Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 281: Pregnant

Chapter 281: Pregnant

Ashley stared at Tristan with confusion. She wasn’t able to understand the reason behind his gratitude, yet she was moved by his charming smile that didn’t leave his face even for a second.

As she kept looking back at him, she suddenly remember that she fainted and was about to talk with him when she heard him say," You are pregnant"

For a moment she didn’t react but when she finally absorbed his words, she found herself crying silently. Her lips tremble while her tears kept rolling down her eyes making Tristan panic.

"Ash... why are you crying" he immediately pulled back, alarmed by her reaction.

Tristan was expecting her to show her happiness but what is saw was the opposite. Instead of smiling, she cried which was enough to stir Tristan’s happiness.

"Y-you aren’t happy" his smile dropped and now he stared at her with much hesitation. She said she was ready for the baby but her reaction was giving him mixed responses.

Surprised by his words, Ashley stopped crying. She didn’t realize her tears would end up giving a wrong impression.

"No...it’s not what you think" Ashley quickly got up and sat facing him.

"How can you think I won’t be happy? It’s our baby, Tristan" she said cupping his face and watched his stressed look falter.

"I am crying because I’m happy" she further stated.

The smile returned back on his face and he quickly pulled Ashley into his embrace." You don’t know how happy I am Ash. It still feels like a dream to me" he said burying his face in the crook of her neck.

The moment she passed out, he quickly called the doctors. Since there was no one at the house, he didn’t leave her side until the doctor came and checked her. He confirmed that she was expecting and asked him to bring her to the hospital for a few tests.

His happiness had no boundaries. All he did after the doctor left was sit next to his sleeping wife and shower her stomach with numerous kisses.

"Okay now stop hugging me. You are squeezing the baby" she said and slowly pulled him away.

"I just can’t wait to see it already" Tristan’s eyes looked down at her stomach as he placed his palm on it and slowly caressed it as if he was assuring his child that his father already loves him so much.

*****

Heaving out a sigh of relief, Avera glanced at the girl who almost landed them into big trouble. If not for her quick move, Tristan’s men would’ve found the man and he would’ve ended up telling her name.

"From now on we need to be more alert of our moves, especially you Natalie" she warned looking at her girl.

Natalie didn’t answer back but bobbed her head in agreement. She had no other choice but to agree with Avera since she was the one who saved her from the problem she brought herself into.

Moving her eyes from Natalie, she then looked at Brooke." I want you to keep appearing in front of Alice. I want to see her going crazy" her words spoke poison with no ounce of sympathy in them.

She resented Alice and now she wanted nothing but to see her in pain. She sought help from her but she bluntly rejected it, so now she had to face the consequences.

****

Gwen was busy working when she received a call from Tristan informing her to cancel all his meetings and when she asked the reason, his answer made her squeal with joy.

She couldn’t believe she was soon going to become an aunt and wanted to share the news with Karl as soon as possible.

Gwen was about to step out of the cabin when the phone on her table rang. It was from one of the investors whom they had a meeting with. Since it was important, she couldn’t cancel it and rather decided to attend on her brother’s behalf.

Picking the bag, she left a message for Karl before she left for the meeting.

Soon she reached Acme Corps where she was guided to the Chairman’s office by his assistant.

"Boss will be here soon," the assistant said and walked out of the cabin leaving Gwen alone.

Opening the folder in her hand Gwen went through the document making sure she don’t blunder anything wrong.

While her eyes were busy reading the papers, the door of the cabin opened and a man in his sixties walked in along with his assistant. Getting up from her seat Gwen politely greeted them but soon the smile on her face dropped when she saw another person walking in along with them. It was none other than Linda.

Her attire was different from the one she had seen every time she met them. She looked so professional and that made her doubt her memories of her.

’Is she the same girl who loved exposing her body’ Gwen thought as her eyes stared at Linda who passed her a polite smile as she walked past her and took the seat next to the old man.

"Have a seat, Miss Gwen" she heard Charles Mendes, the founder of Acme Corps say and she quickly took the seat.

Her eyes kept darting back and forth between the old man and Linda. She couldn’t comprehend what she was doing here but when she heard the old man say, he eyes widen in shock.

"I was hoping to meet Tristan in person as I wanted to introduce him to my granddaughter. Since she is soon going to manage the business I want him to discuss the project-related queries with her" Gwen snapped her head at the old man as a whisper come out of her mouth.

"Granddaughter"

Gwen was shocked to learn about Linda being Charles’s granddaughter. She couldn’t blame herself because he never introduced his granddaughter to the world and now all of a sudden he did that too in front of her.

’What an irony’ Gwen laughed mentally at her fate.

The woman who she never wanted to come across was sitting in front of her. Her eyes and lips smiled at her as if they were mocking her somehow and all she could do was to return that smile back to her.