Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 497: Won’t punish them

Chapter 497: Won’t punish them

Jenifer’s face crumpled at her audacity of speaking rudely with her and in the heat of the moment she raised her hand, ready to slap her for her arrogance, but before her hand could reach her face, Mia blocked it.

"Are you out of your mind" Mia surprised by her sudden action, stared at Jennifer in disbelief. It took her a second to gather her thoughts before returning to her usual self and she jerked her hand away.

Jennifer stumbled on her feet but the rage in her eyes didn’t stop. She wanted to tame this rude woman who suddenly dared to speak against her. But instead of being scared of her, Mia looked more furious than her.

"You-" she was about to burst but Mia quickly stepped forward as if cornering her and she lost her voice the next moment.

"Listen, Jennifer, just because you are my boss that doesn’t mean you can treat me like trash. Just to let you know, if you try to do anything to me, then I will expose all your wrongdoings in the media and that includes everything" Mia confidently overshadowed her making her eyes go wide at the warning.

Jennifer felt her blood run dry at the sight of her terrifying eyes and instead of trying to fight back, she instantly took a step behind.

Mia smirked at her mouse-like movement and walked past her, heading straight to her room, while Jennifer remained rooted to her ground with her face turning ugly at her defeat.

While the atmosphere inside the house was tense, a person standing outside smiled in victory before making a call to his boss.

*****

Inside the moving car, Tristan ended the call from Jack and shoved his phone back into his suit pocket. Leaning his head on the headrest, Tristan closed his eyes only to open them the next second.

The calmness within his blue orbs was the sigh of storm lurking around. Both Jennifer and Mia had joined hands to destroy Ashley’s career, but they forgot no matter what they did, he was there to protect his wife.

They took their silence as their win, but now, he had to show them their real place.

With this persistent thought in his mind, Tristan soon reached the Knight Mansion. Making his way to his room, the first thing he did was to call Jennifer’s agency.

"Mr. Carlsen. It’s Tristan here. I hope I am not disturbing you at this hour" he sounded as calm as ever but there was a tinge of awareness in his tone which the person on the other end couldn’t resist.

By the time he finished, Tristan’s expression remained the same., until the door clicked open and Ashley entered.

As soon as their eyes met, she smiled vividly at him and said," I hear Gavin agreed to go on a blind date" The sight of her happy face washed all the dread in his heart and he nodded his head while approaching her.

Engulfing her into his embrace he heard her further say," Mom is very happy"

Ashley was aware of Grace being persistent in setting Gavin with girls. She knew he wasn’t someone who would flirt with any girl but deep down she wanted him to have someone whom he would spend his life with.

"I am sure she is, after all, it’s me who convinced him" Tristan proudly flaunted his achievement, making his wife chuckle.

Tristan was her happy pill. Just being with him, listening to him washed away all her tiredness.

"I just hope whatever mom is planning for him turns out to be fruitful" Ashley expressed.

Spending a few more minutes in each other’s embrace, Ashley then headed to get freshen-up, up while Tristan waited for her outside.

He had yet to break the news about Mia and Jennifer to her. Once she was out, Ashley watched Tristan staring at her without any break. As if understanding the meaning behind his stare, she tossed the towel aside and joined him on the bed with her bathrobe on.

"What is it?" she said turning her attention entirely on him. She understood there was something he wanted to tell, so instead of beating around the bush, she asked him straight away.

Tristan took a moment to analyze her before disclosing the truth. With every word that left his lips, Tristan started sensing the coldness around Ashley. Those blank eyes stared at him while she silently listened to him.

Tristan knew Ashley was just waiting for a confirmation and now that she got what she wanted, he wondered what was her next step. Though mentally he had already schemed about their downfall, but at the same time he also wanted to know what she had in her mind.

A few minutes passed and Ashley remained quiet. She wasn’t surprised at all, but she never thought Mia, someone she had long forgotten would come into the picture somehow, and that too with Jennifer.

As she finally grasped the revelation, Ashley’s lips perked into a humorless smile soon turning into a peal of laughter that even took Tristan off guard.

Staring at her with utter shock, Tristan tried to access the meaning behind her smile.

"Ah.. this Jennifer, I shouldn’t have underestimated her" she spoke shaking her head in disbelief. Though she had stopped laughing, her lips were still stretching wide.

Soon, even that fake smile vanished and her face turned grim. "And Mia... hasn’t she already learned from her previous mistake. Does she still want to repeat it" she asked mostly to herself.

Tristan silently watched her talk to herself until she returned to normal. With his eyes still fixed on her, he asked," What do you plan to do with them now"

His words caught her attention to which she simply shrugged.

A deep line appeared between his brows as his expression changed from soft to serious. "Aren’t you going to punish them?" he asked as he tried seeing through her calmness.

"Why do you want me to punish them, when their fake stories didn’t affect us or our career anyhow" she stated.

Tristan wasn’t expecting this answer from her, but whatever she said did make sense. Though they tried to defame her by posting absurd news about her life, she had gracefully managed to come out from it with her head held high.

The frown on his face slowly dissipated only to return as he raised his thoughts," But still, don’t you feel they need to be taken care of? What if they are planning something big now"

This time it was Ashley’s turn to frown. She might have thought of letting this matter slide but what if Tristan’s words turned out to be true and what if their silence is just a signal of something huge.

Tristan knew that he had hit the right spot and the change on her face was the evidence.

Unknowingly, a smile pestered on his lips and his hand reached to cup her face as he softly stroked her cheek and said," Don’t worry. I have everything under control and I am sure after tomorrow they won’t bother you" his words came like a bolt to her as she stared at him in shock.

Ashley might not say, but in the back of her mind, she had been expecting Tristan to do something, and look what, he had already started it.

All she could do was to watch him smile proudly.

*****

[Fortis Plus Hospital]

On Gavin’s order, Jenny had already managed to gather information about Doctor Martin today’s schedule. As soon as she got it, Jenny immediately forwarded it to him.

Sitting inside her cabin, she waited for Gavin’s reply and soon her phone buzzed.

[Thank you so much for the help once again~ smiley emoji] he texted and unknowingly a smile crept on her lips.

Ever since she rushed out of the coffee shop, getting flustered by the sudden closeness, Jenny tried to brush off those fleeting feelings. She kept telling herself that she was just Gavin to find Bianca and nothing else. But every time she was alone or deprived of any work, she would keep thinking about the same incident.

Jenny soon realized that she was again getting distracted by those emotions, so she quickly discarded the smile on her face and switched the screen off, keeping her phone aside on the table.

"You can’t let those emotions sway you" She repeated those same words from earlier losing the count of how many times she scolded herself, saying the same.

Closing her eyes she tried to clear her head when her phone began to ring this time. Jerking on her seat, she snapped her head towards her phone and frowned.

She would have ignored entertaining anyone, but this particular call was from someone she couldn’t ignore.

Taking a deep breath, she picked up the phone and answered the call. "Hello mother," she said switching her mood from grumpy to kind one.

Jenny loved her family, but she also knew her mother wasn’t someone who would disturb her during her working hours. So when she saw her name flashing on the mobile screen, she fell silent for a moment wondering what was this time she was going to say.

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