Chapter 40
“Are all the papers ready?” Ashton queried his secretary while sipping his cup of coffee.
“Yes Mr.Schwimmer.” The young secretary placed the files carefully on the table.
“You may go now..” He dismissed her and glanced through the agreement papers. He ran his eyes carelessly on it until they got stuck on the name, Katherine McKenzie.
The name alone was enough to shake his whole body with an unknown surge of electricity but he knew this Katherine could not be his Katherine.
The sound of a loud slap resonated within the walls of the living room followed by Katherine’s shrieking voice, “How could you do this to me, huh? I trusted you so much..” She spoke between her sobs.Rodrick had detailed everything from the night to Harris, before he even reached Manhattan. He was preparing for this and he embraced it willingly. “I’m not sorry for what I did.” He murmured, escalating Katherine’s fury more than tenfold.“What did you just say?” Katherine pounced forward.
After their last close encounter Ashton and Katherine had been ignoring each other with the misunderstanding of each one of them being married to someone else.Ashton busied himself with work. He tried hard not to think about Katherine, but it seemed like a herculean task for him to not think about his ex-wife whom he was still in love with. The
Chapter 40 Katherine was in the middle of a meeting when her door was thrown open with a loud bang, causing everyone present there to flinch. Ashton stood there with his hair unkempt, his jaw set sharp, his piercing cold eyes staring at Katherine, clearly fuming at her. She betrayed him. She shattered his trust that he had on her. He knew he was partly responsible for all this but she could have told him about their baby girl. She had kept him away from his daughter for so many years. How could she do that to him? Never in a billion years had he thought that she would betray him like this. ‘What is he doing here? And why is he looking at me as if he is going to kill me?’ Her b
“Welcome back home..” Ashton grinned at Katherine as soon as he unlocked the door to his apartment. Katherine rolled her eyes and walked past him into the living room.“Hey, little one..” He lifted Crystal in his arm while he carried her bags in another. “Welcome..” He couldn’t wipe the smile off his face seeing his daughter at his home. Actually, he was still in shock. Until a few days ago, he wouldn’t have the slightest thought that he was a father to a four year old.
Chapter 45Katherine and Ashton’s friends left one by one after dinner. Katherine promised them to visit often like old times. Ashton’s parents didn’t have the heart to go home after seeing Crystal sleep so soundly in Kate’s arms but eventually left after a little while.Ashton carried Crystal to her bed and laid her very gently before pecking her forehead. He stood beside her bed for a whole minute admiring his baby girl’s sleeping form. He couldn’t be any more proud when his parents praised his daughter for being very smart and well-behaved. He had to admit that Katherine had done an amazing job in raising her
Ashton was getting ready to work when he received a call from Harris. “Hey man, what’s up?” He chirped. After a few seconds, Katherine watched his eyes widened as his smile began to be replaced by panic. “Kathy..” He shoved his phone into his pant pocket and walked near her. “I-It’s your dad.. Harry is taking him to the hospital.” Katherine’s pulse began to hammer and she felt a surge of unfamiliar feelings blazing inside her. She had hated her father for leaving her when she needed him the most. All she had for her father was hate and anger.
Chapter 47 “Daddy, when will mommy come?” Crystal asked Ashton. “Soon, honey.. Why don’t you go home with grandma?” Everyone was waiting outside the operation theatre for four hours now and Crystal was beginning to miss her mommy already. “Okay daddy..” She nodded and got down from his lap.“Come on honey..” Ashton’s parents were really happy to take her home and spend some time with their grand-daughter. “Call us if you need anything, son..” Kate said
Katherine had woken up just a few minutes before him. Taking in his sleeping form, she supported her body over her elbow. He looked so peaceful, sleeping with his lips slightly apart and his stubborn bangs were falling over his forehead. She very badly wanted to push back those thick threads of hair but she didn’t want to wake him up and decided to keep still.It had been a month since the operation and life was coming back to normal for Ashton and Katherine.This was becoming regular now. Every morning she woke up next to him and she still couldn’t believe that he was with her. She couldn&rsq