Chapter 16

Ashley's Pov

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John Steward was directing me and I was following his footsteps when the elevator opened once again to the ground floor, the silence was demeaning and hard to fall. All the eyes were looking at John, drooling over to his persona when he was busy neglecting everyone's at the same duration.

He didn't try to make a scene or even act whatever the men do in this situation, instead, he led the way for me to get outside while squeezing the crowd, it was a lunch break, so everyone was gathered on the streets of Newyork, trying to find anything to get their hands on to enjoy the little junction of their time.

Until I saw John begin walking to a big black Lamborghini.

This is a very bad idea!

Runaway from here!

Danger alert!

However, when I tried to escape from his view, he honked his car to get my attention.

Now, everyone was staring at me with an open hang mouth, what if I didn't? And he complains about my behaviour for didn't keep the coalition?

Me Jensen will ask me if you can't keep your words, you shouldn't be in my company!

Then I will be doomed, so maybe I need to go with him. And for the future, I will keep everything in my mind before giving my words.

"Coming," I shouted.

I steadily ran against the flow of wind, when the weather of New York City changed dramatically flying my hair in all the directions of the wind.

"What were you thinking? Ms Brooke?" His dark sculpted eyebrows were raised in confusion.

"Nothing," I gazed outside to the window while realizing where we were going to have lunch?

We are not going into any fancy hotels, right?

We are just going to a nearby food truck or whatever the roadsides sell!

As I don't have enough money with me, I don't want to be a laughing stock in people's eyes.

"Women's and their impressions, impossible!" He whispered to himself and chuckled in a soft tone. While starting the music.

I got engrossed in the vibes of the music, my eyes went closed, the elements around me didn't matter anymore, I have never been so affluent in the past with the soft tune of music and all the silence, ythe slow of wind was alarming my impressions,

The car halted once again, and I heard him say, "you can wake up, Ms Ashley,"

Shit!

I am so embarrassed by my fortune, how can I behave like a child in the body of a woman, he must be thinking I am an alien who got her solace with a stranger? In his car?

"Sorry," I muttered while looking at my sandals, by the way, which I noticed, they were almost on the verge of dying, at any moment I would be on the road by broken sandals.

"Now shall we?"

He started walking, and I was by his side while constantly looking at my legs, what if I got tip-toed and make fun of myself in the whole City.

"Relax, this time lunch is from my side," he silently whispered into my ears, without making me impatient.

But why was he saying so? As I looked up and saw the hotel Bloomingdale, my eyes went wide,

I already said that was a bad idea!

But you didn't listen to me

This hotel is more expensive than my one-month advance paycheck!

Furthermore, This hotel is more expensive than my whole life.

I, Ashely Brooke, have never reckoned to do lunch on this expensive hotel where only billionaires approach.

And if that was not enough, I was more apologetic of the thinking that he saw, or read my face, my almost red face, or maybe he saw and realised I am a poor girl, whom he wants to make happy for a day and make her realise that she is nothing in this world, where everyone holds power.

When I was trying very hard to accomplish the same life for my family and to make a living on my own with the struggling structure of life.

Nevertheless, it would not be a good outcome, to decline and run away from here.

Instead, I will save from my paycheck month to return him his spending on my lunch, yes that would be a great idea and it won't make me a fragile woman in his eyes.

He guided me with his long strides, maybe the first time I noticed him, he was too long to consider to be a man.

He must be very good looking because every woman inside the hotel was snickering at him with their lusty eyes, while I was ashamed to even follow the right steps while thinking about my sandals.

The first thing you are going to do from your paycheck is going to buy a pair of sandals!

Mission accomplished! I have planned to get all the things I have ever wanted to get after this lunch.

"So, are you going to stand all day, or are you going to sit?" He raised his eyebrows while ignoring all the women's stares ok him.

I nodded my head at his outcome and got settled in.

He read the menu and asked me to do so, and when I read whatever the items it had, my head started spinning while realising how expensive this hotel is.

I can't eat anything from here, maybe I should just order a glass of water and that's it!

"So what do you want to eat?"

I looked down again, lowered my voice and tried to fake laugh, "HAHA! I think I am full, so I will only have. Glass of plain water,"

As he looked to my poor structure or my empty eyes, or maybe he was even hearing my empty stomach growling, "are you sure?"  His voice came more as a concerned one.

His calculating eyes were resting on my face maybe he was trying to read my thoughts, or to read my poor state of mind in the big expensive hotel.

"Okay then," he called for a waiter and ordered him whatever he had in his mind.

In the next outcome, his cell phone started ringing, then he excuses himself, and went to have a deep talk with him.

I looked at all the girls or women's who were dressed up as they were in the modelling show, oh not that, maybe they were actresses of the movie while I was a poor soul, whom they were staring at with their keen eyes, and whispering in the hushed tones.

And I was on the other hand, trying everything to hide, or to my poor, or my state, or to my almost broken sandals that are on the verge of breaking.

In the next moment, the waiter arrived with his hands full, there were almost ten dishes which he placed On the table.

I think he had lost his way and did the wrong delivery of the dishes.

"Hey, I believe this is not our order,"

My voice was as low as possible to not grab any attention of anyone.

"Mam, this is the order of your table, now if you please excuse me," and he went off to serve another customer.

The aroma of the food hit my nostrils, food must be too delicious because my mouth was watering with its delicious fragrance and my empty stomach growled once again.

He was not here, maybe I should eat something before he arrives and found me staring at all the food like a ghost woman.

I took a piece of smokey grilled chicken, with a piece of bread and thrust it in my mouth while same time looking for the hot rich chocolate drink.

"I knew you were hungry Ms Brooke," and he chuckled while staring at me when my mouth was filled with food.