Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 332: His first suspect

Chapter 332: His first suspect

Ashley didn’t question him further and stepped closer before wrapping her arms around his waist. She slowly rested her head on his chest and asked," Tristan, can we stay here until dad feels better" her voice came out low as she snuggled into his warmth.

Tristan frowned when he hugged her back and found her skin getting cold. He quickly pulled her back and removed his jacket before wrapping around her.

"We will and for that, we need to get inside the house first" Tristan mumbled rubbing her palm.

Ashley let out a chuckle watching him act all worried. Tristan was again back to treating her like a baby.

Nodding her head, she held his hand and they walked inside the house.

Entering, the couple was about to head to Ashley’s old room when she stopped and her head turned towards the direction of the maid’s quarter.

Ashley wanted to confront Tori but she stopped herself keeping her father’s condition in mind. She was just waiting for Richard to get better before she questions Tori about everything.

Keeping that in mind, she then looked at Tristan who gave her an assuring smile and they both soon walked upstairs. But little did they know all their actions were getting caught in the cameras that were installed in his house.

Inside the base, Gabriel had his eyes on the couple who entered the Brown mansion as an unexpected guest. He doubted why would they show up at a late hour, but when he heard Ashley’s screaming, his suspicion washed away.

From that moment he haven’t spoken a word and just kept staring at the screen blankly until the couple disappeared from his sight.

After a long silence, Gabriel finally opened his mouth to speak. "Did you drop Tori safely back to the mansion"

Max who had been with him the entire time bobbed his head. "Yes boss, I made sure no one saw us and she was safely escorted into the house"

Gabriel arched his brow the second he heard his words. "Are you sure Max?" he asked with a glint of doubt in his voice.

Max was taken aback by Gabriel’s words and he suddenly started to doubt himself. He remembered checking their surroundings before Tori stepped inside the pharmacy to get a slow poison from the owner of the shop.

"I-I am sure boss" he stuttered on his words as he felt a chill run down his spine.

Gabriel might look calm from the outside but only the people around him knew that it was not the case. He would never question confirmation twice until and unless he isn’t sure about it.

Gabriel who had his back facing Max, swirl his chair around and stared at him with his deadpan eyes.

"I don’t think so Max" Gabriel’s eyes darkened and he shook his head denying his affirmation. There was something they couldn’t pinpoint and that was somehow annoying him.

*****

Inside the room, Tristan and Ashley changed into their night clothes and lay on the bed cuddling each other in the spooning position.

It had been quite a tiring day for both of them and now they wanted to rest. But even after a few minutes passed, they couldn’t find sleep reaching their mind.

"Tristan, don’t you think something strange is happening inside the house," Ashley asked turning herself to face him.

Tristan heaved out a sigh as he bobbed his head. Her doubt was right. There was something happening around this place they weren’t aware of.

Ashley turned silent once again as she lowered her gaze and started biting her lips. It seemed like something was bothering her to which Tristan quickly asked. "What is it, tell me?"

Her thoughts were interrupted by Tristan’s words and she looked back at him. Her eyes deeply bored into his blue orbs and she opened her mouth to tell him everything.

By the time she finished, Tristan noticed the concern in her words. Ashley was scared after whatever happened to Richard. If she hadn’t shown up, she would have lost him.

The thought itself was tearing her heart into pieces and she didn’t want her fear to ever come true. She can’t lose her father.

Tristan noticed the tears streaming down her eyes and he quickly wiped them off with his thumb and cupped her face.

"Don’t worry nothing will happen to dad" he assured her and pulled her closer.

Tristan kept caressing her back while his mind kept pondering how things changed inside the house after Tori’s arrival. There was something nasty about that girl which made him doubt her intentions.

He remembered the last time which was also the first time he met her and how she behaved weirdly in front of him. She even tried to hide her face from him but failed badly.

’Who are you Tori and what is your intention for stepping into Brown mansion’

Tristan’s eyes darkened when suddenly he felt Ashley snuggling closer to him which broke his trance and he looked down only to find her asleep.

A subtle smile appeared on Tristan’s lips and he leaned forwards to kiss her head.

Tristan had to find everything if he wants to keep Ashley away from all the worries and for that, he had to dig deep into this matter and his first suspect was non-other than Tori.

*****

After a long working day, Noah finally finished his work and stepped out of the company’s building. He walked towards his car which was parked in the parking spot and opened the car’s door. But before he could enter, he heard someone calling him from behind and he stopped.

A deep frown marred his face when he recognized who the person was and his hold on the car handle firmed. ’Why is she here’ he thought before he slowly turned around to see the person who was nonother than Natalie.

He quickly masked his anger and forced a smile as he watched her walk to him.

"How come you are here," he asked trying his best to maintain his smile.

Natalie just sprinted and pounce on him taking him by surprise. Noah wanted to push her away as her touch was disgusting him, but he couldn’t.

He kept his hands down while his eyes moved toward the car from where she called him and his eyes darkened the next instant.

It was Avera inside the car. He could see through it.

She watched them or saw him as if she was trying to observe something. Noah quickly composed himself and dive into the act changing into a different person.

He slowly raised his hands and wrapped them around Natalie surprising both Natalie and Avera.

Noah smiled inwardly when he sensed Natalie froze in her position. ’If he had to win this game then he had to make her believe’

Avera who was sitting inside the car quickly looked elsewhere before she pulled out her phone and started typing something on her phone.

Ding

Natalie’s phone rang and he assumed the message was from Avera since she was the only one he saw typing something on her phone.

Noah didn’t bother to ponder much as he slowly let go of Natalie and slightly pushed her away from him.

’I need to clean myself as soon as I reach home’ he thought and watched Natalie blush.

Noah could help but mentally cringe. ’How can a girl like her show any sign of shyness,’ he thought to himself and scoffed.

"Just a second" he heard her and watch her pull out the cell phone from her jeans pocket and read the text.

Her eyes squinted at the words she read in the text message and she quickly replied before she shove the phone back into her pocket.

Natalie then composed herself before she looked back at Noah. "You must be wondering what I am doing here?"

Noah who had his eyes on her the entire time didn’t fail to notice the change on her face when she read Avera’s text. Now he felt the urge to know what she texted her that brought a subtle change in her expression. But he also knew he couldn’t ask her directly.

He bobbed his head and smiled back keeping his act. "I wasn’t expecting you and that too at this hour"

Natalie’s eyes watched Noah as she tried to find any hidden intentions behind his happy face but when she didn’t see anything suspicious she calmed herself and let loose in front of him.

"I just wanted to see you," she answered shamelessly while her eyes roamed all over his body. Her sight dripping temptation.

Noah felt a little discomfort when her eyes watched him all over lustfully and he felt like a victim who was getting harassed by her lecherous eyes.

He had to be very careful around her, Noah told himself mentally noting Natalie’s personality.

She was a woman with desire who was hard to tame and Noah wanted to be a little cautious around her knowing how she had a crazy obsession with him.