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Natalia reached the office just to find the whole office staring at her. She knew all her life she is going to get these glances. Ignoring these glances she asked the receptionist about Ashton.

"Sir is in his office..." she said with a slight smile and Natalia nodded her head smiling back to her. She read the batch on her left. Kisa look quite friendly to her but she was least interested in making friends. Today she wanted to spend her time with Ashton. Without further conversation she head to his office.

On her way she got numerous good morning and shaking heads. She reverted all of them and reached his office. Outside his office at left sat his assistant Cedric. She pitied him for handling Ashton but then she was happy other than his friends even Cedric cared for him.

Cedric flashed his perfect white teeth and wished her morning. She smiled at him and asked about Ashton. The colour of his face dried away and the pure horror on his face was an evidence that Ashton was not in a good mood.

For a minute Natalia thought of returning back home or college but she desperately wanted to spend her day with him and out of all about hearing he isn't in a good mood she wanted to cheer him up.

"What has happened?" she asked standing at his door whispering quietly so that Ashton doesn't hear it

"I don't know he called Xavier and on the phone Xavier said something and Ashton lost his calm" Cedric said and thought about how Ashton broke the vase and scattered all the files. Cedric almost ran away from his office

"Okay!!" she thought maybe because of Nicholas case something might have happened and angered him.

Natalia entered the room and saw the room completely trashed. If she says trashed means every single thing in the office was trashed except for the walls. She heard footsteps, directing her eyes towards the sound she saw Ashton coming out of washroom.

Ashton stood frozen on his feet, his eyes were swollen and his face was void of any expression. The only thing she could figure out were his eyes that were red due to immense crying.

"Natalia....." the word came out as a whisper but sounded like a prayer. He rushed towards her and crushed her onto his chest.

Natalia was shocked on sudden gesture from Ashton. He was holding her tightly as if she would vanish right in front of him, as if she would slip from his arms and disappear and never come back.

She could feel his heart rhythm pacing the double than usual. She felt something uneasy, he was applying to much force on holding her. She couldn't come to any conclusion as to why he was holding her this tight.

Keeping all her thoughts at bay she slowly and steadily raised her arms to hug him back. She rubbed his back gently trying to calm the storm inside him. Eventually his heart rate came to it's normal pace and he losen his arms around her. She tried to break the hug but immediately he held her tightly, more tight than earlier if it was even possible. He hid his face in the crook of her neck.

She could feel his hot uneven breath on her neck and immediately goosebumps rose into her body. She heard a whimper, a very low whimper and that made her stomach churn "don't leave...!!!"

She placed a hand on his back rubbing it trying to sooth his inner turmoil while the other went into his hair. She played with his hair and whispered in his ear. A soft whisper that made his heart happier than ever "I won't ever leave you"

She felt his hot breath get even but still they made every single hair on her body rise in attention. She could feel herself melting. He broke the hug and looked at her, her body went cold and numb due to such sensations. Ashton's just breath could do wonders to her body the thought of he making love to her could do what? just for a minute second the thought crossed her mind but she immediately rubbed it off.

"Where the hell did you go??" he barked on her breaking her chain of thoughts

"I didn't go anywhere" she said in utter confusion. Was he crying because of me?? Is the office trashed cause of me?? Numerous questions crossed her mind but the answers were with Ashton

"Xavier called me he said: you didn't come to college. I called Lotus he said: you left house long back. Do you have any idea what kind of trauma I was going through. I thought somebody kidnapped you, your mom came and took you, something happened to you, or worst you left me. Thousands of bad thoughts occurred in my mind. I couldn't connect to you where the hell is your cellphone, can't you....." Ashton was continuously yelling on her, she tried to speak but he was just not stopping so to cut him she kissed him.

And he froze.

It was like a dream.

He stood still his lips not moving nor her's. She was going to pull away but Ashton pulled her by her waist and kissed the hell out of her. The kiss was everything Natalia or Ashton could have imagined.

It was fierce

Demanding

Controlling

He removed all his anger in the kiss by biting her lips and the tongue while Natalia just let him torture. She loved it. The nasty pussy between her legs was wet and needed more. All the desires were suddenly alive and demanding for more.

Once she felt he was done removing the anger, the kiss went slow and sensual as if they were savouring the moment. He poured all his love in that kiss, his one hand was on her waist while other went on her booty pressing it tightly and pushing her onto him.

It was heaven for Ashton

And Pure bliss for Natalia

But

Their moment was ruined by sudden someone opening the office door. They pulled apart and saw Allen at the door with a smirk on his lips. Behind Allen stood Allison with teasing eyes.

"Bro did we ruin something??" Allison said with tease in her voice while Natalia blushed on her remark.

Natalia had one of her hand on his shoulder while other was tightly clutching the cloth of his coat.

"Ashton have some pity on her, look at her lips they are swollen" Allen acknowledged making everyone stare at her lips

Natalia bite her lips and looked down. Suddenly her shoes were the best scenery in this world to watch. Allen and Allison started to laugh looking at the red tomato named Natalia in front of them.

"Shut it Allen, it's only my right to look at her lips not you" Ashton barked while Allen raised his hands in air as surrender

"Sorry bro, but anyone can say it. You have done that bad to her lips"

"My Wife. Anybody has any problem" he said while Allen and Allison just laughed

Natalia hid herself into his chest and smiled. Ashton could feel her lips curved into a broad smile he couldn't himself stop from smiling. Thinking about the kiss it just made his heart do a mini hip hop dance but an award wining though.

"Why are you both here??" Ashton asked standing in the same position

"We have a meeting with the share holders of Wittgenstein Inc. and even we need to pass some copyrights to Allison. Do you even remember or not" Allen asked while chuckling

"Ya..!! I do remember, go to the boardroom I'll be there in five" he replied

"Be quick..!!!" Allen and Alliosn both winked at him and mouthed an All-the-best giving him thumbs up and closing the door behind. Not before instructing Cedric "not to open the door without knocking or he may just be fired the next minute" which made Cedric gulp his saliva

"Now tell me where did you go??" he demanded answers

She looked at him "I didn't wanted to go to college so thought of spending the day with you. And sorry my phone's battery is dead and there was lot of traffic so I just took much longer time to come" she explained in detail and Ashton just sighed in relief

But the next thing Natalia said just made him re-think about past. "don't you trust me enough that I won't leave you"

"Not my fault, we don't share great memories in past" he said bluntly but regretted the minute he saw sadness in her eyes but he was true to his words. He was afraid she might just leave him and never come back.

"I have a meeting, it'll take an hour you can wait in any other office, you know mine needs to re-build and after that we can go somewhere out for lunch and spent the day" he suggested while now Natalia didn't have any mood of doing such stuff.

The words Ashton said stabbed her heart but it was true even she can't deny that fact. Really their past doesn't held any good memory.

"No..!! I'm going home. Sorry for disturbing" she almost ran away from the office with her head down. Cedric saw her entering the elevator. Even he could say with the mood she came and with the mood she's going is completely different.

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