Asher Rodriguez is a reputed businessman and a billionaire who owns varieties of clubs and casinos in the city and is a cotton textile mogul. He is hot, virile, and manly with a six pack body. Girls swoon on his perfect physique but living a failed marriage and a father of a two year old daughter, Asher had lost interest in life. He had turned cold, unemotional and an insensitive boss who had no human values. But when he enters an unrespected wedlock with an innocent young girl almost half of his age everything changes in his life. ***** Phoenix Beatriz yearns for a dream of a loving and sincere life partner with a good home. As if her life was less troublesome, her drunkard father pawns her in marriage to a wealthy billionaire who is double her age. Chained with duties and commitments that she couldn't necessarily control, Phoenix's life was a tragedy in every respect. She was abused and ill treated by her step-mother and uncaring father accompanied with a lonely childhood. But is that all? There is a ray of light in every dark room. ***** Since Asher saw her, he's been denying his feelings for her, ignoring the void in his heart he knows only she could fill. Everything about them was wrong, the kind of wrong that felt so right. It was supposed to be only a business deal. Yet a deal he did not know that would make his life only more complicated than just twelve months to sort it out until nothing mattered to him in the world than her for whom he could even give away his life.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Phoenix
The blaring of the alarm had caused her beautiful dream to come to a standstill where a handsome prince in a blue coat and on white horse was riding towards her in an enigmatic smile. Phoenix gave out a desperate sigh. After all they were only dreams that kept her alive pulling her away from the actual sinning world.
She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the remaining sleep and removed the torn blanket covering her bruised body. Her hands reached the bed side table and searched for her black rimmed glasses.Phoenix was a natural beauty. She had the most captivating dove eyes, petite alluring physique and red hair which were her unsnatchable assets gifted by God. Milana,her step sister,always felt jealous of Phoenix's beauty. Thus, for her beauty to remain concealed from the universe, Milana gave her big black rimmed glasses instead of contact lenses to cover her pulchritudinous orbs and a black wig where her long silky red hair stays hidden.
She put her legs on the floor and shivered with cold when a sharp pain shot from her legs reaching her middle. Phoenix has had a fever for the last two days. She felt frequently reeling because of weakness and almost went twice to the state of unconsciousness.
Last night Madonna, her step mother, who was equally wicked as her half sister had beaten her with a broom. Milana stole money from her mother's handbag and often booked Phoenix for her wrong doings before their parents. But did Phoenix have an option to defend herself? Even though she could speak, her lips were often sealed because the more she spoke the greater the abuse she had to suffer from Madonna.
Her father was indifferent towards the daily suffering she endured in her family. Sometimes Phoenix wondered if she was really his blood because he was so insensitive towards her. Her sister was equally wicked as her step mom.
The only person in the complete house who cared about Phoenix was her half brother Trevino, two years older than Milana. He looked at her pitifully when she was going badly whipped by his mother. During mid-night, when everybody fell asleep he tip-toed into her room with some food and two tablets of Aspirin with a glass of water.
Phoenix considered herself fortunate at least there was someone in the house who was bothered about her. Her father betrayed her mother. Though she knew everything, her mother had to keep quiet because she was sick for a long time and couldn't many times quench his bodily needs because of illness.
Gabriel slowly became a womanizer and started having an affair with her current stepmother, who gave birth to Trevino and Milana. After Rachel Phoenix's mother left the world due to cancer, Gabriel remarried and made Madonna the mother of Trevino and Milana as his legally wedded wife.
Phoenix became the maid and cook in the home while Madonna and Milana enjoyed life going out and partying, draining away the few assets that the family had.
Phoenix could manage only going to school. Afterwards she had to give up studies to become a full time maid in the house because the family couldn't afford the education of three children.
While Milana and Trevino went to school and college, Phoenix became the house-keeper and also worked as an assistant in a small flower shop to look after the house expenses.
"We had toast and eggs yesterday and you are repeating the same breakfast today too? Why didn't you make pancakes?" Milana scowled at Phoenix in question.
"Milana, we do not have strawberry syrup in the house to have with pancakes and the shopkeeper refused to give us a loan because we already owe him a huge amount." Phoenix replied meekly, already feeling the not so welcoming goosebumps hitting her.
"How dare you give a back answer to Milana..." Madonna raised her hand to slap Phoenix.
Phoenix shut her eyes and flinched to brace the slap about to strike her but Madonna's hand never reached her cheek.
Phoenix opened a single eye in fear to find out what happened when she would notice Trevino's hand stopping Madonna.
"Mom, shut the hell up! Phoenix had been suffering from fever for the last two days. Instead of giving her medical assistance, you people continue to exploit her even when she is sick." For a few moments there was a staring contest between the mother and son but none of them talked daring the other to speak.
"How disgusting!" Milana puffed out air before fluffing her cheeks and stared at her brother, mother before getting up and pushing back the dining chair she sat earlier which gave a shrieking sound.
Trevino ignored Milana's comment. "Phoenix, get ready. We are going to see the doctor today and you're going to rest the remaining day after coming home from the clinic."
Phoenix opened her lips about to speak but Trevino was on time to place his finger on her lips.
When Madonna was about to interject Trevino stopped her with a sentence which raised the hairs on her skin. "I am ashamed to call myself your son, mom because you do not possess the heart of a mother. For a girl who is like a daughter to you, who kept serving you night and day for the past eleven years without a holiday just in a crave for a loving glance from you, you are a sick and disgusting woman who couldn't speak to her even a few sweet words."
It was not only Madonna whose body froze in place, the whole room fell silent feeling shocked for the words that came out of Trevino.
While the other people continued to stay in the trance that he created, Trevino pulled the arm of Phoenix to reach the entrance.
Booking a taxi Trevino accompanied her to the nearby clinic like a responsible older brother.
The doctor examined Phoenix and diagnosed her with extreme anemia after a few blood tests. Her hemoglobin percentage was too low which caused her reeling with fatigue.
Phoenix ate very little. It was basically the leftover after the whole family had their meals. Sometimes when the food was insufficient, she had to adjust with only a glass of water and sleep the night with hunger. The result was chlorosis, another name for bloodlessness.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Phoenix
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Chapter 2 Introduction of Asher
19/01/2023
Chapter 3 The unwelcoming meeting of the hero and heroin
19/01/2023
Chapter 4 The marriage deal
19/01/2023
Chapter 5 Gabriel's debt
19/01/2023
Chapter 6 The cunning plot of Milana
19/01/2023
Chapter 7 The Wedding
19/01/2023
Chapter 8 The truth exposed
19/01/2023
Chapter 9 The nuptial night
19/01/2023
Chapter 10 Meeting Emerald
19/01/2023
Chapter 11 Gabriel exposed
01/02/2023
Chapter 12 Phoenix's decision
02/02/2023
Chapter 13 Asher's decision
03/02/2023
Chapter 14 The unknown attraction
06/02/2023
Chapter 15 The daring girl
07/02/2023
Chapter 16 Asher's guilt
08/02/2023
Chapter 17 The hidden love
09/02/2023
Chapter 18 Asher's misconception
10/02/2023
Chapter 19 Undeniable love
13/02/2023
Chapter 20 The unexpected kiss
14/02/2023
Chapter 21 Introduction of Luke
15/02/2023
Chapter 22 The new friend of Phoenix
16/02/2023
Chapter 23 The party
17/02/2023
Chapter 24 The fight
20/02/2023
Chapter 25 Phoenix's party
21/02/2023
Chapter 26 Drugged Phoenix
22/02/2023
Chapter 27 The first French kiss
23/02/2023
Chapter 28 Asher's care
24/02/2023
Chapter 29 The hidden love of Asher
27/02/2023
Chapter 30 Samuel
01/03/2023
Chapter 32 Phoenix's rejection
02/03/2023
Chapter 33 Meeting Asher's family
03/03/2023
Chapter 34 The hot and cold relationship
04/03/2023
Chapter 35 Phoenix's contact lenses
05/03/2023
Chapter 36 Samuel's encounter
06/03/2023
Chapter 37 Asher's anger
07/03/2023
Chapter 38 The undeniable attraction
08/03/2023
Chapter 39 The hidden love
09/03/2023
Chapter 40 The new development
10/03/2023
Chapter 41 Phoenix's birthday
12/03/2023
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