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The Billionaire's Acting Wife

Chapter 4 Whenever You're Ready

Word Count: 1322    |    Released on: 23/02/2025

bel'

p early, staring at the ce

Asher Bl

it was aga

ugh I ha

ce but to stay for five years. Maybe... just maybe, i

a long bath, and changed into a simple dre

eakfast, but I stopped them. "You can le

glances before one of

other people preparing his

in slightly. "

y tongue, unfamiliar and h

urmured an apology, and hur

e ingredients. I decided to make pasta and chicken, something sim

, my though

nce? Would acting like his

just fool

he table, making sure everything was perfect. I was about t

nd saw Asher comi

en he saw me standing by the di

eeted as he pulled ou

r," I replied, my v

e, then a slow smile

nd sat down across from him, watching a

his tongue, he closed his eye

d. Was it bad?

my plate, wondering i

d his eyes and

e this?"

ded.

e asked again, as if h

"I'm your wif

ips, and he leaned back

u're mine," he said, his deep voi

other bite and n

t meal I've ever

my chest, and before I

caught me

se my cooking, let alone call

this? This was Asher Black-the man I hated, the man who ruined

, his voice so

n me the entire time. The tension between us was strang

e more often," he adde

"You have mai

for me anymore," he said fi

t him, conf

ying on his lips. "Because you're my wi

I belonged to him. I clenched my fork

noring the way he watched me, as

ith a napkin and stood up. "I have a

wouldn't have to see him

, he stopped and turne

ed up.

nger again," he said, referring to what happened last night w

now how to

ally concer

ing, he walked out, leav

eaning back

supposed

and I still didn't know how to sur

certain-I needed t

is other side of him, the

g movies to distract myself. The hours passed slowly,

was doing it, a part of me wante

idn't co

my head resting on my arm

me awake. I groggily checked the

made my way to the

n unreadable. But the first th

waiting for me?" His vo

ed sle

meeting that ran late," he explained,

walk away, but before I could take ano

warm, firm, an

he whispered a

fr

oo, but I couldn't bring myself to say it

pulled away and cupped my face,

is lips-soft, inviting

he asked, his vo

ed as my mind struggle

get a

had nodded until his l

ffened, but the

nt to ruin

p within me. As the kiss deepened, he lifted me effortle

ent, everything ab

sing control, and I

n, he s

reathing heavily as his fo

mured, his voice thick with restrai

hard and n

nd brushed a strand

he said, gentl

y hand into his, and to my su

le, hand in hand, as if we

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1 Chapter 1 The Genesis2 Chapter 2 An Angel Or The Villain 3 Chapter 3 Baby Steps 4 Chapter 4 Whenever You're Ready5 Chapter 5 My Little One6 Chapter 6 Unexpected Turns7 Chapter 7 I'll Find You8 Chapter 8 That's My Girl9 Chapter 9 Living The Nightmare10 Chapter 10 Restless11 Chapter 11 Scared of the Unknown12 Chapter 12 A Raging Storm13 Chapter 13 Trust is Earned..14 Chapter 14 The Thorn Within15 Chapter 15 Power Well Played16 Chapter 16 Just the Beginning17 Chapter 17 Finding Our Way Back18 Chapter 18 Just how 19 Chapter 19 I Could Only Hope20 Chapter 20 Thank You for Understanding21 Chapter 21 Always a First Time22 Chapter 22 In Preparation...23 Chapter 23 Someone Stood, at Last24 Chapter 24 Crashing25 Chapter 25 Your Lips26 Chapter 26 Take Care of You27 Chapter 27 Shadows From the Past28 Chapter 28 A Dangerous Game29 Chapter 29 Unexpected Alliances30 Chapter 30 Unraveling Threads31 Chapter 31 An Hidden Agenda32 Chapter 32 A Gathering Storm33 Chapter 33 Partners in Crime34 Chapter 34 The Final Countdown35 Chapter 35 Balancing Act36 Chapter 36 New Horizons37 Chapter 37 What If 38 Chapter 38 The Weight of Secrets39 Chapter 39 Weight of Secrets 240 Chapter 40 Reminisce41 Chapter 41 Reminisce II42 Chapter 42 Goodbye Mother43 Chapter 43 De Ja Vu44 Chapter 44 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly45 Chapter 45 The Distance Between Us46 Chapter 46 The Name I Didn't Know47 Chapter 47 Brewing Obsession48 Chapter 48 The Bleeding Silence49 Chapter 49 Fault Lines50 Chapter 50 The Drive Back51 Chapter 51 Bye Past, Welcome Future52 Chapter 52 Secret Mission53 Chapter 53 First Things First54 Chapter 54 Night To Remember55 Chapter 55 Marry Me....Again56 Chapter 56 The World Knows57 Chapter 57 The Family Gathering58 Chapter 58 Rumor Has It59 Chapter 59 Old Wounds60 Chapter 60 Shadows Under The Lights