(Author’s POV)
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“Ashley, you are here” Philip took steps towards her and wanted to give her a kiss on her cheeks, just like old times. But, to his disappointment, she pushed him back with her hand on his chest.
“What are you doing, Philip? I’m not here for you. Where is my father?” Ashley said firmly and swallowed her saliva while pushing back any feelings she had left for him. He was her past and what Philip had done to her five years ago was unforgivable.
Nodding in defeat, Philip gestured for her to enter another room where her father was. But before he let her in, he turned around and faced her, “Ashley, I was under a spell. Helen’s spell. It was just like yesterday that Alister and Paulina managed to clear my head”
Seeing Ashley froze with her eyes locked in his, Philip raised h
