She was feeling irritated when her phone rang insistently.

It was Lucas. She pressed the answer button.

“Where did you go, damn it?”

The cold voice that reached her ears conveyed its master’s unamused mood quite adequately.

“What do you want?” Ashlyn’s tone was even ruder than Lucas’s.

Holding his phone to his ear, Lucas’s expression darkened noticeably. He was carrying a bag of fresh seafood that he bought from the morning market.

He had decided to go to the market this morning to buy fresh seafood just for Ashlyn.

And yet, this was how she decided to repay him, by vanishing without so much a single explanation.

When he returned to the villa and found the house empty, he flew into a terrible mood.

He went through a rapid series of emotions, ranging from frustration, irritation, panic, and maybe even the slightest hint of disappointment.

him calling Ashlyn

“Where are you?”

“Going home.”

inexplicably made Lucas feel better. “Home?

to the living room to pick up

when she heard Lucas end the call. The beeping

phone into her

for her, the surrounding areas were entirely villa

Bentley speeding towards

pressing his lips together tightly. He opened the car door

“Why didn’t you wait

landed on her. His dark eyes swept over her from head to toe. Ashlyn looked

looked very familiar, almost like it was one of his. The same could be said for the khaki slacks she

see if he could close his entire hand around it.

clothes were supposed to be men’s formal wear and yet Ashlyn managed to make them look like

done her hair in an intricate braid that hung in front of her chest loosely. If someone gave her a hat to complete the look, she was all set to be lounging by the beach instead of walking beside

Ashlyn was beautiful. Even wearing his clothes, she was drop-dead

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