Chapter 8Ashley Gustavo POV'I won't sign the divorce papers' Even after hours, those words were still living rent-free in my head. Ace cheated on me, hurt me so badly, and even went as far as sleeping with my sister, and I was sure he did all that because he never loved me, so why the fuck was he hesitating to sign the divorce papers now. Besides, he was the one who said he was going to divorce me in the first place.Was he saying that to threaten me?"Don't let it bother you," with that on my mind, I left my room after I was ready for work. My heart pounded in my chest as I walked down the walkway, praying silently not to run into Ace because I wasn't confident enough. Glad that he wasn't waiting for me along the walkway, I finally made it out of the house, but I wasn't lucky enough because he was already waiting at the parking lot. He was leaning against his car like he was waiting for someone, and of course, I knew that there was almost a hundred percent chance of him waiting fo
Chapter 9Ashley Gustavo POV"Apologize to her. Now!" Asher demanded."Why should I do..." Her voice trailed off, followed by a yelp as Asher's grip around her hair tightened even more."Aren't you shameless? You slept with your sister's husband and still got the guts to show your face to her? Ugh! You girls of nowadays are unbelievable," Asher clicked his tongue and shook his hair."You know I could sue you for violence, right?" Ann threatened her even though she was in pain, and Asher scoffed. He didn't look like he was freaked about her threat. Not that he had any reason to, anyway. Asher was the last person anyone could ever sue."If you were a fellow man, I would've ripped off your tongue already. Stop being stubborn and apologize before I lose it, bitch!" Asher cursed at her."I'm sorry, Ashley... I'm sorry... I'm really sorry," I guess the pain was being unbearable for Ann because she quickly apologized to me, and Asher finally let go of her.Ann hurried off to her car and zoom
Chapter 10 Asher's lips curved into a smile as he drove down the road. The incident at the hospital replayed in his head, and even though it wasn't something funny, he still found himself laughing about it. He wanted to deny how cute she was earlier, but the fact that was in his head and not something he could just shove away like that.He glanced at the seat beside him, and the broken box was lying there neatly. He sighed briefly and focused on driving.Asher pulled over at the side of the road, then subconsciously took the box and opened it carefully. The blue Jade bangles looked so beautiful and it's sad that bitch broke it."It's pretty," He muttered as he rubbed it gently with his finger. He held the box in his right hand, and with his left hand, reached for his phone and turned on his data connection. Tons of messages popped on the screen of his phone, but he ignored them and went to Google instead.'Place to fix jade bangles near me' He typed on the search engine and clicked
Chapter 11Asher stepped out of his car after he pulled over in front of the cafe shop. With his hands tucked inside his pockets, he strode into the shop and rolled his eyes when he spotted his Dad seated at the far end, sipping from a cup of coffee.Asher strode to his Dad and sat on the chair across from him."You asked me to meet you. I don't have much time. I still got some things to deal with at the office, so I would appreciate it if you make it quick," Asher was as usual not careful with his words. Besides, he didn't want to be there in the first place, so why should he be nice?"We haven't been able to discuss lately, and I've been waiting for you to talk about the company, but it seems that it's never going to happen," Mr. Greg uttered as he placed the coffee cup carefully on the table. Asher scoffed silently and rolled his eyes. A part of him told him earlier before he came here that this might be the reason why the man had asked to see him."I told you that I'm not intereste
Chapter 12Ashley Gustavo POVAnn managed to ruin my day today, but I still tried to smile for the sake of my patients at the hospital. My shift was finally over, and I couldn't be less excited because I really needed to get off work and have some time to think about my life."We are here, ma'am," Came the cab man's voice as he finally pulled over in front of the mansion. I had been wallowing in thoughts ever since the ride started, and I didn't know we were already at home."Thank you," I said to him as I stepped out of the car, and after I paid him, I proceeded inside.'Ace got the car for me two weeks ago on my birthday' Those words were hard to get off my head no matter how hard I tried to. It hurts, no matter how hard I try to get rid of it.Stepping into the house, I paused when I saw Mrs. Greyson seated on the couch in the living room. My heart missed a beat, and for a moment, I regretted not taking the backdoor instead. I wasn't in the mood for anything tonight.Pretending not
Chapter 13After hours of crying her eyes out, she picked herself up tiredly. With the little strength left in Ashley, she dragged herself to sit on her bed, but something caught her attention. It was a beautiful box lying on the nightstand."What's that?" She mumbled then sniffled and wiped her tears away. She hesitantly reached for the small box, but her jaw dropped to the ground when she opened it and saw her two beautiful jade bangles lying inside and shining brightly.A gasp escaped her lips as she quickly picked up the bangles and examined them. They were the ones Asher had taken from her earlier. Did he get it fixed? She still wondered even as it was obvious that he fixed it.Ashley's aching heart suddenly started to dance in joy and a smile formed on her lips. She was mad at Asher for being like that to her earlier, but now, she couldn't be more than grateful to him. She stood from the bed and strode to the door, stepped out of the room, and went to the living room where he wa
Chapter 14Asher pulled over at the hospital's parking lot. He breathed out as he glanced over to the seat beside him, welcomed by the beautiful bouquet of flowers lying carefully and beautifully on the seat. He had gotten that on his way here, but now he didn't know if he still wanted to give her that. To him, she never did anything to deserve the tiniest gift from him, she didn't even deserve the slightest of his care and worry, but still, he couldn't help himself. He always felt the pain each time she was in pain."You are just a nice man, nothing else," With that in mind, he grabbed the flower and stepped out of the car. He walked elegantly toward the entrance of the hospital, and the smell of medicine welcomed him once he stepped inside the lobby. Well, it was a usual thing for a hospital to reek of medicines, so it wasn't something to find strange.He strode to the reception where a young lady was standing behind the counter."Good morning, Sir. How may I be of help, please?" The
Chapter 15Ashley Gustavo POVAfter a very long day at work, attending to over a hundred patients, I finally had the time to get some rest. At times, I do rethink my decision of being a nurse, at some point, I thought of quitting, but seeing the smile on every patient's face whenever they were getting better, was what kept me moving."I'm going to the courtyard to get some rest. Call me if anything happens here," I said to Lisa before I left for the courtyard.I thought coming here would help me feel relieved, however, I was instead struck with the thought of Asher. Why did he react like that yesterday? Where was he? What did he come to the hospital to do? I kept asking myself the questions I was sure I might never get the answers to.The sound of someone whimpering caught my attention, and I looked in the direction of the voice, welcomed by a woman seated under the big tree in the courtyard. She was wearing the usual patient's gown, and she looked pale."Why is she crying there alone