Ouch! my ceo fiancé fell for his maid by Lisa alman novel Chapter 86

86-The Curse

Ashley Walters pov

What the hell! Birthday?

I spun my gaze to Sarah who was avoiding looking into my eyes. I could feel the man’s gaze on me who got rid of me two years back, so conveniently like I was a piece of trash.

“She…” I pointed to Sarah, “She just put a ring on.” How to tell her. Sarah just put a ring on Justin’s fucking finger. Were they all blind?

“Ms. Walters!” Electra Deluca called me and this time her voice was gentle, “please come down.”

“Oh, because your family name might get tarnished by this not–so–worthy girl?” I smirked pointing a finger at myself and went to Justin whose eyes were still glued to my face.

“Mr. Deluca!” I looked into those amber eyes, “Won’t you say anything? How do you feel to stay married to a woman you don’t… like!”

Justin didn’t answer me. It felt like he never ever bothered to hear what I was asking him. Very slowly he raised his hand, and his finger came in contact with my forehead. It started slipping down at a very slow pace tracing my features and then ended up on my lips.

“Kitten!” he whispered.

After the two longest years of my life, the word brought so many flashes of memories with it. The back of my eyelids started stinging.

No, I needed to control it.

“Ashley!” Electra Deluca called me again. With great effort, I pulled back from Justin’s finger which still rested on my lips and turned to face the woman.

She had climbed two steps with the help of her stick, “Come down.” She repeated gently, “here.” She extended her hand to be taken.

I was taken aback by the gesture and looked up in disbelief. Was she offering me her hand?

She nodded at me to encourage me to hold it. I went forward and held her hand. She slowly pulled me to get off the stage.

I felt myself to be in a trance walking behind her. While walking I didn’t dare to look at the guests but once … just for once I looked over my shoulder to see him.

Just for once.

His eyes were still glued to me.

I turned back and realized the old goat was taking me out of the hall. Was she doing it to save her family name? Her family honor?

Because I brought too much embarrassment to her in front of her rich guests?

“Alex! Ask the driver to bring my car.” She ordered Justin’s assistant.

“Yes, ma’am.” Within a few minutes, a car came crawling and stopped in front of us. Was she taking me somewhere?

That reminded me of the first day when she brought me home after signing the contract and asked me to sit in front.

“Please sit at the back, with me, Ashley.” She squeezed my hand when she sensed me going towards the passenger seat.

She didn’t try to engage in any talk on the way back. The car entered the Deluca mansion and after crossing the lawns, stopped near the Deluca residence.

Instead of getting down, I kept sitting there. The head butler came out running to open her door.

“Shouldn’t you be there attending your birthday?” I asked her the question that was nagging at the back of my mind.

“I don’t know why Sarah was insisting me to celebrate this birthday. I think she can take care of the guests very well. I was looking for signs, Ashley. I wanted to talk to you for so long but was not able to decide if I should do it or not.

Tonight, I got the sign.” She smiled and got off the car. Was she the same old cow who didn’t know how

to talk in a normal tone?

Had she changed or was it all fake?

And why she was talking about signs?

“Did Rafael Wyatt meet you too?” I asked her point blank, but she kept walking as if she didn’t hear me at

all.

This was the first time I saw her bedroom. It was not a boring bedroom one would like to call. It had all the vibrant colors with a gold–plated touch.

“Please have a seat.” She offered me the couch and seated herself on a plush layback chair, “You must be tired by now. Should I ask someone to bring you food? Or a drink? Tea?”

I shook my head. No, ma’am. On my first day, nobody bothered to ask me about food. My one bag could never be recovered. I used Justin’s toiletries.

The bitter past!

“Ashley. I am going to start talking. And would expect you to listen to me quietly. Can you do that?”

I didn’t respond to her.

“Look. I know we were never good to you. You can decide later if you want to divorce Justin or not. We will respect your decision. Including, Justin. But I need to tell you a few things.” She laid back and placed

her stick beside her seat.

“Ready?” She asked me. Taking a deep breath, I also leaned my head on the headrest.

“The Deluca family is cursed, Ms. Ashley.” When I cocked up a brow, she just smiled at me, “You see? I am not Justin’s real grandmother.”

Woah! That was a surprise to me.

“For many generations, the Deluca family is cursed. Their daughter in laws could never survive after marriage. They used to die within one year.

Justin’s real granny died in an accident. His grandfather survived the accident and married me. Justin’s father was very dear to me. I raised him and then when it was time for his marriage, I was against it. I wanted to break the curse badly.

She wiped her face and chuckled, “We had no one, but each other. I gave my life and tried to raise him all by myself. I kept getting suitors, but I never considered them. Because for me, only Justin mattered.

The girl would not go outside the house. She will be provided with everything in the room except she was not allowed to pee in Justin’s presence. Justin never liked the concept of sharing the bathroom with a

So that was the reason! They wanted a goat to sacrifice, and they got me. After one year they were planning to discard me and then Sarah would have married Justin. Easy peasy!

I could not sit there anymore and stood up. Electra Deluca was looking at me through tears, “There is more to this story, Ashley.”

“And I don’t want to hear it, Mrs. Deluca,” I said stepping back.

“Justin cared for you, Ashley. That was the reason…” I could not take it anymore and left her room.