Ch. 351..355: Charmed by the Billionaire CEO Chapter 351-355

Chapter 351: You only look good with me

After Tristan left, Ashley changed her attire for the next scene and stepped out of the room along with Miley.

As they made their way toward the shooting spot, Ashley sensed every person’s eyes on her as she walked passed them. A deep frown marred her forehead as she felt their gaze quite strange but she skillfully ignored it and reached the spot.

Her eyes caught the sight of Tristan who was busy talking with Bernard about something but as if he sensed her presence his attention turned to her.

"Look Ashley is here" Bernard’s voice broke their stare as he motioned Ashley to come toward them.

"I must say we made the right decision of taking Ashley on board. She fits perfectly with Lisa’s character" Bernard mentioned Tristan as soon as Ashley stood by them.

Tristan winked at Ashley playfully before he turned his eyes to the screen in front of them as he watched Bernard play the scene Ashley enacted earlier.

His eyes shined brightly when he saw Ashley’s face but soon a frown marred his forehead when he saw Gabriel.

Ashley who had her eyes on Tristan stilled when she noticed the change in his aura. ’ It wasn’t a good idea to let Tristan see her scenes’ she thought and quickly butted in saying," I think we should get ready for the next scene"

Bernard broke his eyes from the screen and turned to look at Ashley who motioned him with pleading eyes pointing towards Tristan.

At first, Bernard was not able to get her signs but when he turned to watch Tristan, he felt a cold breeze pass through him and he gulped a mouth full of saliva.

Bernard knew Tristan and Ashley were dating and like a dumb, he urge Tristan to watch his girl romancing a man. ’No doubt he looked so deadly’ Bernard thought.

"Okay now... it’s time to shoot our next scene" Turning the screen blank, Bernard gave Tristan a forceful smile. He didn’t want to be the reason behind the couple’s fight especially when he was aware of Tristan’s possessiveness towards Ashley.

’Finn, my dear friend thank you for this pre-information’ Bernard thanked his friend mentally before he turned his attention back to the screen.

Tristan watched Bernard with a suspicious gaze before he turned his eyes to Ashley. Leaving the spot next to the director, he took a step and stood next to Ashley before he leaned closer and whispered into her ear," You did good"

Ashley gaped at Tristan’s remark as she thought he would express his displease watching Gabriel and her together. Just when she was about to grasp his words, Tristan’s upcoming words made her purse her lips into a thin line.

"But that dickhead, he doesn’t suit well as your partner"

Straightening, Tristan eyed Ashley as he mumbled under his breath, "You only look good with me"

Ashley’s lips twitched as she tried to fight her smile back when she watched Tristan’s gloomy face. He was back with his jealous husband trait which made Ashley think about how long he will keep his displeasure by himself.

Tristan stayed on the sets for some more time before he left. It was then after his departure, the next scene got shot, and just like that they continued with the shooting.

*****

Gabriel was sitting inside his room when Max walked in and informed him about Tristan’s departure.

"Why was he here in the first place? With his constant interference it getting hard to approach Ashley" Slamming the script on the table furiously Gabriel expressed his displeasure.

Max noticed the annoyance in Gabriel’s tone and pursed his lips into a thin line. He could tell that his boss was getting too much involved with Ashley and her ignorance was bothering him.

’Should I tell him about what he found’ Max keenly watched Gabriel as he ran his hand over his hair.

That day on Tori’s words, he seized into the hospital’s camera scrolling every footage, and to his shock, whatever Tori mentioned he happened to notice the same thing.

The woman she collided with in the corridor appeared to be like Sandra but unfortunately, he couldn’t see her face as she had worn a scarf that hid her appearance.

Max kept observing Gabriel for a few more seconds and shook his thought away. ’No!... I don’t think it’s the right idea. I can’t disclose anything for now’ with that he stopped himself from mumbling anything to his boss.

The atmosphere inside the room had turned dense. With Gabriel’s disturbed behavior, Max found it hard to comfort him. He wished the time to pass quickly when suddenly they heard a knock on the door.

Max opened the door and found one of the crew members outside. "Okay" answering the man Max then turned to Gabriel.

"Boss we need to go, the shot is ready" Max said and watched Gabriel nod his head.

Adjusting his appearance, Gabriel got up from the couch and walked out of the room followed by Max.

*****

[Skylar Corps]

Gwen was busy doing her work. Now that they were working with the Acme Group, she had to push back her annoyance and watch Linda join them every day.

Charles had personally requested Tristan to guide Linda as it was the first big project but who would’ve thought instead of taking the responsibility by himself he asked her and Karl to guide Linda?

’ Is brother taking some kind of revenge from us’ she muttered to herself eyeing the two people sitting in front of her on the couch while her fingers furiously kept tapping on the keyboard.

Tap. Tap. Tap...

Linda was busy discussing something with Karl regarding the project. Though she seemed quite professional but deep down she was trying to impress him with her determination for work.

She had to get close to Karl so she could take her next step. As she was busy eyeing the man next to her Linda felt a pair of eyes gawking her way.

Her head instantly turned to the side and she noticed Gwen’s furious eyes on them. ’This little brat...’ scoffing at Gwen mentally Linda put on her innocent mask and asked," Gwen, is there anything you want to tell?"

Gwen’s hands stopped tapping and her eyes grew large at Linda’s sudden question. She didn’t realize that she had become so obvious and even failed to notice Linda’s eyes on her.

Blinking her eyes a few times, Gwen tried to come up with a response as she didn’t want to become a laughing stock in front of Linda. She knew Linda had always looked down on her because of her age and if she happens to do something that will land her in favor then it would be a big shame for her.

"I think instead of discussing our points within ourselves why don’t we discuss them with the client? Wouldn’t it be great if we are upfront with them" Gwen stated darting her eyes between Linda and Karl with expectation in her eyes.

"But what if they think we are trying to find reasons to..."

"I think Gwen is right. It is the first rule of business and that is being upfront with your clients" Karl agreed with Gwen leaving Linda’s speechless.

Snapping her head at Karl, Linda watched him admire Gwen. Her eyes instantly turned cold as she balled her fist firmly.

"If we state our queries in front of them it would be easy to negotiate" Gwen further commented as she turned her head at Linda.

Linda quickly dropped her seriousness and force a smile, bobbing her head in agreement.

"I think you are right" she too agreed with Gwen’s point, but deep down she wanted to rip off that smile from Gwen’s face. That proud look on her face was annoying her every second.

This girl had been a hurdle, every time ruining her chance on impressing Karl, but she wouldn’t stop until she make space for herself in Karl’s life.

"I will ask my assistant to set a meeting with them" Linda suggested to which both Karl and Gwen agreed.

Giving Gwen a meaningful glance Karl resumed his work while Linda only watched them as she made a call to her assistant.

*****

[Brown mansion]

Richard had been spending his time inside his room barely stepping out. He knew it was only his room where he wouldn’t be monitored and that will stop him from doing any mistakes.

Sitting on the couch, he kept glancing at the door waiting for Tori but even after so much time passed, he didn’t see her entering once into his room.

Folding the newspaper in his hand, Richard was about to get up when he heard a knock on the door and he stilled.

Thinking it must be her, he quickly opened back the newspaper and yelled," Come in.."

The moment the door opened and the person entered Richard’s stern look softened.

"Stella why are you bringing my breakfast to the room and where is Tori" placing the paper on the table, Richard looked behind her and frown.

"Master, Tori isn’t feeling well, so she asked me to bring a meal for you" The frown on Richard’s forehead deepened on her words as he fell silent for some time.

Giving her a nod, he asked her to keep the breakfast on a small table in front of her and once she did and left the room Richard fell extremely confused.

"Tori isn’t well" he mumbled as he eyed the closed door.

Chapter 352: I think you need help

Standing in front of the maid’s quarter, Richard eyed the closed door. The moment he heard from Stella about Tori’s well-being, he decided to check on her.

Richard might hate the girl for who she was but he wasn’t heartless like her. That humanity in him didn’t let him slip this matter, not when he already knows about it.

Thinking for some time, he finally knocked on the door. At first, he thought, Tori might be acting as if it must be her plan to sneak out of the house, but when the door opened his eyes widen in shock.

A pale weak Tori stood in front of him. She looked so tired that she didn’t even bother to look at who was standing in front of her.

"Do you want me to call the doctor" It was his words that made her raise her eyes and it was a surprised look that he got in return.

Tori didn’t expect Richard to show up in front of her door but now that he was here she couldn’t help but respond," No thanks, I am fine" With that, she was about to close the door when everything started to spin around her eyes and she almost fell on the ground.

"Tori..." Richard quickly grab hold of her hand and stopped her body from colliding with the floor. It was then he realized she was burning with fever.

Taking her back to the bed Richard helps her lie on the bed. He then pulled out his phone and called the doctor.

All this time Tori kept her eyes on the old man. She was too tired to fight him back and let him do everything he wished.

After some time, a doctor came and checked her. She had a high fever and the doctor suggested she take proper rest. Prescribing the medicines, the doctor left. It was only Richard and her in the room.

"I will ask someone to fetch the medicines for you" she heard the old man say as she watched him turn to leave.

"Why are you being so nice to me" Tori’s weak words made Richard stop and he turned to look at her. Though her eyes looked tired he didn’t fail to notice the restlessness in them.

He wondered what made such a young girl turn heartless.

Shoving off his thoughts he answered with a straight face," I am not heartless like you. Even if you are against me, I will still choose humanity over my hate" saying Richard turned and left the room leaving Tori speechless.

His words stab her heart like a knife and she couldn’t stop herself from tearing up. "I gave up the humanity in me when Tristan took everything away from me. Now even if you show some kindness to me, my heart will always make me remind of my sister and mother who died because of his one wrong decision"

Wiping off the tears from the corner of her eyes Tori slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

******

The first day of the shoot went smoothly with Bernard praising all the actors. He was also quite impressed with Riel who did a marvelous job even though he was new in the acting field.

Biding their goodbyes, Ashley and Miley reached the parking area where Jack was already waiting for them.

His eyes sparkled at the sight of Miley who also gave him a smile in return. They thought their sneaky way of interaction went unnoticed but they were wrong Ashley had already seen them signaling each other.

"Ahem.." clearing her throat Ashley let them notice her presence.

"Is there anything you both are trying to speak?" she asked moving her eyes from Jack to Miley simultaneously.

Startled by her question Jack quickly averted his eyes from Miley and cleared his throat," Ahem.."

Miley on the other hand blushed as she tried to hide her face with her palm. It had been a few days since she and Jack had started dating and it wouldn’t be a surprise if her boss come to notice something different with their interaction.

Teasing them, Ashley opened the door of the back seat and entered, while Miley gave Jack a flying kiss before she hopped in.

Smiling like a shy teenager, Jack too entered the driver’s seat and soon they drove away from the shooting spot.

Since the set was located outside the city, they had to drive almost more than an hour to reach the home.

Sitting in the back seat, Ashley texted Tristan about her departure to which he plied with a thumbs-up emoji. Smiling at his cute response, Ashley then decided to take a small nap until they reach home.

She didn’t realize when her eyelids turned heavy and she dozed off to sleep. Her entire body was feeling relaxed when suddenly Jack pulled on the brakes and their car stopped in the middle of the dense road.

Started by the sudden jerk, Ashley snapped out of her slumber only to find them halt on the dark road. "Jack, what’s wrong" Straightening up in her seat she asked her bodyguard.

"I’ll just check" saying Jack then stepped out of the car. While he was busy examining the problem, Ashley and Miley too hopped out of the car.

"Did you find the problem Jack" Ashley once again inquired as she and Miley approached him.

"I think we need a mechanic. We have two punctured tires but no spare one to replace" he answered pointing at the blast tires.

"What should we do now? We are middle of nowhere? How can we get a mechanic here" Miley began to panic as she looked at the empty road.

"I will call someone to fetch us," Jack said and pulled out his phone only to find no signal in it.

"Damn.. we don’t have a signal here" Jack sneered in frustration. He should have checked everything before picking up the car.

Ashley and Miley too checked the phone. Jack was right, it wasn’t only his phone that had no signal but even their cell phone had no range.

"How do we ask for help" Miley mumbled. She was almost on the verge of crying.

"Here come here and stand next to me" Ashley motioned to Miley and pulled her b her side. Just like her, even Ashley was afraid of darkness but she didn’t let it bother her.

’They had to get out of here as soon as possible’ she thought and turned her head to the side from where they came.

She hoped somehow, they would get any help and to her surprise she found a car approaching their way. Before she could signal them to stop the car halted on its own and the man who stepped out from it made her eyes grow wide.

"You!..."

"Yes, it’s me your friend" With his charming smile Riel walked towards them. He then moved his eyes from Ashley and looked at the tires.

"I think you need help," he asked playfully moving his attention back to the girls.

Riel had noticed a car halting in the middle of the road. At first, he thought to drive past them but when Max told him it was Ashley’s car, he immediately asked him to stop.

Ashley cringed at his remark. ’Friend! who said we were friends’ she scoffed mentally as her cold eyes watched him smile. Out of all the people why it had to be Riel who had come to their rescue.

"No we don’t need any help" came her quick reply. She didn’t want to seek any help from a man who was trying to target her family.

Miley shot her head in Ashley’s direction and then looked at Jack who was glaring at Riel.

"Ma’am I think we should take his help. I don’t think we would find any other vehicle here. We can’t even connect our calls" Miley shoved her fears aside and stated practically.

She was aware of their difference but it wasn’t the time to bring your ego in between.

In the time they had been standing here, never once they saw a vehicle appearing on this road. It was better if they kept their rivalry aside and hopped into Riel’s car or else they would end up spending the entire night on this scary road.

Ashley’s face contorted at Miley’s words. She was right, it had been more than thirty minutes but they didn’t see any other vehicle apart from their driving this way.

"I think you should listen to your manager Ashley. It’s only me who can drive you to the city" this time he spoke seriously. He didn’t want her to waste her time waiting for someone else when he was already there to help them.

"Okay fine...I’ll accept your help" after much thought Ashley finally agreed with Riel.

"Thank god" Miley sighed with a satisfied smile and then looked at Jack only to get a glare in return. She knew he wasn’t happy with her suggestion but she didn’t stress much knowing she would coax him later.

Chapter 353: Dating two men

"God... can you just sit properly" Gabriel sneered in annoyance looking at the person next to him.

"It’s you who keeps adjusting yourself for no reason" Jack comments as he settled down comfortably between Ashley and Gabriel like a big partition.

Max and Miley who were sitting on the driver and the passenger seat respectively couldn’t help but sigh in defeat.

After Ashley agreed on accepting Gabriel’s offer, Jack quickly rushed into the car following Gabriel, and sat next to him before Ashley entered. He was just following his boss’s word of keeping his lady boss away from this cunning man.

Ashley eyed the two men who were busy fighting and arguing with each other, couldn’t help but smile.

Looking outside the window, she watched them drive farther until they entered the city and soon their drive came to an end.

Reaching the Knight Mansion, the trio stepped out of the car, and without thanking the man, they entered the gates.

"How ungrateful" Gabriel commented as he looked at the woman entering the house without showing her gratitude couldn’t help but feel amazed.

Ashley wasn’t bothered by him at all and that kind of surprised him. He wondered how long will it take for her to soften her heart for him or if was there any hope.

Once she was out of his sight, he turned his eyes around only to notice Tristan standing on his balcony while his eyes furiously looked his way.

Playfully waving his hand Gabriel slide up the window before they drove away from there.

*****

[Inside the Mansion]

"Jack, I want you to drop Miley home. It’s very late I can’t ask her to go by herself" Ashley instructed and watched the two share a meaningful glance at each other.

’Something is going on between these two’ she thought and shook her head in disbelief.

Biding goodbye to Miley and Jack, Ashley then headed to their bedroom. Entering the room she roamed her eyes around but couldn’t find her husband anywhere.

"He said he would be back early" mumbling to herself Ashley placed her handbag on the table when she heard the splashing sound of water coming from the bathroom.

Tristan stood under the shower and let the cold water flow pass through his body. Keeping his eyes close, he tried to erase the scene he witness a few minutes back.

Ashley coming home with Gabriel was like an unexpecting thing Tristan could imagine and it somehow bothered him.

Resting his palm on the wall, he ran his right hand over his hair trying to soothe his restlessness when a pair of gentle arms slide from behind and hugged him.

"Would you mind if I join?" her sweet yet sensual voice asked as she watched Tristan turned around and face her.

Ashley stood in front of him naked while her eyes observed his face. It wasn’t playful as usual, something was a miss.

Sliding his arm around her waist, he pulled her closer pressing her breast over his chest, and asked," Why was Gabriel here?" there was a gleam of displeasure in his voice. He sounded jealous.

’This man’ she thought and slowly wrapped her arm around his neck pressing their body even more and buried her face into the crook of his neck saying," Our car broke down in the middle of the road and I couldn’t even connect you because of the weak signal.." she sounded like a small girl explaining her parent what she went through before coming home.

Tristan slowly pushed her away and watched her look at him with sincere eyes. "We waited for help but couldn’t find anyone except for Gabriel who happen to drive the same road where we stopped," She told him the truth and watched his anger vanish entirely.

Though he still hated the fact that Ashley had to get help from Gabriel but he was glad she was back home safely.

Dropping his shoulder in defeat, Tristan hugged her burying his face into the crook of her neck as the water kept sliding from their body.

"I was jealous" he mumbled against her skin and heard her chuckle.

"I could guess that" Ashley was not at all surprised by his gloominess. She was kind of used to it.

Hugging each other for some time, Tristan finally pulled back and asked," Can you help me bathe" his eyes shined like a sparking star and Ashley could tell that playful Tristan was back and again trying to act cheeky with her.

Smiling with utter disbelief, she agreed and the couple ended up having a heated bathing session, making love under the shower before they stepped out.

Both have their dinner inside the room and were sitting on the bed with Tristan doing some work while Ashley was busy scrolling something on her mobile phone.

She happened to slide into her social media account which she haven’t used in a while. But the moment she opened it multiple messages flooded out which took her by surprise.

User 1:" Did you check the new picture of Ashley Brown? My god that lady is one of a kind man. Dating two men at a time"

The moment she read the text, a deep frown marred on her face as she couldn’t understand why people were accusing her. Scrolling down a little bit she reach another one

User 2:" Maybe she got bored with her Billionaire boyfriend and found a new boy to play around"

Ashley was surprised by the negative comments that kept bashing her for being a cheater and what was funny was that she didn’t even know what wrong she did to get such an out lash.

Tristan who was busy with his work took a glance at Ashley and saw how deeply she was frowning. "Ash is something wrong?" he asked breaking her eyes from her phone.

Ashley held this confused expression on her face the moment she met Tristan’s concerned eyes. Taking a few seconds to register what she had just seen, Ashley finally opened her mouth to speak," Someone took your pictures while leaving my changing room"

"Huh! Show it to me" taking the phone from her hand he looked at his pictures which were taken while he left Ashley’s changing room.

"I do look handsome in these shots" rubbing his chin Tristan praised himself, unbothered that his photos were all over social media.

Ashley sat there in utter disbelief. She wondered how can he be so normal with he getting exposed when never once he wanted to reveal his identity to anyone.

He was still savoring the moment busy looking at himself when something unexpected happened. Scrolling down a little he found other pictures and it was of Ashley and Gabriel facing and talking with each other.

"What the hell...what is he doing here?" he asked snapping his head in Ashley’s direction.

"Now you understood why I was frowning?" Ashley had been busy watching Tristan praise himself but she also waited for the time when he would realize why wasn’t she so happy looking into her cell phone.

"Ashley Brown dating two men at a time" Tristan mumbled the words written in the article that was posted on Ashley’s fan page with utter disbelief as he turned his head and gave Ashley a worried look only to get a nod of agreement in return.

 

Chapter 354: Accident on set

The entire room was soon engulfed with silence. Tristan was left utterly speechless. The happiness her was felt a minute ago was long gone and now he hated seeing his perfectly captured pictures.

Shaking her head in disbelief, Ashley heaved out a sigh and took her cell phone back from Tristan’s hand. Her eyes looked into the screen carefully when something struck her and she snapped her head in Tristan’s direction.

"What?" Tristan asked in confusion as he watched her look at him like he had grown two horns on his head.

"I am not sure but.." bringing the phone in front of Tristan Ashley pointed to her and Gabriel’s picture.

"Don’t tell me you like this picture" Tristan said with a sullen face and watched her glare at him with her lips pursed tightly.

"Okay fine you don’t like this picture" saying he looked at the screen.

Ashley heaved out a sigh before she started speaking," Do you see this picture, it was taken just a few hours ago before I agreed to Gabriel’s help"

Tristan carefully looked at the picture and it was then realized that the picture posted had a different background as if they were in the middle of the road with almost complete darkness with Ashley’s car standing next to them.

"You are right" Tristan instantly agreed.

"I have a doubt it’s all Gabriel’s doing. He said he is persistent in pursuing me" Ashley said bluntly forgetting the man next to her changed his entire aura emitting coldness like an iceberg.

"Persistent, huh" Tristan mumbled gritting his teeth in annoyance as he eyed Ashley with his deadpan gaze.

It was then she realized what she had muttered. Looking at Tristan she understood how badly she had screwed his mood.

Clearing her throat she straightened up and placed her phone back on the side table before she reached her hand and pulled the duvet over her. "I think we should sleep, just forget what I said"

Carefully lying on the bed, Ashley turned to the side with her back facing Tristan. It was better if she skip confronting Tristan realizing how badly she messed up with his mood.

She was about to turn off the lights when she felt Tristan sliding into the duvet and within a few seconds, his front was pressing against her back.

Ashley still at the sense of his cock rubbing her butt and slowly gulped. "Let me do it" she heard Tristan from behind as he stretched his arm toward the switch button purposely pressing his member into her back.

Turning off the light, Tristan laid back slowly sliding his arm around her waist while he buried his face into her nape. "I know you are purposely avoiding me but let me tell you wifey, even if he tries to pursue you it won’t be of any use because you are my wife and soon you are going to be the mother of my child. That bastard doesn’t even have a chance"

Ashley heard Tristan let out a chuckle and her body instantly relaxed. He didn’t have to tell her that because she already knew her heart belonged to him and no matter what Gabriel would do, it will never stop loving him.

Taking a deep breath, Ashley entirely relaxed in Tristan’s arm and slowly closed her eye. The next day was going to be quite hectic day knowing the mess someone had created on the internet to tarnish her image and it was time to confront that someone.

*****

The next morning Ashley went for the shoot with Jack being extra cautious about the car he picked. He made sure to examine everything with a backup just in case they end up like the other night.

He didn’t want to repeat the same mistake knowing how his boss gave him a heart attack the other night, almost making him jump out of his bed.

Luckily Miley was there to calm him or else he would’ve fainted in the middle of their heated session.

Stopping the car on Half point street, Ashley stepped out of the car and walked towards her vanity van. Since it was an outdoor shoot, the scene only required Ashley and two supporting actors who were going to play Lisa’s parents.

Bernard was busy explaining to them about the scene where the family of three would be driving somewhere and will soon meet with an accident. It is that turning point in Lisa’s life when her path to revenge starts.

Knowing how Bernard preferred everything real, he asked the actor who was playing her father to drive the car for real, just so they would get enough close-up shots to capture their real emotion.

Everything had been taken care of regarding their safety, so Ashley didn’t find any harm to enact. Giving him a nod the trio settled into the car with the male and the lady actor taking the driver and passenger seat respectively, while Ashley sat in the back seat.

Taking the director’s seat, Bernard looked at the screen in front of him and yelled loud on the speaker, " Roll. Camera. and Action!..."

The male actor started the engine and release the brakes slowly before he accelerated the car and it drove to the maximum speed. Keeping his control over the steering wheel they kept performing their act and once they were done the Director yelled cut.

Returning back to their normal self the Male actor tried to put on the brakes but to his shock, the car didn’t stop.

"Fuck! What’s wrong with the brakes" he yelled and he kept pressing the brake but it didn’t seem to work.

The car kept driving ahead confusing everyone around. "Why isn’t he stopping the car?" Bernard muttered as sensed something strange.

Before he could seek help, they heard a loud bang, and the car got hit against a tree leaving everyone horrified by the view in front of them.

*****

Tristan was busy attending the meeting when suddenly Karl received a call from Jack and his words froze his entire being.

"Is Ashley fine" Karl’s loud words caught Tristan’s attention and he immediately stopped speaking.

"What’s wrong," he asked as soon as Karl ended the call. The paleness on Karl’s face was scaring Tristan to death.

"Karl what happened to Ashley.." losing his cool, Tristan yelled taking everyone by surprise.

"B-boss, lady boss met with an accident on the set" Karl broke into a sweat the moment he saw the change in Tristan’s eyes, and before anyone could understand Tristan pushed away his chair aggressively and marched out of the room.

*****

Inside the vanity van, Ashley sat on the couch with a lady doctor examining the cuts she received due to the hit.

"Do you feel any pain in your wrist Miss Brown?" the doctor asked as she carefully moved her wrist just to check its mobility.

"No, everything is fine..."

Thud!!!...

The door of the vanity van opened with a loud bang with Tristan dashing towards Ashley ignoring all the shocked eyes and engulfing her into a tight hug.

Motioning the doctor to leave, Miley then stepped out not before closing the door and giving the couple some private time.

Tristan was literally shivering as he kept hugging her. Ashley could tell he was scared to death or else he wouldn’t have looked so pale.

"Tell me you are fine, nothing happened to you" Tristan spoke after a long silence.

Caressing his back, Ashley tried to calm him as she answered," Nothing happened to us Tristan we both are doing fine... see" pushing him lightly she asked him to examine her by himself.

Chapter 355: Someone is double crossing us

Tristan heaved out a breath of relief when he didn’t find any major injury on Ashley’s body but what pissed him off was the irresponsibility of the crew members.

How can they ignore such a big thing? Because of their negligence, three people would’ve lost their lives.

Pulling away from the hug, Tristan stood up to leave but Ashley stopped him and asked," Where are you going?"

Tristan looked at Ashley and watched her get up. "Are you going to fire the entire safety team?" she asked.

Ashley had already sensed this coming. Tristan was more than upset and she was sure in his rage he would end up suing everyone involved in today’s shooting.

"Don’t go" she quickly butted.

Tristan frowned when she stopped him from taking strict actions against the crew when because of their mistake she would have suffered a major accident.

Looking at his displeased look, Ashley heaved out a sigh and slowly wrapped her arms around his torso.

"Bernard has already taken their class. Everyone is shivering right now. Why do you want them to pass out because of your anger" Ashley was already informed how badly Bernard had scared the entire team by interrogating everyone but what made her wonder was their response.

’We don’t know how the brakes failed, everything was fine when he drove the car on the spot’ is what everyone said from the safety team, but still she felt something was a miss.

Ashley recalled seeing five safety crew members but at the time of interrogation, she only saw four of them. One crew member was missing.

Tristan who noticed the change in her facial expression felt something suspicious going on in her mind.

Without beating around the bush, he immediately asked," What happened? Why aren’t you defending them anymore"

Though Tristan was curious to know what was going on in her mind, still it didn’t stop him from showing his disappointment for the crew member.

Ashley snapped out of her thoughts and watched Tristan staring at her curiously. "I have a feeling that this accident was caused on purpose?" she wasn’t sure entirely but deep down she felt that the brakes were intentionally tampered, so she could suffer the cause.

Tristan’s eyes went cold the next instant and the person that crossed his mind was non-other than Gabriel.

"I am going to kill that bastard" Gritting his teeth in fury Tristan pushed Ashley’s hands from his waist and dashed out of the vanity van furiously.

*****

[ Outside]

"I am sorry sir but you can’t meet madam now" Miley looked at Riel helplessly who rushed to the set when he learned about Ashley’s accident from one of his informants.

"Why can’t I see her? I just need to check if she is alright" Riel wasn’t ready to listen and kept pestering Miley to let him in just for a second.

The two were busy arguing when suddenly the vanity van’s door flung open and Tristan stepped out.

The moment his eyes fell on Gabriel, he lost his mind and without thinking anything, he dashed towards him, pulling him by his collar.

A forceful punch landed over Gabriel’s face and he fell down with Tristan quickly hovering over him followed by multiple punches back to back.

"I will fucking kill you bastard" Tristan kept on throwing punches at Gabriel until he started bleeding.

Jack who just returned with the water bottle witnessed the fight and immediately rushed toward the two.

"Boss... let him go..." Jack tried to stop Tristan but as if his body was possessed by some powerful entity, he found it hard to even pull him back.

Ashley who heard the commotion outside the vanity quickly rushed to find Tristan beating Gabriel endlessly. His hand didn’t seem to stop even after Gabriel was on the verge of losing consciousness.

"Tristan..." calling out his name in worry, Ashely rushed towards them.

"Tristan stop... he is bleeding" As if her words went unnoticed Tristan didn’t stop it anyways, but when Max joined Jack and pulled Tristan forcefully it was then, the man had let off his boss.

Gabriel gasped for air and he coughed out some blood simultaneously. Tristan had almost killed him if Jack and Max hadn’t pulled him.

Pushing his beaten body, Gabriel tried to stand on his feet but stumbled. It took him some time to finally find stability as he wiped off the blood that he coughed.

"Let me go... I am going to end this revenge here and for all" Tristan yelled with his bloodshot eyes throwing daggers at Gabriel.

At first, Gabriel didn’t understand the reason behind Tristan’s madness but when he heard him mention the word revenge, his entire body stilled.

Luckily there were no people around to witness Tristan’s outrage, but that doesn’t mean this commotion wouldn’t gather attention, if not stopped.

******

Sitting in the back seat of his car, Gabriel left the shooting spot along with Max. Tristan’s punches had left him with bruises but he didn’t feel any pain. His mind was busy replaying the words he said in the spite of his anger.

’I know it’s you who caused this accident and let me warn you Gabriel I won’t ever forgive you for this. You have to pay for this’

Gabriel was so busy in his thoughts that he didn’t realize that the car had stopped and he was back at his place.

"Boss.." Max said as he turned back to look at Gabriel who looked deep in thought.

"We need to treat your wounds" it as then Gabriel fluttered his eyelashes snapping out of his thoughts and found them already in front of his house.

Giving him a nod, Gabriel then stepped out of the car and walked ahead while Max silently followed him.

Inside the room, Max was busy applying ointment on the cut Gabriel received on the corner of his lips due to Tristan’s punches, but never once did he watch him hiss.

Max knew Gabriel had long lost the ability to feel pain but this one wasn’t something he should ignore. Tristan had blamed him for something he didn’t do and yet here it was sitting quite enduring all of this.

Once he was done, Max got up to leave when Gabriel stopped him. "I need you to find the person who caused the accident. I am sure someone is trying to double-cross us"

Max eyed Gabriel with a complicated expression as he watched him stand. Turning around Gabriel walked towards the window and looked out in the far distance and continued.

"The person is aware of our disputes with Tristan and he is trying to take advantage of that," he said with his eyes turning cold the more he stared ahead.

Max had the same feeling but he didn’t voice his doubts thinking Gabriel would get upset. But he was thankful that his boss thought the same.

"Right away boss" saying Max then left the room with Gabriel still standing by the window.

Unconsciously his hand touched the cut he received from Tristan and his lips twitched in pain. "Whoever you are, you have surely messed with the wrong person"