Chapter 39\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA-Ash\u2026 My only regret is not living long enough to see Evangeline\u2026 get married,\u201d Michael\u00a0<\/p>\n
said. \u201cTake care of her for me\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His blood-soaked body haunted Asher\u2019s dreams night after night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Evangeline was his responsibility. She was an obligation born of gratitude.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Juliet was someone he wanted to hold in his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why couldn\u2019t the two coexist?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher couldn\u2019t make sense of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, his phone buzzed in his pocket. It was Jesse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Greene, there\u2019s something I think you should know,\u201d Jesse said carefully.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs Greene ran into one of your high school classmates today, Caleb.\u201d Jesse paused, choosing his words. \u201cHe was very disrespectful toward her. He even got touchy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher frowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Greene?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFind out where he is. Now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher hung up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He rose to his feet. His eyes turned razor-sharp. Darkness swirled in them like it could swallow someone whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That night, Caleb drunkenly stumbled back to his villa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was humming a tune and seemed to be in a good mood. Sure, Juliet might have embarrassed him earlier, but in his eyes, it was nothing more than her playing hard to get.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was someone Asher no longer wanted. What right did she have to act all high and mighty?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sooner or later, he\u2019d make her kneel before him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He imagined how beautiful her delicate face would look under humiliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goodshort\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u21921\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 39\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, a figure blocked his path.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before he could react, a brutal kick slammed into his stomach. The force sent him flying backward. His body crashed into a concrete pillar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho the-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His words cut off as a hand seized his collar and yanked him upright. A punch followed, smashing straight into his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caleb\u2019s nose broke instantly. Blood sprayed down his cheeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pain sobered him up, and he finally saw who it was. \u201cMr\u2026 Greene.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher didn\u2019t say a word. Another vicious punch split Caleb\u2019s lip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry\u2026 It\u2019s all my fault, Mr. Greene.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher grabbed his hair and forced his head up. \u201cWhich hand did you use to touch her?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI-I didn\u2019t touch her. It was just a joke\u2014\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA joke?\u201d he snapped. \u201cShe\u2019s my wife. You\u2019ve wanted her for years, and you\u2019re still trying? Looks like you haven\u2019t learned your lesson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher tightened his grip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caleb felt like his scalp was being torn apart. He begged frantically. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Ash! I really am! I\u2019ll never touch her again!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher let go. Caleb collapsed to the ground like a heap of mud.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just as he thought he\u2019d survived, a polished leather shoe slammed into his chest. The kick felt like it was about to shatter his bones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caleb rolled across the ground and curled up\u00a0<\/p>\n
in\u00a0<\/p>\n
agony.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher looked down at him from above like he was nothing more than an ant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He brought his foot down on Caleb\u2019s wrist and ground it in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sound of bone snapping echoed in the stillness of the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asher acted like he didn\u2019t hear it and kept kicking. He didn\u2019t hold back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Greene! Stop! You\u2019ll kill him!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jesse shook at the scene before him. If Asher went on, he would kill someone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goodshort\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u0936\u094d\u0930\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 39\u00a0<\/p>\n
He rushed forward and wrapped his arms around Asher\u2019s waist from behind. Asher\u2019s chest heaved violently. The fury in his eyes hadn\u2019t subsided.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goodshort\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 39\u00a0 \u201cA-Ash\u2026 My only regret is not living long enough to see Evangeline\u2026 get married,\u201d Michael\u00a0 said. \u201cTake care […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-save-your-pleas-im-with-your-best-friend-now-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}