Four Brothers and a Bride

Chapter 191: Chapter 191

ASHAL

"Where have you been? I couldn’t reach you on phone." Maddi snapped when I returned to the mansion and tried to sneak into my room at night. I didn’t expect her to be sitting in the dark, waiting for me. "You knew I’d be worried. I’m sure Ashton informed you that I went all the way to his company to enquire about you. Yet, you didn’t deem it fit to call me once? Why?"

I tossed my jacket on the sofa and stared at her. She had definitely been crying. "I’m sorry. I didn’t..."

My door swung open and Olivia entered.

"Maddi, could you excuse us? I have to talk to Ashal."

Maddi craned her neck towards her sister, shocked at the audacity. "Excuse me? Can’t you see he and I were in the middle of a conversation before you rudely interrupted us?"

I ran a hand over my face as both sisters exchanged heated looks.

"Your lovers spat can wait but my baby can’t."

"Really? Your baby?" Maddi brushed past me, shoving my hand away when I tried to stop her. "Now, you care about your baby? Liv, you tried to end your life earlier today, right in front of your baby’s father! You didn’t think of anyone but yourself. You didn’t think of your innocent child, me, our parents, Ashal or even his family who are eager to welcome this child. You haven’t spoken a word to me all day or bothered to give anyone an explanation as to why you did what you did. Now, you barge into my man’s room without knocking first and demand to have a conversation with him. Are you being serious right now?"

"It’s just a private conversation, Madeline. What are you so insecure about? He’s not going to knock me up because guess what? He already did." She rolled her eyes. "FYI, you don’t own the man. You’re not his wife or anything."

Maddi couldn’t believe her ears as she turned to me with eyes the size of sauce pans. I could tell she was holding back her tongue from spilling expletives out of sheer respect for her sister.

"What the hell is going on, Ashal? Why aren’t you saying anything to her right now? Did you not hear what she just said?"

"Yes, Ashal. Tell her now or I will." Liv interjected.

Somewhere at the back of my head, a nasty headache was starting to brew.

"Tell me what?" Maddi slanted a heated gaze at her sister, then back at me.

"Maddi, give me five minutes and I’ll come talk to you in your room."

"Stalling won’t help...."

"Shut up, Liv." I warned Olivia with a glare. "Don’t you dare test my patience!" To my surprise, she clamped her mouth shut and went to sit on the sofa. I turned back to Maddi. "I have a few things to say to her concerning this morning. Can you excuse us a moment?" With my thumb, I jerked Maddi’s chin up so she looked at me instead of her sister. "Please?"

and crushed her lips to mine. The kiss was rough and possessive with

before the event of that morning. When she flicked a gaze at Liv, her sister’s jealous face

thing, don’t you ever come into my room without knocking first!" I took a

"But Ashal..."

protest. This time, I was standing right in front of her. My stomach clenched seeing her doe eyes staring up at me. "Don’t you ever disrespect Maddi

it." Her eyes lingered, hoping to hear more. "And about

parents. They’re eager

you better go tell Maddi so she can get

flat as I stared at her. "Maddi isn’t going anywhere,

the room as she looked

part of the day calling up institutions that can get you the help you need to find a new path after the birth of our baby, since that seems to be the scariest thing for you. I also set up an account with more than enough money for you to start a new Chapter of your life, wherever you so desire. I’m also going to buy you any house of your choice, inside or outside

"ASHAL!"

a leash just so her sister doesn’t have him." Eyes sizzling with anger, I gritted my teeth at her. "I also filed a police report seeing as this is the second time you’ve

Tears streamed

out and despite how hard it was for me to accept that, I did eventually. I went through a lot

"But I love you..."

tied up in that basement and the certainty of returning home to my family dwindled with every hour, the only other person I thought

rises to her feet only to go down on her knees. "Please Ashal, don’t do

after she’s done with her education, I’ll propose we take our relationship to the next level. I’ll eventually be a father again. But if you take what I am offering

feet while she trembled in tears. "I’m begging you, Liv, give it two years. I promise it won’t be as bad as you think. Things will look up for you too. You just have to exercise some

a few days since that conversation and Liv has barely said a word to me or her sister. As I watch her over the rim of my glasses at the sit-down, I am slightly worried about her silence.

was mature enough to let it slide. She’s been showing up for Liv since then, assisting her

and Monaco Vaughn replaces the awkward silence in the hall with

doing here?"

them at this meeting. Having your own lawyers here but not theirs seems a bit selfish, don’t you think?" She continues before Asher can reply. "I’d have loved to have this filmed but Demi here

we begin?" Monaco asks

the pain they endured and how it was rightly due to Rollins Group or our family

being mindful of her words in a bid to preserve my reputation. Tears almost seep into my eyes. She emphasizes on my condition as the major driver for my past

as Demi’s turn

Demi mutters with a weak

Monaco asks

story of my parents’ death is