Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 336: Tori faked her identity

Chapter 336: Tori faked her identity

His thought broke when he heard Ashley’s sleepy voice. "Tristan, you came?" she mumbled slowly opening her eyes and looked his way.

Swiftly composing himself Tristan heaved a gentle smile and walked towards the bed before sitting next to Ashley. His hand tenderly caressed her hair and he said," Did you sleep well?"

The moment their eyes met, he sensed the worry in her eyes and he quickly leaned closer and kissed her lips.

"I couldn’t find you closer to me earlier" Ashley mumbled against their parted lips as she watched him slowly pull back a little having a better view of his face.

Ashley had woken up from her sleep when she lack his warmth and found the space next to her empty. She wanted to look for him but was too tired to get up and ended up falling asleep once again.

"I was with dad," he muttered adoring her with soft eyes.

At the mention of her father, Ashley’s eyes flung open wide, and sleep flew out of the window waking her completely.

She pushed herself up and asked," Did you notice anything suspicious? Did you talk with him about Tori?"

Ashley questions him back to back, worrying him about her health. "Sh... relax first. You can’t stress so much Ash" his hand caressed her arm and she somehow calmed herself but her eyes kept looking at him curiously.

She wanted to know what was her father trying to hide from her and why he felt so anxious when she spoke about Tori to him. She needed to know.

Tristan was a little skeptical about whether he should tell her about the spy cameras installed in every corner of the house but he also knew, this isn’t something he should keep away from her.

Giving it some thought, Tristan took a deep breath, hoping mentally that she doesn’t freak out.

Ashley felt every second turning heavy. Tristan’s silence was getting the worst of her. She had never been this restless but now, everything about her felt new to her. Her emotions would always be at their peak taking her by surprise.

Tristan bored into her eyes and gently held her hands before he opened his mouth to speak. "Someone is monitoring our movements Ash" his words made her frown in confusion and she gave him a are you mad look.

"What do you mean?" she asked. Her eyes blinked as she tried shoving off her confusion.

Tristan didn’t waste a second and informed her about everything happening around the house and how everything was been kept an eye on and now they had to find who was the person behind it.

It didn’t take Tristan long to conclude that it wasn’t Richard but foul play was been carried out secretly and somehow, Richard had come to learn about it. But then why wasn’t he trying to conceal it from everyone?

Ashley released her hand from Tristan’s hold and covered her mouth. This new piece of information shocked her. She could feel her body heat up with nervousness.

"What should we do now" her voice shivered as she turned her eyes to look at him.

Tristan heaved out a sigh as he ran his palm over his face and looked at her." I don’t think dad will tell us anything. Maybe he knows something or else why would he act this way and about Tori, that girl is quite suspicious" Tristan’s eyes turned dark at the mention of her name.

"She had been lying the entire time about her background, her family everything, and somehow Piper was able to learn this truth" another shocking news blew their mind.

He remembered stumbling on a letter he found in the study room after they saw Richard in an unconscious state. He thought it was just trash and was about to dump it but the words he read on it stopped him from doing so and he ended up shoving it in his suit pocket.

Ashley was utterly shocked as her mind turned into a complete mess. Tori had been fooling everyone inside the house.’ Does it mean whatever happened to Piper was-’

Tristan noticed Ashley’s eyes grew a little and she would only do it when a sudden realization hits her.

Turning around he opened the drawer of the side table and took out the letter and shut it close back. " Have a look at this" he said passing her Piper’s letter.

Ashley turned her eyes to the extended letter in Tristan’s hand and raised her hand to take it. Opening the letter she read every word Piper wrote in it as she lose hold of it and the letter fell on her lap.

Her eyes bested up and she bit her lips as she tried to suppress her cry. Tristan was right with whatever he mentioned about Tori and Piper had come to learn about her lies.

And now... she was confirmed that it was Tori behind Piper’s sudden deteriorating health or else why would a healthy woman like her suffer a stroke unless there wasn’t any foul play.

"We need to inform the cops, she has to be arrested Tristan" Ashley wiped off the tears that rolled down her eyes and turned to face Tristan. She just wanted to get Tori out of the house, letting the cops deal with her.

"I don’t think the cops can seize her until and unless we provide them with firm proof and did you forget dad’s reaction. If it was that simple, he would’ve done it way earlier than us"

Tristan was thinking practically keeping every point in mind. There was no way Richard wouldn’t have thought about this decision and would have asked the cops to arrest Tori, but he didn’t.

Something was stopping him from doing that and now they had to find what was the reason behind his caution.

Ashley fell into deep thought. Tristan’s words made sense. If it was that simple her dad wouldn’t have wasted his time and let the cops take Tori away but he didn’t. He had been enduring this without letting anyone learn about it and that only meant, that Tori wasn’t the only one behind this but had someone supporting her.

A young girl like her wouldn’t be able to carry such a smart plan all by herself unless she had someone backing up.

*****

Outside the house, Richard was still sitting on the same chair. He kept recalling Tristan’s words he said before he left.

’It s not that easy to open up son’ his eyes welled up and a tear rolled down his cheek.

This was the second time in his life Richard have found himself so helpless. First, it was for Raven, and now his daughter.

"What are you thinking so much Uncle. Richard" a familiar voice snapped him out of his thought and his eyes turned cold the next instant. He knew who the person was and she was able to get him to irk just why her voice was.

Tori approached Richard from the side, carrying him a glass of water. Her eyes observed his stern face and she let out a chuckle. "Anger doesn’t suites you," she said and placed the glass of water in front of him on the round wooden table.

Richard had never despised anyone before but Tori, she had got on his nerves. He never thought behind such an innocent-looking face hide a cunning, scheming girl who was here to destroy her daughter and son-in-law.

Moving his eyes Richard gave Tori a cold stare. If he wasn’t helpless, he would’ve wiped that smile off her face.

The corner of his lips then curled up and he smirked which made Tori drop her smile and she frown. She had been on her best behavior with Richard because she didn’t want him to face the same fate as Piper. She still blamed herself for whatever happened to her.

She thought warning Richard would keep this hold man wrapped in her hand but it wasn’t like that. Though he was scared, his mouth was enough to share her entire being with his shocking words.

Yes, Richard had tried reaching out to the cops, but they were quick to stop him from doing so. He was like an untamed beast who only wanted to expose her but when he found that she wasn’t the only one behind Piper’s execution but had a huge backup, Richard found himself slowly falling into an abyss.

His entire house was seized by some Assassins and he wasn’t even able to stop them. Without his knowledge, his surrounding was been monitored and he was only able to find out about it after Piper’s letter.

"Why are you smiling old man" Tori warned. Her eyes carefully observe Richard.

"Nothing. I just wanted to see if my smile changes your mood and guess what it did" Richard just tricked her with his fake smile, sensing her face turn pale the next moment.

She can try a hundred times to appear strong in front of him by giving him that cunning look but he wasn’t so dumb to not see through her actions.

Tori wasn’t someone who could hold her expression, she failed many times getting swayed by his words.

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