Threatening her won't really work but under Anton's willfulness, she has to give in to avoid a lot more complications of their agreement in the next couple of months before it ends. Moreover, he has full control of it in any way so she didn't bother to argue with him about it as long as he didn't demand something harder than those conditions, she was fine by it. As soon as Ashley saw the rays of sunrise from the window, she jumped out of bed and proceeded to the bathroom for her morning routine. However, she recalled that she didn't have any spare clothes to change and toiletries to use thus she went out of the room with her car key in hand. She tiptoed when she passed outside his door towards downstairs, thinking that her boss was still sleeping. However, when her hand reached to twist the knob, a cold voice coming from behind froze her on the spot. "Were you trying to escape?!" Startled, her eyes widened as she swirled around. "G-good morning, Mr. Stanford." She greeted while

Ashley maintained an indifferent look until she returned to her office. Though Clara made an effort to approach her earlier, she didn't take it seriously since that was her first time seeing her. Furthermore, given that she had a terrible past, it was hard for her to trust anyone she just encountered not to mention that her boss stood beside her like they were old friends. She might have sworn to spend a year for her redemption but that doesn't mean that she has to welcome everyone she encounters along the way, especially to people around him. That was too risky! However, the look on Clara's face amused her to the point that she couldn't refrain from smirking as she readied herself to go out as Anton instructed her to socialize with them after office hours. She wasn't likely to come to such gatherings but he left her with no other choice. In short, he pulled the strings of her weakness to make her give in!As she entered the restaurant, she was welcomed by a strong aroma of grilled

Two days later... Ashley stared blankly at the messages she received. [Athena is worried about you!] [Call me when you get back!] "What's that?! He seriously texted you?!" Kyle had been standing behind her for God knows how long yet she failed to notice his presence as her mind went elsewhere. She dropped her phone back on the table and sighed. "I need to get back to work." "Are you worried about him?" He asked her curiously. "I'm feeling better now..." "Were you able to find out everything through the data?" Kyle continued to ask shifting his face into seriousness. She shook her head. "Something doesn't add up. It seemed incomplete." She said, "Are you sure that this is all you got? You didn't hide something from me, right?" Kyle immediately darted his gaze away from her as soon as he sensed her getting suspicious. However, no matter how fast he was, she was way faster than him therefore she noticed him at a glance. "Kyle Ashton!" She yelled at him. "Spill it out befor

"Take a seat!" Amber demanded wilfully as soon as they arrived at their reserved table.Ashley took the space across her, and Anton followed suit, taking the spare one on the side. Never had she thought that he would insist on bringing her to this place after telling her to cancel their appointment with the woman earlier. And since he's her boss, she had no choice but to agree even though she was against of idea of facing a lunatic woman like "That's not the seat you're supposed to sit on," Amber whined shamelessly at him then she glared at Ashley whose eyes were coldly focused on her, demanding. "Changed sits with me!" The latter tilted her head sideways as if searching for something around before standing up from her seat and going to Amber's side. "It would be much better if you just allow me to go instead of having me here as your witness." She grumbled under her breath knowing that this would make the woman satisfied. However, Anton heard the words she said, and for some re

'KATE ASHTON!'Ashley furiously repeated in her mind while maneuvering the steering wheel.The name always drives her mad let alone hearing it from him. She was too startled to even say a word thus she kept her mouth shut until their meal ended and he was definitely wondering why.She had seen it coming but still, she wasn't ready yet! Her darkest secret which she had tried to cover up for seven years was threatening to resurface which made her feel anxious.Thankfully, he wasn't able to ask her again as he received an urgent call from their private residence so he hurried to go home after dropping her off at her place but instead of going in, she drove towards her brother's place.As soon as she entered into his apartment, she roared like a mad tigress."Kyle Ashton!"A couple of minutes passed and the guy hurried out of his room and also shouted."Ashley Mills! What brings you here?!"She stared at him from head to toe, frowning hard."Why do you have to come out like that?" She ask