Ch. 376..380: Charmed by the Billionaire CEO Chapter 376-380

Chapter 376: Misunderstanding

Time passed by and Gwen didn’t see Karl returning to the cabin. Suddenly she started to regret her actions making her feel guilty about how she behaved with him.

"I shouldn’t have reacted this way. He must be feeling upset" she mumbled stopping her work midway and looked towards the door, hoping Karl may just walk in, but he didn’t.

"I should go and check on him," she thought and got up from her seat before stepping out of the cabin.

Gwen felt bad for overreacting and pouring all her anger on Karl and now she wanted to coax him.

Walking the long corridor, Gwen kept on looking for Karl when suddenly her legs stopped and her eyes squinted watching through the glass wall.

Linda was hugging Karl as she cried in his embrace. The softness in Gwen’s eyes vanished within a second and her face turned cold.

She was getting worried because she hurt Karl by giving him the cold shoulder. She wanted to apologize but what she saw made her withdraw back her thoughts.

’I was getting worried for nothing’ A cold gleam passed through her eyes and she let out a humorless chuckle before turning around and walking back to the cabin.

Meanwhile, inside Linda’s cabin, Karl felt a little uncomfortable when suddenly Linda hugged him out of nowhere.

He had just stepped out of the restroom and was heading back to his cabin but stopped noticing Linda’s cabin on the way.

Karl thought of apologizing to Linda for Gwen’s rude behavior earlier. He knew Gwen would act childish in her jealousy and today she misunderstood the entire situation, so it was his responsibility to make up for his girlfriend’s mistake.

With that, he knocked on her cabin’s door and stepped inside but what he saw the moment he entered his eyes widen in shock.

Linda had been sobbing sitting on her head chair and crying silently. She was so busy with her own dismay that she didn’t even bother to check who have entered the cabin.

"Linda," Karl asked out of concern. He had a feeling that this crying was because of whatever happened inside the cabin between her and Gwen.

Karl had always been respectful toward everyone and even though he didn’t like Linda that much because of the past incident still he couldn’t leave her when he already knew the reason behind her crying.

The moment she heard a familiar voice Linda shot her head up and looked at Karl with a shocked expression. "Karl! sniff!! " Linda wiped off her tears and heaved out a forceful smile.

Her swollen red eyes and the tip of her nose gave him the impression that she had been crying for too long.

Sighing in defeat he approached the girl by standing in front of her desk and apologized. "Linda.. for earlier whatever happened. Gwen didn’t mean to hurt you"

Karl just wanted clear this air. He just wanted to maintain a professional relationship between the two without letting their personal grudge come into their works way.

He knew Gwen was at fault so he decided to take the first step to ask forgiveness from her.

Linda scrunched her nose as she stood up from her seat and approached him with a smile. "You don’t have to apologize Karl. I didn’t take Gwen’s words to my heart" Though she said those words deep down she was smiling evilly.

Linda could see her efforts of gaining Karl’s trust were paying off. She just wanted to push a little to get what she wants.

"I know she loves you a lot and getting insecure watching some other women get closer to her man makes her feel uncomfortable but trust me Karl it wasn’t my intention," she said maintaining the same pitiful face when suddenly she tripped losing her balance.

Karl who noticed it quickly held her stopping her from falling with her face unknowingly resting on his chest making it look like she was hugging him.

Karl didn’t realize what just happened but the moment she rested close to him, he let go of his off her suddenly feeling uncomfortable.

"I am sorry" After almost a minute Linda finally pulled back as she smirked internally with her eyes looking outside from where she watched Gwen storm away in a rage.

’ Well done Linda’ she praised herself mentally quickly swapping her reaction into a bewildering one.

"I am so sorry, I didn’t know how I lost my balance," she said apologetically and quickly took a step back.

Karl watched her flushed face and bobbed his head in awkwardness. "It’s okay" Being touched by her was making him feel uneasy. He just felt like cleaning himself.

"Once again sorry for Gwen’s behavior earlier. I hope this won’t affect our work" he once again apologized and watched her bob her head in understanding.

"It’s okay Karl.." sensing her mood returning to normal Karl then walked out of her cabin, unknown of how her smile dropped and her eyes shined evilly.

*****

Reaching the cabin Karl wanted to coax Gwen hoping her anger must’ve vanished by now but when he stepped in he didn’t find Gwen anywhere.

Her desktop screen was turned off neither her handbag was present on the table and which made him wonder where she had gone.

Pulling out his cell phone he tried to call her but her phone was switched off and that sank his heart.

Gwen had never left anywhere without informing him, and that made him wonder if she was still upset with him and didn’t want to see his face or what if she wasn’t feeling well.

"How should I reach her" Karl brushed his hair in frustration feeling helpless about not finding Gwen.

*****

Gwen hailed a cab and drove back home. She was hurt after what she witnessed. Her heart tried to tell her not to doubt Karl but her mind said otherwise.

All the way back to the Knight’s mansion Gwen didn’t stop crying. She felt like someone stabbed her heart making her feel suffocated with the images that kept playing in her mind.

Stepping inside the house she ran towards her room and slammed the door close before slumping down on the floor.

Clutching her heart, she tried to stop her tears but she couldn’t. Her eyes then fell on her handbag as she remembered calling her brother before taking a leave informing him that she wasn’t feeling well.

Tristan had asked her to come to the Brown Mansion as he was concerned about her but she decline saying she would be fine all by herself.

She knew her puzzled words might have irked questions in Tristan’s mind, but she didn’t care. She just wanted to isolate herself until she felt better.

Sitting like that leaning her back against the door, Gwen kept crying. The way Linda and Karl were hugging made her heart rip apart.

Linda managed to create a rift between the two but she didn’t expect Karl would defend her, even though he knew how she was.

"I won’t talk with him," she said firmly and wiped off her tears before pushing herself to stand up and marched towards the bathroom.

 

Chapter 377: [Bonus Chapter]Worried brother

Tristan had been standing on the balcony since the time he ended up talking with Gwen. In the beginning, he thought she must have called him to discuss the project-related work but to his surprise, she had called him to grant her a leave.

A deep frown marred his face as he tried to analyze what made her take leave as she didn’t inform him of the reason behind it.

But with what he heard and sensed, she sounded a little depressed, her voice weak as she talk with him and not to forget the politeness in her words. It only came when she was upset about something.

"What’s wrong?" Ashley asked as she caressed his back from behind and walked around standing next to him.

"It’s about Gwen. She called me asking for leave but.." he stopped feeling confused about what was wrong with her.

"But?" Ashley asked when she noticed how deeply he had been frowning the entire time and she quickly caressed the lines on his forehead clearing them as she heard him sigh.

"She sounded a little depressed" he spoke before turning around to face her.

Ashley was aware of how much Tristan cared for his sibling. Even with Gavin serving in the military, Tristan never forgets to check on him. He knew life as a military person was tough, but he also knew with Gavin’s determination he would be able to come out strong.

And as for Gwen, he has been much more relaxed as he knew Karl would take care of her. With their relationship going strong, there hasn’t been much complaint about her naughty sister lately.

But today after so long... he found his sister sounding sad and he wasn’t able to fathom the reason.

He thought of calling Karl to ask him what was wrong with Gwen but then he stopped as he found it too strange to question them about their personal lives.

"Huh! Is that so but she sounded fine when I called her this morning. She didn’t mention being bothered about anything" Ashley too likes to check out on Gwen every day talking to her, asking about her day like a living mother.

Last night she wasn’t able to talk with her so she called her the very next morning as soon as she woke up. Everything was fine then why Tristan felt that she was depressed?

"You think I should call Karl?" Tristan once again raised his thoughts but time vocally. Though he decided not to interfere in their personal stuff, still he could stop himself from getting worried for his sister.

"And what would you ask him" Ashley questioned. Her eyes intently watched him as he gasped like a fish trying to find the right words.

"You know it’s like breaching their privacy, then why not wait for Gwen to open up to you about what she is dealing"

Ashley’s words made sense to him. He must wait for Gwen to speak up rather than him going and asking her what was bothering her.

"Now my dear husband if you are done stressing then will you drop me to the set? I still have shooting to finish"

Ashley had been on a two-day break after the accident. Though her injuries weren’t severe with only some scratches still Tristan asked the production team to halt the shoot for two days. He just wanted to make sure his wife was ready to resume her work with the same energy.

Her safety was his biggest priority and he would go to any extent to make sure she and his unborn were safe and sound.

"Are you sure, you still don’t want to extend your leave?" Tristan was still skeptical knowing they weren’t able to find the person who plotted the accident only for the part knowing it was a woman and nobody else.

"No, I have already rested for no reason" She rolled her eyes at him when he again tried to pursue her to extend her leave. She didn’t want Tristan to use his influence to control people around her.

Everyone working on the project had committed their time to it and she didn’t want to prolong it for no reason.

Tristan was trying to see if Ashley would change her mind but when she didn’t, he had no other choice but to agree with her.

Getting changed Tristan drove Ashley to the sets. He decided to be with her for the entire day making sure everything around her was harmless.

Reaching the shooting location, they both made their way toward the changing room when Tristan noticed that Gabriel wasn’t to be seen anywhere.

"Isn’t Gabriel shooting with you today?" Tristan asked as soon as they entered the changing room.

"He will, but not now. Maybe later this afternoon. We have a romantic scene" Ashley spoke casually the man tailing behind her cocked his brow in amusement.

"Romantic scene," he asked repeating her words.

"Yes," Ashley was busy getting changed in front of Tristan. She had asked everyone to step out as she wanted privacy with her husband and would call them only if she needed help.

Busy in her own world, Ashley pulled up her dress above her chest and tried to reach the zip on the back, struggled as she couldn’t catch it.

"Tristan can you help me zip the dress please," Ashley asked with her back facing him. She wasn’t even able to see how he had been gawking at her the entire time.

First, it was because of the romantic scenes she mentioned and how her flawless back was exposed in front of him.

’This woman will be the death of me’ he cursed at his stupid mind that forgot his annoyance the moment his eyes fell on his naked wife who wore only undergarments as she got changed in front of him ignorant about the fact how much it had affected his mind.

Brushing off his pervert thoughts Tristan made his way towards Ashley and grabbed the tip of the zip, but the moment his eyes fell on her white skin, he suddenly felt the urge to touch her.

Urged by his desire to touch his beautiful wife, Tristan let his shamelessness hover over his mind and before pulling the zip upwards, he inserted his hand inside the back of her off-shoulder dress and touched her skin.

Ashley’s entire body froze on her spot when she sensed him trace his hand upwards from her tailbone to her entire spine, letting her feel the goosebumps all over her body.

"Sigh.."

Chapter 378: Hickey

Ashley gasped as she slightly arched her back the moment she felt him trace his finger on her exposed back.

"Tristan... what are you doing?" she asked breathlessly.

Ashley could feel the tension building within her but she also knew it wasn’t the time to indulge in any sexual activity.

Bringing his face closer to her shoulder, Tristan planted a light kiss on it and she shrank into his embrace letting her head fall onto his chest.

"I am just helping you" he whispered bringing his face closer to her ear.

"That’s not what you call helping husband" Ashley closed her eyes as she felt him nibble her earlobe.

Wrapping her arm around the back of his head, Ashley dug her fingers into his silky black hair, slowly losing her mind in his tenderness.

"Then teach me.. how should I help you wifey" Tristan wasn’t going to stop what he had started.

Though he had forgiven Gabriel for his mistakes, still the thought of him romancing his wife irked him. After all, he had sensed something about his feeling toward Ashley that somewhat bothered him.

Tristan’s hand resting on her stomach slowly moved upwards to cup her breast. Squeezing them lightly he heard her gasped.

Ashley bit her lips when he pressed her bosom over her dress. A thousand sensations rushed through her system and she heaved out a moan, igniting more fire to the already-fueled situation.

Ashley had lost all her sense of thinking, all she could think and feel was the way Tristan had been seducing her to the point where she wanted him... thrusting deep into her.

Unable to hold back her eagerness, Ashley swiftly turned around and faced Tristan.

"Let go for a quickie" The second she said those words, a subtle smile appeared on Tristan’s lips and the next second he lifted her with his hands cupped her buttocks making his way towards the vast dressing table.

Jerking everything aside Tristan made Ashley sit on the surface before he unbuckled his pant, letting them slide down up to his knees.

His restless member flung out of his pants pointing straight at Ashley and she gasped in shock but she soon composed herself knowing it keeps on getting bigger every time it’s been provoked.

Pulling her dress up, Tristan then helped her remove her panties before tossing them away and parting her legs a little wider coming to witness her pink petals.

Raising his head, he came in contact with his wife’s lustful gaze, and the next moment he inserted his dick into her clit.

Ashley whined a little and quickly embraced Tristan as he began thrusting her deeply.

The entire table shook at the intensified banging while the two figures kept panting and gasping for air until they both reach their climax.

Tristan rested his forehead on her shoulder before he kissed her neck. "Ouch... Tristan that hurts" It wasn’t just a kiss that he gave her instead he gave her a hickey as a token of warning for the person who was going to romance her in the movie.

"Sorry," he apologized and pulled back.

Ashley frowned when she watched him wink playfully and rolled her eyes. She had no time to question him as she had already delayed too long and now if she doesn’t let her make-up artist get in they will think the exact thing they did just now.

"Now step back and let me get dressed. We have already wasted enough time" Ashley pushed him a little bit before she climb down the dressing table.

Her eyes went wide watching the mess they did and she quickly pulled her dress up and wore her panties before she asked Tristan to zip her dress.

This time Tristan didn’t play naughty tricks and help her get dressed. He also helped her set the things back on the dressing table before she called Miley and soon the team stepped in

Ashley soon got ready and left the room along with Tristan, heading towards the shooting spot.

The moment everyone noticed the couple their eyes popped out in shock. It was rare for them to show any kind of closeness when they were around many people but today, it was different.

They looked so great together just like a power couple, shining and standing out in the crowd.

Bernard was already informed about Tristan’s visit to the set, approached him as soon as he noticed their presence.

Greeting the couple, he inquired about Ashley’s well-being before she excused the two and joined the other members to discuss the scenes.

Once Ashley was far away from them the smile on Tristan’s face vanished and turned to look at the director with his cold and deadpan expression.

Bernard who thought everything was okay till now suddenly felt the air around him turn chilly.

"I want you to eliminate all the romantic scenes between Ashley and Riel" his words dropped like a huge missile leaving Bernard speechless for a moment.

"B-but it’s the requirement of the scene" he tried to explain but his voice died by the end of his statement as Tristan didn’t flinch a single muscle on his face.

"Then remodify them, use camera tricks, do anything but make sure no other man touches my woman inappropriately," he warned boring his cold eyes deep into Bernard’s and he quickly bobbed his head unable to handle those raging glare. In the end, he had to agree with him.

Tristan won’t tolerate any other man getting closer to his wife even if it was his friend.

After getting the nod from Bernard, they finally began the shooting with Tristan highly getting smitten by Ashley’s acting skills. He kept on praising her making everyone around him go speechless.

Tristan Knight was known for his cold and indifferent personality to the people who knew him but today, many of them came to witness his rather soft side and the reason was none other than his lady love Ashley Brown.

Soon the lunch break arrived and everyone headed to their respective ways.

The second Ashley and Tristan stepped inside the changing room, she walked toward her dressing table to remove her accessories when her eyes fell on the red mark on her neck, and the next second she screamed.

"Tristan..."

Chapter 379: Playing dumb

Sprinting out of the dressing room Tristan made his way towards his car and stepped in.

"To the office," he said maintaining his composure but deep inside his heart, he felt like his entire world had shaken up.

After Ashley threw him out of the changing room after witnessing the hickey he gave her, she didn’t find any good in asking him to stay with her for the entire day and asked him to leave before she burst all her anger on him. Left with no other choice he did what she said.

Tristan knew he had irked Ashley to the point that now he had to find ways to get closer to her.

Giving her a mark without her consent was something Ashley never appreciated and it even got worst knowing how many of the people around her must’ve noticed it.

’I am surely in trouble’ he emphasized mentally suddenly feeling hot.

Sliding down the car window Tristan decided to take in the fresh air whilst his eyes watched the views they passed by.

After about forty minutes of driving, they finally reached the Skylar Corps and Tristan stepped out of his car, making his way into the huge building.

Since it was informed that the CEO wasn’t going to come, Tristan’s sudden visit took everyone by surprise especially Karl who had no clue about it.

Sprinting into the CEO’s cabin where he saw Tristan busy working, he sighed. "Boss is there anything I can help you with," he asked quickly standing in front of his desk.

Karl had been too worked up thinking about what was wrong with Gwen and why she suddenly left the office without informing him. If not for one of the employees who asked her where was she going and that too urgently, he wouldn’t have found that she returned home.

Tristan arched his brow as he watched Karl who didn’t look so good, slowly leaned back and examined his appearance properly.

’Should I ask him’ he thought, but quickly brushed off his thoughts recalling what Ashley said to him.

After a minute of scrutinizing, Tristan finally opened his mouth to speak," Yes Karl reschedule all of my afternoon meetings. I would be attending them"

Karl’s mouth parted a little in surprise but he quickly shut it back and bobbed his head in agreement before he turned to leave.

"And also send Gwen. I have to discuss something with her" Tristan spoke very casually but his words instantly halted Karl’s footsteps.

He swiftly turned to look at Tristan with confusion with his brows furrowed a little. ’Doesn’t he knows about it’ he thought and by now he fully turned around, facing him.

Tristan purposely bought this topic even though he knew where Gwen was but since his heart wasn’t ready to let this blunder slip, he decided to act as if he wasn’t aware of anything.

’Sorry Ash, but I couldn’t resist’ he apologize mentally to his wife as he keenly watched Karl who appeared to be a little confused by his words.

"Didn’t she call you before taking a leave?" Karl asked as his eyes carefully scrutinized Tristan.

’Damn...’

Tristan fell like someone splash a bucket full of cold water on him. It was true that his assistant had to seek him to grant them an emergency leave as they were the most important people in the welfare of the CEO’s duties.

Without him permitting anything they couldn’t even take a decision of their own.

"No, she didn’t. Isn’t she in the office?" Tristan played dumb but something about that dumbness didn’t make Karl believe him.

Knowing how Tristan had a weird way of getting out things from anyone’s mouth, Karl had no choice but to brush off his act and play along.

"No, she took a leave" he answered nonchalantly.

"But why?’ came his quick question and that made Karl twitch his lips in annoyance.

’This man... I know he is aware of Gwen’s whereabouts yet he is pestering me. Can’t he realize that I’ve already caught him’ Karl snarled mentally.

"I. don’t. know. boss" This time he made him aware that his lame, playing dumb act was bothering him as he gnashed his teeth in return.

Tristan who noticed the sullenness on Karl’s face mentally facepalmed himself. ’Oho... I think he caught me’

"Okay then get going with the things I ask from you" Tristan forced an awkward smile and watched Karl take his leave not before giving him a murderous glare.

If they weren’t currently inside the office, Karl would’ve switched to his friend mode and have started interrogating him instead.

Once Karl was out of Tristan’s cabin, the scowl on his face dimmed and suddenly he started missing Gwen.

’What if Tristan too didn’t know why Gwen left the office’ he now started to doubt his own confirmation.

Uneasiness began to surge in his heart and he shook his head denying every uncertainty. ’He had to finish off his work and meet Gwen as soon as possible’ With this thought he walked away from there following his boss’s words.

*****

Meanwhile, both Tori and Max had finally reached the hospital. They decided to pick up the man from the parking lot without getting caught in action.

Though the place had security cameras, Max had already hacked the system even without anyone’s knowledge.

"How long will he take to come out" Tori scowled getting impatient sitting inside the car doing nothing.

Max who had his eyes fixed on his laptop screen, shot a glance at her. She had been acting strange since the moment she had come to the base and it made him wonder what was wrong with her.

"It was the only reason why I wanted to do this mission on my own. You are always impatient" Max snarled looking away. He couldn’t let his mind wander back thinking of what was going on with her.

He had to take a break from his feeling for her.

Tori was once again surprised at how rudely Max commented on her words when he could’ve normally said so.

Rolling her eyes she decided to ignore his words. She didn’t want to argue more with him when he had already accepted that he hated her, even though it was indirect but she finally got to answer.

Her eyes wandered around the vast parking lot inside the hospital basement before she looked at the door of one of the exits open and watched Dr. Jaden step out and he headed towards his car.

"He is here" Tori squealed making Max look outside in the direction where he watched the man stand in front of his car.

"Stay here and monitor the surveillance" Max ordered only to get a furrowed look from Tori before she snapped, "And why would I follow your orders? Boss wants me to contribute equally"

Tori was now trying to pick a fight. She was so annoyed by his ignorance and coldness that now she started to irk him, objecting to his every order.

And before Max could speak a word to stop her, Tori flung open the car’s door and dashed out leaving Max in utter shock.

".... What was that?"

Chapter 380: Hurt

Sprinting towards the handsome doctor who was busy unlocking his car, Tori patted his shoulder and watched him turn.

"Excuse me, do I know you? Dr. Jaden asked as soon as he saw a beautiful young lady standing behind him.

Dr. Jaden was in his late thirties and was finding a potential partner for himself. The moment his eyes fell on the girl, his eyes shined with hope. But before he could raise his hopes higher, Tori passed him a forceful smile before she knocked him down, striking his carotid sinus with one swift move.

"Can’t you wait for me" Max who watched the man collapse on the ground after Tori hit him, rushed towards her side and checked the man if he was still breathing.

Though Tori was a well-trained member of their guild, still she would sometime end up making mistakes.

Once he was assured that the man was breathing and had just passed out, Max finally looked up and said," Let’s get him to the car..." his words died in his throat when he watched her ignore his commands and leave letting him deal with the man on the floor.

"He is too heavy for me to carry" she yelped and hopped into the car with her eyes looking ahead.

Max on the other hand could only sigh at her provoking manner. "Argh..." yelling at himself he then kneeled and picked up the man carrying his limp body on his back and rushed towards their car.

Luckily the basement was empty with no people around and they found it quite easy to bring the man along.

Shoving the man into the backseat of the car, Max hopped into the driver’s seat before shooting a glare at the girl sitting next to him.

Tori didn’t spare a glance in his direction for once but the moment she heard him speak, her head eventually turned to her right.

" Stupid girl" he mumbled under his nose as he buckled his seatbelt and turned his head ahead. He was about to start the car when Tori cut in.

"Whom did you call stupid girl?" she asked, now entirely turning towards him. Her brows arched in defense as she watched him snarl.

"Of course you. Is there any other girl with us" Max rolled his eyes once again irking her to the point that she flared her nose in anger.

"You’ve started to annoy me, Max. How can you call me stupid when I am doing my job perfectly" she snapped only to watch him heave out a chuckle at her.

"Then what should I call you smart? Oh.. how can I even call you anything when you no longer need my advice, after you are an independent girl now who wants to finish her job of finding her sister and leave this place once and for all" Max was highly pissed by her arrogant nature, she was getting on his nerves.

Was it only he who had seen how the man looked at her or was it that she was blind not to sense anything strange about his looks?

Tori gaped at his outburst as she opened her mouth to fight him back but words didn’t seem to leave her mouth. It was as if his each and every word stabbed her heart making her feel the pain he held within himself as he spat those harsh words out.

Tears welled her eyes but she blinked them off and looked away. She just couldn’t face him. His words, his behavior were hurting her. Ignoring him was the only option left for her.

Max on the other hand was surprised when he noticed those unshed tears welling in her eyes but she quickly hide them and turned her face away.

It was then he realized how far he had gone with his way of hurting her. His mouth parted a little as he tried to speak but he couldn’t. The way she was now ignoring him only made him withdraw his attention from her.

Taking a few deep breaths he tried to normalize himself. He didn’t want to get affected by her anymore or else he would end up making a fool out of himself.

Once he was back to his regular aloofness, Max started the car and they soon drove out from the basement parking lot.

In no time their car reached the base and a few men carried the unconscious doctor into the cell.

Tori then stepped out of the car and was about to walk away when suddenly Max stopped her. "I’m sorry for... whatever I said earlier"

Throughout the ride, he never saw Tori looking at him. All she did was stare outside the window. He might have convinced himself to not get bothered by her, but his heart... it couldn’t stop feeling bad.

Tori halted her steps and turn to look at the man who slowly tailed her from behind.

"What is it that you are upset about Max? Have I done something wrong to irk your mood?" Tori was purposely trying to push his buttons, wanting him to spill his feeling for her.

Max was flabbergasted by her words and fell rendered speechless. He knew he had been venting all of his anger out on her and why not when she was the reason why ended up botting up this much hatred.

Because of her words, he had been going mad the entire time and only his work was keeping him sane making him forget that she would leave them... him once get finds her sister.

"Tell me.. why are you so cold towards me Max? Is it because I am not following your words or is it that you have come to hate me so much that you can’t even stand the sight of me?" she snapped raising her voice loud enough to shut him down as she walked and stood in front of him.

Her eyes looked straight into his and for a moment he saw the pain cross through them.

The ferocity marred all over her face vanished and she gasped watching him tear up.

Max had never shed a tear in front of anyone, not even when his father died while saving Gabriel’s father. He was trained to be a merciless man who would only obey his boss’s orders following his father’s lineage of being devoted to the Moore.

Unable to handle his vulnerable sight, the next moment Tori instantly pounced on him as she sealed those lips of his only to hear him let out a muffled moan.