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Chapter 5

Ashley Gustavo POV

I paced restlessly in the room, biting my finger. My heart was yet to settle even though it had been hours. I was scared of going out of the room for fear of running into Ace even though the room was stuffy. Did I make a wrong decision? I stopped and asked myself for the umpteenth time, and since I couldn't come up with a befitting answer, I slumped on the bed and sank my fingers into my hair.

My heart skipped a beat when the bathroom door opened, and my jaw dropped when I saw Asher step out, cladded in a white towel just below his waist. He was manly built with those sexy biceps and toned abs that had my breath hitching.

"You look like you are going to devour me with those sexy eyes," His deep voice drew my attention back to reality, and I quickly turned my face away embarrassingly.

"Uhm... I'll be in the living room," I quickly stood up and turned to leave.

"You can't keep avoiding me. I'm going to be your husband soon, and if you keep shying away like this, how are you going to fulfil our deal?" I stopped on my track then clenched my fingers tightly and breathed in and out.

"You can't make it too obvious to everyone that we are not real couples. I'm sure you don't want to mess things up," He spoke again, and I bit into my lip and sighed.

"Hmm," I managed to nod my head.

"I contacted my lawyer. The divorce papers will be ready by the end of the week. While he is working on it, let's go to the registry for our marriage tomorrow," I turned swiftly to face him, but it turned out that he wasn't even looking in my direction.

"Ma...marriage?" I stuttered, and he crooked his neck over his shoulder and looked at me, one of his eyebrows raised.

"Hmm. We agreed we were going to get married. Have you forgotten?" He asked me, and I bit my lip again.

"Uhm... Don't you think that's going to be too fast? I mean, we can still give it some time, and you know..."

"Are you thinking of going back to him?" He scoffed as he turned fully to face me, his eyes laced with fury which left me confused for a moment. I mean, there was no reason to be mad at me, right? I was just making a suggestion.

"No, I'm not... I'm just..."

"Then there is no reason to wait any longer," He cut me off, then walked over to his closet and threw the doors open.

"For how long are we going to be married?" I broke the silence, and he paused with his hand on one of the tons of clothes in his closet.

"I don't know. I've not decided that yet. Well, it depends on you..." He paused, then turned to face me.

"Are you willing to teach him a lifetime lesson or just for a short time and go back to him again, hmm?" He asked as he stared into my eyes, and I swallowed nothing.

"I love him," I whispered as I lowered my gaze, and heard him scoff.

"I wonder what your definition of love is. How can you still love someone who fucked your sister? I bet that wasn't the first time," He picked out some clothes from his closet and threw them on the bed, his gaze not leaving me.

"You don't have to remind me," I mumbled and turned my face away as the horrible memory came lurking around my mind yet again.

'I bet my sister is not as sweet as I am' I huffed and swallowed nothing as my eyes glistened with tears. How could my sister do that to me?

"I'm not reminding you..." He paused, then picked out his white singlet and turned to face me.

"I'm just trying to let you know that he'll do it over and over again. Not that I care if you want to go back to him, anyway," He shrugged, and I sighed.

"Whatever!" I stomped my leg on the ground and turned to leave when he spoke up.

"I'll be away tonight. Call me if anything happens here," I turned to find him wearing his trousers.

"Hu...huh? You can't leave me all alone here and..."

"Are you scared you might end up in bed with him?" He smirked at me, and I scoffed. Truthfully, I was scared of seeing Ace around, but ending up in bed with him? No fucking way!

"Says who?" I huffed.

"Says your face..." He buttoned his shirt, and I scoffed.

"Anyway, I have something to take care of out there and will be back tomorrow morning. As I said, call me if you need anything,"

"Whatever!" I rolled my eyes and strode out of the room, closing the door behind me.

My phone beeped as soon as I stepped inside the living room, and I checked to see that it was a text from Ace.

'We need to talk. Meet me at the rooftop' My heart skipped when I read through the text, and I held my phone firmly like I was protecting it from slipping off my hand. Should I go and see him?

"You are not completely a fool, are you? He has been cheating on you, and now you want to see him?" My subconscious mind reminded me, and I sighed. If there was one thing I could never deny, then it was for a fact that I truly love my husband with my whole entirety.

"Don't just stand there. You look like you are missing him. Why don't you go see him?" My heart missed a few beats when Asher spoke behind me. I turned swiftly to look at him, but collided with his rocky chest which had me staggering back. I thought I was going to fall to the ground, but he caught me mid-air, and my heart fluttered.

For the next few seconds, I stared into his beautiful eyes, my heart clearly thumped hard against my chest, and as my eyes travelled down to his sexy lips, I couldn't help but think to myself what it would feel like to kiss those juicy lips of his.

"You might get me horny if you keep staring at me like that. I'm not a reserved man," His husky and flirtatious voice made me jolt back to reality, and I swallowed nothing. I stepped away from him once he helped me straighten my back.

"Don't do something stupid while I'm away. I'm not a very patient man," And with that, he strode out of the house. I finally released the breath I'd been holding unknowingly.

Barely five minutes after he left, the doorbell rang, and I hesitantly went to open the door, and there was Ace, standing at the doorstep. My heart skipped nervously.

"Ace? What are you doing here?"

What Ace did next made me freeze on the spot. He pushed me against the wall once he pulled me outside, and slammed his lips against mine…