Mine to Take
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Chapter 7 Seven img
Chapter 8 Eight img
Chapter 9 Nine img
Chapter 10 Ten img
Chapter 11 Eleven img
Chapter 12 Twelve img
Chapter 13 Thirteen img
Chapter 14 Fourteen img
Chapter 15 Fifteen img
Chapter 16 Sixteen img
Chapter 17 Seventeen img
Chapter 18 Eighteen img
Chapter 19 Nineteen img
Chapter 20 Twenty img
Chapter 21 Twenty One img
Chapter 22 Twenty Two img
Chapter 23 Twenty Three img
Chapter 24 Twenty Four img
Chapter 25 Twenty Five img
Chapter 26 Twenty Six img
Chapter 27 Twenty Seven img
Chapter 28 Twenty Eight img
Chapter 29 Twenty Nine img
Chapter 30 Thirty img
Chapter 31 Thirty one img
Chapter 32 Thirty Two img
Chapter 33 Thirty Three img
Chapter 34 Thirty Four img
Chapter 35 Thirty Five img
Chapter 36 Thirty Six img
Chapter 37 Thirty Seven img
Chapter 38 Thirty Eight img
Chapter 39 Thirty Nine img
Chapter 40 Forty img
Chapter 41 Forty One img
Chapter 42 Forty Two img
Chapter 43 Forty Three img
Chapter 44 Forty Four img
Chapter 45 Forty Five img
Chapter 46 Forty Six img
Chapter 47 Forty Seven img
Chapter 48 Forty Eight img
Chapter 49 Forty Nine img
Chapter 50 Fifty img
Chapter 51 Fifty one img
Chapter 52 Fifty Two img
Chapter 53 Fifty Three img
Chapter 54 Fifty Four img
Chapter 55 Fifty Five img
Chapter 56 Fifty Six img
Chapter 57 Fifty Seven img
Chapter 58 Fifty Eight img
Chapter 59 Fifty Nine img
Chapter 60 Sixty img
Chapter 61 Sixty One img
Chapter 62 Sixty Two img
Chapter 63 Sixty Three img
Chapter 64 Sixty Four img
Chapter 65 Sixty Five img
Chapter 66 Sixty Six img
Chapter 67 Sixty Seven img
Chapter 68 Sixty Eight img
Chapter 69 Sixty Nine img
Chapter 70 Seventy img
Chapter 71 Seventy One img
Chapter 72 Seventy Two img
Chapter 73 Seventy Three img
Chapter 74 Seventy Four img
Chapter 75 Seventy Five img
Chapter 76 Seventy Six img
Chapter 77 Seventy Seven img
Chapter 78 Seventy Eight img
Chapter 79 Seventy Nine img
Chapter 80 Eighty img
Chapter 81 Eighty One img
Chapter 82 Eighty Two img
Chapter 83 Eighty Three img
Chapter 84 Eighty Four img
Chapter 85 Eighty Five img
Chapter 86 Eighty Six img
Chapter 87 Eighty Seven img
Chapter 88 Eighty Eight img
Chapter 89 Eighty Nine img
Chapter 90 Ninety img
Chapter 91 Ninety One img
Chapter 92 Ninety Two img
Chapter 93 Ninety Three img
Chapter 94 Ninety Four img
Chapter 95 Ninety Five img
Chapter 96 Ninety Six img
Chapter 97 Ninety Seven img
Chapter 98 Ninety Eight img
Chapter 99 Ninety Nine img
Chapter 100 Hundred img
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Chapter 5 Five

Lily waited purposely until 8:30 to return to Asher's home. She didn't want to move in before the time he gave her and have him think she is still going to submit to his whim all the time. The Lily he was previously married to might have done that, but not her... She was going to play the part of a wife that is married only on paper very well this time around.

Her heart however broke in disappointment when she walked back into the house with the two suitcases she walked away with, and he wasn't even home yet. She bit down hard on her bottom lip, to keep its trembles from the gazes of the servants, who were all overjoyed to see her. Lily knew the excitement wasn't because they loved her so much, but because now their jobs were secured. Marie had told her Asher's threats last night.

"Let me help you, ma'am" the voice of the driver interrupted her thoughts, and with a small smile, she let go of the suitcases and he carried it up.

"I am glad you are back, ma'am" Marie said, and Lily bobbed her head with a small smile. She looked around the living room and she bit back a tear, it looked just as lifeless as it did when she first moved in as a wife, and then she had been excited to add touches of homeliness to it, but now, she decided it was better off looking lifeless. It would be an epitome of the lifelessness of their marriage, the same way her touches of homeliness signified her stupid hope that one day, a man who swore to never love her will finally one day, do.

"I can't say the same, Marie." She said and Marie shot her a sad smile. "Is dinner ready?" Marie immediately nodded and pointed to the direction of the dinning room.

"Ready and served."

"Excellent" she decided she was going to have dinner without him, then go and get the needed rest from moving twice in a day. She wasn't going to wait up for him, not anymore.

Asher's eyes darted to the wall clock in his office, and he nodded. It was 8:20, she should be back now.

"Ash baby! Are you even listening to me?!" A loud voice interrupted his thoughts, and he turned in annoyance to the owner. His frown immediately disappeared and was replaced with a forced smile when he saw Charlotte staring at him angrily, her hands folded under her boobs, and he couldn't help but wonder if her voice has always been this annoying.

"I am sorry, what were you saying?" She released a breath and strutted over to him before she made herself comfortable on his laps. Her scent immediately engulfed his nose, and he wanted nothing but to push her away. Her scent was rough, nothing like Lily's soft vanilla scent, and her moves were too bold, too knowing unlike Lily's... He immediately shook his head and snapped out of his thoughts.

Since Charlotte walked into his office this evening he has done nothing but scrutinize and compare her to Lily, and it was maddening because even though she looked like Lily, she was nothing like her. When she showed up unannounced yesterday after 5 years, he waited for happiness at her return, at her apology, but it never came... He thought taking her home to Lily will finally bring back the missing passion, but all it did was show him how much he has come to appreciate gentleness to the brazen ways of Charlotte... But he loved her, right?

His gaze met hers, and he listened with forced interest as she went on and on about the most irrelevant of things. Lily would have talked about... He stopped himself and shook his head, no, not Lily, this isn't just about Lily, he would have been interested in her little yapping about nothing a few years ago, but this time around he couldn't even muster the faintest interest. He couldn't care less for her anymore, and to him, Asher Allard... The minute he stops caring is the minute he stops loving.

"Charlotte..." He cut her off in the middle of her rants, and she responded with a sweet smile. "It's time for me to go home."

Her hands immediately found its way to his tie and she began fiddling with it. "Do you really have to go? We can just stay at a hotel tonight, I know neither of us want to see her botched face tonight." Asher clenched his fists tightly to keep in check the sudden surge of annoyance he felt at her insulting Lily. She had done the same last night and he disregarded it, but not this time.

"I'll appreciate it if you don't insult my wife." Her eyes widened at his words and she immediately stood to her feet.A

"Your wife? Since when did you start referring to her as that... In my presence!? You know she stole you from me!"

"You ran away at our wedding, Charlotte!" He said, his voice calm and steady as always, but Charlotte almost tripped over her ankle at his words. "Lily didn't steal me, you gave me up."

"Ba-babe..." She turned on her slutty voice and walked over to him, her hands cupping his face. "I already told you that..."

"That you are sorry? Yes, you have. What you haven't told me is the reason you actually came back." Charlotte's eyes widened and she immediately backed away from him. Her mind raced all over, trying to figure out why he was doubting her. Could he have found out the truth? She glanced at him, and shook her head... There's no way.

"Baby..."

Asher cut her off by standing to his feet, "I think you should go now." When she walked into his office with her crappy apology and crappy excuse, he had a hunch she was lying but he was too busy trying to feign happiness at her return. He waited all these years for it, but now... He knew better or rather, he has finally acknowledged the truth he has always known.

Charlotte is a pathological liar, and a manipulator, and it's become difficult to deal with it.

                         

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