by K. L Hart
I walk back into the hospital room and sit down on the sofa feeling exhausted. “your hair is dripping wet” Kade points out the obvious “I can't stretch my arms up to dry it right now” I say. Ash grabs a towel and stands behind the sofa “let me do it” he starts massaging my hair with the towel and I sink back into the sofa “what did that man mean by “who is protected now” Brix asks, I Look at confused “Iheard it through the phone” he clarifies “it was a message from the person who sent him” I say. “who would send a message like that?” Ethan asks, I think for a moment before realisation hits me “I know who sent the hit” I growl. “who?” asks Kade. “before I left the cafeteria at lunch I told Zoe that no one would protect her from me” I say, “and you thought she had no part in her father’s plan” I spit
turning to look at Ash. “what plan” asks Kade. “you didn’t tell them?” I turn and look at the others “Zoe’s dad wants to get into Storm Corp, he is using some documents to blackmail storm into forcing Ash to marry her!” I clarify. “what the fuck!” Brix exclaims “when did you find out this,” Kade Asks as he moves to sit next to me. “a few nights ago” I shrug “so you hurt my sister because of this when you could have just told her before letting her walk in on you with that skank?” Kade shouts, sending ash daggers. Ash looks ashamed, good so he should be. “I know, I handled it badly,” Ash says. “why do you have to be the one to marry her, and why weren't we told?” Ethan asks, “because she likes me, and Storm didn’t want you to know until we had a plan to extract the documents” Ash replies. “well, we need to make a plan now, and fast” Brix says. “can I just Kill her?” I ask. “she deserves it but we can’t just take her out,” Kade says apologetically “why not it's what she tried to go to me!” I exclaim. “fuck sake, this bitch will go down one way or another” Brix growls “I'm headed out, ill find a way to get those document’s” he adds as he grabs his jacket and storms out the door. “Can someone take me home?” I ask. “I’ll take you!” Ash quickly answers.
Ash helps me out of the car and up to my room, my legs feel like jelly and I have zero energy. I didn't even want to play music in the car when Ash offered. Ash helps me get into my sweats and tucks me into bed, he gets in too and envelopes me into a hug I don't have the strength to fight him right now so I Just find comfort in him instead. “this is all my fault!” he says quietly. “It’s not, Ash, you can’t blame yourself for Zoe being psychotic” I place my hand on his chest. “Angel, I am so sorry for everything, I hoped I could have dealt with this quickly but instead I hurt you , let you believe you weren't the only person I want to be with and almost got you killed” he whispers “you had no choice, I am still so hurt by it all but you cannot blame yourself for me being targeted” I look up and the sadness in his eyes makes my heart splinter. “I will fix this, Angel,” he says and I nod. I fall asleep wrapped up in Ash entwined in his arms and inhaling his masculine scent that is only his. I wake up in pain as I lay awkwardly on my shoulder, I twist around in Ash’s arms and cry out in pain. “angel, what’s wrong?” Ash sits up obviously worried. “nothing, the pain medicine has officially worn off.” I try to laugh “oh, wait here” he gets up and pulls a bottle of pills out of his jacket pocket, he grabs a bottle of water from the bedside table and hands them to me as I slowly sit up. I pop two pills in my mouth and lay back down “you wanna watch tv?” I ask Ash as he gets back into bed “why not” he smiles at me, I put on Netflix and play shadow hunters and cuddle back into Ash. half an hour passes and an idea hit me “does Zoe know I survived?” I ask “I doubt it, we killed all the men and your car was totalled, she would assume we didn't get to you in time, why?” “Tell her I was killed, that way we can concentrate on getting the documents!” I look up at him “hmmm, it could work, it would also give us all an excuse to be out of school and concentrate our time on finding the documents, plus Icould make out I'm too busy with funeral arrangements to see her” he says as he fires out a text “I’ve text the others and told them the plan”. he says “ok” I smile at him before placing my head on his chest and he wraps his arms around me again. “are you ok with me staying” Ash asks “no but I want you to hold me more than Iwant you to leave” Iwhisper, Ash lifts my head so I'm looking at him and his lips brush mine in a sweet kiss. “you can go back to hating me when your better, I’ll look after you until then” he kisses me again “go to sleep Angel, you need it” he whispers as he entwined his body around mine. we both fall asleep watching tv and I Feel more content than I should.
I’ve been home a week and I Feel stronger every day, I’m pretty much healed now and Ash has not left my side. I’ve ignored the fact that I shouldn’t let myself let him in again but have. I have also forgiven him completely not that I Will let him know that. I’m getting out of the bath he ran me and he shouts through the door, “Angel, Brix has found something he’s on his way over, do you want me to make you a coffee?”, excitement rushes through me at the thought of finally getting some information on these goddamn documents. “please, I’ll come to the kitchen when I'm dressed” I shout back. I rush out of the bath and throw on some comfy clothes ignoring the pain in my shoulder as I stretch a bit too fast, and head downstairs. Brix is already here when I reach the kitchen. “babydoll, you look so much better.” he exclaims as Isit next to him at the dining table “thank’s I Feel it” I smile. “so what did you find?” I ask. “we have been looking for the wrong thing. Max Ferguson hasn’t got document’s he has a recording, and I have found it” he says proudly “what’s the recording of?” I ask. “it’s of Reyes giving a kill order to Kade at a storm meeting,” he says “fucker” I reply. “when can we extract it,” Ash asks “that’s the thing,” Brix says. “It’s on Zoe’s laptop, which has too much protection for me to access the file in person or remotely,” he says “how do you know this,” I ask “I found where it was sent from, on storms server and traced it straight to Zoe’s IP address. I tried to access the laptop remotely but it’s locked down like Fort Knox.” he clarifies “so we destroy the laptop” Ash mutters “I have a virus on this flash drive just plug it in and everything on that laptop will be wiped completely” Brix hands Ash the drive “your the only one who can get close enough.” “Fine” Ash growls and pulls out his phone firing a text. “have you informed storm about the mole who sent the file?” I ask Brix “yup, all dealt with” he replies. ash’s phone dings as a text comes through “I'm going to Zoe's ill be an hour, she thinks I need her because I'm so upset over your death” he grits. “you can make your resurrection tomorrow babydoll” Brix laughs. “this will all be over soon,” Ash says he finishes his coffee “I’ll be back soon Angel” he says as he walks out. “so things with you two looks like it's improving” Brix states “I Suppose they are” I reply. “good, now we don't have to tiptoe around you both anymore” he says and I smile. “come on, let's go watch a film” I say as I grab my coffee and head to the cinema room.
“what’s taking him so long?” I ask Brix, “don’t worry, babydoll, I’ll ring him”. I nod and pour myself another coffee. “dude, where are you” Brix says as he clicks the phone to speaker, “I’m on my way back now, the laptops fucked and the files are unrecoverable” Ash states “good job dude, I’m gonna head out now anyway so I’ll see you later.” Brix says “ok tell KassII’ll be there in about ten minutes,” Ash asks. Brix hangs up and relays Ash’s message I chuckle. “what are you going to do now, Zoe’s out of your way?” Brix asks as I walk him to the door “I honestly don’t know but first things first, I need a new car!, as for school I’m going back tomorrow” I say. “ok babydoll, see you tomorrow then” Brix hugs me before he leaves.
“Angel, are you up here?” Ash shouts as he walks up the stairs. “I’m getting dressed” I shout back, a few seconds later Ash walks into my huge closet, his eyes scan me from head to toe and his lustful gaze makes my insides turn to jelly. “where are you going?” he asks as bend over and put my heels on, “you are taking me to buy a new car” I smile. “Oh really, what if
I say no” he walks towards me and I put my hand out to stop him from getting closer “if you say no, then you are subjecting yourself to the horror of multiple shopping trips, which I guarantee will last for days” I smirk, Ash thinks about his choices for a second then pulls me in for a sweet kiss. “baby let’s get you a car, I cannot shop for as long as you, I will die of boredom” he jokes. “let’s go” I say as I grab my bag and pull him towards the door by his hand. “why are none of them pink” I pout as we walk around the LamborghinIdealership “baby, you would have to order that in and that might take weeks” he says “do you not like any of the colours here?” he asks softly. “I don’t hate that baby blue one over there,” I say pointing to the car. “I’ll get the salesman,” Ash says as he walks to the row of desks. I walk towards the car and inspect it “ahh yes the Aventador SJV Roadster in Blu aegir with a pearl finish, that is a good choice, would you like to know more about the car?” the middle-aged salesman asks “no thanks, I’ll just take it” I say as I hand over my bank card and driver's licence. the man looked shocked for a second then smiled “I’ll just sort out the paperwork, follow me”. I get through the paperwork in fifteen minutes and finally am given my keys we both get in the car and I sit and set up the stereo system and adjust everything to how I like it. The interior is white leather and is really nice. I put the roof down “go get in your car then” I say to Ash, he smiles and gets out, “race you home” I say as he gets in his car and I speed out of the dealership.
Chapter Twelve.
“Babydoll you made it!” Brix says as me and Ash get out of my new car “loving the new car. babe” Charlie says as she hugs me “oh and thanks for letting me think you were dead” she adds I glare at Ethan and he shrugs “sorry, need to know apparently” I mutter. “Zoe's head looks like it might explode,” Kade says as he nods to where she’s standing. I laugh as I wave to her sweetly her face goes bright red and she stomps her foot as she turns and heads in the opposite direction to us. “stupid bitch” Charlie snickers. Ash puts his arms around my waist as he stands behind me, his head chin resting on my shoulder and I lean back into him. charlie sends me a WTF look and I mouth “I'll explain later”. she rolls her eyes at me, the bell rings and we all head inside. The morning goes by quickly and the whispering students have me smiling for most of it, the best rumour was that the boys said Idied because Iwent to have plastic surgery to look like someone else. I sit next to Ash at lunch “hello Angel” he says “hey” Ireply “have you heard that I Had plastic surgery?” Ilaugh “yes!” he is obviously not happy about this and I Laugh even harder. “wheres charlie?” I say to Ethan as he, Kade and Brix sit opposite us. “not sure, maybe her class ran over” Ethan replied. five minutes pass and charlie storms over “what’s wrong?” I ask her “that bitch has just slapped me because Iwouldn’t answer her fucking questions about you” charlie fumes “please do not say, Zoe!” Brix sighs “yup!” charlie sits and rage like Ihave never felt before bubbles inside of me. “here she comes now!” kade mutters under his breath. “well, well, well! back from the dead” Zoe drawled. “Alive and well, thanks!” I quip trying to fight the urge to stab her in the eye with my fork. “yes and stealing my boyfriend too! you know he was with me only yesterday, Slut” she looks between Ash and me, I smile and get up and stand on the table. “everyone I need your attention” I shout “ I have some information to share with you all.” I look at charlie “get that thing up here with me” I grit as I point to Zoe and charlie and Ethan drag Zoe on to the table. “so you all were told I was dead, which was obviously not true, the reason you were all led to believe this is because Zoe here hired a few men to run me off of the road and shoot me, and we wanted her to believe that I was dead. I sound cool and collected. a worried look flashes over her face as a collective gasp echoes around the cafeteria “the reason she tried to have me killed is because she was trying to blackmail Ash into having sex with her, and Iwas in her way” I add “she’s that repulsive she has to use these tactics to get boys to go near her, so Iwould stay from her shes is a full-blown psycho bitch”. Zoe pulls her hand back to punch me but I Grab it. “ok that’s it!” I bellow. Grabbing Zoe's hair I Pull her off the table and drag her outside into the school parking lot and everyone follows us. “Do not ever fucking come near me again Zoe” Ishout as Iknee her in the face, Ipull her hair back so she is facing me “do not come back to this school” I yell, headbutting her straight in the face, her nose bursts and blood streams down her face. “you have been warned, if Isee you face again I will kill you and don’t worry I won’t fail like you did” I say so low only Zoe, Ash and Brix could hear. Zoe stands frozen to the spot. “Zoe, leave now! not one person wants you here” Ash bellows and Zoe starts to cry, she runs to her car after we leave and go back into the school. “good riddance,” Kade says. “I knew you had something up your sleeve” Brix exclaims “Iwas not going to let her get away with it and telling everyone what she will do to get her own way is the best form of torture for a self-obsessed bitch like her,” I say.
Ash comes back to my house after school and we watch movies on Netflix in bed until I Realized I Haven't had dinner and it's now 10.00pm “I’m Starving” I say as I open the Uber eats app “you want some nuggets from Mcdonalds?” I ask Ash “yeah, order me some fries, a coke and an apple pie too,” he says “you’ll get fat” Ilaugh as I finalise the order.Ash turns serious “Angel, I know you can never forgive me for what happened with Zoe, but I need to know what this is,” he says as he points to me and then to him. “I don’t know,” I say honestly “what do you want this to be?” I ask him “I want you to be mine and me to be yours” he says “your the only girl for me, a girl that can make me feel so happy and normal, a girl that won’t hesitate to kill with me, a girl that is funny and loving and just well you”. my eyes threaten to tear up. “Ash, I want you too” I croak “really, you forgive me?. I will never ever hurt you again Angel” he says “I Know!” I say back, he leans in and kisses me passionately. we both pull apart when we decide we need to breathe. “I've missed you, baby!” I laugh, “you literally moved in when I Came back from the hospital, you had no chance to miss me”. my phone dings and Icheck the uber eats app. “food’s on its way, you can answer the door” I demand. “anything for you Angel” he says as he gets off the bed leaves the room to wait for the food. ten minutes later and we are both sitting cross-legged on my bed laughing at absolutely fabulous on Netflix and shoving nuggets in our mouths. when we have finished our food Iput all the rubbish in the bin and climb under the covers, Ash joins me and pulls me to him. I kiss his neck and I wrap my arms around his big body. and trail my finger up and down his back “Angel” he groans. I trail sweet kisses up his neck, around his jaw and at the corner of his mouth. Ash looks into my eyes as he pulls back and Isee so many emotions in them that Icannot figure out what they are. He leans in and kisses me slow, and passionately, I bask in his kiss, his touch and being completely surrounded by him. He slowly starts to undress me and Imove when needed to remove the clothing. I tug at his sweats and pull them off of him. when we are both completely naked he rolls on top of me taking his weight on his elbows, my hands explore every inch of his back and chest slowly as he kisses me. he moves his kisses from my mouth down my neck and to my breasts, he sucks my nipples in turn and a moan escapes my lips. His hand trails down my body and gently cups my sex, he slips one finger into my folds and spreads my wetness up and down my clit. “so fucking wet” he murmurs. he plays with me excruciatingly slowly and my body is crying for its release when he slowly enters a finger into me and curls it, my back arches and I come. Ash catches my moans in a soft slow kiss, when I’ve finished shaking under him I reach down to return the favour. Ash catches my hand “not tonight baby, Ijust need to be inside you” I nod and he kisses me again. I reach over to my bedside table and fumble around the draw until I Find a condom. He takes it from me and rips it open with his teeth, he rolls it down his throbbing cock and positions himself at my entrance. Ash enters me slo
wly and I cry out I push my hand in his hair and pull him down to kiss me. I wrap my legs around his waist as he pushes deeper inside me, he stretches me and it’s almost painful. he thrusts into me and I rock back meeting him. we stare into each other's eyes as we fuck, no this is not fucking or having sex, this is intimate and just more. This is making love. Ash is making love to me and my heart is swelling as he does. I feel my orgasm coming as my body tenses around him “come for me, baby” he whispers and I do, I Have the most intense orgasm that leaves me unable to make a coherent thought. Ash kisses me as he moans and after a few more hard slow thrusts he groans my name as he finds his release and collapses on me. “Angel!” he exclaims, trying to catch his breath “that was amazing, I Will never get enough of you” he whispers as he moves off of me “hmmm,” I say completely relaxed and happy at this moment. Ash chuckles and gets out of bed, he goes to the bathroom and a minute later he is back and cleans me up. He gets back in bed and pulls me to him, he kisses my bullet scar on my shoulder “I can’t believe I Let you get hurt” he sounds sad “it’s not your fault Ash” I reassure him “when I listened to that voicemail I knew then, when Itried to call you back your phone was engaged and Ipanicked” he says quietly, “you knew what?” I ask staring at him while he stares at the ceiling “I knew that you were it for me, that you are the one” he says and when he looks in my eyes I Know that he means it. “babe, It’s not your fault, I'm ok and I’m here with you” I say not able to tell him I Feel the same even though Ido. “kiss me, Angel” and I do pouring everything into the kiss hoping he knows how much he means to me even though I Can't bring myself to tell him. We fall asleep tangled in each other's arms, I smile knowing that I'm safe in Ash’s arms and he could be the only person I will ever need.