Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 330: What is she doing here?

Chapter 330: What is she doing here?

Inside the moving vehicle, Ashley sat silent. Alice told them about Noah’s decision of moving out of her place and temporarily shift back to his apartment. He just wanted to be cautious about his actions and appear convincing.

"I think we should ask Alice to move to the Knight mansion. I can’t risk her life knowing Brooke will come for her anytime" Ashley said out of the blue making Tristan turn his eyes from the road to her.

"And you think Noah will agree? I am sorry but I can’t handle his stubbornness" Tristan shook his head and looked ahead.

He knew Noah would never agree to them. He would do anything in his power to protect his girl and letting her go is something he would never imagine.

"We are doing it for her safety Tristan. Noah must understand" Ashley tried to state the fact. She couldn’t leave Alice alone after whatever happened to her.

Tristan watched her from the corner of his eyes but didn’t say a word which annoyed Ashley further.

"Fine!... if you don’t want to talk to him then I will do it" slamming her palms on her lap, she pulled her cell phone out and looked for Noah’s number.

Bringing the phone close to her ear, she heard the bell ring. "Ugh! Why isn’t he picking up my calls" Ashley shouted making Tristan on his seat.

Tristan was still getting used to her mood swings, swiftly turned the steering wheel to the left and stopped the car on the corner of the road.

Unclutching the seatbelt, he then turned and cupped her face making her look at him.

Ashley was surprised by the sudden halt took some time to stabilize her thought when her face was captured in Tristan’s palm. Blinking her eyes, she watched the furrow on Tristan’s forehead and gulped.

"W-why did you stop the car?" she asked.

She wanted to jerk his hands off her face but his piercing gaze didn’t let her do that.

Tristan examined her face for some time before he opened his mouth to speak." I know you are worried for Alice, but can’t you just try to think from Noah’s point of view" his eyes slowly softened along with his voice.

Ashley’s irritation flew out of the window. She even forgot to blink. The blue eyes were slowly washing away her worries.

Tristan kept staring at her while he used his thumb to caress her cheek as if he was lowkey trying to soothe her. He knew Ashley was worried for her friend but she also have to think from Noah’s point of the side.

She knew Noah was madly in love with Alice and staying away from her would be a big deal for him.

Knowing how stubborn Noah is, there was no way he could change his mind.

When Ashley didn’t speak anything, Tristan pursed his lips into a thin line. Thinking for a few seconds he asked," Will you be able to stay away from me if I happen to move somewhere else?"

His words took her by surprise and her eyes widen in horror." No way... How can you think I will let you leave me? You are not going anywhere Mr. Knight" Ashley jerked his palm off her face and pulled him closer by his collar.

Her eyes intensely stared at him, letting him see the gleam of fear in them and Tristan let out a giggle. He then pinched her cheeks and smiled happily.

"My dear wife, I was just stating an example. I am never going to leave you" Tristan said coaxing his cute angry wife and quickly leaned forward to peck her lips.

He couldn’t resist her cuteness.

Ashley pouted her lips and pushed him away. "You could have made me understand with a simple example. I didn’t like this one" huffing she turn around and sat on the seat with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Okay I won’t" Tristan smiled pinching her cheek adoringly and continued," Same goes with Noah. Just as you can’t stay away from me, Noah too can’t leave Alice. No one is ever able to stay away from the person who means the whole world to them"

Ashley looked at him from the corner of her eyes, giving his words a little thought before she bobbed her head in agreement.

"Now that’s my good girl" Tristan praised her lovingly and quickly pecked he cheeks which were puffed like a cute round balloon.

Adjusting himself to the seat, Tristan then started the car and drove away. On the way, Ashley saw her favorite ice cream parlor and she asked Tristan to stop as she suddenly started carving for it.

Parking aside, they both stepped out of the car and entered the shop. Since the place wasn’t crowded, Tristan didn’t have to worry about their safety or being clicked.

Least bothered, they walked into the shop and order ice cream for themselves. Paying the bill they then walked out of the shop with ice cream cups in their hand and entered the car.

Since the windows were coated with privacy tempered glass it wasn’t possible for anyone to see through them.

Taking a bite from her cup, Ashley savored the chocolate-chipped ice cream by letting out soft moans." Umm... that’s. so. tasty..."

Her eyes closed with every bit she took while her tongue kept tracing her lips showing how much she was enjoying it. But in all this thing she forgot about the man sitting next to her who was having a hard time watching his wife moan over ice cream.

The spoon in Tristan’s hand kept hanging closer to his mouth, while his eyes hover over his wife, innocently.

Tristan was now cursing himself mentally. He should’ve seen this coming. ’I need to talk a quick cold shower as soon as we reach home’ he said to himself.

Ashley who had almost finished eating her cup turned to look at Tristan and frowned.

"Why haven’t you eaten it yet? Didn’t you like the ice cream" her voice snapped him out of his trance and his eye fell on the spoon.

"Damn..." he cursed and took a bite before the melted cream fell on his clothes. He was now feeling embarrassed for his action. He just couldn’t keep his thoughts intact when it came to Ashley.

"I have to control myself" he muttered under his nose and quickly finished the ice cream.

Once they were done, Tristan asked if Ashley wanted anything else but she shook her head denying his question.

Tristan was about to start the car and leave when his eyes caught someone familiar on the other side of the road.

"Isn’t she the young chef Tori? What is she doing here" his voice made Ashley look in the direction where Tristan’s attention fell and to her surprise, she saw Tori entering someone’s car before it drove away.

"How can she step out of the mansion at this hour?" Ashley mumbled, falling confused about how Tori was roaming out at this hour.

Tristan creased his brows when he heard her and asked," What do you mean?" his eyes intently staring at her.

"Dad has some rules imposed on the staff working for him. They aren’t allowed to step out of the house after eight in the evening" Ashley said as she turned to look at him.

They both fell silent pondering what they just saw. "Should I call dad and ask him if he asked Tori to leave the house for some time"

"But what about the car she stepped in? Does that car belong to uncle Richard" Tristan question.

"No, it isn’t my dad’s car. He never allowed his servant to use his car, they had a separate transport vehicle" Ashley suddenly felt weird.

’If the car Tori stepped in wasn’t her fathers then with whom did she leave’

Tristan had his eyes on Ashley the entire time. He could tell what was going on in her mind.

"Let’s drive to Brown mansion," Ashley said out of nowhere. ’She had to confirm this with her father’ she thought.

After whatever happened with Piper, Ashley found Richard turning extremely silent. He didn’t even talk to her whenever she would call him.

Piper’s sudden exit had somewhat distanced him from his people or else he wouldn’t have ignored her by giving lame reasons.

Soon they reached the house and the first thing she did was look for her father. Asking the servant about him, she found Richard was still in his study busy with some work.

The moment she pushed open the door before knocking on it she found Richard sleeping on the chair.

"DAD!" Ashley called and quickly sprinted towards him when she found his face a little pale and that alarmed her the second.

Tristan who had been with Ashley quickly checked Richard’s pulse and frowned." We need to call the doctor" concerned marred his word and he quickly reacted to it.

Richard had passed out on his seat without anyone aware of it. His body had turned a little cold and that scared Ashley to death.

"Dad wake up" she tried calling him by slowly caressing his face but Richard was unresponsive. It was enough for them to learn that something wasn’t right with him.