Secret Of The Billionaire's Driver
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ed by Emily
't want to stir up more trouble, especially with Emily glaring daggers at me, but I also didn't want to lie to the pe
n me and his daughter. "Emily," he began, looking sho
nying it, her silence was enough of an answer. Instead, she rolled her eyes and looked away, clearly
oice was softer, and filled with
mily repeated cold. "Well that's Because
cut in, his voice firm. "This is una
ng on a family matter. I shifted uncomfortably, wanting nothing more than to disappear. Th
ou okay, Adrian?" she asked softly, her concern genuine and u
didn't want her to come closer to me,
ing." Emily said, coldly,
attention back to his daughter. "You need to apolog
going to apologise. But instead, she merely turned on her heel an
called after her, but
sorry you had to go through that," he said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Em
but the words stuck in my throat. Because the truth was, it was
inued, more to himself than
volved in their family drama. "But please, there's no need to
ying to figure me out. But then he nodded. "You'
h the compliment felt like a burden mor
made me feel a little better, knowing that not everyone in this house was against me. But it also made me feel
My cheek still stung from Emily's slap. I took a deep breath, try
the Ashton's, because I know for sure that Emily would giv
n't know when Ashley, came to my side.
" Ashley asked, gently, her voice ca
replied, trying my bes
pened?" Ashley asked, giving me a cute puppy eyes which I find difficult to say no to, but
e ma'am, but I'm sorry I can't."
m. My name is Ashley, and not ma'am. If yo
r." I replied, even though deep down I would like to go, and
ad, telling him you disobeyed my orde
was a playful look in her eyes, but I could sense the seriousnes
le, Ashley," I said, trying to keep my
ng trouble. I just want to make sure you're okay. You've been through a lot today, and h
between my job and my personal life. Yet, there was something about her offer that was tempting. Maybe it was the fact th
inally giving in. "But ju
oment, I forgot all about the tension from earlier. "
ame time. Dinner with Ashley wasn't part of the plan, but maybe it would be a good distr
appeared, with a coat in her h
, she gave me a grateful smile before sliding in. I took a deep br
leasant. Ashley talked about everything from h
away from prying eyes. We sat down, and a waiter quickly came over to take our orders. A
ard slightly, "tell me about yourself. H
ff guard, because I'm not used to people pryinh into my personal lif
," she replied
et it go. "I needed a job, and your fam
h my answer. "There's got to be more to i
odd jobs here and there." I lied through gritted teeth, I didn
odded. "Well, whatever brought you
was, I wasn't sure if I was glad to be here. This job
and I won't lie I enjoyed the dinner. Ev
s worked for us," she said after a while, breaking
"Is that a good th
ation. "You're real. You don't put on a f
e car, Ashley stopped me. "Adrian, I know my sister ca
ciating her con
d. Now let's get home before sh
k and silent. I parked the car and walked Ashley to the door, as Ashley
from, this late?" Emily aske
your concern." Ashley replied rudel
nowing how to react when I also sa