Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 62: Where is everyone

Chapter 62: Where is everyone

"Do you like the girl?" Tristan’s words made him sit straight, and he turned his head to look at his serious face.

Tristan was his friend and knew him inside out. He may look at a carefree person who only thought about himself, but only he knew how loving and caring person Noah was.

"H-how did you," he asked, not knowing how this man was so clever to guess his mind.

Tristan scoffed his confused look and smiled," Have you ever seen your face when you look at the girl" he asked and saw him pursing his lips.

’Did he look like a lovesick teenager’ Noah thought, but his trance broke when he heard Tristan," Don’t even think you look cute lovesick puppy. Instead, you give me that creepy-looking guy look."

Noah’s lips twitched on his remark, and he glared at him angrily," Seriously, couldn’t you be sweeter with words? I feel bad for your wife who got a husband who doesn’t know anything about a love language."

Tristan’s smile dropped, and he said," That’s not your business to think. And for your kind information, that sweeter side on mine is exclusively for and not for everyone", he declared, making him scoff.

"Anyways, back to the question. Am I too obvious that it could be seen by everyone" Noah didn’t know if he was too open with how he was feeling for her, and it was visible on his face?

Tristan nodded his head and saw him facepalm himself.

"I should’ve known it before," he said in defeat.

"Why don’t you just tell her that you like her," Tristan asked him.

Noah wasn’t fooling around this time but genuinely cared for her, which was visible in his actions around her.

Noah dropped his shoulder in surrender," I can’t wait after what happened that day", he muttered slowly, making Tristan frown.

"What happened?" he asked and watched Noah giving him a meaningful gaze, and he understood that their assumption of his story was correct.

"So we were right all along," Tristan said with a proud smile when his thoughts matched his wife’s, which puffed his heart.

Noah strangely watched Tristan smile by himself, and he could tell love was indeed a feeling that changes anyone, and the proof was in front of him.

*****

The rain had finally stopped pouring, and the dark cloud had cleared, allowing the sun to come out.

Karl slept holding Gwen’s hand the whole night inside the cosy room. He tried to move but stopped when he felt a tuck on his hand, and he slowly opened his eyes only to find Gwen close to him.

For a second, he forgot to breathe as he tried to scrutinize her natural beauty, which skipped his heartbeat.

’Beautiful’, his mind screamed at him, and he slowly pulled out his hand and brushed her cheeks light with his thump.

This woman was crazy, but she had started to make him feel things he had never experienced in his twenty years of life. She was pure and innocent and spoke her heart without any filter, making him keep listening to her non-stop bantering.

Though he was careful yet it made her stir in sleep, and he immediately pulled away his hand and shut his eyes close before she felt embarrassed.

Gwen opened her eyes with a smile and looked at Karl, who was still sleeping. She felt relief that he didn’t wake up before her, or else they would have been in an awkward situation.

Slowly getting up from the ground, she stood up to leave but stopped and bent down before kissing his cheeks lightly.

"Sleep tight," she said and walked towards the bathroom without making any noise.

The shutting sound of the bathroom doors made Karl open his eyes and heaved a breath.

"She kissed me", he muttered and touched his cheeks where she kissed him, and a smile appeared on his lips.

*****

Karl and Gwen left the motel when the roads cleared, and the mechanic also repaired their car.

Karl informed Tristan about their delay, and he understood the situation without questioning him further. He felt relaxed because his boss was an understanding man.

The car soon reached the Knight mansion, stopping at the front gate.

Gwen stepped out of the car and entered the mansion while Karl left after dropping her.

Stopping in front of the door, she was calming her nerves because she knew by now the entire Knight mansion must’ve turned upside down.

Being the over-protective daughter of her parents, she knew by now her mother must be crying for her, and her father and brother must’ve sent their men to search for her and Karl.

Taking a deep breath, she finally opened the door and stepped in, only to be welcomed by pin-drop silence.

"Where is everyone?" she muttered, arching her brow and looking around as she expected them to create havoc because she didn’t make it home the other night.

But what she saw was the opposite. No one was there waiting for her, and everything around was quiet.

"Did they forget that I even exist?" she asked, twitching her lips in annoyance and watching her brother descend whistling.

"Hey Gwen, when did you come?" he asked casually, which irked her even more.

She ignored her brother, pushing him by his shoulder and ran upstairs to her room.

"Huh! What happened to her now" Gavin asked in confusion and stepped out.

****

Grace room

"Mom do you even remember you have a daughter who was out the whole night"

Gwen barged into her parent’s room and snapped at them in anger.

Grace and Trevor looked at each other before looking at Gwen, who was huffing in anger with her hands resting on her hips.

"How can you not even show any sign of worry on your face," she asked, looking at their faces which didn’t show an ounce of concern for her.

"Honey, why did you want us to worry for you when we knew you were stuck due to the rainfall issue" listening to her father’s words, Gwen’s jaw dropped in shock.

’Was she creating a fuss for no reasons’

"Karl already informed Tristan about it, and it was safe to stay there instead of getting stuck in the middle of the road" Grace nodded and saw Gwen composing herself.

It was true that Karl had informed Tristan about their stay, and that calmed them enough because they knew Gwen was in safe hands.

Karl was Tristan’s most trusted man, and everyone in the house treated him like their family. Her being with him only lessened their worry, and they didn’t have to stress because of her not returning home.

"Honey, you should get change and rest for some time," Grace said and saw her agreeing with her immediately.

Gwen turned to leave without saying anything and sprinted out without turning back.

"She is getting weirder day by day," Grace said, watching her daughter’s strange behaviour and looking at her husband, who was grinning like a fool.

"What?" she asked.

"Darling you look so beautiful even when you complain" Trevor didn’t listen to her and just kept staring at her like a lovesick puppy.

Grace rolled her eyes and ignored her husband, resuming back her work.

*****

Ashley reached the agency as she was supposed to sign another endorsement deal with a clothing company. She was the only model soaring high in her career, and every company wanted to sign her as their model.

But Ashley wasn’t someone who liked to work for money. She first trusted the product she was supposed to endorse and then signed the deal. She had many fans who followed her, and she didn’t want to give them any false results.

Entering the room, she found the team members waiting for her arrival.

"I hope I am not late," she said politely and took the seat, followed by Miley, who passed on the file that mentioned the condition listed by Ashley.

Agreeing to her terms and condition, the company finally signed the contract.

*****

Inside the car

"Any news about why they replaced Jane and took me on board," Ashley asked Miley.

"Not sure ma’am but what I heard from the people it was miss Jane’s, unprofessional behaviour that got her down, " Miley said what informed her.

The day the endorsement company approached her to sign Ashley as their model, she happened to ask why to replace Jane, who was their first choice.

But then, when she heard their reason, she felt a little strange. It wasn’t like they didn’t know about the model they signed before approaching her.

Jane and Ashley were the models of the same agency, and yet they picked Jane first but then why did they suddenly drop her from the project and take her instead?

Ashley didn’t think much about it and let it be. She knew Jane wasn’t someone as she appeared to be and would always create problems on the set, asking the company to compensate her for every demand.