All Chapters of TWISTED AFFAIR: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

ASHLEY'S POV “I need some fresh air.”That's a lie, and we both know that. As soon as I stepped out to a private area in the building, the tears I'd been holding fell with ease. The image of him standing close to her— with her perfectly styled hair - her flawless smile, her hand on his chest—pierced my skin like a needle.I didn't know who she was, and I didn't have to.I saw the way she looked at him. The way she spoke to him like they had unfinished business. He didn't even pull away. He wasn't smiling like he did with me, but he didn't step back either. And that was enough for my thoughts to spiral. Why did it hurt so much?.I knew Micheal had a past. I wasn't naive. He was a man of status, wealth, and experience. I never once expected to be his first anything. But knowing and seeing are two different things. Seeing it hurts.It made me feel like a girl standing in a world too polished for her. As if standing beside him tonight was not my place. Like I was temporary.“Ash.”I di

ASHLEY'S POV A moan escaped my lips before my head could even wrap around what was happening.My legs clamped shut as I swirled my hips slowly. Pleasure shook through me as I finally opened my eyes.The first thing I notice is Micheal's head between my thighs, his big hands holding my thighs apart like he owned every inch of me. Which, yeah, he did.“M-Michael,” I gasped, slipping my fingers through his hair as I pulled him in for more.He didn't say a word, didn't even glance up. He parted my folds with his skilful tongue and licked me up slowly as if he had the whole time in the world. Every lick, every suck, brought a new moan out of me. I pulled back, moaning and thrashing on the bed while still half-asleep, but completely under his control.“You…you're something else,” I gasped He finally looked up, his lips glistening with my juices with a little drop on his beards. He has that cocky grin sagging at the corner of his mouth. “Good morning to you too, baby.” I was still trying

MICHEAL'S POV I adjusted my cufflinks and glanced at the mirror one last time. Ashley was going to love this suit. It's an all black custom-made tuxedo. Well tailored and sharp looking. I wanted tonight to be perfect. Not just because it's an important dinner that might help me close some deals, but because she'd be by my side. I know we have to keep us a secret for now, but I can't wait to show her off. That's why I made the dinner reservations in a private area that not just anyone can have access to. I checked my phone again, nothing from her yet. When I got to her apartment, she stepped out in that same dress she'd sent a picture of while shopping earlier. My jaw nearly dropped. She looked extraordinarily stunning. But something felt…off.No kisses. No hug. Just a soft “Hey.”“Baby, you look beautiful,” I said, reaching for her hand. She let me, but there was a stiffness to her. The ride was quiet. She barely spoke. I glanced at her several times, trying to figure out what I'd

ASHLEY'S POV After work, I didn't feel like going straight home. I needed to talk. To laugh a little. Maybe to finally explain what the hell was going on in my life. So I drove down to Sophie and Jade's apartment. We haven't had a proper discussion since the whole Clara episode, and they wouldn't stop asking about how the dinner party with Micheal went. I owed them answers, Big ones.I arrived twenty minutes later and knocked on the door. Sophie opened the door dramatically like she had been waiting all day for this.“Finally!” She exclaimed, pulling me in. “The billionaire's girlfriend has arrived.”Jade chucked from the couch. “We've got wine. Or you want something stronger?”“Water, first,” I smiled, dropping my purse beside me. “Then maybe get me liquor when I start talking.” They handed me a glass of water, and we all settled into the living room. Sophie sat cross–legged, her eyes wide with anticipation.“So,” she started, “how was the dinner with your man? Tell us everything,

AUSTIN’S POV Two days.It's been two days since Ashley stood outside Sophie and Jade's place and told me she was in love with Micheal Kingston.Two days since she admitted without hesitation that the man she wanted—the one she'd fallen for—wasn't some faceless stranger or ex-boyfriend. It was him. Her father’s best friend.The man who had everything.And somehow, that broke something in me I didn't even realize was still intact.I thought I'd buried those feelings. I thought the years and the space and the parade of failed relationships would've dulled the edge. But all it did was push it down until it festered.Because it was always her. Always Ashley.From the first time she smart-mouthed a teacher in high school, then turned around and winked at me like we were partners in crime…I knew. She was going to ruin me.And she did. For every other woman.No one ever measured up after her. Every girl I tried to love, I ended up comparing them to her. Their laughs, their stubbornness, t