Obsessed

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Aria's POV

"Aria, will you marry me?" He asked and I gaped at him, mouth turned into a big 'o' and eyes widened to their maximum size.

"A-Ashton?" I managed to speak out.

"What? You don't want to marry me?" He spoke in a dejected voice.

"No!" I exclaimed quickly. "No, I don't mean it like that." I corrected myself when I realised how it sounded. "I..." I trailed off, not knowing what to say.

"You know what, don't fret about it. We'll talk after I return." He cupped my cheek and kissed my forehead and turned around to leave.

I chewed on my bottom lip. Was I too hard on him?

Should I have said 'yes'?

But, isn't it too soon for us to take this step?

Ugh. Why is this shit so confusing?!

I just went inside the house and decided to sleep for a while. Sleep, of course didn't come to me very soon but after tossing and turning around on the bed for about two hours, I finally fell asleep.

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When I woke up, Ashton was sitting on the corner of the bed, scrolling through his phone, the corners of his lips turned down and frown lines on his forehead.

"Ash." I called him out. As soon as he looked up at me, his expression completely changed. His face broke into a grin.

"Are you alright? What happened to whoever you were gone to meet? What happened there? You aren't hurt anywhere right? You-"

"Relax, Aria." He cut me off and placed his hand against my cheek.

"Everything's alright." He softly murmured and pulled me closer to him.

I placed my head on his chest and let out a breath of relief.

"I'm glad that you're fine." I said and he wrapped his arms around me safely.

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Ashton's POV

Sorry Aria, I have no choice but to not hide this from you, you will get hurt, I know, but I can't put you in danger only because I don't want you to get hurt.

You will end up getting more hurt if you do not know this now.

"Aria." I called her out and she responded with a 'hmm'.

"When I was finished with my work I had to do, I was about to exit when I saw Thomas there." I paused and she lift herself up and stared at me in confusion.

"Thomas?" She asked and I nodded hesitantly.

"He.... was there with a gang I know, the same gang in which Chase was.." Her eyes widened.

"What was he doing with such dangerous people? Is he in danger?" She asked me, worried.

"No, No Aria, he is a member of that gang, and he.." I took a deep breath.

"He is staying with you all these years because of the property your parents left you. You could receive it only after you turn 24.

An amount of five hundred million dollars, fifteen villas all around the country and three farmhouses.

The gang, it was previously your father's. He was the leader of that gang. When he died, the gang was angry that he did not leave anything for them.

That's when they contacted Thomas about it, that once you turn 24, they were gonna kill you and get the property all for themselves. And Thomas, he agreed to it because he too wanted the property. And you do not have any other brothers or sisters, those people who kidnapped you, they were feeding you a wrong story, both of them were Thomas's gang members.

They were going to get you to sign on the legal property papers and then get rid of you. Bit their plan failed when I came in.

And then Thomas played this little act and told you a story you could believe." I completed and looked at her.

Her eyes red, tears streaming down her face, she was trembling, her hands shivering.

I instantly pulled her into my arms and ran my hand across her hair.

Her furious hiccups were a proof of how much she was in pain.

"H...How could h..he A...Ash? H..how?" She tried to speak out.

"Shh. It's all fine now. He won't disturb you again." I said and she pulled away from me, wide eyed.

"What did y..you do to him Ash?" She asked, fear brewing in her eyes.

"Chill. I didn't kill him." I paused and she sighed. "But why do you care, after what all he did to you?" I questioned in confusion.

She eyes cast down onto her lap and fingers fingered with each other.

"He is still my brother Ashton, believe me or not, he loved me a lot when we were little. He took care of me, he blamed himself in front of mom and dad when I did anything wrong. He took me to school and he..."  She softly chuckled. "He chased away all the guys who used to come to me to greet me or to talk to me. Even after he dropped me and left, no guy would ever talk to me." She completed and chuckled.

And more tears fell from her eyes.

"Well, atleast he did one good thing in his sorry excuse of a life, that shit head." I said and she laughed.

I wiped off her tears and pulled her into a hug again. I moved her hair behind her ear and whispered in it.

"You still haven't answered me babe." I teased her.

I knew she wasn't ready for marriage from what she told me front door.

And I was going to wait for her, even until eternity, if she takes so much time...

But hey, what's wrong with teasing my girlfriend.

She stiffened under my hold and I smirked, thinking I got the reaction which I wanted from her.

She pulled away and I straightened my face.

She was biting her lip, which fidgeting with her cloth and her mouth opening and closing like a fish.

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh come on Aria, I was just kidding." I said and laughed. I then, cupped her cheek and gazed into her chocolate brown eyes.

"I can wait for you my love, days, months, years, for you'll anyhow be mine at the end of it." With that I placed my lips on her.

I was finally really happy.

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So, Hi!

Long time no see, hehe.

So, I hope you guys liked the chapter.

This is the LAST CHAPTER before I post an epilogue, which will be posted soon.

Thank you.