Kiara's POV :

I smiled when Asher walked into the room only to see the date and time. "You talked to Dad," I said pulling him and seating him on the couch. "Yeah," he grumbled. "And?" I said. It was almost 7:45 so he was in there for longer than I anticipated. "He grilled me a lot about you, me and us," he sighed. When I noticed and then saw his right side where his jaw was starting to swell a little. "Ash!" I said immediately calling for an icepack. "Relax, he did warn me eight years ago that he would punch me if I came back," he chuckled.

"Not funny," I said when one of the cleaning workers came and gave me the ice pack. "I'm fine," he said pulling me onto his lap. "I'm sorry I haven't been able to see you at all," he sighed. "What are you talking about?" In the past five days, we had fallen into a frenzy of work but also a very weird schedule. Asher had the password to my apartment so he could stay over whenever. He said that it was my birthday and called me stupid making me mad at him. Then forced me to change it.

He usually used to come in late and I used to go in early and we barely got any time together. But I guess this is what happens when you both run businesses. "It's okay," I said. "Let's get dinner?" he smiled at me and I nodded. "You know I think I should still talk to Dad," I said pissed. "Relax, I had it coming," he assured me as he grabbed my waist while walking out. "Anyway, what did he even talk to you about?" I asked. "Well he asked me when I wanted to marry you," he chuckled making me almost choke. "WHAT?" I asked. "I mean, I did tell him if you would say yes, I would marry you tomorrow, he didn't take that well, but I kind of changed the topic and later assured him I would plan the whole thing out," he chuckled.

"You will give me a heart attack, one day," I sighed holding onto my chest. "He did ask about my business, both my businesses, he wanted to see a financial statement, you have no idea how much I wanted to fuck with him and tell him I wanted you to be the man of the house, it would have funny to see him lose his shit," he chuckled. "But then Kyle walked in and I showed them my financials and to think they would shut up after that, asked me if I was fertile to have kids," Asher rolled his eyes as we got out of the lift and I looked at him wide-eyed.

"Please tell me you did not answer that," I said dreading for his reply. "Are you crazy if your dad asked me for a blood sample in there I would have given one," he said looking at me like I was the weird one here. "Okay, what else?" I asked not wanting to hear it. "He said he would shoot me if I left you," he said opening the car door for me and I just stood there shocked. "What?" I asked. "Yeah, I said If I ever leave you it would probably be because I died, but whatever," he shrugged. Making me hit him across his arm. "Don't fucking say that okay? How many times I have to tell you it's not fucking funny," I growled getting in. When he got in he chuckled.

"I am not dying anytime soon, we Kings have a long-life gene," he chuckled. "I don't wanna fucking talk about it," I said looking out the window. "Relax, angel, we are fine, I mean your dad and me, before leaving I told him how much you mean to me, and he seemed pretty happy with my answer," he smirked. "Don't care," I rolled my eyes. "You know I can take your dad's attitude but you should stop," he said his hand on my thigh making me look at him.

"You should worry more about me being upset at you than my dad you know?" I asked glaring at him. "Your dad doesn't like me, you on the other hand like me a little too much to hate me you know?" he smirked as we drove a little farther from downtown. "Your cocky self is going to earn you a smack," I rolled my eyes. "If you keep rolling your eyes, you are getting smacked too," he said his hands going inside the hem of my dress. "And it would be pretty fucking hot for the both of us," he smirked as he cupped my pussy making me groan. "You can have all the fun you want, I am not having sex with you tonight," I glared at him. "Really?" he said teasing me over my underwear, making me squirm. "Ash," I warned. "You know I have a better idea I said unzipping his pants in one go making him tighten his grip on the steering wheel and remove his hand from my dress.

"Don't" he warned. "Why not?" I smirked "Because I'm driving?" his words came out as a question when I started rubbing him over his boxers. He glared at me when I stopped zipped up his pants and looked out of the window. "You are annoying as fuck," he groaned. "Whatever," I said rolling my eyes. "You keep that attitude up and you are not walking out of this car," he growled.

"Shut up," I glared at him as we entered his base. A few people looked at me as to why I was talking to Asher King like that but I didn't care. There was some emergency and we had to cut dinner short. "You know I could just go home?" I said glaring at him. "You know what leave then," he growled making me stop. "I'm sorry," he muttered as he pulled me towards him. Blake Christian and some other men who were walking towards us just stopped shocked to hear us.

"You know I should go," I said pulling away. "Kiara, I didn't mean that, you know I want you here with me, that's why I brought you here, or I would have dropped you home myself, I am sorry for screaming at you," he said his eyes softening. "It's fine, you're stressed, if you want me to stay I'll stay, I know I'm annoying sometimes," I smiled. "You are not annoying, I love you, this stupid ranting of yours makes my day," he said kissing my forehead.

"Is he okay?" I heard Blake whisper to Christian. "Did he just say I love you?" Christian asked much more horrified. The other men just stood there eyes wide. "You know I'm gonna let you go to work, I'll be up in your office," I said kissing his cheek. But he stopped me and kissed me on the lips and then started scolding the other people for staring. "Be nice," I scolded him and he just growled at me in return but shut up.

It had been two hours when he finally showed up. "I'm so sorry," he said when he found me on the sofa reading a book. "All good," I said getting up and he sat beside me laying his head on my lap. "Everything okay?" I asked massaging his head. "Not really, I'm gonna have to stay here, I just came back so I could drop you home," he smiled apologetically. "I can go back on my own, you probably need to deal with this," I said. "Are you sure?" he asked. "Yeah, what happened if you don't mind me asking?" I said carefully.

"Someone stole a million dollars worth of shipment that was coming in from Europe and my port here has been compromised," he sighed. "What?" I asked shocked. "Yeah, I'm trying to find what fucker did this, it's kind of like a warning to stay out of here, but they don't know what is coming for them," he said. "You have any lead?" I asked. "Yeah I Blake caught someone at the port, he won't open his mouth, he is in the tortu-" he stopped mid-sentence. "Yeah that's enough info for now," I chuckled and looked at the watch. "You sure you won't come over?" I asked as he got up letting me go. "Why do you want to bring your secret fling?" he said.

"Maybe," I smirked before he pushed me up against the wall. "I was joking Ash," I said looking at his dark eyes. "You shouldn't joke about something like this," he growled. "You know you could pass for a werewolf?" I asked. "Stop reading those stupid fantasy novels," he said before kissing me hard. I was shocked at first but kissed back immediately. I missed him, even if it was for two hours I missed him. As soon as we broke apart both panting Asher looked down at me. "Ash, I have to tell you something," I said but he stopped me.

"Not now," he smiled and the same thing that he did a few years ago came back to me. Tears almost ready to fall down my eyes. "Relax, angel, I mean look at this, we are going to be away for hours, I'm stressed and you are tired, I wanted us to have a romantic dinner, but... I know what you want to say, just wait until this blows over, we can take a vacation this weekend?" he smiled. I nodded.

"I'm gonna go, you deal with all that," I said. "Yeah," he sighed walking me out and handing me his car keys. "You know I should just keep the car," I smirked. "Sure," he said opening the door for me. "Wait what really?" I asked. "Sure? Do you want me to buy you a similar one?" he asked confused. "You are a crazy man, Asher," I said kissing him. He kissed me back before closing the door and rolling the window. "Only for you," he replied, "Take care, text me when you reach okay?" he said kissing my forehead. "Will do," I smiled before speeding off.

Asher's POV :

I threw the vase against the wall. "Asher, calm down, I'm sure she forgot," Blake said. "No she didn't, You ass, continue tracking her location," I said going ballistic on the guy. It was almost an hour since she left. His phone wasn't reachable, I tried checking the security footage of her apartment but no signs of her. She should have reached half an hour ago.

"I'm sure she is fine Asher," Christian said but I was not okay. "Boss, the phone is not traceable," the guy said gulping in fear. I almost took out my gun aiming it at him but shot the wall. "She took his car, try finding the car," Blake said standing behind the hacker. "You know I should not have fucking let her leave," I said sitting down and gripping the table in anger.

"You didn't know Ash," Christian said. "How was I so fucking foolish to you know just let here leave that to in my car when I knew someone was trying to target me," I growled at him flipping the glass table over. The hacker shuddered but with one glare from me, he went back to work. "I'm going to go-" I said getting up but Chris stopped me. "And how the fuck are you going to find her?" he asked.

"Boss, your car is in the opposite direction in some parking lot," the hacker said. "YOU!" I said grabbing him by the throat. My phone started ringing and quickly pulled it out thinking it was her. Hoping it was her. It was an unknown call. I showed it to the stupid boy asking him to trace the number. I picked it up, "Yes," I growled into the phone. "That seems, right, You angry King?" I heard a snarky voice on the other end.

"Who the fuck are you?" I growled. "The better question is who is this beauty?" he laughed. My blood ran cold. My heart stopped for almost a second. No. I composed myself and shouted into the phone, "What the fuck are you talking about?" I growled. "Is this your girlfriend Asher? I had the car tailed and followed hoping to find you, it happened too quickly you know, I had it hit by a truck from the other side hoping to get you. But imagine my surprise when I found her unconscious in your car, she seems like she hides a lot under those clothes," he snickered.

"DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING TOUCH HER, I growled into the phone. Blake gave me a signal saying that we had the location. "You know I have a thing for unconscious women in their twenties, ring a bell," he growled back. I stopped dead in my tracks. NO. This couldn't be. "Father?" I asked not recognizing his voice after all these years. "Oh good, you know whose fucking son you are," he chuckled. "I am not your son, stay the fuck away from her," I growled. "You know I always felt bad your sister died for a lost cause," he said. As we got into the van, back up followed us.

"How are you alive," I asked. "You know when I saw what you had become when you thought your sister was killed by those men, I was proud, maybe you could run the gang until I found out how much you hated me, but you thought it was all because of money?" he chuckled. I took out my gun and filled it up. "What did you do?" I growled. "I wanted to make sure your sister knew her place, just like your mom," he chuckled. "Maybe, I can teach your girlfriend a little lesson too," he laughed ending the call.

"Get there fast. My asshole father is alive and he has her." I said gripping my gun.