Teresa's POV
I could clearly see his jaw seemed to harden. He pushed Boxton until the man hit the wall hard.
Ash was standing in front of me, he seemed very protective of me and the pained-looking Boxton was staring at him angrily.
"Who are you to get in our way?" Boxton said in a big voice. His bulging eyes looked very irritating. "Get out of the way!" he ordered. Ash did not move out of the way.
The man who had just appeared wearing a sky-blue shirt clenched his fists firmly. "I am her future husband."
Ash's words surprised Boxton and me, who immediately looked at me. I stood near Ash, the man looking at me, probably to check on the situation.
The gesture I made had made Boxton snort. "Future husband?" He grinned widely. "I'm the future husband! Damn it!" He shot a fist at Ash.
This was so tense I screamed and was about to advance. But Ash's big body blocked me, and he caught Boxton's fist. "So this is the damn guy?" He knocked Boxton to the floor, punching him in the face quickly.
It was such a scary situation. Red colored liquid I could see from Boxton's busted lip, with this kind of condition, Ash would punch him again and it was scary. I hugged Ash's arm. "Ash, already... stop.." I was scared to see this.
Ash looked at me with dim eyes. Then his other hand held my hand, and now he was in a better position than before. Bringing me closer to him by putting his arm around me.
"Get out of here. Teresa only has one man, and that's me." Ash said with a firm sentence and a straight look. He looked so amazing. In my current position, I can even see the details of his face from another angle.
He was mesmerizing, and my heart felt warm because of his defensive attitude toward me.
Boxton, who lost strength to Ash, moved hesitantly. I'm sure the pain made all his bones seem broken. Yet I felt so happy. I wanted even more pain for that ignorant man.
"Teresa, you're the same. You cheated on me, and you blame everything on me. What you did was nothing more than a b***h!" Boxton really seemed to have lost his pride as he blamed me for the wrong he had done.
He was a very bad man, and the more I realized this, the more disgusted I became.
My stomach felt like it was being punctured from the inside whenever I saw the foul things from him.
Ash was still in front of me. His well-built body really looks perfect. He's a man with a voluptuous masculinity that makes me mesmerized and even more tempted by him.
"You don't want to leave here?" He said with a voice that pressed so that it sounded sexy.
He was facing Boxton, who couldn't even move his jaw to answer.
Ash's patience didn't seem to be much because he moved and then his hand grabbed Boxton's shirt collar, without saying anything he dragged roughly and threw the rotten man out.
"Bastard." He cursed. "You're the one who cheated on her and wanted her money. If I see you here again, I'll chop you up."
Ash's words were so terrifying that I couldn't imagine him actually doing that. Dangerous.
He could end up in jail because of this insignificant figure.
In fact, Ash's words made Boxton tremble and run in fear. He was indeed a coward. He probably won't be here anymore out of fear, and I feel relieved about that.
"Looks like I'll have to move out of here soon." A gust of breath escaped my mouth. This was indeed making me dizzy.
Ash held my shoulders. He made me look into his eyes. "That's a good choice. He might just come again."
"Really?"
Within a second, I accepted what Ash said. That greedy man might indeed come back. I was going to move anyway. I could have a bigger house than this.
I cleared my mind and held Ash's hand. "Come in." I pulled him in.
Now that he was sitting on the living room sofa, I noticed his large hand. There was a small cut there. Probably because he hit Boxton. "I will treat this small wound."
"What if you lick it?"
Instantly, I saw it, and my nape became hot at his words. It sounded... erotic.
My face was probably so red that it was embarrassing for him to see. "You're really good at talking seductively like that.
"Oh, I'm just remembering a scene from a movie I saw as a teenager. Isn't it common to clean wounds by licking them?" The smile on her face was so sweet. It made me squeeze my hand so hard. It's hard for me to deal with an experienced seducer like him. He's so smart that he can break my heart in an instant.
As my breath comes out of my mouth and I release my hand, I want to run away from here immediately. But this time, he's the one holding my hand. "Where are you going?"
I looked at him with both cheeks slightly puffed up. "Ash... I'm having a hard time dealing with you."
He chuckles. I really don't understand what's so funny right now. But I guess I'm the only one who acts stiff and like a fool.
After a lot of drama, I finally managed to treat the medicine. It's calmer now, and I can breathe better.
I put the document on the table, and she looked at me immediately. "What's this?"
"This is our marriage contract. Shouldn't we do it seriously and carefully?"
He must also want to know the benefits he has and so on. This is what he's doing to survive, the same as what I'm doing.
"It is forbidden to have feelings, forbidden to touch without permission, and forbidden to act as lovers who love each other." Ash spoke while looking at the document he was holding. He then looked back at me. "If you have feelings for me, what then?"
His question made me pause. Then I smiled. "Something like that won't happen. Just take it easy. It's exhausting, Ash." I sat back down, not far from him.
"If you have feelings for me, we should end our relationship at that point."
His expression changed slightly. Maybe it was just my feelings. But after that, he smiled. "Interesting."
I nodded. "Of course. You will get three million dollars after one year of pretending to be my husband, Ash."
I felt good about our agreement and thought this was the right choice.