'What's that supposed to mean?' Ashley murmured internally while gulping in nervousness. Her husband stood up, went to the door and locked it. Then he approached her again with his domineering steps and suddenly picked her up from the chair and made her sit at the meeting table. Her legs were spread open and he went to stand in between them, intentionally making his crotch come in contact with her private part.His hands slowly lurked around her neck and holding the back of it firmly and then ran up to stroke the back of her head. He tilted his head a bit while slowly going nearer to hers and landed a kiss on her red plumpy lips. It was a long passionate one that Ashley went breathless by it naturally."Ashton..." she gasped with both her hands pressed against his chest as that man suddenly pushed her body down to lie on the meeting table with his body inclined on top of her."I guess this is the perk of getting married. We're allowed to do this whenever we want without anyone judging
"Where's Flora and her team?" Ashton replied with a stern face but with a solemn smile on his face, showing his sense of authority again."They're over there. Checking the measurement of the new female models we received today," Hillman turned his head around and pointed his index finger towards the top right corner of the studio space. There was a small stage there with about ten women on the platform. Each of them stood straight while Flora and her team were checking their body measurements.Ashley fixed her eyes on Flora's team and the models. She could see Flora shaking her head a bit and frowning before she split the models into two groups. Ashton went there and Ashley naturally followed him. She had a thought that he might pass her over to Flora before he leaves for his meeting."How many?" Ashton suddenly asked out of the blue and all the models standing on the platform turned their gazes on him directly."Hmm... just three for today, sir. But we had two who reached over sixty
Ashley thought that the Rose Academy was only on that level. Turned out the academy was actually the biggest department inside the company because they also took space down until Level 40, making it eleven levels in total for all the designers and models to work together. Level 50 was actually the main part where the products from designers were brought to be photoshoot and then put inside the AG Atelier fashion magazine called Fashion Atelier, similar to the name of the online shopping app that was owned by the company. After going around the studio for almost twenty minutes, Romano interrupted the couple. He bravely tapped on Ashton's shoulder to remind that man about the shareholders' meeting. "Right..." Ashton seemed like he had just remembered that thing again. Truthfully, it really did slip his mind. Romano had a worried expression on his face because his boss had postponed that meeting earlier and looked like now he was going to be late as well to attend it. The shareholders
"It's unfair..." he said slowly."Unfair? About what?" Ashley was confused. Her eyes looked forward again, waiting for him to respond."Hillman sent these to my email," he showed his phone to her and she saw all the pictures taken by the photographers at the Rose Academy while she tried on several clothes there."You were having fun while I'm working hard," he murmured and gently bit her right earlobe. Ashley instantly cringed her body backwards, falling onto his chest with his unexpected bite. He chuckled while releasing the bite then slowly embedded his face on her neck, doing what he would normally do, smelling her delicate fair skin there and kissing it a few times."You'll leave hickeys there if you do that," Ashley budged her neck away from him."Honey... we're inside a fashion company. How long do you think it would take for me to find a scarf to cover your neck later?" He asked her rhetorically. Certainly, he was not interested at all to hear her response and just simply conti
"How could I? You're my wife. I won't have the heart to correct you in front of everyone else. You'll feel embarrassed that way and might probably don't want to come here with me again. I, as a husband, should at least save your face," he said charmingly and that melted her heart to the core."But... it's going to cause your work to become less efficient at Rose Academy. Because you will need more time to rearrange the models there.""No, honey..." he grabbed her chin and made her meet his gaze. She looked dejected as if she was making a grave mistake."You had a point about what you said earlier. About me being unfair. I acknowledged that. I guess it's time for me to change my way anyhow. After all, AG Atelier had stood with a strong foundation now. Everyone that worked here was an expert. I'm sure a little change to the modelling agency wouldn't affect anything. Sure enough, Hillman and Flora would be able to manage those changes. In fact, I think even though I told them to stop usi
"Are you done?" Ashton suddenly came out of the bathroom and approached his wife, casually wrapping his arms around her waist again from behind. He loved embracing Ashley like that.Ashley's mind came back to reality and she immediately gazed up to see her husband's reflection in the vanity mirror in front of them. He wore a white suit this time to match her attire. That was one of the things she loved about him. He was always considerate enough to make sure they looked good together as if they were a match made from heaven. Surely, his sophisticated appearance never failed to become such a debonair in her eyes, probably even in other women's eyes as well."Yeah, I think so..." Ashley replied. The fact that her husband was supporting her to go to her ex's wedding and wanted to help her piss off Karl was truly inconceivable.Normally, this was the part where a husband would feel jealous. But Ashton showed no sign of that at all. In fact, he looked pretty confident and reserved. He coul
Ashton embraced her from behind lovingly. He could sense her pain. Although they were already married, it was not really a surprise to see Ashley having that reaction. After all, she had been together with Karl for five years and they just broke up a few days ago. In fact, Ashton was kind of amazed that she did not break down while watching the wedding being held."Honey, if you want to go home-""No," she cut him off immediately and stared at him. There was a concerned look on his face."I just thought that it would be better if we leave before the others see us. I mean, none of the guests see us come in before. So if you want to go home now, no one would know that we've ever come here," Ashton explained considerately."Why should I leave? He invited us, didn't he? And you had promised me that you would help me. Are you backing out now?""Of course not, honey. I'm just concerned about you.""I'm fine. Let's go and show our faces," she said and dragged him out of the private lounge, g
"What's wrong?" Lucia whispered to her husband. They were now having a photography session with family members and friends before going to the clubhouse hall to have the wedding reception. "What do you mean?" Karl replied while glancing at her before he turned his face forward again for the camera. He faked a smile on his face bitterly. "Your hand is trembling. What's wrong?" She said. They were holding hands at the moment. She was not that clueless to not noticed the sudden changes in his behaviour. All the happiness that was flashed on his face earlier had gone right after Ashley arrived at the wedding. "I was probably just nervous," Karl gave a lame excuse. At that instant, Lucia shot him a quick glare, as if telling him with an invisible voice that she was not going to buy that excuse. She knew him too. She had known him since middle school and she always observed him before. He was not the type of guy that was easily nervous. He was outgoing and always confident regarding wha