Ch. 116..120: Charmed by the Billionaire CEO Chapter 116-120

Chapter 116: Do as I say

Gavin got up from the couch and approached her. Now he was sure whatever he had been thinking and seeing was true.

Gwen was too naïve to think, he didn’t see her chatting with Karl that day, but he ignored it, thinking he was overthinking. But what he saw a while ago made him ponder deep into his thoughts.

There was something brewing between them, and he wanted Gwen to answer him.

Gwen watched Gavin stop in front of her. How he looked at her made her gulp, and she broke her frozen state and avoided meeting his gaze.

"W-what are you talking about, Gavin? There is n-nothing going between us" she tried to walk past him but was stopped by Gavin.

"Oh, come on, it’s evident with the way you behaved earlier" Gwen snapped her head in shock and saw Gavin arch his brow.

"I saw you both being all lovey-dovey inside his car. You can’t just brush it off, Gwen. Just accept you have completely whipped" the coldness in his eyes disappeared, and the playful Gavin was back again.

Gwen was confused by his sudden change in behavior. Did he trick me? she thought.

Gavin wanted to laugh, watching Gwen’s horrifying look on her face. She looked terrified.

At first, he thought he would pull that act more, but after watching her ready-to-cry look, he dropped it.

Gavin wouldn’t judge his sister for dating anyone unless the man wasn’t good enough. They had been protective of Tristan and him and wanted their sister to be with a man who loved her.

Gwen’s lips trembled as if she was on the verge of crying, and she sprinted in anger and punched Gavin.

"Ow... Gwen, that hurts," Gavin hissed in pain and shot her a glare.

"Why would you do that, Gavin? You scared me" Gwen kept slapping him until she was satisfied until Gavin stopped and hugged her.

"I was pulling your leg," he said, brushing her back and pulling away.

Gavin was elder to Gwen by just a minute but always gave her the upper hand to treat him like he was the youngest.

Gwen looked at Gavin and asked hesitatingly," When did you find it."

"A long ago stupid. You thought I didn’t notice you had been crushing on Karl for so many years" Gavin was always with Gwen, and it was so apparent how she kept staring at him without blinking.

He knew she liked him but was hesitant because Karl was Tristan’s assistant and also elder to her. He had Tristan share the same age, and how Karl treated Gavin and Gwen as kids made her step back.

Gwen dropped her shoulder, walked past him, and slumped on the bed, heaving a sigh," Was I that obvious?" she asked, looking at Gavin, who felt like laughing at her.

She was the naughtiest among the both but now, looking at her acting all sensible finally made him believe that she had grown up.

"I don’t know about others, but yes, for me, I could say it was quite obvious" Gavin walked and joined her.

Gwen dropped her shoulder after realizing the secret of crushing on Karl was caught by her brother way too early. She couldn’t speak a word and kept silent, knowing there wasn’t anything to explain when she heard Gavin.

"How long has it been, and why does no one know about it?" Gavin could tell that it wasn’t long enough they started dating. They were very cautious about their surrounding.

"Karl needs some time," she said immediately.

"Time for what?" he asked.

Gwen sighed and began to explain everything to him. Gavin was surprised at how the very confident Karl was getting scared to announce his relationship with Gwen.

He can’t blame him, either. Karl had always treated him as his younger brother and went along with Gwen. During all these years with Tristan, he came to bond with them as siblings. He even trusted him blindly, so it was evident that he didn’t want to break his trust.

"Hmm... I can’t understand his conflict with opening up about his relationship with anyone. He doesn’t want to let go of the family that treated him like theirs."

Karl was Trevor’s assistant, Kareen’s son. Kareem was the most trusted man Trevor relied on. But one day, while returning home with his wife, they met with a horrifying accident and lost their lives.

Trevor took Karl under his care from that day, and even Grace treated him like her son.

Gwen pursed her lips and nodded her head, agreeing with him.

"Okay, now forget all this and tell me how you liked my act earlier. Did I scare you" Gavin tried to clear the tense air.

Gwen looked at him and slapped his arm," You think it’s funny, Gavin."

She still couldn’t erase the stern look on his face. She was okay with Tristan carrying that dominance on his entire being but watching Gavin today made her feel like she saw a whole new person. Gavin’s playfulness wasn’t even present at that moment.

"So it did scare you. I finally passed the lesson for today" Gavin had been going through various self-defense lessons, and this was one of them.

Since he was soon going to enlist in the military, he had to be prepared with everything. He had been working on himself for a long time, and now he finally saw success.

Gwen watched him mutter to himself like a fool, and with that, he got up and left from there, leaving her speechless.

"Extra studies are eating up his brain" Gwen shook her head, climbed down from the bed, and went to freshen up.

*****

Cell

The following day, Jane was going to get transferred to a detention cell, but before she could leave, Gorge arranged a meeting with her privately.

Last night after the heated argument with Greg, Gorge had no other way but to meet Jane personally. He asked one of his men to arrange a private meeting before Jane was taken to the detention Centre.

Entering the cell where Jane was kept, Gorge sat in front of her. Jane looked like she had completely lost her charm. Her puffy eyes and messy hair told him she had lost her sanity. Sleep was something she didn’t get the entire night.

Jane raised her head and looked at Gorge," What are you doing here?" she asked him.

Gorge kept looking at her for some time when he opened his mouth and asked her, "Do you want me to get you out from here?"

Jane chuckled and smirked the next second," You think I like staying here? Of course, I want to get the hell out of this disgusting place" she clutched her palm into a fist and scrunched her nose, showing how badly she wanted herself to get out from here.

One night, she felt like she was kept in some dirt, where there wasn’t even a source of light and air.

Gorge knew Jane had been used to living a lavishing life, and it was hard for her to stay here. Closing his eyes, he sighed and looked at her," If you want me to get you out, then do as I say-" he said low and saw her frown.

****

Alice apartment

Noah was wide awake and was currently observing Alice, who was in a deep sleep. Such a pleasant sight it was to watch her sleep so peacefully.

Reaching his hand up, Noah tucked the hair strand on her face behind her ear and slowly traced his finger on her cheeks.

His slight touch stirred her, and she turned, sleeping on her back. She said she was a light sleeper but look at her now. Even his touch didn’t wake her up from her deep slumber.

"Look at you, not even flinching a bit," Noah talked to her or himself. He was so happy that he wanted to keep her next to him and talk to her endlessly.

Watching her still sleep, Noah smiled and turned to climb down the bed when Alice’s phone buzzed, and he turned.

He reached out to pick up the phone and saw a message, but the sender’s name caught him by surprise. Dylan... muttered, and he creased.

’Why is Dylan texting her’ he thought and looked at Alice before returning his attention to the phone.

When he saw Alice move, he was about to unlock her phone, and he quickly kept her phone back.

"You’re already awake," her sleepy voice made him turn back to her and lay down.

"Hmm..." he hummed and leaned forward and pecked her lips.

"Umm... I haven’t brushed" she moved back and covered her mouth as she didn’t want him to smell her morning breath.

"I don’t care. I like you anyways," he said and pulled away her hand that covered her mouth and captured her lips again, this time into a passionate one.

Alice let out a sensual moan and parted her lips to grasp some air when he slid his tongue inside and sucked her mouth.

Chapter 117: Won’t stop me

Noah deepened the kiss taking her by surprise while his hand roamed around her curves. Lifting up her top, he slowly trailed his fingers, feeling her skin’s softness.

Alice felt a current pass through her body when he touched her. She slowly melted into his touch and reached her hand, cupping the side of his face, and kissed him back with the same urgency.

His hand slowly moved up to her chest, and he cupped her breast over her fabric and squeezed it lightly.

"Umm..." she moaned while her hands were pressed against his chest, feeling the hardness of his muscles. Her mind was clouded entirely by lust when suddenly her phone began to ring, and they broke out from the trance.

Noah scowled, falling back on the bed, and heard her laugh." Don’t laugh," he warned, and without looking at her, he got up and climbed down the bed.

Alice saw his bulge under his pants and pursed her lips. She watched him glare at her before he turned and walked inside the bathroom.

Alice shook her head and reached her hand to pick up the call. As soon as her eyes fell on the name, she sneered. Without thinking, she cut the ring and turned off her cell phone.

****

"She dare cut my call," Dylan fumed and again tried to call her, but this time the call didn’t connect, and he threw his phone in anger.

"I know you are lying, Alice. How can Noah be you, man, when you couldn’t even forget me" Dylan couldn’t digest that Alice had finally moved on from him.

After whatever happened between them, it wasn’t easy for her to forget him. He knew he still had that effect on her, but the only difference was that she had tried to mask it very smartly.

Just because he didn’t try to invade her life all these years didn’t mean he didn’t crave her. Back then, when they were engaged, he attempted to take their relationship to the next stage but ended up messing everything up.

Thinking about it, Dylan’s eyes turned dark. He never loved her, but he craved her body, and even after all these years, he still wanted to have her.

"You can do whatever you want, Alice. Call him your boyfriend, but that won’t stop me from getting you. We have to finish out unfinished business."

*****

Noah stepped out after taking a cold shower and found Alice sitting in the same spot.

"Who was it" his voice made her cringe, and she turned to look at him.

She couldn’t tell him about Dylan, not now when she had finally tried to move on from him. She won’t let his evil eyes fall on them.

"Umm.... no one. It was a spam call," she lied and averted her eyes from him.

Noah found her answer absurd. Why would she lie when it was Dylan who was calling her?

He had already seen him text her, and the moment he stood up, his eyes had already caught his name on the screen flashing, then why did she lie, Noah thought.

Alice quickly climbed down from the bed and walked past him," I’ll take a shower" she dashed without looking at him and entered the door behind him.

Noah narrowed his eyes suspiciously. He thought she was suddenly acting strange and walked out of her room.

*****

Station

After Gorge left, the lady cop walked towards Jane’s cell t bring her for the departure but found her lying limp on the ground.

She rushed inside and kneeled, checking her pulse." There is an emergency," she shouted, and soon, many cops rushed to her cell.

Jane was immediately rushed to the hospital as she lost consciousness due to stress and lack of food in her system.

****

Hospital

Inside the ward, the doctor came to check Jane, shoving away the cops who were present inside.

As soon as the cops left, the doctor shut the door and turned to see Jane sitting on the bed. She had faked about her health because she wanted to get out of that place.

After listening to Gorge’s plan of getting back with Ashley, Jane agreed to it immediately. She even learned about Greg’s change of mind and was shocked to know how easily he gave up.

Now everything started to make sense. His lack of interest in her and how he behaved all these days clarified everything. He still likes her. Greg still wanted to be with Ashley, which was evident in how he started to act distant after he found out she was dating someone.

All this time, she was a fool to think Greg would love her. She did everything in her hands to get Greg, but what happened? Even after getting him, that man didn’t let go of his past?

She should’ve known Greg was with her because of his needs as a man, and she was stupid to think that it would make Greg forget Ashley.

As the realization soon hit her, her eyes turned dark. She was only used but not anymore. Ashley had to pay for whatever she did to her. Her life had turned chaotic with her one step, and now she wanted nothing but to erase Ashley’s existence.

"Here, take this," she heard the male doctor say, and her eyes fell on the gun he passed to her.

Gorge had bribed the doctor, and he was the only one who would lead her out until she finished her task.

Jane prepared herself, changed herself, wearing the hospital staff clothes, and covered her face with the mask.

They both stepped out of the ward and watched the cops still standing for his words.

"We need to keep her under observation" the doctor started to web the cops into his lies, and soon, they walked away from there, warning the cops not to enter.

"I have a car arranged for you in the parking area. Make sure no one sees you," the doctor said, and he guided her towards the emergency exit.

*****

Evening

Both Ashley and Tristan got ready for the event. Ashley was supposed to be the one to reach the venue earlier as she had many preparations to make. At the same time, Tristan, on the on hand, complained about not being able to go with her.

"I so wished we could go together?" Tristan said with a displeased voice.

Looking at Ashley’s beauty, he felt like hiding her somewhere. She was yet to wear the designed dress, but the thought of her capturing numerous eyes made him jealous.

Ashley couldn’t help but smile at how Tristan quickly showed his displeasure when things didn’t go his way.

She didn’t say a word but passed him a look that left him confused. Tip-toeing, Ashley kissed him and pulled back.

"Be on time, and don’t carry on this grumpy look. You are the guest of honor, and I want you to keep smiling," she said and left the house.

"How can I be happy when my wife would be an eye candy in the event" Tristan sighed and headed towards the bathroom to shower.

****

The venue started to fill with well-known businessmen. Many models were going to walk the ramp, but the one who was supposed to still the light was Ashley, the ever-lasting face of the Modelling world.

Masha made sure they reached up to the expectation, and their show turned out to be a massive hit.

Greg was also among the male model who was going to walk on the ramp. He was replaced at the last moment as the original model suddenly fell ill and couldn’t make it up.

He was about to enter the changing room when his eyes fell on Ashley as she made her way along with Miley, her manager, and headed towards her changing room.

Suddenly, he began to recall the sweet moment they shared. But now, it was all a memory, and he lost the right to be with her.

Closing his eyes, he remembered the night saw the mysterious man who was her man and felt the ground slip under his feet.

Tristan knight, the most powerful man in country S. She was dating the most dangerous man who controlled the entire business according to his will. He was labeled as the devil who didn’t spare his enemies and unknowing he had made the mistake of defaming his girl.

That day he understood why everything started to turn against them. Why was he taken down all of a sudden from all the campaign? Why couldn’t he get work anywhere?

Tristan was secretly protecting Ashley, but he was very late to understand.

If he had to survive, he had to keep his distance from Ashley, which is what he did. This was the only reason he didn’t want to be Gorge because he knew they would face a fate worse than Jane’s.

Chapter 118: Ashley got shot

The hall slowly began to fill with the crowd but what most of the people were looking forward to was seeing the most incredible and handsome businessman Tristan Knight.

The biggest news circulated within the crowd, and most of the businessmen present for the fashion show couldn’t wait to meet him. It was infrequent for Tristan to show up at the event.

The last time when they saw him attending any event was a few years back. But even after being in the crowd, no one was able to meet him as he left the event midway.

Soon the entire hall turned silent when they heard heavy footsteps from the entrance, and Tristan walked in along with Karl and his bodyguards as he made his way inside the gallery.

His aura was enough to make the entire all go quiet and not to forget his skilful me, who emitted the same deadly vibes.

He was ignoring the gawking eyes. Tristan made his way and took the seat, mainly for the guest of honour.

"It’s too intimidating", Karl, who sat next to him, muttered, leaning close to his ear and watching him shrug.

"I just came to see my wife. Once I have done, we are leaving home," Tristan said plainly.

Karl sighed and shook his head, knowing how hard it was for them to attend these events. Tristan had always been lowkey because he preferred privacy. But because Ashley was going to be the leading lady, he couldn’t stop cheering his wife secretly.

Soon the show began, and the model started to walk one by one, representing the latest designs.

Tristan’s eyes narrowed when he saw Greg among the male models, and he sneered," What is he doing here and how I don’t know about it" Tristan glared at his side, surprising Karl, who himself didn’t have a clue about Greg being in the model list.

"Let me check, boss," he said, pursing his lips and making a call to the event manager.

Talking to him, he ended the call and turned," He replaced one model at the last moment" Karl looked at Tristan, but his face remained cold and indifferent.

"Make sure he doesn’t bug around my wife", Tristan warned without looking at him.

As the show continued, the time for Ashley to appear finally arrived, and the man waiting for her held his breath.

"Beautiful", he muttered and watched Ashley make her way on the ramp wearing a stunning strapless evening gown made with glistening velvet sequin. The fabric fitted perfectly on her curvy body, making her look gorgeous.

Walking with grace, Ashley captured everyone’s eyes, showing off her flawless beauty that had no comparison.

She gave some pose and turned when her eyes caught Tristan sitting within the crowd, and their eyes met. Her heart began to race against her chest, and she suddenly began to feel nervous.

Tristan himself looked like a model who walked out of a magazine, and that made it hard for her to part her eyes from him.

Tristan passed her a meaningful look, and a smile appeared on her lips, and she turned, walking back. He was so proud of her that he couldn’t stop clapping his hand. His happiness was evident on his face as his lips curled up into a contagious smile, which caught much attention.

Karl’s eyes widened at Tristan’s sudden cheering, and he panicked. "Boss, you can’t be so obvious," he said, whispering in his ear but getting ignored.

"He will surely create some gossip", Karl muttered when his phone began to ring, distracting his thought, and he looked at the caller and frowned.

"Why is he calling?" he mumbled and looked at his boss, who was drooling, watching his wife as a lovesick teenager.

Shaking his head in disbelief, Karl got up. Excusing himself as the music was loud, he made his way away from the crowd and picked up the call.

"Yes, officer," he asked, and the next moment, his eyes grew more expansive, and his head turned around to look at the crowd.

"How can you be this careless officer?" he scolded the man and ended the call before he rushed back to Tristan.

Reaching the spot, Karl panted, and that was enough to alarm Tristan," What happened?" his smile dropped, and his face turned darker.

"Jane escaped" his words stiffened, and his palm curled into a fist.

"How can this happen," he asked dangerously, looking at Karl.

An hour before the event began,

The cops who were standing outside Jane’s ward suddenly began to get suspicious of finding no staff to come and check on her once.

"I think we need to check," one lady cop said, and she opened the door only to find the room empty.

"They fooled us", she shouted, and they rushed to the doctor who came to check on her and caught hold of him.

First, he wasn’t ready to accept anything, but after getting punched, he spilt everything.

Present

"Ask everyone to split and make sure no one gets suspicious", Tristan ordered, and in no time, Karl instructed the guards to find Jane, who was currently inside the same event hall, hiding within the crowd.

His eyes then fell on the stage as the show was still going on." I have to find her before she does something wrong."

Tristan had kept his tap on Jane, and he knew she wasn’t someone who would lose this quickly. In the morning, he was informed about her transfer and was a little relaxed as she would be taken to a detention cell, where she would be taken care of very well. Now he felt terrible for taking it lightly.

****

Somewhere inside the hall, Gwen had disguised herself as one of the staff who worked for the event. She had hidden very well that no one got suspicious of her.

Her evil eyes looked at the stage ahead, and her blood began to boil.

" This was all for me, Ash, and you snatched it away from me" Jane gritted her teeth as she watched Ashley walk the ramp catching everyone’s attention.

She wanted to teach her a lesson, and she would go to any extent to revenge on her. Clutching the gun inside her pocket, she glared at Ashley and walked toward the stage.

*****

Tristan’s eyes were scanning among the people when his eyes caught the sight of a particular individual that seemed suspicious.

He stood up that instant when he saw that person pull out a gun and point it toward Ashley as she walked along with the designer. He screamed.

"Ashley...." he roared loud enough to catch everyone’s attention, and suddenly a loud gunshot echoed inside the hall.

"Thud..."

Everything stopped for a while when he saw the bullet hit Ashley’s arm, and she fell to the floor, holding her bleeding hand.

"Fu*k", Jane cursed when she missed the shot, and she tried to sneak away from there when Tristan’s men caught hold of her.

She thought her bullet would hit her stomach, but it hit her hand, and she realised she hadn’t succeeded.

"Leave me... Let go" wriggling in their stronghold Jane tried to free herself but failed.

"Let me go... I will kill her today" Jane had lost her mind when she saw her end, and she began to talk manically. Her mind was clouded with hate towards Ashley that she couldn’t think of anything but to harm her.

Tristan ran onto the stage as his heart stopped watching Ashley bleed. He fell onto his knees as soon as he reached for her and took her in his arm.

"Ash... Look, it’s me," he said and saw her lift her head, and her teary eyes met his worried ones.

"Tristan..." she slowly called his name when suddenly everything around her turned blank, and she passed out into his arm.

"Ash... wake up" Tristan patted her cheeks, but she didn’t respond when his eyes fell onto her arm, that didn’t stop bleeding.

Ignoring every gossiping voice, Tristan carried Ashley in his arm and dashed out from there. He didn’t care about anything but his wife to be safe.

Greg, who witnessed everything, was shocked beyond expectation. Jane being here and her shooting Ashley, everything happened so fast that he remained rooted and watched Jane getting dragged by the huge bulky men.

"You made a big mistake Jane. It would help if you hadn’t done it," he muttered under his nose and only hoped her life would be spared this time.

****

Outside

Tristan dashed in a hurry and asked the driver to take them to the hospital. He was restless the moment Ashley passed out into his arm.

"Ash.... open your eyes" he kept calling her name, hoping she would listen and show some moment, but she didn’t, and he panicked.

"Drive fast...." he yelled at the driver scaring the shit out of him, and he increased the speed and soon reached the hospital.

Tristan’s suit was covered with blood as he sprinted inside, carrying Ashley in his arm.

Karl, too followed his boss after instructing the guards to take Jane to the base. On his way to the hospital, he informed the doctor about the emergency, and as soon Tristan rushed in, the staff recognised him and acted quickly.

Ashley was quickly taken to the emergency department, and the doctors soon began treating her injury.

Chapter 119: My wife

Outside the emergency ward, Tristan stood leaning against the wall next to the door. His mind could erase the scene in front of his eyes, and his face turned cold.

"I want that man before I reach the base" his words had no warmth, and his eyes had turned darker than night as he walked out of the hospital and stepped into the car.

Karl didn’t say a word and followed his boss, who drove the car recklessly and soon reached the base.

****

Torture cell

"I didn’t do anything. Please... Please let me go" Gorge, who was dragged from his house by Tristan’s men, had no clue why he was brought here.

He was so busy having fun with the blonde woman that he skipped the show and went on enjoying his night with her. Not long before, these bulky men barged inside his suite and dragged him out of his compromising situation.

"Please let me go. Who are you all, and why did you bring me here" Gorge yelled when the door of the cell room opened with a loud bang, and Gorge cringed in fear.

"Boss", the two men inside bowed down and saw Tristan wave his hand, motioning them to leave.

Without turning back, the two men stepped out and closed the door from outside.

Gorge cringed in fear as he watched the man’s authoritative aura, and he looked more clearly in the next second; his eyes widened in shock.

"Tristan Knight", he mumbled in disbelief.

Gorge clearly remembers the man whom he once met in an event. Though he couldn’t introduce himself because of the heavy protection around Tristan, he noticed the man, and it was enough for him to fix his image in his mind.

Gorge gulped at the sight of his deadpan face, and his eyes fell on his blood-stained shirt.

Folding up his sleeves, Tristan approached the man and asked," Do you know whose blood this is?" his words confused the man, and he shook his head hesitatingly.

Tristan’s eyes turned even darker than before, and he kicked the middle age man and heard him hiss in pain.

"Ahh..." Gorge fell to the ground holding his stomach.

Gorge was terrified by the way Tristan recklessly beat him without even letting him know the reason for his anger towards him, and he coughed, throwing out blood.

"W-why are you doing this to me?" Gorge breathed heavily and raised his head, meeting his bloodshot eyes that looked like a predator who was ready to slaughter him any second.

"First, answer my question. Do you know whose blood this belongs to?" Tristan clenched his jaw and squatted down facing the man, and asked.

"I-I don’t know. Please let me go," stuttering at his words, Gorge begged Tristan.

Tristan smirked and stood back again," I will only if you let this girl shoot you" his words made Gorge frown, and the cell door opened, and Jane was pushed inside recklessly.

Gorge’s eyes widen in shock, watching Jane fall next to him. "Jane..." he mumbled.

Jane was shocked to see Gorge, but before she could say a word, they heard Tristan’s voice," She will shoot you the same way she shot Ashley."

They looked at him in horror when he mentioned Ashley’s name.

"Surprised"

Gorge and Jane both shiver at his chilling voice." How did you-" Gorge asked.

"Did you think after whatever you did with my wife, I will let you both off so easily" Tristan’s words shocked the shit out of them, and they gasped in shock?

"W-wife", Jane couldn’t believe her ear, and so did Gorge.

They knew she had someone in her life, but they didn’t think it was Tristan Knight... The Tristan Knight.

Pulling a chair for himself, Tristan sat in front of them and pulled out the same gun Jane used to shoot Ashley.

"Okay, now enough of talk, and let’s get back to work" Gorge’s eyes were wide in shock, and he recalled the words Tristan said a while back.

"Jane.... aren’t you too eager to take revenge. Now I want you to shoot him because he wanted my wife dead" Jane felt fear creep her body and shivered at his deadpan eyes.

They were so lifeless now that she felt like she was facing a grim rapper.

Gorge got alarmed by his words and crawled, holding his leg," Mr Knight, I am sorry... I didn’t know Ashley was your woman. I made a mistake. Please, I don’t want to die."

Gorge couldn’t think anything as he didn’t want his life to end this way. He had already provoked the most powerful man by hurting his lady. If he had the slightest clue that Ashley was involved with The Tristan Knight, he would have stepped back and dared not think so far.

Tristan’s face turned cold and jerked him away," Did you think about it before you asked her to shoot my wife? No, right. Then how can you expect me to let you go."

Jane, next to Gorge, was still trying to grasp the entire thing. Her whole life was devastated. She made a huge mistake by listening to Gorge and staking her real life. Why did she get so blinded by his manipulative words?

Now all she wanted was to escape this place as soon as possible, and she would do anything to get out from here.

She raised her eyes and watched Gorge before she turned her head and looked at Tristan and asked," Will you let me go if I shoot him" her words made Gorge look at her in horror.

"Jane... how can you think about this" Gorge wasn’t expecting Jane to give in that easily, but now he doubted if she would listen to him anymore.

Jane ignored his words and looked at Tristan.

"It depends on how fast you kill him" as soon as his words left, Jane snatched the gun from Tristan’s hand and shot Gorge in his head, and his body landed on the ground with a thud.

Jane shivered, watching Gorge’s limp body. She couldn’t believe that she had shot him.

"Now let me go," she said, throwing the gun away and watching Tristan motion her to the door.

Without wasting any time, Jane stood up and dashed towards the door and sprung open it, only to find cops standing in front of her.

"You are under arrest Miss Jane Willow," the cop said, and she panicked.

"I didn’t do anything", she yelled as she watched the cops come and handcuff her.

She looked at Tristan, who had the same blank expression," Mr Knight, you said you would let me go," Jane said anxiously, hoping he would come and stop the cops.

Tristan did spare a glance and walked past her leaving her in shock."You kniw what you have to do with her", saying he departed from there without turning back and letting the cops handle the girl.

"No... you can’t do this to me," Jane screamed, but the cops didn’t listen to her and dragged her away.

*****

After handling Gorge and Jane, Tristan reached the hospital along with Karl. It was hard to see Tristan going out of his way to punish someone alone. Since his wife was targeted, how was he supposed to stay still without doing anything?

The door of the emergency ward opened, and the doctor stepped out.

"How is she?" he asked, ignoring the man completely.

Taylor was their family doctor and Trevor’s best friend. He had just returned after a long vacation when he received a call from Karl and rushed as soon as possible.

He sighed, saying," She is out of danger, and we have stopped her blood flow. Luckily the bullet didn’t hit the bone and just passed through her skin. Make sure she doesn’t move her hand and rest until healed, " Taylor said calmly, knowing the woman inside wasn’t someone he could ignore. She was Tristan’s wife.

Tristan breathed a sigh of relief. Ashley was safe, or else he didn’t know what would happen to him.

"We will shift her to another room. She is still unconscious and will wake up soon after the effect of the medicine wears out," he said and walked away from there.

Soon Ashley was transferred into the VIP room. Tristan didn’t leave her side when she was taken out of the emergency ward and stayed closer to her just in case she would wake up anytime.

As soon as the news about Ashley being shot reached Richards’s ear, he rushed to meet his daughter. He was grateful that nothing significant had happened and that she was out of danger.

"You should leave, dad. It’s not good for you to ignore your health," Tristan asked the old man who waited inside the room, hoping to see his daughter wake up. Richard was a diabetic patient, and ignoring his health wasn’t a good option.

Listening to Tristan’s concerned words, he agreed and left from there.

After Richard left, he walked back, sat on the chair next to Ashley’s bed and carefully held her hand.

"Wake up, wifey", he whispered, resting his head on her palm and slowly closing his eyes.

Chapter 120: Taken care of.

In the middle of the night, Ashley finally regained consciousness back. She tried to move but felt restricted because of the numbness in her right arm. Turning her head to the other side, she opened her eyes and saw Tristan sleeping while holding her hand firmly.

The evening memories rushed into her mind, and she shut her eyes. Ashley remembered Tristan calling her through the crowd, and when she turned to see him, she felt her body jerk with immense force, and before she could grasp her thoughts, she fell to the floor as her eyes fell on Jane, who tried to run away after shooting her.

Her mind was so chaotic that she couldn’t think of anything. Tristan’s worried voice made her break free from that numbness, and she raised her head only to blank out the next second.

Snap opening her eyes, Ashley looked at the ceiling blankly. Just like her body, her heart had turned numb, and her emotions had turned cold. She couldn’t comprehend her thoughts, thinking Jane would come to hate her so much that she even thought about killing her.

All this while, Ashley thought Jane would come to learn from her mistakes, and when she was released, she would be a better person. But she was wrong even to think that Jane would become a good person.

While Ashley’s kept staring at the ceiling above, the man next to her sensed her minute movement, and he woke up.

His eyes looked at the woman, who didn’t even blink as she stared above until he called her name and her eyelashes fluttered," Ash."

Tristan’s horse voice broke her gaze, and she turned her head, and that was when she noticed how distraught Tristan looked. His shirt was soaked with blood, and his eyes looked restless. His lips moved to say something, but he couldn’t speak as if he was trying to hold himself together and not break down in front of her.

By the look, Ashley could tell that he was scared to death and also realized that she had to be more careful because if anything happened to her, Tristan would lose his life inside him.

Pulling her hand from his hold, she reached up and cupped his cheeks. Her fingers trembled as she carefully brushed his skin and saw a lone tear roll down his eyes.

Before she could say a word, he cut in.

"I-I thought I lost you" he tried his best not to be vulnerable but slowly lost it.

The image of her limp body in his arms scared him, and he couldn’t hold on to himself anymore.

Ashley was shot in front of his eyes, yet he couldn’t stop it. He failed to protect his wife, and that guilt crept deep into his heart. He was only one step away from losing his sanity. If the doctors didn’t assure him, he would have gone insane.

Ashley saw his emotion overflow through his eyes. He was scared, happy, and grateful, but what caught more of his emotion was the guilt that flashed across his ocean blue eyes and broke her heart.

"You will never lose me, Tristan, ever," just her assuring words, and he lost it. He held her hand that cupped his cheeks and brought it close to his lips, kissing it continuously.

She was his sanity, and anything happening to her would bring him close to his end.

Tristan never thought he would come to love someone so much that he would lose himself if something happened to them.

Ashley let him ponder his emotions until he finally calmed down, and that’s when she asked, "Jane... how did she get to the event"

After Jane was taken into custody, Ashley didn’t pay much attention because she trusted the cops. But then, even after such tight security, how did she escape?

She looked at Tristan, whose expression had already been dark. Holding her breath, she saw him open his mouth to tell her the entire incident.

Ashley was shocked to learn that Gorge helped Jane escape cops and even brainwashed her, filling her mind with hate against her. She suddenly fell silent as she tried to absorb everything.

Tristan looked at her, and he understood what was going on inside her mind and said," You don’t have to worry about them lurking around you again. They have been taken care of."

His words made her look at him, and she saw him pursing his lips.

Ashley needed some time to pull back her thoughts together, and Tristan understood it, so he changed the topic." You need to rest. The doctor said you can’t stress, nor can you use your right hand until it’s completely healed."

Tristan stood up from the chair, took her hand before tucking it under the duvet, and sat next to her.

Ashley watched his gentle action, and she forgot everything. Her heart filled with warmth, and she nodded her head. Moving a little, she made some space next to her and patted her hand," Not until you join me" her words surprised Tristan, and he shook his head vigorously.

"No, I can’t sleep with you. What if I hurt you" he was worried, thinking he would touch her wound in his sleep.

Ashley smiled at his worried expression and shook her head, saying," You won’t hurt me, Tristan, I know. And now if you don’t sleep with me, then I won’t sleep either" the last words she said were a warning.

Tristan looked at Ashley helplessly and saw her pat the space next to her.

"Fine, I will sleep but not before I change my clothes," he said, pointing at the blood-stained clothes he wore till now, even when Karl had sent him some spare clothes.

He asked him to change himself, but this stubborn man was not ready to leave Ashley’s side, and just like a defeated person, he had to drop the idea of changing his mind.

Ashley nodded and saw him walk away, picking up the bag on the couch and entering the changing room. Ten minutes later, Tristan had changed into a new pair of clothes, and he walked back to her bed.

Lifting the duvet, he hopped in and joined his wife to sleep. Like her, he couldn’t fall asleep without holding her in his arm.

Tristan wrapped his arm around her waist and buried his face in the crook of her neck before he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Ashley heaved a sigh, listening to his steady breath, and with a smile lingering on her lips, she too dozed back to sleep.

*****

The next day, the entire Knight family came to meet Ashley. Grace and Trevor traveled back along with Dante when they learned about Ashley’s condition. They were the first ones to reach, while Herd and Snow soon came along with Gwen and Gavin.

They took their private jet and returned. Grace couldn’t keep still until she saw Ashley safe, which happened when they landed.

She rushed to the hospital to see Ashley, and the moment they stepped inside her room, they saw the couple deep asleep.

"I told you they won’t be up yet" Trevor poked her hand, looking at their son and daughter-in-law sleeping peacefully.

"Yes, we should’ve waited until they woke up," Dante agreed.

Ignoring their words, Grace dashed towards the bed and pulled Tristan’s ear taking him by surprise, and he yelled, breaking out from his beauty sleep.

Tristan climbed down from the bed and saw his father giving him a pitying look, and next to him stood Dante, who also had the same expression.

As soon as Tristan was down on the floor, Grace let go of his ear after badly assaulting it until he turned dark red and said," Do you want to squeeze her."

Tristan, who wasn’t expecting them, was taken back when he found them in the hospital early morning.

Before opening his mouth to say something, Grace again pulled his ear harder than before," You dare to keep it away from me, Tristan. If I had not pestered Gwen to let me talk to you, I wouldn’t have found out about it."

Tristan whined in pain and let his mother punish him. Grace had always treated Tristan with love, but when he would make any mistake, he wasn’t treated any different from her other two kids.

He had asked Karl to keep this news away from his mother because he didn’t want them to panic. Dante was already weak and knew that when Grace found out about this incident, he would tag along without listening to anyone.

Grace was about to scold Tristan when she heard Ashley’s weak voice and turned to see her. Her hand instantly let go of his ear, and she rushed towards Ashley, who woke when Tristan was dragged down from the bed.

"Oh dear, how are you now" Grace sat on the chair next to her bed and caressed her face before she kissed her forehead.