"You are not going there and that's the end of our conversation." He yelled while tightening his grip on my wrist. I tried to free my wrist but no avail.
"And why should I not?!" I argued.
"Please Aria for the love of God, listen to me! It's not sa...
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Aria's POV
"Annie." Thomas called me out as I got out of the car.
I turned towards him.
"There's something I need to tell you." He said and I shared a glance with Ashton.
"Let's go inside first." I said and we all moved into the house.
I sat on the couch beside Ashton and signalled Thomas to have a seat too.
"Go ahead Thomas, tell us what is it that you want to say." I said.
"Annie, all this happened a week after mom and dad's accident." He started and I furrowed my brows confused as to why he is bringing something such old out right now.
"You were inside in the room, sleeping and Aunt Regina and her husband had just left, some old man and two other men with him barged into our house before I could even ask them who they were." I nodded at him to continue.
"They told me they were my well wishers. I was confused and asked them to leave but they convinced me to listen to them once. And they informed me that our dad had left us so much trust fund which would be enough for us to survive for half of our lives. I was happy to hear that. But, he also said that there is a trust fund he left for you and only you could've received that amount, it is around hundreds of millions." My eyes widened hearing that.
I wanted to interrupt him but decided against it. My dad didn't even own any company, he was just a normal lawyer in the town court. Where did he get so much money from?
"And he said that you would attain it once you are 24." He paused a little and looked up at me.
"Aria, then they told me that they want your money, and that they would give us half of it and keep half to themselves. When I refused, they threatened me that if I don't agree to what they say, they will take all our money and will kill us. I got scared Annie, after all i was just a teenager. They told me that I needed to keep this unknown to you, and to get you scared of me, so that in the future when you have to transfer the fund to their name, you wouldn't ask any questions about it. So I had to do what I did to you all those years." My mouth dropped after I heard what he said.
"I had no choice, there were their men roaming around everywhere we go. They captured every move of mine and I couldn't help but do what they wanted, Chase also works for them." Tears pooled up in my eyes listening to what he said.
"I'm sorry Annie, I had no choice." His voice cracked at the end.
I stood up and went to him. I wrapped my arms around him and he hugged me back.
"I'm really sorry Annie. I'm sorry." He apologised again.
"No, Thomas it isn't your fault. You did not have any choice." I tried reasoning.
We pulled away after a while and I wiped my tears off.
"Annie, I need to go to Tessa." He said and I nodded eagerly.
"And you, come back home after sometime, don't stay anywhere else." He said, eyeing Ashton, who was standing behind me.
I bit my lip to refrain myself from laughing out loud.
There he is, ladies and gentlemen, my overprotective older brother, Thomas Mathews.
He left after that and I turned towards Ashton.
He smiled while stalking towards me.
"Too much drama?" He teased.
"Too much drama." I answered, squinting my eyes.
We both laughed and I wrapped my arms around his and placed my head on his chest.
"Aria, if you don't mind me asking." He started and I replied with a ' hmm ' as I was too busy feeling his abs.
What the actual heck, Aria?
What?
"Do you trust what your brother said?" He asked and I pulled away from him.
"What do you mean?" I asked him, confused.
"I don't know, I just want to you to be careful with all this shit going on-" I cut him off by pecking his lips.
"Don't worry Ash, I'll be fine." I said and cupped his cheek. I gave him a small smile but he didn't return it. I furrowed my brows and pouted at him. "What?" I whined.
He let out a sudden, short hiss of frustration. "Do you know how much I was terrified by today's incident?!" He let out and cupped my cheeks with both of his hands.
Awe.
"But I'm fine now, with you, safe, right?" I tried soothing him. "And by that I remember, why do you have a gun?" I asked him and he suddenly clammed up. No answer.
I nudged him a little and he got out of his trance and looked at me.
"I...." He trailed off. I nodded at him, encouraging him to continue.
"I have a licensed gun and the rest of the people, they are my bodyguards, so they all have one too." He explained and I nodded.
"Okay forget all that. So there's a party in the evening, it's kind of a ball, so if you want to accompany me..." I smiled at how nervous he sounded.
"No" I said, deciding to tease him a little.
His face fell. "No?" He asked and I bit my lip and shake my head.
"O...Okay, I understand you're tired, sorry you go rest I-I'll-" I burst out laughing and he looked at me confused.
Oh My God he's so cute!
"I was just kidding, chill." I said in between my chuckles.
He groaned and I swear his cheeks had a pink tint on them.
Ah!
"So, will you..." He trailed off and I nodded.
"I will..." I mocked him. And laughed.
He rolled his eyes but nevertheless smiled.
"Then let's complete the shopping we started this morning.
Huh finally, shopping!
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So, I know it's been ages since I updated, but u know there was some problem with my account.
Wattpad went crazy. But I solved all of that and then I was too lazy to write anything so ya....
Basically, I'm sorry.
More updates now, promise😁
Thank you for all the patience.
And what do you think of the story so far? It's characters, the plot... etc etc.
