Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 182: Tori

Chapter 182: Tori

While the father and daughter duo were busy in their conversation a pair of eyes was secretly looking at them.

"Tori, what are you doing there come, help with the cooking" Piper the head chef called the girl who was new in the Brown house.

She had just joined a few days back replacing the assistant chef as she had to leave for her hometown due to some emergency.

Looking at the head chef annoying Tori made her way deeper inside the kitchen. Standing next to Piper, Tori helped her cut the vegetables.

"I didn’t know Master Richard had such a beautiful daughter," Tori said.

"Hmm... she is not a beautiful lady by face but also by heart"

Piper had been working for Richard for more than twenty years. She had seen Ashley grow up without a mother figure but, Richard made sure Ashley didn’t lack both her parental love.

"Then it will be fun to know her more" Tori mumbled as her eyes turned dark and she lifted the chopper before slamming on the board a little louder making Piper flinch.

"Tori... did you say something?" Piper asked when she heard her whisper something but it was too low for her to listen.

Snapping out of her trance, Tori looked at Piper in surprise but soon composed as she forced a smile," No... I didn’t say anything" looking away she continued her work.

Piper looked at her in confusion before she averted her attention back to the cooking.

****

After talking with Richard, Ashley stepped into her room to get fresh up. Keeping her phone on the table she walked inside the bathroom to take a shower.

Once she was done, Ashley stepped out, getting change, and sat on her bed. All this while she had been thinking about Tristan who completely ignored her existence and that made her heart squeeze in pain.

"Did he take my words so seriously, that he doesn’t even want to talk with me" Ashley looked at her phone, hoping to get a call from Tristan but till now she couldn’t see it coming.

She admits that she went too far in the argument but, who was at fault? If he hadn’t kept his mouth shut, she wouldn’t have felt ignited.

"Fine.... even I won’t call him. If he wants to act childish then it’s fine with me. Even I don’t miss him" she muttered turning off her phone and laid on the bed facing the other side and huffed like an angry kid.

While Ashley was determined not to let her guard down, Tristan on the other hand sat on his chair carrying a gloomy face as his mind kept drifting towards his wife.

"Do you think boss will like the ideas or should we just pack our stuff?" one of the employee whispered to the one next to him looking at Tristan.

After two hours again the meeting was called and everyone inside tried their best to come up with a better plan and strategies for the betterment of the company. But now, Tristan’s lack of attention made them gulp hard.

While twenty pairs of eyes were currently observing the CEO’s reaction the one who was sweating profoundly was the presenter who was at present explaining his strategic plan.

’God...please help me. I don’t want to lose my job’ he silently prayed but deep inside he felt like crying because it had been more than two minutes since he had finished giving his presentation yet the CEO remained to stay silent. And that was making his leg wobble in fear.

Tristan was looking at the projector screen absentmindedly thinking whether he should just call Ashley and apologize to her for last night when all of sudden he banged his hand on the table scaring the shit out of his employees.

"Peter... keep it up. I liked your idea" he said and then turned to Karl continuing," Karl start working on it and make sure Peter’s every word is taken into consideration.

Peter who stood there dumbfounded, watched Tristan walk out of the room after praising him for his idea, stumbled back holding his heart as he slowly found his soul returning into his body.

Just like him, even the others were sitting on the edge, ready to get snapped by Tristan again finally breathe fresh air once Tristan agreed to their idea and walked out of the room without giving any other ultimatum.

*****

Outside

Tristan took a long stride bringing his phone close to his ear making a call to his beloved wife and entering his cabin.

Tristan frowned when he heard Ashley’s phone was turned off. He then went to call Miley asking her whether she was with her but from her, he learned that Ashley had left for her father’s house after her meeting with Finn ended.

Tristan didn’t want to prolong their fight because now he understood his mistake and he didn’t want to keep Ashley in dark. He so wanted to get back to her and take her into his arms apologizing for being so immature.

Asking Karl to book the quickest flight, Tristan boarded the plane traveling back to country Z and making up with his angry wife.

*****

Evening

Alice walked out of the studio and stepped into her car before she drove back home. On the way, she decided to stop at the grocery store to get some stuff for dinner.

Today she wanted to cook for them so she specifically picked those vegetables that were required for the recipe.

Taking the things she paid the bill and stepped out of the shop heading towards her car when her eyes caught the sight of Dylan and Avera.

By the looks, it felt like the couple had a fight as Avera kept crying while Dylan as usual stood unbothered in front of her.

Shaking her head in disbelief, Alice unlocked her car’s door, placing the bags on the back seat, and shut it close before she went to open the door to the driver seat.

Unknowingly her eyes again went to see the couple on the other side of the road but she found no one. Unbothered, she stepped into the car and started off the engine before driving away from there.

Reaching home, she opened the door and stepped in. Placing the bags on the kitchen island, Alice went to her bedroom to clean herself before she began preparing dinner.

Alice wasn’t a fan of cooking but sometimes when she wanted to have homemade food she would make something simple that was edible to eat.

After almost an hour Alice was done with the food and she looked quite happy with the way the dishes looked.

"I hope Noah would love it" she muttered removing the apron and walked out of the kitchen when she heard the doorbell ring.

Thinking it must be Noah, Alice sprinted getting excited to open the door, and when she did the smile on her face dropped and her eyes widen.

"Avera..." Alice was surprised to see Avera standing in front of her with her entire being all mess. It looked like she had stopped crying after her fight with Dylan.

"Can I come in?" Avera asked without raising her head. She looked miserable after crying buckets.

Alice blinked her eyes slowly composing herself and invited the unwanted guest inside her apartment.

Asking her to take the seat Alice walked into the kitchen bringing a glass of water along and passing it to Avera.

Taking the seat next to her on the couch, Alice watched Avera drink the water before she kept the glass back on the table.

Leaning leisurely on the backrest Alice folded her hands and waited for the girl to speak. It was quite surprising to see Avera like this but what surprised her more was why would she come to her instead of going to her place.

Looking down Avera kept fidgeting with her fingers. It was obvious that Alice wasn’t expecting her but she had no other option but to come and talk to her personally.

Taking a deep breath Avera turned herself to look at Alice and after a lot more encouragement she did but the words she was about to speak were too hard for her to elaborate.

"I-I know you weren’t expecting me here, at your place Alice but..." Avera passed feeling embarrassed about how she would convey the words she kept holding in her heart.

Alice just kept her gaze fixed on her trying to understand her action. The way she kept rubbing her palms showed how much anxious she was to even speak this many words to her.

"But, it’s only you who would help me" Alice knitted her brows by the end of her statement she quickly questioned," How can I help you"

What kind of help was Avera expecting from her, Alice couldn’t understand. She had been observing her from the moment she stepped foot inside her house.

Was it related to the fight she had with Dylan? Was she here to ask for help from me just to make up with Dylan?

’Oh, girl if she thinks it would happen then there was no way’ Alice scoffed getting disgusted by just the thought of her talking with Dylan.