"Do you remember anything that happened last night?"
Ashlyn heard Vincent question and her expression changed. She looked at him with a mix of confusion and curiosity. She was confused as to why he asked her such a question. She could clearly remember what happened last night but now his question really made her think if that was all that happened.
Just like Brandon had said she was unconscious, now she really was curious if what he said was the truth and if it was then how comes.
"Did something happen last night while I was asleep?" She asked and was expecting an answer but instead she saw him smile.
Vincent smiled viciously when he heard her question. Of course, it was certain she didn't remember anything else after she slept off.
Ashlyn felt something stir within her and she couldn't understand what it was. She was surprised and confused as to why he was smiling, though it was a vicious smile, she just couldn't help but wonder why it made something stir up from within.
"Did I say something funny?" Ashlyn creased her brows but this only made Vincent smile more and it irritated her.
Vincent, on the other hand was smiling because of her answer. He was a monster to be feared but yet this woman at his front made it look like he was an angel. She actually slept off without a care in the world just because he was with her last night. Her whole entire being was in fear when she was in that bush with her attackers but yet when she was alone with him, her fear was no where to be seen.
'Who is she?' Just thinking about it made him curious but yet excited. He never believed to find someone who wasn't scared of him. Even his family was afraid of him but now a human not just any human but a woman.
Vincent smile grew into laugher as he thought about who this woman was. He laughed out loud and Ashlyn who was confused by the whole situation just sat quietly looking at him.
'Is something wrong with him?' She asked in her head but then her stomach grumbled and she cursed inwardly.
Vincent, hearing the sound of her grumbling stomach, he stopped laughing and changed to his serious expression. The expression Ashlyn and most people knew him with.
"Let's eat." He said shortly and opened the covered plate at his front. It was a Spanish dish made with omelette and butter and he began eating. Ashlyn who felt very hungry too, without wasting time, she opened the plate at her front and started eating too. The atmosphere in the dining room remained a comfortable silence as both of them focused on their food.
Though, Vincent focus was divided between his food and the woman at his front as he glanced at her once in a while. Seeing Ashlyn so concentrated on her food, Vincent smiled unconsciously.
"She's interesting." He muttered in his head before putting another spoon in his mouth.
Meanwhile inside Ashlyn's house, Kait was laying down on the couch while using her phone and on another couch, a man with brown hair, black eyes was seating down while feeling unsettled. This man was no other person than Owen Verdan, Ashlyn only male friend since childhood. Just like Ashlyn, he was a CEO but unlike Ashlyn that's working under her mother's company, he owned his company to his name.
"Should we report it to the police? They can help in searching for her." Owen said, as he kept on tapping his feet on the ground.
"No one's reporting anything to the police. Ashlyn isn't missing so stop getting yourself worried." Kait said relaxed. Though Ashlyn wasn't back home last night and she tried calling her phone but it wasn't going through, Kait still felt that Ashlyn was safe.
When Kait came last night to sleepover, she didn't see Ashlyn so she called her and when it wasn't connecting, she called Clara and Clara told her Ashlyn was working late in the night so she didn't bother till it was almost midnight. She had thought maybe Ashlyn would be with Owen so she called him and yet she wasn't with him. The only last person she could think of was Mrs Pedro but Kait was very well aware of how Mrs Pedro react if she found out Ashlyn was missing so instead of calling her to ask, she called Mrs Pedro butler.
Now they were out of clues as to where Ashlyn was but yet Kait still didn't feel bothered and that only made Owen more worried. When Kait called him last night, he was a little bit worried knowing that Ashlyn was used to working during late hours so he thought she might have fallen asleep in her office but this morning after calling Clara again and finding out from the security guards that were on duty last night that Ashlyn left, he just couldn't contain himself.
"Fuck!" Owen cursed out loud as he hit his clenched fist on the arm of the couch he was seating down. He was frustrated right now that he couldn't do anything about the situation and he hated it.
Seeing what he did, Kait couldn't help but sigh. She could understand how he was feeling cause she knew about his feelings for her best friend. Though, Owen never told her about it but it was obvious and for someone like her that was good at observing people, she knew he was in love with Ashlyn.
Kait had silently wished for Owen and Ashlyn to be together and even tried merging them secretly but yet, it all came out fruitless. To Ashlyn, she was unable to love and Owen was just her childhood friend and someone she trusts and care about but to Owen it was different.
He saw Ashlyn as not just his childhood friend but as someone he wanted beside him always.... Someone he wants to comfort whenever she feels down, someone he wants to hold and never let go, someone he wants to hug and protect the smile on her face, someone he wants to kiss and be with forever but yet he couldn't even confess his feelings for her because he was scared of losing her the moment he says those three letter words.