Chapter 20.

(Freya's POV)

"L-letters from the court?" my mouth gaped as I received the letter with trembling hands.

"Yes, please sign the handover here," he said as he handed me a pen and receipt paper.

I still couldn't think clearly as I signed it and then he left. With heavy steps, I walked back into the house and opened the letter I received.

How surprised I was when I saw the contents of the letter which turned out to be a letter from Ash. A letter requesting custody of Sia and Gia. I was shocked by what I read. I was so shocked that I collapsed on the sofa in a panic.

My heart was beating very fast. I crumpled the letter with anger and disappointment that made my chest feel tight. After everything he did to me, was he still not enough to make me miserable?

It's been four years since we separated. I thought he'd changed into a better person, but I was wrong. He was much more evil. He couldn't even be considered human at all. Or do all humans have no heart?

All they think about is themselves. Selfishness, having no feelings of guilt with all his rude behavior.

He really silenced me with his outrageous behavior.

I crumpled the letter into a rough ball and threw it on the floor in anger. I couldn't accept her filing for child custody. I would never let him take Sia and Gia from my arms.

I rushed to contact Ash with my trembling hands clutching my cell phone.

"What have you done?!" I protested as soon as he received my call.

"Did you get it?"

"You're crazy, Ash! Are you shameless? Don't you have any feelings? You have no guilt and now you want to take their custody off my hands?!" I shouted in a loud voice. I didn't care if the servants heard it because now I was really very angry.

"They're also my child...."

"Shut your mouth! Don't ever dare call them your children because I'm sick of hearing it from your mouth!" I cut him off with a snappy tone. "Listen, Ash. I will never forgive you for what you've done now or in the past!"

"I just want them, Freya."

"I don't care! I won't let you have them. And one more thing, if you still want to continue this cunning of yours, I swear to make you miserable and I won't be willing to give you the cooperation you're asking for. I will never sign it!" I snapped loudly.

"Freya, I wouldn't have come to this if you hadn't been so stubborn. You shouldn't have lied to me from the start and said that Sia and Gia weren't my children. And in fact, they are!"

I squeezed my phone as I heard her loud, annoyed voice. I should be the one upset and angry, not her!

"I carried them for months. I gave birth to them at the risk of my life. You think I'm going to let a jerk like you try to take them from me?!" my tears were about to fall freely, but I bit my lower lip. Trying to remain firm without my voice trembling.

"Freya, it would be easier if you weren't being so hard on me. Let me have my rights as their father. Because you'll never win against me. Even if you had the greatest lawyers and the most money. You will never win," he said in a confident tone.

"You're too confident, Ash. Even if I have to cut my veins with a sharp knife, I will never lose to an asshole like you. I won't let them be in the hands of an evil man who claims to be her father. While he's just a heartless murderer!" I cursed him loudly. It didn't matter that my words sounded harsh, after all, he was far more harsh and evil than me.

Because I wanted to show him that I wasn't afraid of any threats he made to me.

"I don't care what you say about me. I will win it because I have something that can make me win," he told me.

I fell silent. Feeling uneasy and scared.

"What is it?" my voice trembled as I dared to ask.

"You didn't think I'd tell you, did you, Freya?" he chuckles. Feeling victorious for having managed to shatter the confidence I had worked so hard to build. "I'll use my gold card at the right time. You just wait."

"What exactly do you want from me, huh?!" I snapped in frustration.

"There are many things I want from you," he said, "Meet me at Garden's restaurant today and we can talk more comfortably there. See you later, Freya."

He ended our phone call immediately. I screamed hysterically. Feeling upset and angry that I can't do anything against him. I slammed my phone onto the couch.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" I cursed repeatedly to vent my frustration.

I agreed to Ash's request to meet. And when I got there, I slapped him hard across the face while cursing at him.

"You bastard, Ash!" I cursed.

He glanced at me and touched his cheek, but didn't say anything or return my rude gesture.

"You're the worst human being I've ever met. You shouldn't be a human, but a demon! How can someone like you live to be human while you commit crimes that you don't even care about the feelings of the people you hurt?" I stared at him sharply. Both my hands were clenched into fists. "I regret having married you. If I could turn back time, I'd rather never meet a man like you!" I shouted.

He remained silent. And it sickened me even more that he acted as if he didn't care about all the things I said to him.

"Aren't you supposed to repent after what you did to me? But you're just going crazy trying to destroy me even more," I hissed.

When I wanted to slap him again, he held back my hand. Holding my wrist very tightly.

"Let go of my hand!" I snapped.

"Calm down," he said, "have you said enough? So, be more gentle in front of me."

I snorted. "Be gentle with you? I'd have to be crazy to do that!" I was taunted.

"You need to get used to it, Freya. Forget the past and live our new life. I now know that Sia and Gia are my children, so let me be as responsible as possible. Isn't that what you wanted all along?"

"In your dreams!" I protested. "I'd rather we die than have to live with an asshole like you."

"Listen, Freya. There's no point in you acting like this to me. It'll only waste your energy. Because I will never stop until I get what I want," he hissed. He looked at me intently with my hand that he was still holding tightly.

"What exactly do you want? From the beginning, you were the one who rejected me. Now you...."

"I want you, Freya. I want you only for me."