My President Husband

chapter 18

Adriana: “Where you lost?”, she asked me while waving her hand in front of my face.

Aryan: “Just thinking about something”, I replied to her and before I could do something a knock came in the door. We looked at the door and Jake was standing there looking a little bit tense. My eyebrows raised seeing him like this.

Aryan: “What happened?”I asked him.

Jake: “Boss, you need to come with me. We found out about things, you need to see”, he told me nervously while looking at me. I nodded at him sanseing the importance of his coming. If it was not important then he would never disturb us right now. Then he left after giving an apologetic smile towards adriana. After he left, I took a deep breath and looked at my queen.

Aryan: “I need to go now, we will continue to talk later”, I told her. She looked a little bit disappointed but didn't say anything. She passed me a small smile and nodded at me. I started going towards the door but again came back towards my queen. She is looking at me confusedly, I don’t say anything. When I come closer to her, I give her a forehead kiss. She closed her eyes, feeling my lips on her forehead. My lips stayed for a few seconds on her forehead before I backed away from her. She is still tightly closing her eyes. I smiled a little, she opened her eyes and looked at me .

Aryan: “I’m going, take care”, I said to her before walking out of the room.

As I walked down the corridor, the warmth of her forehead still lingering against my lips, something tightened in my chest. She smiled so freely today and I swore to myself I’d protect that smile. No matter what.

Jake was waiting near the main hallway, his jaw tight, eyes darting. That alone told me this wasn’t ordinary business.

Aryan: “Talk”, I said when I came in front of him.

Jake: “We hacked into the last known call records of her father but it’s more than that. We traced someone else, someone who’s been communicating with him constantly before and after the kidnapping”, he said. My eyes narrowed.

Aryan: “Who?”, I asked him.

Jake: “His name is Leo. Leo Asher, College senior. Same department as Adriana. He’s obsessed with her and now works in the same hospital”, he told me and handed me a tablet.

I clenched my jaw as I scanned the details. Photos, Messages everything is here. Even blurry screenshots of her walking around the campus. He had been following her, watching her. My hands tightened around the device.

Aryan: “Why didn’t she mention him?”, I mumble with a law voice. My anger kept increase.

Jake hesitated. “Maybe she doesn’t know the extent of it.”

Obsession. That word burned through me like acid. No one could obsess over her. She wasn’t some prize to be stalked. She was mine.

Aryan: “Find out everything. Where he lives, who he talks to, where he goes. I want his whole damn life mapped out by tonight.”

Jake nodded, but then added something that made the air leave my lungs.

Jake: “There’s more. His father… my name's Marcus Asher.”

I froze. I knew that name.

Jake continued, “Marcus and Lena Asher. They died ten years ago in a supposed car accident—but records show they were involved in illegal dealings… the same couple who were connected to your parents' murder.”

My heart stopped. Blood roared in my ears.

Leo wasn’t just some obsessed fool. He was the son of the monsters who destroyed my family.