"Hello?" Ashley said to the phone. "Hey, Ashley. How are you doing?" "I am fine, Jonathan. Thank you. What are you up to?" She was trying to be kind to him. Just because his brother wasn't interested in her didn't mean that she had to hate him, right? The poor guy was caught in between their silly issues. "I am cool. How are your studies?" "Good...all good, thanks." Ashley stood up and went to the window. There again she saw the same man. Even though she didn't open the window yet, she could feel him staring right at her from a distance. Her heart raced and her breathing leveled up. "Hey, Ashley. Are you there? Are you listening?" He called her out because he was hearing absolutely nothing. He wanted to tell her that it was her sister who informed Alex to break the bond between them many weeks ago but it seemed she was not listening. "Uhm... yeah, it's just that...I think I have a stalker." She replied. "A what now?" "A random dude has been stari

"Arghhh. My head...It hurts so bad." Ashley groaned as she tried to straighten her neck. Due to the long and bent position of the neck, it started affecting her as well not to talk about the fact that she was almost blinded by the lights pointed towards her direction. She wondered where she was and tried to rack her memories for what could have happened. Her hands were tied backward while sitting on a chair. She remembered taking a cab and was on her way to Josh's house. Then it dawned on her. The cab driver had brought out something like perfume and sprayed it on himself. He sprayed too much that it made her cough and he apologized before he continued talking non-stop again. Slowly, Ashley's eyes started getting drowsy and she fell asleep. What would an old possibly want to do with her? She glanced at the wall clock and saw that it was already 10 pm yet there was no one around. Her parents must be frustrated. They must be looking for her nonstop. This made her fear a lot

"Louis, I don't know what's wrong or what could be happening. I feel like it's because of him again." Jennie said to her boyfriend on the phone inside her bedroom. She was looking pale and lost as well because she was worried. When she heard that Ashley had been kidnapped, the first thing she did was to call Jonathan and inform him at her office. She wasn't sure why she did that but since that night they came to her office and she knew that it was some sort of gang stuff, she wasn't at rest and that was why she wanted her sister to stay away from him. "Calm down, Jennie, please. If you are this anxious and nervous, you might ruin things. Remember that your sister confides in you so please don't ruin this before you wake up. Pretend not to know about it and just be as shocked as they are. Whenever Ashley wakes up, she will attend to them." He advised. Jennie wiped her tears. "Thank you, baby." "It's fine." By the time Jennie turned around, she saw her mother at the

[ VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ] If you are yet to read my other two books, please do so. I promise that if you find this book interesting, you will find the other two interesting as well especially this particular one - MEETING MR ICE VOLUME 1. It's completed already and Volume 2 will be ready. The second one is THE CEOS REJECTED BRIDE. I will be grateful to see your reviews as well. Thank you for reading. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Can you please not shout?" That voice! She recognized it. Her eyes widened and when the stranger realized that she wasn't resisting him anymore, he slowly removed his palm from her mouth and pulled down the mask on his face. Ashley was shocked. "Alex?" He looked into her eyes, short of words to say. He looked away and slowly got off her. He distanced himself and sighed. Ashley rose and sat down. She was surprised to see him but before she could say a word, her phone suddenly rang, scaring her. It was Sammie calling. She answered th

The next morning, Ashley woke up feeling great. It was as if all the pain that she had been feeling ever since she fainted had suddenly disappeared. She needed to wake up early because of the live classes that she had which began at 8. At first, she reached out to her phone after muttering a few words of prayers. Then a message dropped in from Alex and immediately, she felt excited to view it. "Hey, pretty, good morning. How are you feeling? I feel like I haven't apologized enough for causing a lot of traumas in your life and I am sorry. I am really sorry. I hope to be able to show you a new Alex and I will make sure not to disappoint you. I love you." Ashley covered her mouth and hid her face with her blanket. They already kissed yesterday and now things were looking real again between them. She's got herself a new boyfriend. A real and first boyfriend in her life. This was the best news ever. She replied to his message with a few words of encouragement and immediat