Rio wanted to snap to his feet and give the stranger a good beating but he needed no one to tell him that he would only be getting himself killed. So he remained on the floor while thinking of a way to intimate Ashton to the extent that he would have to give up and run away. "Don't you know who Mr Brynn is? Huh?! Why are you acting so stubbornly?! I'm only telling you this so you can have a chance to save your life you useless freak! Stop now and leave!" He growled at his loudest. "You little troublesome troll! Why won't you listen when they are giving you a chance?! Huh?!" Diana growled. "Stop being so foolish! Nobody needs your heroism!" "Really?" Ashton arched his brow at the howling woman. "This jerk right here was about to do terrible things to Rebecca-- your own daughter and yet you side him now just because you hear he is the son of some thug?!""You are wrong! If any one is the jerk here then it's you! Mr Brynn only insisted on grabbing a drink with my daughter, you are the
The road ahead felt dark and lonely even though the sun was still up and shining. Ashton made his way through several people that occupied the road with rage burning inside of him.At first, it was anger, then it soon developed into self hatred. But after a while, it dissolved into emptiness. He felt like an empty vessel as he walked down the road with his hands buried into the depth of his pocket.The sky was a beautiful light blue with white smokish clouds floating about and the way everything came together to make a beautiful picture, including the birds that flew around in the farthest part of the sky making them look like little floating objects, it could make a sad person feel better just by looking at it.But Ashton didn't even see the specialty in it at the moment, what he felt was the sun beating down on him heavily-- even though it wasn't that heavy-- and a bunch of birds flying about aimlessly in the cloud that hurt his eyes a little when he tried to look at it. He had ne
Matson relaxed into his chair while sipping on a cup of herbal green tea. Hot and fresh from the kettle. He leaned forward and dropped his cup down on the small stool-like table that sat in front of him as he heard a knock on his door. "Come in." He responded to the knock.Rio pushed the door open and walked into the room with a few others that were present at the scene of the fight. Some of them had bandages on their head, some their hands, but all of them had a bandage on one part of or the other of their body. Matson arched his brow as he saw them file in and formed a straight horizontal line with their heads bowed down.Rio's was the only one that was up after he gave the man a deep bow in respect. "So…?" Matson's brow twitched as he asked."That man, he goes by the name Ashton Pearce and he happened to be the ex husband of Ms. Knowles. They only got a divorce a few days ago so I am guessing he still has feelings for her and he fought to protect her." Rio explained to the man w
Rebecca's eyes watered as she stared at her mother. When did it ever get to this? Getting hit by her own mother?Theron's jaw dropped and he couldn't close his mouth. He had never witnessed it before. Their mother treated both of them like she did the most expensive jewelry in her jewel room. Never to let anyone touch them and given only a short period of time to admire them from the fear that your gaze alone could wash away the beauty. She would never let anyone lay their hands on them and talk less of her doing it herself. Myles couldn't speak either, he just stood where he was and watched the scene unfold in front of his eyes. Diana knew she had over stepped just now but the deed had already been done and she couldn't take it back nor apologize for it. She let out a soft moan while rubbing her temples. “Oh dear… can you see how stressed I am? You talking about him all the time just keeps getting on my nerves and I couldn't just take it anymore. I–”Rebecca silently turned away
Mai Lee managed to clear her head of every funny thought she was having and they continued their lesson by the water shore. After training for quite some time, she felt drained of her strength and finally sat herself down on the sand to catch her breath. She had brought along plastic bottles of water for them to drink whenever they felt tired or thirty and she picked up one out of the two she had brought and snapped the cover open.“So tell me, what were you able to find out?” Ashton asked while he undid the cap of his own bottle. After drinking to her satisfaction, she put the lid back on the bottle and placed it down into the sand before bringing herself to speak after a soft sigh. “I did a lot of relentless findings on the name Cara Lewis and apparently there aren't so many living in the city for some reason. There are actually seventeen Cara Lewis residing within the boundaries of our city.” She explained to him.Ashton's gaze was on the bottle of water he placed on the sand i
Rebecca felt dumbfounded. If there was a feeling more greater than shock,that was what she was feeling at the moment.“What?” The look on her face was even more confusing than a puzzle of many pieces. She felt that even if Ashton was no more than someone she was sleeping with for fun, she thought that the lady would at least care about him enough to act on what she had just told her. How could Elizabeth just plainly refuse to help him like that? Did he not mean anything to her at all? She couldn't utter another word before Elizabeth hung up the phone. “What did she say? I'm probably sure that she told you not to worry about him. Now can we just worry about ourselves?” Diana asked her daughter without taking any time to read the expression on her face. She turned towards her mother with an expression that resembled that of someone who had just seen a ghost. “Mom?” She said distortedly. “Yes?” Diana finally turned to look at her daughter's face. She didn't quite understand why sh
Rebecca left the hospital and drove herself down to the Brynn villa while her nerves were on edge. She couldn't even think of what she should be expecting once she arrived there. How would they treat her? Would they kill her at once? Would they even care to listen to her plea?All those questions ran through her mind as she tried to stay focused on the road before she let herself get buried even before she died. She shook her head intermittently in an attempt to shake away the thoughts that drowned her senses. Before she even realized it, she was already at the gate of the mighty villa and beads of sweat glistened on her forehead as she gulped down heavily on her saliva. Two men who seemed to have been waiting for her arrival walked towards her car. One of them pulled the door open for her to step down and she immediately did so.He was dressed in a black suit and a white collar shirt on the inside with a black tie hanging tightly around his neck. The manner in which the other ma
Rebecca stood still while trying to remain calm in the presence of both tall standing men.Jason was fine and on his feet. For a second she had been worried that he was dead or probably paralyzed.Seeing that the man was standing fine, she let out a soft sigh.“Mr Brynn, I sincerely apologize for the unfortunate incident that happened to your son earlier today and I've come to beg for your forgiveness in person.”Matson rolled his eyes as he heard the words that left her mouth. He had told her before that it wasn't in the blood of s Brynn to forgive people when they overstepped yet she still confidently repeated the words.She didn't mind the look of disinterest on his face and still continued speaking. “I know it was wrong to beg you on the phone, I knew there was something wrong with that method but I've come to beg for your forgiveness in person.” She explained to him.“What nonsense are you