part 26

I wiped my lips with tissue paper as I thought it red would look too loud for travelling.

"You should have atleast gave me sometime to pack my bags and to change into some casual." I complained but he didn't bother to reply.

He parked the car and gave the key to a valet.

damn!!

"If they dare ask me anything now." I commented as I saw paparazzi coming towards us.

"You don't have to reply. It's simple." He shrugged and held me with one of his hand. We started walking.

"Remove your hand from my shoulder now. I don't want to deal with the comments that would be fired upon me when these photographs will be posted on social media or newspapers." He didn't give any response.

"Why? Are you afraid?" He whispered in my ear.

"Why will I?"

"Of being compared to me?"

"Ha! You are totally..."

"Yes. Because there would be comments like she is a gold digger,

She is too fat for him, she is too ugly for him, she is.."

I gave a hard look towards him which caused him to chuckle.

"I am neither a gold digger nor too fat. And how much ugly I am that everyone knows. And ofcourse it's my ugliness that you can't keep your eyes off me." I blinked dramatically at him. "It's my ugliness that caught you offguard when you saw me for the first time. And of course it's my ugliness for what you are so much obsessed that you are jealous of other guys who looked at me." I saw one of the journalist looking towards us. I waved at him giving a full smile.

James frowned and started walking fast.

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James left me to the building where I was living.

I was needed to attend the meeting in six hours from then.

And what about my rule of sleeping eight hours a day?

Yes I sleep eight hours a day.

Because it's good for my skin, my health and my brain.

Yes I know most of them hardly get time to sleep but trust me if you sleep for seven or eight hours a day then your skin will started glowing like mine...

Shut up Liz ! There is no one who is listening to you.

Better go and sleep.

I slept for four hours and then get up at eight.

The meeting is at ten.

I did my daily routine and made some breakfast for myself.

I went to the office at thirty past nine to collect the important papers which would be needed at the meeting.

I was fully prepared when I was interrupted by a knock at my office door.

"Are you ready with the papers?" James asked as he opened the door.

"Yes. Should we go now?" I asked him and he nodded.

We went to the meeting room and I adjusted the projector so that everyone at the room could looked at it properly.

"Only ten minutes are left.. don't you think they should have already came?" I asked James.

"Yes you are right." James took out his phone and started shuffling through his mails. "The meeting is at ten thirty." He looked at me sheepishly but then composed his posture. "I did not rechecked the mail."

I looked at him in shock and a little anger.

I could have sleep half an hour more.

"I used to think that you were a perfect businessman." I rolled my eyes.

"I am."

I ignored him.

We both sat in silence for sometime.

"You looked beautiful last night." He commented by looking at me.

"Thank you..."

"But.."

Damn your but..

"You should have not put on tons of make up on your face." He shrugged.

"I did not." I narrowed my eyes.

"Have a look." He showed me a picture of last night.

"When did you captured it?" I asked feeling shy? Angry? Or overwhelmed

I was confused at my feeling at the moment.

"Last night?" He asked raising his brows.

"Whatever." I dropped the topic again and sat lazily.

Should I ask him now?

Maybe this is the right time?

We are alone too.

"Why are you behaving so odd?" He asked suddenly.

"I? No I am totally..."

"Do you want to go back to your office?" He asked.

"No... Actually I wanted to ask you something." I said looking at my nails.

"So? Ask me."

Damn!

It's your duty to propose me but here I have to do this.

But what if he say...no

Think positive.

And also your life is not dependent on him, if he says no then you will kick him out of your life forever.

"Umm.. my dad is unwell."

Great!

"Oh..okay. sorry to hear that. so?"

"Doctor said he might survive for two months...."

I started feeling sad by mentioning his condition.

"Oh.. Do you want any help? I mean i can arrange one of the best doctors.."

"No. He is already seeing one of the best cardiologist."

"Then what do you want to ask?"

Your life...

If I could.

"My parents want me to settle down." That caught him and his eyebrows furrowed together.

"You are already settled."

"Yes. But they want me to marry."

"Okay."

"So, I wanted to ask you that ..."

"It's your life you can do Whatever you want. You don't have to ask me." He screeched his chair back and stood up.

"But I wanted to ask if..."

"Damn Liza. Do whatever you want. And even if you want to resign you can." He started walking towards the door.

"Do you want to marry me or not?" I asked in an irritating voice.

He halted and looked back at me.

"What do you ask?"

"Do you want to marry me?" I asked it again in a low voice.

He suddenly started laughing.

"I knew it. My mother was right in the starting when she said you are tricking me to get into the marriage thing." He laughed again. "I didn't know you were really a gold digger."

I fisted my hands in anger but didn't say anything.

Yes his mother doubted me at first but now she adore me.

And I think she is aware of his son's behaviour towards me.

"Anyways, your story was fantastic. At first I believed it."

"I am not lying."

You don't have to give him any explanations.

"Oh so sorry for your father. But tell him to arrange some another billionaire for you." He said and walked out from there, banging the door in the process.

I didn't cry though my tears were threatening to come out.

That's it.

End of Mr. James Ashton from my life.

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