Chapter 62
ASHER
I want to be mad at my brothers for doubting me when I kept insisting that Demi isn’t completely innocent in the recent events that have plagued our family. I want to rub it in their faces that I was always right but I strap down on that pettiness and focus as Ashal shares his plans with me over facetime. I’m glad he reached me first after Ashley. It’s no surprise anyway. Ashton will have reservations about this plan so it’s best to leave him out of it.
"So, Ashton thinks you’ve called off the plan to take Demi to the penthouse?"
"Yes. I know how he can get. He won’t like the idea of putting Demi in such a compromising situation even if it’s for the greater good." Ashal explains. I totally get it. I’d do the same if this was my idea.
"We’ll have to distract him so he doesn’t come anywhere close to the penthouse today." I cast a long glance back at father who is playing golf with Mila’s father. We are on the private golf course on one of our family’s resorts.
Mila stands behind the two older gentlemen, with a golf club in her hand. When she’s not acting as a caddie for our fathers, she pretends to be having a swell time despite the sun.
"I think I’ll get Mila on it."
It was purely a coincidence that we met them here. Ever since we got here and father introduced me to Hugh Spellman, he has been beaming at me with pride every chance he gets and urging Mila to compete against me. Father
keeps trying and failing to reach Ashton on phone or to sway Hugh in Ashton’s favor. It’s clear that the billionaire prefers me for his daughter.
Mila on the other hand has been unusually indifferent. She hasn’t even tried calling Ashton once. I’m guessing there’s trouble in paradise.
"Ashton will be at the racetrack. Get her to swing by and keep him distracted till we’re finished here. Oh, one more thing. Demi is expecting Anna. Can you do something about that? Anna’s presence will foil everything."