Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 289: Are you sure, you are the only woman

Chapter 289: Are you sure, you are the only woman

Riel smirked finding her unresponsive and was about to lean closer when Ashley counterattacked him using her elbow hitting him right on his face.

The moment his grip on her wrist loosened, she swirl him around and kicked him on his knees making him land flat on the ground.

"Aggh..." Riel groan in pain but instead of getting upset, he found her quite amusing.

"Keep your hands off me" pointing her index finger, Ashley warned him. She felt disgusted with his touch.

Finding her expressions amusing, Riel dropped his head down and started laughing.

"You are something Miss Brown" Riel couldn’t help but admire the woman in front of him.

Ashley clenched her jaw in anger as she watched him smile shamelessly. His behavior was annoying her even more. She couldn’t help but felt like going and smacking that smile off his face. She asked for one simple thing and that was to stay away from her but he couldn’t understand it.

"How shameless can a person be?" Ashley couldn’t help but ask.

Calming himself, Riel stood up and adjusted his appearance before he took a step closer to Ashley. His eyes roamed all over her face as if he was mesmerized by her beauty.

She had a pair of eyes that conveyed her innermost emotions and he felt like getting spelled by them.

"I said I want to pursue you and I mean it. But I also know it’s not that easy because you already have a man in your life. But that doesn’t mean he will be in your life forever. Anything can happen, relationships break and I will be looking forward to the day when you leave him" his eyes were still playfully provoking her but the words he spoke took her by surprise.

Ashley stared into his brown eyes. They didn’t match the words he said but it was enough to stir her confidence.

She snapped back from her thoughts and took a step away from him." I don’t care what you say because you are never going to win me. My heart belongs to only one man and that is Tristan" Ashley voiced loudly.

She wanted to scream that Tristan was her husband and her relationship with him wasn’t that fragile for anyone to come and break. Riel was dreaming way too far and she wanted to put a stop to it.

"Hmm... are you sure, you are the only woman he had in his life and not the other way around?" Riel rubbed his chin as if he was thinking something.

"I doubt a man like Tristan Knight wouldn’t have had anyone apart from you. It’s hard to believe" Riel purposely tried to plant a doubt in Ashley’s mind.

He knew Tristan Knight would’ve never told her about Sandra and it was the right time for him to let her see through her husband’s past.

"What do you mean?" Ashley questioned knitting her brows. From the very first day they met, Ashley had always found Riel as a mysterious person.

Tristan had previously warned her about Lucas Scott and his nephew and she made sure to maintain a distance from them because Riel seem to know much more about her life.

A few days passed and she again met him in the restaurant which led to suspicion of how he was present in the same place as hers. But before she could question him, he disappeared.

She didn’t want to admit but it felt like Riel had been keeping an eye on her every move but she didn’t have enough facts to prove it.

Ashley was again going to let this matter slip away but once again he stood in front of her and this time at the same acting institute where she enrolled in.

Riel let out a chuckle and turned to look at her. He was satisfied to see that suspicious look on her face. That’s what he wanted. He wanted her to doubt Tristan.

The man she trusted so much was a murderer. He took someone’s life and now it’s time for payback.

"Nothing. I just wanted to confirm whether or not you are the one woman in his life. You never know when someone is hiding something from you" Riel shrugged his shoulder casually, keeping the same playfulness in his tone but his words were enough to irk Ashley.

Her envious eyes stared at him for a few seconds before she turned and storm out of the rehearsal room.

Riel’s eyes darkened the moment the door shut and his smile dropped replacing into a grim expression.

"You will never be happy Tristan Knight. I will make sure to destroy your relationship with Ashley" he muttered with determination before he too walked out of the room.

*****

Riels’ words had somewhat managed to stir Ashley’s thoughts. She knew she shouldn’t let an outsider come and judge her relationship with Tristan, but when she thought a little deeper she realized she didn’t know much about Tristan’s life before she appeared.

Taking a deep breath, she pulled out the phone and was about to call Tristan but stopped.

"What are you doing Ash? You are letting Riel’s words harbor doubts in your mind. It’s Tristan he was talking about"

Ashley didn’t know what had gotten into her but the second she realized, she regretted it. How can she let Riel’s words stir her trust in Tristan? She knew him more than anyone else.

Guilt crept into her heart and she dropped her shoulder in defeat. ’Was all this a sign of pregnancy’ she thought and looked down at her flat stomach as she caressed it gently.

Brushing every negative thought from her mind, Ashley called Tristan. A single ring and the call were answered.

"I thought you forgot your husband" Tristan’s sullen tone made Ashley smile.

"You were fast asleep. I couldn’t bring myself to wake you up" Though she was smiling, deep inside she felt guilty. She expected that this feeling of regret will fade away when she listens to Tristan’s voice, but now she felt more sorry.

"But still, you should’ve woken me up. You know I like seeing your face the moment I close and open my eyes"

Ashley felt her heart skip a beat and suddenly she felt her eyes well up. Biting her lower lip, she tried to suppress her emotions but she didn’t realize two more people were utterly shocked to see her crying silently.

"Why is she crying and who is she talking with?" Jack elbowed Miley who was too shocked to watch Ashley cry.

"We need to inform Mr. Knight," Miley said absentmindedly and Jack quickly pulled out his phone and made a call to Tristan.

"His phone is busy" Jack muttered and suddenly they both realized something and they snapped turned their head, looking at each other in shock.

"Don’t tell me, she is crying because of him"