Callie was up all night, like she had been from the day Ashton's parents had announced their wedding date. She drew the curtains aside, letting the sunlight enter into her dull room. She looked out of the window sadly. The morning sky was clear and bright, hinting the end of winter in Manhattan.
She picked up her laptop and shoved it into her bag, before walking out of her room.
"Honey, breakfast is ready." Callie's mom, Maria announced from the dinning hall while arranging the table.
Callie didn't bother answering her mom and instead, walked to where her car was parked.
"Callie, sweety, Callie..." Maria kept calling her, however Callie paid no attention to her and got into her car.
The sudden change in her behaviour bewildered her parents, colleagues and friends. The once energetic, friendly and creative fashion designer in her was gone. She became aggressive towards everyone aroun
Against all odds, Ashton managed to convince his parents that Katherine was innocent and that she had no involvement with that man. He recruited personal investigators to dig into the matter, secretly but later found out that he had absconded that very night.“Mr.Schwimmer, we will keep looking for him. He should definitely come out of his hiding in a month or two.” His PI assured him. Ashton nodded. His mind was pre-occupied with the thoughts of who could probably want to pin Katherine with such a blame.
Chapter 25 “Mrs. Ashton Schwimmer.” Ashton snaked his arms around Katherine, distracting her from the conversation that she was having with her friends. She was already out of her wedding gown and her hair was let down into beautiful waves.“We will be late to our honeymoon if we don’t start now, darling.” He cooed into her ears, sending sparks down her core. “Excuse us ladies.” He said to her friends and pulled her towards the brand new car that he had presented to Katherine as a wedding gift. It was beautifully decorated with colourful flowers and ribbons. Her family and friends were gathered around the couple and wished them good luck to their new beginning.“What about my bags?” She asked Laura
Ashton and Katherine took the first flight back to Manhattan. Ashton was at tenterhooks throughout the journey. He knew that Callie loved her father very much and she would be worried sick for him.Katherine remained by his side, holding his arm and calming him down. He didn't talk much and remained quiet till they reached home. They didn't get to rest since Ashton wanted to go straight to the hospital.They
Chapter 27 “What’s with the long face, honey?” David asked seeing Callie’s sullen face.“Ashton isn’t picking up my calls, dad and he left me here all alone even after I literally begged him to stay with me.” She whined like a small child. Callie was day by day losing her self-control when it came to Ashton. She began to yearn for his constant attention. Sh
‘Jealous wife’ His words kept ringing at her ears, which was beginning to cause her a severe headache. Katherine lay on her couch, staring nothing in particular. Her phone was loosely held in her hand. She was expecting Ashton’s calls from the moment she left the hospital. She thought he would come running behind her, hug her, kiss her and apologize to her for whatever stupid things he said about her but, at the end it only broke her already broken heart when he didn’t come home that night and didn’t even think of texting her.
Ashton was back home after staying at the hospital for three nights. He trod to their bedroom, calling out Katherine’s name softly when he didn’t find her in the living room or the kitchen. He opened the door to their bedroom and saw she was sleeping with the lights on.Her face was marred with tear strains.The tip of her nose were pink.Her eyes were puffy even while they were closed.
Katherine was sitting on the balcony, facing the setting sun that streaked the evening sky with a light shade of pink. She had been trying James’s number the whole week but it remained always switched off.Did something bad happen to him after their meeting? Or did he simply lie to her about it all?She felt l
Ashton and Katherine returned home after spending four nights at the resort. Quite surprising to Katherine, Ashton hadn’t received any calls from Callie after the first one and they stayed there without anyone’s interruption. Ashton even extended their stay for two more nights when he didn’t want their trip to get over.The whole month went in a blur after that with lots of work for Ashton but he still took out some of his time for Katherine. She laughed more often and looked happy again. He started noticing this unusual glow on her face lately. He didn’t know why but she looked much prettier to him than before.