Nothing hurts like watching the woman you love cry because she was almost molested and raped!
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Ariana felt like her world was going to end, the man was hell bent in molesting her...she tried to fight back but it was pointless.
"Help! Help me!" She shouted, possibly someone could hear her and come to her rescue.
"You can shout all you want,but no one is coming to save you" he replied trying to put his hands on her and take off her clothes.
"No one is coming to save you" Mr Vibbles just had to rub it in.
She tried to run, but he hit her on her head that she begun bleeding.
"Ashton! Please...." Ariana found herself calling the name of the man she claimed she hated.
The door was kicked open, Ashton had come to her rescue.
"Let go of her!!" His voice gave off the chills. He grabbed the pervert by his collars and thrushed him.
"How dare you touch her!! I'll make you pay!!" Ashton was beyond angry, he wanted to kill the man.
"Ashton, stop it! Please" When he was ever that angry, no one could calm him down, no one but her.
She separated him from the bruised and bleeding man, hugging him to calm him down.
"Its okay, he's down, you got him" she felt his breathing rate grow normal again.
The good thing was, the store was out of bounds to all employees, no one saw this.... except for them and ofcourse Tobe.
"Tobe, take the scumbag to jail! You know what to do!" He ordered him, wrapping his arms around Ariana.
He'd saved her from being raped.
"Are you okay?" Ashton worriedly asked her. What would become of him if anything happened to her, right under his nose.
He traced his fingers on her face and she was bleeding!
"I'm fine, it's nothing" she lied.
"You're not fine, quit lying to yourself" he said before draping his coat over her shoulders and sweeping her off her feet into his strong arms.
She was the one who got hurt but he seemed to be more affected than her.
"Ashton... don't" Ariana tried to free herself from him.
"Its pointless to resist, just hold me tight" he simply said before he carried her back to their office.
He put her down on the sofa and got the first aid box immediately,to treat her wounds.
"I can do it myself"
"Don't move around so much.....how can you be so reckless, going with any man like that!" He complained, while treating her wound.
"It was my mistake, I'm sorry sir" Ariana apologized, tears rolling down her cheeks from her eyes.
She was crying
Ashton took out his black handkerchief and dried her tears. He was so caring towards her.
Ariana was confused. He was at times grumpy, domineering, a pain, overbearing boss and other times he was caring, patient, kind towards her.
How could one person posses all personalities like that.
"Ashton... Why are you doing all this?" She asked, taking into careful consideration of everything.
"Don't ask questions your not ready to hear the answers to" he replied softly.....
What did he mean by that?
"Just rest here, don't worry about work" he finalized with bandaging her wound.
He stood up ready to leave but she caught his hand and stopped him.
"Before you go, let me bandage your injuries too" she had noticed...his hands had also suffered some injuries after hitting Mr Vibbles ruthlessly.
She made him sit down again and put a plaster of her own from her bag on his hand.
Ashton watched her...this woman knew how to get into his defenses, she knew how to make his cold heart warm again without even trying.
Just kiss her already
"Thank you" she said after finalizing with it, and she lay back down on the couch and closed her eyes.
What was he thinking?
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Time went by so quickly, Ashton got back to his work but checked on Ariana every now and then. She hadn't woken up for over some long hours now.
Office hours were coming to an end, most of the employees had started to get off work.
Ashton didn't bother waking Ariana up.... instead, he watches her sleep silently.
Creep
She looked so peaceful in her sleep, he loved this woman even though she hurt him. He'd only be lying to himself if he said he hated her. He wanted to know what really happened four years back, why did she leave him? He wasn't going to rest until he found out what exactly happened.
They could have been happily married, he saw their lives at a much higher prospective. They'd be a complete family with their child..but what happened to her, to their child,all his questions needed answers...only one person could answer them, Ariana.
He extended closer to her, and in her sleep,Ariana wrapped her hands around his neck and brought his lips closer to hers. She didn't even realize.
Her lips tempted him, he found the cold surrounding hot. He loosened his tie, he couldn't breathe properly.
Whenever she was this close, he couldn't think properly. He was a totally different person.
Ariana opened her eyes after the scent she took, Ashton's perfume was just too strong. She saw the awkward position she was in with Ashton and immediately let go of his neck.
"I'm sorry sir" she apologized getting up from the sofa.
"Damn it, I must have done something in my sleep" she thought to herself.
She checked her phone, and it was way past office hours. Lexie must have left, who was she going to go home with?
"Uhm.. sir, I'll take my leave" she was so embarrassed and just wanted to escape from there.
"Where are you going?" He stopped her in her tracks.
"Home! Where else?" She replied, trying to divert her attention to her phone, pretending to call Lexie.
"Come on then,I'll drive you home" Ashton said, dragging her to the elevator.
She had no room to say no! It seemed like he just enjoyed catching her off guard.
Ashton
They reached the underground parking lot where his car was,with Ariana praying for someone to come and save her from this situation.
She just didn't want him to drive her home.
Whenever they walked towards his car, she'd pause for a moment, coming up with a lame excuse every now and then.
But Ashton wasn't buying it.
They were just about to enter his car, then Claris showed up.
Never had Ariana ever been grateful for her arrival than now. Her prayers had been answered.