he was used to picking a dropping Tristan before he asked him to do it for Gwen.

"Nothing, boss, I will be fine" Karl pursed his lips and opened the door for Tristan. Once he got in, he walked to the other side and hoped him starting the car and driving away from the mansion.

The air suddenly became gloomy inside the car as Tristan watched Karl extremely quiet. He didn’t even bother to recite the schedule as he did before, which surprised him.

" Karl, I want you to take over Gwen’s work as she will be leaving the office a little early", listening to Gwen’s name Karl’s gloominess weathered. He looked at him with a questioning gaze.

"Luke is taking her out for a date. So she asked me to pass this message to you," Tristan said casually and began scrolling the emails on his phone.

"Date!!!" Karl’s eyes widen in shock, and he suddenly puts on the brakes, jerking them both.

Startled by his action, Tristan looks at him in shock but soon composed when he sees that it is a signal and they aren’t in the middle of the road.

"Yes," he said, narrowing his eyes, and Karl pursed his lips.

Tristan wanted to smile, looking at the horrifying look on Karl’s face, but he stopped himself from bursting out.

Karl again felt like crying. He didn’t think Gwen would move on so quickly from him that she even agreed to go on a date with Luke.

Tightening his grip on the steering wheel, Karl gritted his teeth, imagining Gwen smiling happily at Luke as they spent their date night.

His trance broke when he heard a loud honk, and he looked ahead. The signal had turned green. Starting the car, he drove them to the company.

****

As soon as their car stopped in front of the tall building, Karl stepped out and walked to Tristan’s door when his eyes caught the sight of Gwen stepping out from Luke’s car.

His grip tightened on the car’s knob and jerked open the door. His eyes were throwing daggers in Luke’s direction.

He so wanted to walk and punch that face of his, but when he saw Gwen smiling back at him, his heart sank.

"Don’t they look good?" Tristan said after stepping out of the car.

He was looking at Karl, who was giving death glare to Luke. Such a stubborn man, Tristan thought.

Karl’s gaze broke from then, and he turned. Tristan patted his shoulder before walking ahead.

Karl was confused by his action, but when he recalled the words he said, his gaze shifted back to them again.

’Don’t they look good? He mumbled the same question he heard from Tristan when his memories with Gwen flashed into his mind, and he gritted his teeth in anger.

"No... Gwen only looks good with me, "he said to himself as his eyes were still fixed on two people afar.

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