Matson stared at her with anticipation while waiting for her to stop glaring at him and speak up her mind on his bargain.
His wish finally came through but it wasn't words he found pleasing to his ears at all.
“Mr Brynn, I am willing to pay you millions if you wish, I can give you any amount you want, I'll hustle for it. But this, I cannot give you this. I cannot give myself to your family.
“I will not live as his second wife for the rest of my life, I will not foolishly lay down my own life!” She firmly stated to him.
Her fists were clenched into a ball of rage as she stared at him and she would punch him so hard in the face if only she was a skilled fighter.
Matson still remained calm and kept his cool. “No one is asking
Ashton felt infuriated to the core as he barged out of his room. He was on his way down the stairs when his phone began vibrating in his hold and he growled and almost threw it at the wall.He tried to remain calm as he looked at the screen and he was surprised to see the name ‘Elizabeth’ playing on the screen.He thought about ignoring the call but the woman hung up just then and immediately redialled his number. He slid it to the answer button and hurriedly spoke into the phone as he hurried down the stairs. “Ms. Cooper, I'll have to call you back, I am kind of in the middle of something very important to me.” He tried to sound calm as he spoke but the impatience showed like clear water in his voice. “Mr Pearce, I need you to remain in the hotel until I arrive there.” Elizabeth said in a sort of commanding tone. “What's going on?” Ashton asked, still heading out of the hotel. “I have the ashwagandha plant ready for you and I think you'd like it fresh.” She explained to him.Ash
He snuck into the building and hid himself from the men that crowded the place. He wasn't ready to waste his effort on them since it was only one man he had in his mind. He didn't know where to find them so he might as well ask someone as nicely as he could. He snatched a guard from the others and threatened him to remain quiet or else he would snap his head to the back. “Who are you?” The young boy wearily cried out of fear. “Shush your mouth! Didn't I just tell you not to speak? Would you like your head ro be snapped to the back?” Ashton quietly said in a tone that revealed the threat. The young boy shuddered from fear, “please, I am new, I don't know what they have done to you but I wasn't a part of it, don't kill me.” He pleaded as tears already welled up in his blue eyes. “Be quiet! I won't hurt you if you tell me what exactly it is I want to know.” Ashton said.The young boy nodded his head. “Alright alright, I'll tell you, I'll tell you all I know.” “A girl came in here
Once again, his ability had been underestimated by the useless Brynn men. What did they think? That a few men could stop him from doing what he came to do?Even if there were hundreds of them, he would still prevail and that he knew for a fact. “What are you fools waiting for?! Attack him already!” Matson ordered them in a loud tone.Ashton had studied them and to his utmost surprise, not even one of them came in with a gun. Sure they had knives and batons and other things that could pierce through the skin but a gun could get it done from a distance. A knife came flying at Ashton from a direction he wasn't looking and he didn't notice it until it stabbed into his stomach. Lica had wanted to scream out for him to look out but her mouth was covered by Jason's mouth. Ashton winced from the pain, holding on to the knife. “That's it! Get him now that he's weakened! Attack his weak point!” The men did as they were ordered and started towards Ashton. Ashton, within the blink of an ey
As Ashton left the room with Rebecca in his arms, she took out her phone to update her boss on the situation of things while her men rushed Lica away to get her treated. Elizabeth answered the call before it even rang and the perplexity in her tone was one impossible to hide. “Hello? What's going on over there? Are the Brynn men being stubborn? Just mention my name if they are refusing to listen to you. Once they hear my name, they'll give up–”“Ms. Cooper?” Mai Lee respectfully cut her boss off. “What is it? Is there something wrong with Ashton already?” She worriedly exclaimed. “No but… the Brynn men are dead.” She confessed to her boss. Elizabeth felt dumbstruck at first. Impossible! The number one thug family in the whole of the city was dead? How? “Who– how? How did it happen?” Elizabeth rephrased her question. She felt that asking who was a rather dumb question so instead she would ask how it happened. “Ashton did it. So many are injured too but I can tell from their woun
Ashton almost stumbled to the ground when an arm caught him and his entire weight rested against the body of another's. He looked beside him and saw Mai Lee helping him remain stable on his feet. “Mr Pearce!” She cried out in a worried tone as she grabbed him. “You're hurt! I told you earlier! You're losing too much blood.”“It's not the knife wound, it's another wound that hurts but I'm fine, I'll be fine.” He managed to bring the words out of his mouth. “What other wound? Where does it hurt?” She wearily searched his body with her eyes as she spoke. She was worried as to what kind of wound could be hurting even more than the knife in his stomach but she didn't seem to find blood anywhere else on his body. He took himself from her hands and stood straight on his feet. “Don't worry about me, I will be alright. I'm driving back to sky castle hotel. I promised to return Ms. Cooper's car in good shape.”“But Mr Pearce–”“I'll be fine. I promise you that I won't die before you can le
Her hands subconsciously reached for his body and his sudden grip on it caused her to flinch with an audible gasp.His grip on her hand was gentle yet firm and she didn't understand why a simple touch on the hand was causing all of her nerves to malfunction. “Be gentle,” he said in a cool tone while staring down into her eyes. She felt he must have thought she was reaching for the knife and it made her feel a little less embarrassed. She nodded her head while looking up at him and he released her hand and looked away.There was a glint of anger in his deep blue eyes as he stared at her and she could swear it remained there as he looked away. But she decided to ask no questions and just focus on what she wanted to do. She had a little knowledge on treating wounds, only a little, but she had never gotten a chance to put it to the test. Now that she was granted a chance, she felt nervous to the core because she mustn't fail. But her tension was on a low level because she knew that A
Rebecca got home that night feeling drained. She helped herself to a nice bath and a change of clothes and didn't leave her room for a while. She couldn't get over the things that Ashton had said to her and she couldn't stop herself from wondering what had really happened while she was unconscious. Who did she see before she blacked out? Who was the man that pushed open the door and had a mighty aura circulating around him?She shook her head along with the thoughts that maybe Ashton was the real hero. All she wanted to believe was that maybe he tried to help and ended up getting hurt. The man that broke down the door was probably from the strike team that Mr Jameson had called and he saved the both of them.Did Mr Jameson really call the strike team? “Stop doubting him Rebecca!” She slapped her cheek gently. “Stop doubting your own family! How could you even try to consider the words that Ashton said? Of course he'd say things to his own favor, he would never admit to her that h
The fork in her hand froze as she heard the words that left her mother's tongue. She was already expecting it so why did she feel surprised by it? Theron didn't even seem to look up as his mother talked about marriage. Rebecca gave him a side glance and watched him eat like her mother hadn't just said something absurd. He must not be surprised, Rebecca thought to herself. They must have obviously talked about this behind my back but when? Rebecca carefully dropped her fork into her plates, letting it make only a gentle clatter noise then picked up a napkin to wipe her mouth. She heaved a gentle sigh, almost inaudibly before speaking up in a serene tone. “Mom, I know you mean well but I cannot get married, not now, not after everything that I have just gone through.” Diana's fork and knife clattered loudly against her ceramic plate as she let them fall carelessly into it.Rebecca flinched at the sound of it and she could see Theron from the side of her eyes that he had reacted the