Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 242: Don’t let her words affect you

Chapter 242: Don’t let her words affect you

PING...

Alice tilted her head and looked at the phone in her hand." I think it’s mom" she said and pulled out from his embrace and opened the text message, reading it.

"I will come with you," Noah demanded looking at the location her mother sent.

He didn’t want Alice to be alone with those manipulative people who did everything to screw her mind. She was his responsibility now, and he would tag her everywhere she would go.

"I don’t think it’s a good idea. They don’t like you, Noah. Don’t you remember how they reacted when we declared our relationship? I don’t want her to badmouth you" Alice said what she felt about her parent’s mindset regarding their relationship. She knew them very well.

"But-"

"No, but, Noah. I won’t be able to tolerate it if she happens to talk something bad about you" Alice stated.

"But what if she talks something bad about you," Noah said and she turned to look at him.

He had seen how disrespectful her parents were to Alice. They never left a chance to taunt her for not being a good daughter, then how could he let her be alone with her mother knowing how discourteous woman she was?

Alice looked at him for a minute sensing his concern." I am used to it Noah and now their words don’t bother me" she said and wrapped her arm around him.

Craning her head up, she looked at his worried face and reached her one hand to cup his cheeks," Rest assured Noah, your Alice isn’t that weak to let her parents fool her anymore" she smiled, carefully brushing his skin.

Heaving out a sigh, Noah bobbed his head," Fine, you can go alone but promise me... you won’t let her words affect you"

"I promise" came her quick reply.

Trusting her words, Noah allowed Alice to meet her mother even though somewhere in his heart, he felt that her mother was up with something.

******

Brown mansion

Stirring in her sleep, Ashley slowly opened her eyes and saw Tristan sitting next to her. Stretching her lips into a smile she asked," Were you staring at me all the time?"

"Hmm... I just want to keep looking at you. It’s like I am breathing" Tristan’s eyes didn’t falter while he said those cheesy words but it was enough to make her heart flutter.

"Your words sound too corny but-" she paused and bit her lower lips, hesitant to speak further.

"But-" came Tristan’s words as he moved a little closer to her making her breath hitch.

"I-I like it," she said and quickly averted his piercing gaze as she tried to calm herself.

Tristan’s lips curled up into a satisfied smile and he leaned down before he kissed her cheeks and pulled back sitting straight.

Ashley froze on her spot as she wasting expecting him to sneak a peck from her cheeks and she immediately blushed, giving him the chance to fully smile at her.

"My beautiful wife, you are blushing," he said tracing his thumb on her cheeks that had tainted pink due to embarrassment.

Ashley quickly covered her face, turning to the side and hiding her shyness from Tristan." It’s all your fault" she said in defeat and heard him laugh at her.

Never she had thought, he heart would keep fluttering on the little things Tristan do to her, but how it is, even she couldn’t understand herself anymore.

Once she composed herself Tristan helped her to sit on the bed not allowing her to use her strength, since both her wrist were bruised.

Taylor had strictly warned him from letting her use her hands until they were healed and for the paleness on her face, he asked him to feed her nutritious food. She was weak at the moment and needed pampering and rest.

"You are treating me like a baby," Ashley said when she saw how gentle he was with his actions on her.

"You are a baby for me" came his words that made her smile.

From the very first time she met him, he had been gentle with her, whether it was with words or with his actions. The first time they shared, she remember how he wiped her tears comforting her in his embrace, making her forget everything.

He had that soothing voice, that made her forget all the pain she went through, and now, it was her turn to protect him.

"So, when are we supposed to start with the training?" she asked.

Ashley was looking forward to learning the self-defense lessons from Tristan. She had done it earlier but it was all gone and now, she had to start everything from the scratch.

"After you completely recover from your wounds," he said and watched her crease her brows.

"But I am all good. See this is already healing" she said showing him her wrist and the right side of her face.

"I know, but Taylor said you need to rest well to recover internally too" his words made her look at him in confusion.

"Internally" she mumbled.

"Yes, internally" he answered and held her hands into his before continuing," Your body had suffered from shock Ashley making you weaker from inside" his eyes turned cold when he recalled her words about Marcus using his muscularity against her petite frame and kicking and slapping her mercilessly.

Ashley sensed the change in his expression and she understood where it came from. Tucking his palm she broke his trance, making him look at her," It’s all gone Tristan, so can we forget everything and move forward" she said and saw him purse his lips.

Ashley sighed and pulled him for a hug, as she slowly caressed his back, soothing his torment. "Let’s not think about what happened because it’s all gone and everything is back to normal. Tristan I don’t want you to keep recalling them and blame yourself for it"

She knew it was hard for both of them to forget what happened but they can’t keep tormenting themselves for what have gone. Instead of blaming why can’t they improve themselves?

Tristan buried his face into the crook of her neck and hummed. "I won’t, I promise," he said and pulled back, facing her.

Their face was just an inch apart as Tristan slowly kept decreasing it until his lips reached her and they were about to kiss when they heard a knock.

Startled by the disturbance Tristan quickly pulled back in haste, making Ashley smile. He looked like a kid who almost got caught doing naughty stuff.

"Come in," he said composing his expression and watching the door get open Richard stepped in along with the maid who carried the food tray with her.

Richard had come to meet his doctor after Taylor checked her but when he saw her fast asleep he retreated. But now, he couldn’t hold back himself so he again came but this time along with the food.

He wanted to spend some time with Ashley and look after her just as he did when she was a little girl. He couldn’t imagine the fear she must have gone through when she was held captive by those indecent foes but he was thankful that nothing happened to anyone and they all returned home safe.

"I hope I am not disturbing you both " he said approaching the couple.

Watching Richard walk ahead, Tristan climbed off the bed giving space for Richard to sit next to Ashley.

"No dad, you aren’t," Ashley said and watched her father sit in front of her.

Richard didn’t say a word and just looked at Ashley thanking god for keeping his daughter safe. If something would’ve happened to her what answers he would have given to Raven?

His eyes welled up and lowered his head, avoiding her from seeing it. But it was too late because Ashley had already seen him tearing up.

"Dad" she called him and made him look at her before she wiped off the tears that stream down his eyes.

"I am fine"

"I know and I am grateful for that," he said and turned to look at Tristan," Thank you," he said as his lips tremble not able to hold himself back anymore.

Richard loved his daughter more than anything. She was a gift given by god to both Raven and him and he wanted to keep her safe at any cost, away from all the problems.

He knew Tristan wasn’t an ordinary businessman and carried another identity within. Trevor and Grace didn’t hide anything from him because they wanted to be transparent about everything. It was his daughter’s life after all and he had the right to find a suitable partner for his daughter.

For Tristan was the perfect match and a devoted partner who loved his daughter but never once tried to force his love on her. He waited for her until she saw Greg’s true color and that was when he started courting her.

He had faith in him which was why he wasn’t that worried because he knew Tristan would protect his life at any cost and now he was proud of his decision of marrying Ashley off to Tristan. He was the right partner in every sense and his other life didn’t concern him a lot because he knew how to balance it.

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