"It's unfair..." he said slowly."Unfair? About what?" Ashley was confused. Her eyes looked forward again, waiting for him to respond."Hillman sent these to my email," he showed his phone to her and she saw all the pictures taken by the photographers at the Rose Academy while she tried on several clothes there."You were having fun while I'm working hard," he murmured and gently bit her right earlobe. Ashley instantly cringed her body backwards, falling onto his chest with his unexpected bite. He chuckled while releasing the bite then slowly embedded his face on her neck, doing what he would normally do, smelling her delicate fair skin there and kissing it a few times."You'll leave hickeys there if you do that," Ashley budged her neck away from him."Honey... we're inside a fashion company. How long do you think it would take for me to find a scarf to cover your neck later?" He asked her rhetorically. Certainly, he was not interested at all to hear her response and just simply conti
"How could I? You're my wife. I won't have the heart to correct you in front of everyone else. You'll feel embarrassed that way and might probably don't want to come here with me again. I, as a husband, should at least save your face," he said charmingly and that melted her heart to the core."But... it's going to cause your work to become less efficient at Rose Academy. Because you will need more time to rearrange the models there.""No, honey..." he grabbed her chin and made her meet his gaze. She looked dejected as if she was making a grave mistake."You had a point about what you said earlier. About me being unfair. I acknowledged that. I guess it's time for me to change my way anyhow. After all, AG Atelier had stood with a strong foundation now. Everyone that worked here was an expert. I'm sure a little change to the modelling agency wouldn't affect anything. Sure enough, Hillman and Flora would be able to manage those changes. In fact, I think even though I told them to stop usi
"Are you done?" Ashton suddenly came out of the bathroom and approached his wife, casually wrapping his arms around her waist again from behind. He loved embracing Ashley like that.Ashley's mind came back to reality and she immediately gazed up to see her husband's reflection in the vanity mirror in front of them. He wore a white suit this time to match her attire. That was one of the things she loved about him. He was always considerate enough to make sure they looked good together as if they were a match made from heaven. Surely, his sophisticated appearance never failed to become such a debonair in her eyes, probably even in other women's eyes as well."Yeah, I think so..." Ashley replied. The fact that her husband was supporting her to go to her ex's wedding and wanted to help her piss off Karl was truly inconceivable.Normally, this was the part where a husband would feel jealous. But Ashton showed no sign of that at all. In fact, he looked pretty confident and reserved. He coul
Ashton embraced her from behind lovingly. He could sense her pain. Although they were already married, it was not really a surprise to see Ashley having that reaction. After all, she had been together with Karl for five years and they just broke up a few days ago. In fact, Ashton was kind of amazed that she did not break down while watching the wedding being held."Honey, if you want to go home-""No," she cut him off immediately and stared at him. There was a concerned look on his face."I just thought that it would be better if we leave before the others see us. I mean, none of the guests see us come in before. So if you want to go home now, no one would know that we've ever come here," Ashton explained considerately."Why should I leave? He invited us, didn't he? And you had promised me that you would help me. Are you backing out now?""Of course not, honey. I'm just concerned about you.""I'm fine. Let's go and show our faces," she said and dragged him out of the private lounge, g
"What's wrong?" Lucia whispered to her husband. They were now having a photography session with family members and friends before going to the clubhouse hall to have the wedding reception. "What do you mean?" Karl replied while glancing at her before he turned his face forward again for the camera. He faked a smile on his face bitterly. "Your hand is trembling. What's wrong?" She said. They were holding hands at the moment. She was not that clueless to not noticed the sudden changes in his behaviour. All the happiness that was flashed on his face earlier had gone right after Ashley arrived at the wedding. "I was probably just nervous," Karl gave a lame excuse. At that instant, Lucia shot him a quick glare, as if telling him with an invisible voice that she was not going to buy that excuse. She knew him too. She had known him since middle school and she always observed him before. He was not the type of guy that was easily nervous. He was outgoing and always confident regarding wha
"Oh, crap! We better get going now," Hana got fret suddenly. "Why? What happened ?" Ashley was confused and quickly turned around to follow the woman from behind. Then she saw right away what Hana meant. Karl was heading towards Ashton and Lucia was trying to catch up with his steps from behind. "Hi, I saw you came with Ashley before. I have never seen you before though. Would you mind if we have a little introduction?" Karl said to Ashton directly right after he reached half a meter in front of that guy. At the same time, Ashley and Hana also reached the scene and they both quickly stood right beside their respective partners. "You're finally done talking with your bestie?" Instead of responding to Karl, Ashton talked to his wife first, deliberately kissing her temple lovingly in front of them all and even wrapping his hand around her waist to make her stand closer to him. He was making sure the view of her and him looked intimate in front of Karl. "Yeah, sorry it took so long,"
"If five years with me could somehow mean nothing to him now, what makes you think that he would value a five years marriage with you? I really hope you pass the five years of marriage crisis you going to have with him later. And if you did happen to pass it, then I'll congratulate you once again for your marriage," Ashley ended Lucia smoothly."That's it! You need to leave," Lucia was really pissed off by Ashley's words. She did not know how to retort to it, so she took the easiest way to solve it, by trying to get rid of Ashley and her partner from the wedding event."Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you..." Ashton remarked calmly, ignoring the glare Lucia gave him. Instead, he just stroked Ashley's hair lovingly and only had his eyes focused on her."Excuse me? This is my wedding, I rent the whole clubhouse for me to enjoy my big day. I would never compromise your disrespectful behaviour towards me and my husband on our big day. This is unacceptable. How shameful of you to be stubb
Having sensed that Ashton was picking on Lucia, Karl changed his target instantly and pleaded to Ashley instead."Ashley, please save my face. I can't have this important occasion cancel. My family would be embarrassed if that happens," Karl said beggingly. But Ashley looked away from him instantly and refused to get involved. She glanced at her husband and she could feel a domineering aura emerging from him again.Seeing Ashley ignoring him, Karl finally turned his body and looked at his wife with a mad expression. He could not believe that Ashley would give him a cold shoulder considering that they had known each other for so long and even used to have such a special relationship before. But his heart convinced him that it was his fault to begin with and maybe this was how karma worked on him."Apologize to them immediately," he ordered Lucia and that woman seemed reluctant again. But Karl grabbed her arm harshly and pushed her forward to face Ashton and Ashley.Lucia could feel as