Unexpected encounter:They were meant to be together - 821 Why not?

“I thought we were going home together,” Andrew frowned.

Squeezing his lips, she chuckled, “Yes I know but dad wants us to go home with him today and it’s kinda late too.”

“But what will I do without you?”

“Well, what were you doing for so many days when I wasn’t there with you?” she inquired.

Glancing at his watch, he answered, “Well, by now I would be two whiskey bottles down and probably cursing myself for letting you down.”

“Okay don’t do that.” hooking her arms around his neck, she instructed, “Go home and take a warm shower first, after that call me and then we’ll talk all night.”

“Can I video call you?” When she nodded her head, he grinned, “Okay then, I will video call you as soon as I finish showering.”

Running her finger through his collar, she inquired, “With only a towel towel wrapped around your waist?”

Wrapping his arms around her waist, he smiled, “Anything that you want.”

Inching closer, she whispered, “Maybe you can toss that towel aside when the video call starts.”

“Hmm I like that idea but what about you?” Brushing his lips on her cheeks, he whispered, “I want you to toss everything aside too.”

“Wait, are you suggesting us to have a sex vidoe call like teenagers?” she chuckled.

Shrugging his shoulders, he answered, “Maybe and even if I am, is that wrong? Isn’t it something very natural? And maybe we don’t have to video call each other if we start staying together.”

“Staying together reminds me, did you eat the ice cream which I had stored in your refrigerator?” she inquired.

When Andrew sighed and vigorously shook his head, she frowned, “Why not? That was your favourite flavour.”

“After you left, I stopped staying in the mansion.”

“Where are you staying then?”

Kissing the back of her hand, he answered, “In my apartment, I didn’t feel like staying there without you. I missed you so much.”

Snuggling closer, she smiled, “Let’s go to the mansion together tomorrow, okay?”

“We will do everything that you say honey.” Pausing for a while, he asked, “At what time should I fetch you?”

“Morning, have breakfast with us.”

“Hmm, as long as your dad doesn’t mind.”

….

Ashton’s car.

“The wedding was fun, right honey?” When Elsa did not say anything, Ashton called her out again, “Babe?”

“Hmm—” Coming out of her daze, Elsa awkwardly cleared her throat , “Sorry, did you say something?”

“Yes I did but that is not important.” Pausing for a while, he asked, ‘Why don’t you tell me what is wrong with you?”

“Noth—”

Cutting her of, he snapped, “Don’t say nothing because I know something is bothering you.”

When she did not say anything, he stopped the car in a corner and turned towards her. “Why are you so hesitant to talk to me? If you don’t tell me what is wrong or what is bothering you then how will I solve it?” Grabbing her hand, he sighed, “Remember what I told you? Talking and sharing always helps, if we stop talking and sharing our problems, things will start going downhill. Being in a relationship is not only about sharing good things, we need to share our worries and problems too otherwise our relationship will never grow.”

Tightening her grip around his hand, she sighed, “It’s not like I don’t want to share anything with you Ash, you are the only one I have.” Placing her hand on his cheeks, she continued, “You are my only family.”

“Then tell me, what is happening?”

“Do you remember that childhood friend of mine?”

Thinking for a while, he inquired, “That guy who wanted to take you with him?”

She nodded her head and continued, “Yes—”

“What was his name again?”

“Henry,” she answered.

“What about him? Did he do something?” Ashton frowned, though he knew nothing about Henry or what he did, Ashton did not have a really good image of him. Apart from the fact that Henry tried to take Elsa away from him, he also did not get a nice positive or friendly vibe from him. Wondering how he forgot to investigate this Henry guy, he further inquired, “What about him?”

Taking out her phone, she showed him the messages that Henry had been sending her for quite some time.

While he was going through the messages, she explained, “Before I left the airport that day, he asked me for my number and I gave it to him. Initially he used to text me occasionally and the conversation was short and friendly but later he started saying weird things. I started ignoring him but he kept sending me messages and—”

Scrunching his brows, he asked, “And what?”

“H-He started sending me half naked and naked pictures of him. I immediately blocked his number after that, I wanted to tell you but I thought it isn’t a big deal—”

Cutting her off, Ashton snapped, “Not a big deal? A random guy was sending nudes and harassing but you think it isn’t a big deal? What is wrong with you Elsa? You should’ve told me the very first time he started acting weird.”

When she lowered her head and did not say anything, he sighed, “What happened after that?”

“He started sending me messages from different numbers. I told him that I don’t want to talk to him anymore and asked him not to call or text me in the future but he didn’t listen to me so I decided to change my number,” she further explained.

“So you would rather change your number than tell me?” He mockingly scoffed.

Clutching onto his sleeves, she tried to explain her point, “Henry is my childhood friend, we were very close back then so I thought maybe something is wrong with him. I didn’t want things to turn ugly and I didn’t want you to stress you either so I decided to keep it to myself. I thought changing my number would help but it didn’t.”

Pausing for a while, she continued, “He started messaging me again.”

Reading the last message that she had received from Henry which said that he would never let her off even if she changes her number several times, Ashton gritted his teeth. Someone was harassing his girlfriend right under his nose and he had no idea about it. Elsa had already faced a lot in her life and all Ashton wanted to do was to give her the loving and peaceful life she deserved.

When he did not say anything, Elsa panicked. Tightening her grip around his sleeves, she stuttered, “I-I did not mean to hurt you Ash, I was about to tell you about it if he had done something like that again, please don’t be mad.”

“I am not mad—” Helplessly shaking his head, he sighed, “Come here.” Pulling her in his lap, he explained, “I just upset over the fact that someone is harassing you since so many days but I had no idea about it.”

Hooking her arms around his neck, she stated, “It’s not your fault, how are you supposed to know when I did not tell you anything?”

Caressing her cheeks, he assured her, “Don’t worry about him, I’ll take care of everything.”

Fidgeting with his collar, she said, “I just don’t know what is wrong with him Ash, I am not saying that it is right but as far as I know Henry, he cannot do inappropriate things.”

“Babe you met him when you were very young, it’s been so many years since then and things change, people change. You can’t judge someone based on how they used to be when they were young.” Scrunching his brows, he continued, “Thank God you did not leave with him and how stupid of me to let you go with him without doing anything kind of investigation.”

Keeping quiet for quite some time, she requested, “Will you please tell me what is wrong with him after you find out?”

Kissing her forehead, he nodded his head, “Hmm, I will.” Kissing the back of her hand, he added, “Don’t stress about it, okay?”

Elsa nodded her head and snuggled closer, “Let’s go home.”

…..

Liang’s car.

“Stay with him? What do you mean by staying with him?” Yutang snapped.

“Dad, Linyang means that she wants to move in with Andrew,” Liang explained.

Gritted his teeth, Yutang snapped at his son, “I know what she means, you don’t have to explain anything. Don’t forget that I am your father and you are my son.”

Looking at Kathy who was sitting right beside him in the passenger seat, Liang sighed.

“You can laugh if you want to,” he whispered.

With her lips tightly pursed, Kathy was trying very hard not to laugh.

“Dad you are just overreacting, even Liang and Kathy are staying together but you don’t tell him anything,” Linyang retorted.

Turning towards his daughter, Yutang explained, “Look, I don’t tell Liang anything because—”

Cutting his father off, Liang grinned, “Because I am a man, right dad?”

“No, it’s because I don’t care about you or what you do,” Yutang answered.

…..