Ouch! my ceo fiancé fell for his maid by Lisa alman novel Chapter 84

84–Lawfully Mine

We had dinner at a fine restaurant and enjoyed ourselves a lot. This was a small effort from my friends‘ side to bring me out of my nonexistent depression.

And I kid you not. We wore our sexiest outfits, applied makeup, and did each other’s hair. Aniya kept discussing Marwick that how he was not able to divert his eyes from my face.

And I kept negating her wild guesses. According to her every walking male on the earth was interested in me. After dinner, they wanted to go to a pub, but I denied.

I had to prepare for my next day’s presentation. Mr. Gordon also wanted a detailed report about our projects and plans.

I wanted to do my homework.

“Come on, Ash. You need to loosen up a little. All work and no play is making you dull.” Aniya complained but I ignored it.

“I will do it on a weekend I promise.” Aniya climbed into the car with a pout and shoved her earphones in

her ears.

“Listen, baby girl.” I quickly eyed her in the rearview mirror while driving the car, “Guess what? You people can drop me home. Then go and get drunk.”

I said while taking a turn. Eve was the one who forced me to learn driving, so that she could sometimes

relax.

“Leave that topic. I didn’t want to disturb your mental peace. But when are you visiting Justin?” I was not expecting this question from Evelyne sitting beside me.

“What about him? Why should I visit him? Secondly, he is no more here. They left this evening and must

be home by now.”

“So, you don’t want to talk to him. At least listen to his side, Ash.”

“Listen to his side? Don’t you think it’s too late now? He should be the one to initiate the talk. He sidelined me. Threw me out of his life. Turned my life upside down and you expect me to …”

“Ashley!” Aniya spoke from behind, “Slow down the speed.” She seemed terrified, “Eve! This is not a good time to upset her when she is driving. We can have this discussion at home.”

“No,” I clenched the steering wheel so tightly that my knuckles must have turned white, “We are not having this discussion. Not now, not ever!”

Both of my friends didn’t dare to argue with me. I never realized until tonight, they always encouraged me to have a dialogue with Justin. Yet never said a word against him.

The rest of the way none of us uttered a single word.

When I stopped the car, I asked them without turning, “You girls go and enjoy!” I said softly and came out of the car.

Evelyne shifted from the passenger seat to the driving.

I quickly went inside and changed into my PJs. To take my mind off the conversation I opened my laptop and started working on it.

Gerald had extended his visit and was not expected back another week. I did not know how he would manage to complete his missing work. Of course, I would be helping him but some of our professors took

long absences from their classes quite seriously.

After closing my laptop, I yawned loudly and fell back on the pillow.

I still had to brush my teeth but was so tired that I closed my eyes for a quick nap. It was supposed to be a five minutes nap so that I could work some more on the project.

I didn’t know for how long I kept sleeping. However, there was something unusual that made me wake up. My apartment was still quiet. This was some strange kind of quietness.

I felt my heart sinking. What was it? Where were my friends?

I tiptoed to the living room and saw Aniya sitting on the couch with her head buried in her knees. She was hugging her knees as if her life depended on it.

While Evelyne was sitting beside her, stroking her shoulder with sympathy. Something was not right.

“Aniya?” My hand flew to my chest in order to control my heartbeat, “What is it? Are you crying?”

I asked her when I saw her shaking shoulders, “Did something happen at the bar? Somebody tried to molest you?”

I sat on the other side and started brushing back her hair, “Tell me, Evelyne! Why is she crying?”

Eve was avoiding eye contact with me. Tension was written on her face.

“Aniya! Can anyone care to tell me what’s going on? I am getting worried!” I demanded and shook Aniya’s

shoulder.

Suddenly she raised her tear–stricken face and twisted her body to hug me, “I am sorry, Ash. I am so sorry. I made a mistake and now you will suffer because of it. I am such a puny friend. I don’t deserve your friendship. Please forgive me.”

None of this was making sense.

“Aniya!” I pushed her away to have a clear look on her face, “Look at me, baby. Look at me.” I held her face, “tell me. What is it?”

“You… you will never talk to me, Ash,” She hiccupped, “You will start hating me. I am so sorry.”

“Gosh, Aniya! Stop it!” This time I screamed, “Evelyne! What’s going on!”

Aniya tried to speak, “M…my friend… the one who used to tell me that he was a lawyer. The same one who used to visit me in the orphanage. He called me… just a few minutes back… he is opening a small bookstore and wanted to invite me to the inauguration.”

“So? That’s a good thing. Why are you crying over it? Maybe he likes you a lot!”