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 …