Mine to Take

Out of all the things she had planned for herself today, opening her door to receiv

forward to getting rid of her, and now that Charlotte is back in the picture, serving him the divorce papers must

g here?" She asked

erve him the divorce papers, and stare at him with such hard eyes. Her gaze has always been soft and tender towards him, but today... He tore his

o quickly and find a house that quick in New York, but he knew Lily better than that, or at least he thought he did, therefore finding another man might be the only reasonable explanation for the torn up divorce papers in his room now. He tried once agai

ice brought him back to the present moment a

He asked, "th

t him, unfazed by his observation. "I asked what y

cked his nose, and took a deep breath, a small smile

rying to process what he just said. He wasn't here to thro

take your wife home?" He nodded and she looked around. "Well then, my apologies but I don't ha

oing home." He reached out to grab

ere with you, Asher.

me right now, Lily? We are ma

She interrupted and he halted, "I'm s

aves. "I'm not going to sign them." He said and Lily

hat you've always wanted, isn't it?" Her hopefully eyes bore into his confu

you, Lily. That's final. Yo

I'm n

her of us. You're coming home

sher. I want

step towards her, and she immediately took one back. "You are smart, Lily... You know what the contract states, you know what will

r Allard. If I remember correctly, and I know I do... Everything should work out just fine if either I or my si

ne of the sisters, and to my knowledge... It's your name and your signature that sit p

door. Why on earth is he fighting so much to take her back home? Contract security? E

er words were cut off by the burn in her throat. Ashers heart clenched almost painfully when he saw the tears tha

ssful business contract... If you decide to leave or walk out before the contract is due, the contract has to come to an end as well." He turned back and met her

couldn't decipher if she was talking to herself or to

hile ago, however has diminished whatever sense of humanity she saw in him, and her fee

to her, to her father, to her relationship with her father and her family at large, yet he was

o him? A way of asserting his

n through her mind. Eventually, she wiped away t

is up, I am fr

lowly nodded. After the agreed 6 years is up, h

ate him for one more year, and while she's at it... She might as well make him r

knew the card he played would work, yet he couldn't control the smug feeling that

t walk out of their agreement, but a part of him

way to keep her for a little longer. She has become a part of him now, and he isn't willing to let go a