Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 294: Retirement

Chapter 294: Retirement

Sitting on the couch Lucas was busy observing Gabriel’s expressions. After he disclose the news of the script reading session being preponed a day before, there has been a long silence between the two.

"What are you thinking? " Lucas asked as he couldn’t take his quietness for too long.

Keep quiet for further one minute, Gabriel finally spoke, "I have been thinking lately about why Tristan stopped searching for our hideouts. Him being this laid back isn’t a good sign"

It had been a few days since their men didn’t find Tristan’s comrades looking for them and it was quite suspicious. He can’t just sit ideally until he has gotten what he wanted.

Lucas agreed with Gabriel’s suspicions about Tristan. All these days his men had been hunting them like hungry wolves but now they don’t find them anywhere around them. How can that be possible? Did he already give up on his search for them or he somehow managed to find something about them?

"What if he managed to find out about you being my fake nephew" Lucas suddenly said.

They had been very careful about Gabriel’s identity as they wanted to keep it under wrap for some time being. But he couldn’t neglect the fact that Tristan’s men weren’t that stupid, they were a very skilled army and it wasn’t hard for them to locate anyone.

Gabriel’s bobbed his head and leaned back joining his palm together as he agree with his doubt. But then why wasn’t he doing anything, he thought.

"If Tristan has found out about me and still isn’t reacting, it only means he has been planning something big." Lucas nodded his head and heard him further continue, "And we have to be cautious." His eyes darkened as he turned his head and gave Lucas a meaningful look.

Tristan was calm before the storm, if once occurred, he would end up destroying everything.

There was again a long pause between the two. When Lucas asked, "Is there any progress? Have to manage to lure Ashley"

Gabriel snap his eyes at Lucas and watched him purse his lips into a thin line.

Everyone who worked with Gabriel knew he didn’t like anyone to invade his privacy, but since Lucas was his trusted comrade, he didn’t think about him as harm.

"Not yet, but soon she will be smitten by me and if she doesn’t then I will use another way" Gabriel’s eyes shined with determination.

Lucas was content that Gabriel wasn’t going to give up so soon but what made him anxious was the lady who kept losing her cool because of her impatience.

She wanted Ashley out of her way no matter what and if they fail God knows what she might end up doing.

******

After taking a nap in the afternoon Ashley had her lunch and then decided to visit Finn at the agency.

Informing Jack about it, she quickly got changed and headed to her destination. There were a few things that kept bothering her and she wanted to discuss them with him.

After a twenty minutes drive they reached the agency’s building and soon headed towards Finn’s cabin.

Once they reached the office door, Jack took a step back and let Ashley enter inside.

While Ashley was busy having a meeting with Finn, Jack received a call from Tristan, inquiring about their whereabouts.

*****

Inside the cabin, Finn fell silent on Ashley’s decision of retiring from the modeling world. She had given it a lot of thought and now she wanted to take a break.

"Are you sure about your decision?" Finn asked again. Ashley was a renowned face of his company and losing such a successful personality was like losing a gem.

Heaving out a sigh, Ashley bobbed her head in confirmation. After completing the shooting of her debut film, Ashley wanted to focus on her motherhood. She wanted to enjoy the process of her pregnancy.

All her life, she had worked hard, earning both name and fame and now, she wanted to focus on her married life. She also decided to announce her marriage to Tristan after her movie releases.

Finn observed the girl in front of him for a while before he agreed to her decision. Though Ashley agreed not to take any modeling assignments, he was thankful that she was still the actress signed under his company.

Ashley spend some time chatting with Finn before she bid goodbye and stepped out of the cabin. Happy with the outcome, Ashley and Jack then reached the reception and headed out of the building walking towards the parking area when her eyes caught the sight of Tristan leaning against the car.

With a broad smile, Ashley quickly approached Tristan and pounced on him. "Careful" she heard him say as he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head.

Ashley felt so happy with Tristan’s gesture that she didn’t let him go and kept snuggling more into his embrace.

"I missed you so much," she said making him smile.

They kept hugging each other for some time before they pulled back and hopped into the car. Since there wasn’t anyone in the parking lot Tristan was rest assured of them getting clicked.

Once they settle inside the car, Tristan asked Jack to drive them to their family restaurant.

Holding her hand into his, Tristan caressed her knuckles with his thumb before he brought her hand close to his lips and placed a gentle kiss. His mind was still lingering on Jack’s words.

His eyes bored into her calm ones and he watched her smile. ’Should I ask her’ he thought but soon shook it off thinking Ashley might end up getting upset with his constant stalking.

He just wanted to know what conversation they both had that led Ashley to tear up. But he also know, he couldn’t just question her knowing how easily it would irk her spoiling the entire mood.

Letting go of her hand Tristan slowly wrapped it around her waist and carefully lift her up placing her on his lap with his other arms too circling around her.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he cupped her face tenderly. Though she was smiling at him, the anxiousness in her orbs was visible.

When Jack informed him about their whereabouts, he fell silent for some time, guessing why would Ashley go to the agency, so he made Miley a call just to find the reason but was surprised when she said she wasn’t informed about the meeting.

Ashley gave Tristan a surprised look, but soon composed and opened her mouth to speak," I have decided to take retirement from the modeling world"

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