Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 340: She won’t do anything to him

Chapter 340: She won’t do anything to him

Inside one of the doctor’s cabins, a woman pulled away the scarf around her face and eyed the man sitting in front of her.

"How long do I have to keep visiting?" she asked sounding annoyed.

The man who was going through her reports finally raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him. His eyes observed her for some time before she closed the file and clasped his palm together on the surface of the table.

"Unless I don’t see any significant change in your behavior" Dr. Jaden, her physiatrist replied.

"How can you say that? I have been regular with my therapy session. Yet you say there isn’t any change in my mental health" Sandra was now getting pissed.

Jaden promise her after this visit he wouldn’t be calling her for regular check-ups but now he was backing down from his words.

"I can’t help. it’s your father’s order. I can’t go against his words" Jaden replied as he watched her face turn even ugly.

"Dad" she murmured clenching her teeth in fury.

Continuing her regular therapy session, Sandra stepped out of the cabin when her eyes caught a familiar figure and her eyes shined with excitement.

"Tristan" the man she couldn’t forget even after he betrayed her. She was still crazy for him.

Sandra was about to take a step ahead but stopped recalling something. "I can’t let him notice me" she mumbled and quickly covered her face with the scarf and silently followed the man but once again her feet stopped when she noticed the woman next to him.

She felt her blood boil inside her veins as she watched Ashley walking by his side, with their hands intertwined.

Sandra had the urge to pull her away from the man she loved but she couldn’t. ’It still wasn’t the right time’ she told to herself and turned around walking the other way and left the hospital.

Entering the parking lot, she hopped into her car and quickly made a call to Lucas. The moment he answered the call she yelped," How long will it take for Gabriel to trap Ashley"

"..."

Sandra wanted to know how far Gabriel had managed to woo Ashley, so she could further execute her plan. She had to clear Ashley’s existence if she wanted Tristan all by herself.

Lucas was currently at Gabriel’s place as they were both busy discussing a few details related to the shoot of his movie when suddenly Sandra called him.

Luckily he had saved her number with another name just for safety and when his phone rang, Gabriel didn’t get suspicious.

Standing on the balcony of Gabriel’s room, Lucas heard her yell from the other end and froze. ’How long will it take Gabriel to trap Ashley’

It took him a while to register her words. Composing himself, he turned to look at Gabriel who was busy with his work and then turned his attention to the call.

"He is still working on it" Lucas whispered making sure his voice would be audible to only Sandra and not the man inside the room.

Sandra on the other side of the call fumed in anger. She had been listening to the same answer from Lucas god knows for how long, but now she was losing her patience.

Clutching the phone in her hand tightly, she warned," Listen to me carefully Lucas. If Gabriel fails to trap Ashley then you will lose everything that you have gained until now. I will ask my dad to snatch everything from you, bringing you and your stupid daughter on the street"

Lucas’s eyes grew wider in shock and he shook his head instantly getting scared by her warning. He knew she was capable of doing every word she spoke and before that could happen Lucas have to assure her.

Gabriel was still working on pursuing Ashley and he was confident enough that they would soon achieve their goal.

"Please, don’t do anything reckless. I ask you to be a little patient with us. I am sure Gabriel will succeed in whatever plans he has made in his mind. Please have faith in us" he begged her.

"Then do as I say or else be ready to lose everything" her emotionless voice spoke from the other end and she hung the call leaving Lucas in utter disbelief.

He could feel the sweat covering his back underneath his suit and he slowly looked at Gabriel’s who had his back facing him as he sat on the couch.

"I have to do something?" he mumbled to himself before shoving back his cell phone inside his pocket and step inside the room.

"Sorry, it was an urgent call" Lucas apologize for interrupting the meeting and took back his seat.

Gabriel eyed him with his brow cocked up. He noticed the small sweat buds on his forehead and asked," Why are you sweating? Did the person on the call threaten you or something?"

Lucas snapped his head in Gabriel’s direction trying to see through his expression. ’Did he hear our conversation’ he thought.

Gabriel noticed his face turn pale at his remark and chuckled. "Relax I was just asking?"

Lucas slowly let out a sigh when he saw Gabriel teasing him. When did this ice-cold man start to pull a prank on anyone, he thought and quickly pulled out a handkerchief and wiped off the sweat.

"You have been acting quite different lately. Sometimes it leaves me thinking whether you are the same old Gabriel or there is something inside you changing" Lucas didn’t dwell on his remark for too long and quickly changed the topic.

He had noticed some change in Gabriel after he joined the acting institution. His poker face had started to show emotions on it and not to mention how he had seen him smile to himself thinking about something in his mind.

He wanted to know what was that thought which was enlightening his always grumpy mood.

Gabriel stopped smiling when he heard Lucas noticing the changes in him. He was the only one but even Max and Tori happened to notice that.

"It’s nothing. I am just trying to embed into the character I will be portraying in the movie" Gabriel was flustered by his remark and instantly defended himself.

He didn’t want anyone to assume anything or it was just him who was trying to run from this new development within himself.

Gabriel immediately brushed off his thoughts and returned to his normal aloof self and glared at Lucas. "We have already wasted enough time now can we resume whatever we have to discuss"

Lucas noticed the change in Gabriel’s tone and the playfulness on his face weathered and he quickly pursed his lips before bobbing his head like an obedient child.

"Let’s continue from where we stopped" Gabriel heard him say and they resumed their discussion.

Throughout the conversation, Gabriel found himself spacing out whenever there would be a mention of Ashley’s name, and suddenly he felt the urge to talk with her.

Even though he knew, Ashley was with Tristan and they were married, he still couldn’t stop thinking about her.

’This isn’t right Gabriel. She is your target’ he told himself inwardly and once again brushed off all her thoughts from his mind and tried to focus on the meeting.

*****

Tristan and Ashley dropped Richard at the Brown Manson and then drove back to the Knight Mansion.

After Richard disclosed how Tori was threatening him with Ashley’s life, Tristan lost his cool. He quickly called Jack and asked him to keep an eye on her, monitoring her every move.

Now he was adamant to know who she really was and what was her purpose for stepping into the Brown mansion. If she had any grudge against Richard, then she would’ve harmed him the day, he found out about her truth but she didn’t and it only meant, he wasn’t the one she was targeting but rather her target was Ashley. But then the question was why?

How did she know Ashley and why was she threatening Richard by using her name?

Tristan had all the records of the people who tried to defame Ashley and most of them he had taken care of but Tori, her name wasn’t on the list. This was a mystery for him.

"I just hope dad would be safe there. I just can’t stop myself from worrying" Ashley’s concerned-filled voice broke his thoughts and he turned his head towards her who appeared to be bothered for her father’s safety.

"She won’t do anything to him unless she finds anything suspicious about his behavior" Tristan stated.

They discussed a few things with Richard before they dropped him back at the Brown mansion. It wouldn’t be a good choice to keep him out of the house knowing how suspicious Tori was in regard to him.

They could sense she was trying her best to threaten Richard so he wouldn’t disclose her intentions to them but little did she know they were already aware of her motives but still there was more about it they needed to find.