Chapter 17

Ashley decided to go to Kat’s unit. She would spend a few days here. She didn’t want her family to see her emotional state. She just told them that they had an out-of-town shoot.
She and Kat were still on the latter’s bed. She was lying on her side while her friend was sitting down with her back leaning on the headboard. It was past 10 AM.
“Are you okay Ash?”
She just smiled at her and greeted her good morning instead of answering her question.
Kat knew she was supposed to be with Jett. But when she opened the door for her last night, she just cried and Kat just hugged her and didn’t ask her anything. She let her rest and sleep because she was tired from crying.
"I am sure that whatever happened to you and Jett is kind of serious. Obviously you ran away from him. If you are not yet ready to talk about it, it’s fine with me. You know that I will just be here anytime you need me”
She just nodded as a thank you. Kat was right, she wasn’t ready to talk yet.
"I hope you two will fix things between you ASAP.”
She also sat up and leaned her back on the headboard. "I don’t know Katherine. I feel like giving up. Maybe it’s better if I just break up with him. “She said and Kat’s eyes widened.
"You can't be serious! Do you really think that Jett will let you do that?” She shrieked. She fiddled with the hem of her tank top and didn't reply to her.
"Well I guess I have to tell you what I discovered about Jett after what you just said.”
With a light frown, she turned to her. “What are you talking about?”
"Do you remember when Clyde drove you to the out-of-town pre-nup wedding last month?
She felt her heart skipped a bit. “Yes of course.”
"I went to his apartment because I wanted him to do something for me. He didn’t call or see me for two days and you know why? Apparently Jett got jealous of him and if Clyde didn’t tell him that he is my ex, your bad*ss boyfriend could have injured him seriously. “Kat was shaking her head from side to side.
She sighed heavily and nipped her bottom lip. That explains why Clyde wasn't answering her texts that time.
"So you see how dangerous and ruthless your boyfriend is? I don’t want to imagine what he would do once you tell him that!”
She knitted her brows because she was aware that it wouldn’t be easy. She remembered what happened last night.
(Flashback)
Brenda rented a car from the resort for her because she insisted that she wanted to go home without Jett. She even let her personal driver drove her to ensure her safety. She confessed that she wanted to break up with Jett but she told her not to make a hasty decision.
She wanted to cry again as she looked outside the window of the car. According to Brenda, Jett’s father heard about what happened at IRM shop and apparently he got really mad. Jett had to go back to the US to explain himself and to prove that he was still worthy of his father's trust especially with regards to their businesses.
"If you really love him let him redeem himself to his dad. He is on his way but seems like everything will just go to waste because of what happened at the store. Just think of it this way, Jett will do this for your future. It’ll just be for a few weeks anyway. I heard that Uncle Armando just wants him to close a very big business deal. Once Jett accomplished that, then all will be good. Please don’t tell a soul about this. Jett mustn’t know that we talked and that I helped you get away today.
“Miss Ashley, Miss Brenda is on the phone.” The driver handed her his phone since she left her own on the bed.
She thanked him and said hello to Brenda.
"Ashley, Jett blew a gasket. He broke a lot of stuff in the suite…”
(End of Flashback)
She was in the shower and what Brenda told her about what Jett did was still in her head. Katherine was right. It won’t be easy leaving him. Jett could do the unthinkable things when he was furious.
She turned off the shower dried herself before wrapping herself in a towel. She had to act as if everything was okay although images of him and Margaux together in the States kept on playing in her mind. But she had to be strong and stick to her original plan. She loved him but he was not good for her and vice versa. Because of her, all his efforts to make his father proud of him had been almost wasted. She got out of the bathroom and saw Katherine who looked pale and nervous.
"Ash! However hot Jett is he sure looks scary! He is outside asking for you so please go out and talk to him before he does something drastic! He is furious!”
Her heart was pounding though she seemed calm. She got some clothes from her overnight bag. "Let him wait!” she tried not to sound nervous.
"What do you mean let him wait? He said if you don’t come out in five minutes…”
"Katherine just stop okay?" She sounded irritated as she puts on her bra. Her back was on her.
She just needed to be in her jeans since she had her bikini on. She was trying hard not to show how nervous she was in seeing Jett again and her friend's reaction was not helping at all.
"It won't hurt him to wait..."
Then the door swung open violently and Jett came in. His jaw was clenched and his eyes were steely. His eyes went directly to her lower body. She was about to wear her jeans so her creamy thighs were visible to him. She saw anger mixed with lust in his eyes. She quickly pulled them up while gritting her teeth. A horndog would always be a horndog. He might be angry but she was betting her life on it that he was having a hard -on. Katherine excused herself and Jett didn’t waste time bolting the door.
"What are you doing here?" Her voice was as cold as the Arctic.
He still looked hot although his face was wooden and his eyes had turned hard again when she finished zipping her pants. Her eyes narrowed upon seeing his other hand with a medical gauze around it. She was dying to ask him what happened but of course she didn’t.
"What came into your head last night?! You know damn well that you can't just leave me like that!" he said gritting his teeth.
She raised one brow. "Oh yeah? You keep on saying that I can't leave you or walk out on you just like that but how about you? When are you going to be fair? Your f*ckmate.." Jett cursed so she glowered at him before continuing, "Margaux, your imported b*tch said that you are going back to the States!? I was f*cking clueless that you are leaving! I am your girlfriend for Pete’s sake!"
He covered the distance between them but she hysterically yelled at him. "Don’t you come near me!”
He angrily ran his hand on his hair in frustration and his handsome face was distorted. She would show him that she could be really feisty in situations like this.
She went to the other side of the bed. "And how would you explain what I saw? You are so unfair! You let her wrapped her arms around your own! Did you have a boner? Do you miss f*cking her...."
He went to her like a bullet and took her arm but she tried to pull it back. "SHITT!! STOP IT!" He ordered.
Instead of releasing her, he pulled her to him and put his arms around her, pinning her own hands and arms between them.
"I'm sorry Love...I'm sorry..." he kept on murmuring at the top of her head.
She, on the other hand was sobbing and at the same time cursing him. Her face was on his chest. She couldn't move much because he was holding her tightly.
He kept on kissing the top of her head while one of his hands was gently rubbing her back. When her sobbing subsided and she stopped struggling, he spoke.
"When you saw us last night, Brenda just told me that my father knew what I did at the shop. He wants to see me and talk to me. Sorry Love I also didn’t know until she told me last night. He wants me to leave for the US two days from now. If you don’t want me to go, I won’t. I don't want to leave you here anyway." His voice was gentle and sad.
She tried to push him a little away from her. Maybe he sensed that she was ready to talk, his arms slackened a little. She was frowning when she raised her face to look at him. What Brenda said played back in her head.
"You should go. Prove to your father that you’ve changed and you are more responsible. Apologize for what happened." she advised.
She couldn’t forgive herself if Jett’s father would completely lose his trust on him. " About Margaux I did try to remove her arms many times but she didn’t want to. I might be a brute but I never hit a woman before so I just let her." he chuckled. "I didn't feel anything sexual and that is the truth. Not only because my mind was preoccupied with the thoughts of my father, but my body didn’t have that kind of reaction mainly because you are the only one who can make me have those feelings. Just by seeing or smelling you drives me crazy. What more if you are in my arms? Like right now..." he said huskily while his eyes turned molten.
When she felt that he was going to kiss her, she turned her face. His kiss landed on her cheek. She heard him sighed impatiently.
"You are evading the issue. Go back to the States because you have to." she said. She felt his arms around her tightened again.
" Why do I have this feeling that you really want me to leave?! " he hissed.
"For heaven's sake Jett!"
"Why the f*ck are you calling me Jett?!"
She swallowed a bitchy reply. She had to always remind herself that she would never win against this man. A little drama won't hurt. She can pretend until he left the country in two days. She sighed then pouted.
"Look Love...you have to go. I will be fine here. It's not as if you will stay there for several years . You will be only there for a few weeks, right?”
After saying that, she wanted to cross her fingers. They were better off without each other so she wished he didn’t have to come back. Although she loved him, she had to let him go to save herself from more hurt.
His eyes squinted more. “ I will go back as soon as I can! Or better yet, I will take you with me. " He suggested.
"You know that I can't do that! Kat and I have AshKat and my parents won't allow me!"
He cursed then said. "Okay but I will hire a bodyguard for you while I am away!"
"No! I don't need a bodyguard! Don't you dare hire one not unless you want to see the hellcat in me!"
He clenched his jaw and his eyes glinted. "Okay Love but don't do anything that I don't like. See this?" He removed his hand around her which was in a medical gauze.
“What happened to your hand?” she asked in a small voice.
He sneered. "My cousins did something to stop me from finding you last night. Call Rina and ask her what I did to them when I woke up so never think of f*cking with me ,Love. You know how bad I can be...." he threatened which made her swallow out of fear.
He was the baddest boy of the Alejandres so even his cousins were not exempted from his rage . She made the right decision. Jett could do these things even to his family when he gets furious because of her.
"I will not touch any woman while I am there ,Love and I expect you to be a good girl you know what I am capable of doing…”
She bit her bottom lip.