CAPTER 24

**(Freya's POV)**

“No, Ash. Leave me alone!” I shouted, loudly while trying to push Ash's body away.

I don't understand why he's doing all this after all his bad behavior towards me so far. He scared me and I couldn't defend myself by using my power. I couldn't use my strength because it was unstable.

“Ash, ah,” I moaned as he kissed me. Trying to remove my clothes, but I also tried to push his body away.

“I know you want it too, Freya,” he whispers in my ear, making me shudder in horror.

“You must be crazy! Let go of me, Ash,” I screamed, ‘I don't want you and this is rape!’

“Rape?” he laughed mockingly.

I furrowed my brow at how he was being so casual even though I continued to reject him vehemently.

“I am your husband, Freya.”

“You're not my husband!” I shouted. I widened my eyes as he tried to kiss me again and remove my clothes. “Ash, you're crazy. Let go of me!” I screamed in terror.

I tried to claw, punch, do anything in defense as he kept trying to forcefully kiss me and rape me. Until I kicked him until he screamed in pain and rolled to the side while holding onto him.

“Akh, Freya!” he yelled.

“Crazy bastard!” I scold. I glared at him. I gave him my middle finger as I tried to stand away from him. I took a deep breath.

Ash glanced at me with his sharp eyes. Still moaning in pain on the bed while I was also looking at him, preparing in case he did something unexpected to me again. Because I was afraid he would kiss me forcefully again.

I didn't expect him to dare touch me like this and force me as if I were a whore. I was angry, I was upset, but I couldn't do anything. I did everything I could, even to the point of cursing him, but he never gave up and continued to pester me all the time until I got tired of dealing with him.

“What do you really want from me? Can't you just let me live in peace?” I asked.

“You know what I want, Freya,” he whispered. He tries to stand up. It seemed like the pain had dissipated so he was able to stand up again and look at me.

Reflexively, I stepped back in fear as he approached me.

“Ash, don't mess with me! Don't you realize that you're in my house?!” I shouted, “This is harassment and you're hurting me! I can report you to the police and you can go to jail!’ I tried to threaten him. Forcing him to stop bothering me, but he grinned instead.

“You think that's going to get me away from you?” he said in a mocking tone.

“Ash!” I squealed. My hand stretched out towards him as he got closer. But instead, he grabbed my hand and placed it on his chest. My eyes widened at his action.

“I want you to be mine, Freya. And I won't stop until I have you,” he whispers, ”even if you keep pushing me away. Doing everything I can to avoid me, I'll do everything I can to get closer to you.”

“You're crazy,” I scolded. I glared at him.

I felt his heart beating so hard. But it was just nonsense because I knew he was never serious about me. Once he made a mistake, he would do the same thing in the future. Over and over again without feeling guilty.

“I don't care if you call me crazy or whatever, what's clear is that I want you to be mine, Freya.”

He touches my chin and stares at my lips. I blinked, turning my face away when he wanted to kiss me.

“I'm not some slut you can touch all you want, Ash,” I hissed. I felt so angry that he dared to touch me after all the bad things he did to me. There wasn't even any remorse in his eyes. I couldn't understand why there were humans like Ash. And damn it, I was dealing with someone like him.

“You're mine,” he whispered, “I never took you for granted.”

“With this attitude of yours, you want me to take my word for it?” I snorted, “How many times do I have to tell you that I already have a boyfriend and I don't love you anymore? I don't want you! What did I say that wasn't clear enough?!” I yelled with my chest rising and falling due to being out of breath.

I couldn't understand his way of thinking anymore. He's either too selfish, or all humans have that trait.

“Look, Freya... you will never be with another man other than me, do you understand? Because I'll never let you,” he stares at me, a menacing look that sends chills down my spine. I don't know what else he'll do if I continue to reject him. One thing was for sure, I had to be wary of his every move.

“And if I still don't come back to you?” I challenged myself.

“Then you'll have to see the worst of me, Freya,” he whispers, “I can do things you've never imagined before,” he warns.

I clench my hands into fists. Trying to stay calm even though I'm actually feeling uneasy with every threat he makes. I was afraid of her doing something bad to Eric or my son.

“Don't make me laugh,” I taunted, “go back to your lover and stop bothering me.”

“Don't provoke me, Freya...”

I smiled wryly. “You're acting upset when you were the one who rejected me for Stella, and now you suddenly come and force me to go back to you? What kind of woman do you think I am, huh?!” I shouted in protest.

It was funny when I recalled all the pain from his unkind treatment of me. And now he was acting as if I was his woman and treating me even worse. Did he do it on purpose because he liked seeing me miserable?

“Freya...”

“Get out of here or I'll call the police,” I threaten.

He clucked in annoyance before he left my house. I immediately called my secretary and asked her to get all the companies to stop working with Ash's company. It was both a reply and a warning to Ash so that he wouldn't dare bother me again.

As expected, the next morning, when I left for the office, Ash was there waiting for me. I slammed the door loudly when we were already in my room.

“Was it all you're doing?” he asked.

“Yes,” I answered confidently.

I knew it bothered him and made his company go bankrupt. And I was also confident that with this, he would stop bothering me because he wouldn't just let his company go under.

Strangely, I was the one waiting for him to get angry or yell at me, but he just stood before me calmly.

I gasped in shock when he grinned, surprising me with the uneasy feeling I suddenly felt.

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