Ashes to Empire

Blaq Ink Suspense/Thriller

“How disgusting could you be, Ash? You slept with my stepsister,” her face rumped up and sweaty.“No, no, Mabel. Please listen to me,” Ash tried to defend himself but Zara ran to Mabel in tears.“Mabel, he assaulted me,” she cried.“You liar!” He yelled. “I didn't. Mabel I have no idea about what happened last night. I… I…” he paused as he reflected on the previous night. Mabel had welcomed him from the office in a black lingerie. She spoon-fed him his meal while she whispered the things she would do to him that night, which happened to be their fifth anniversary. After he had his bath, she gave him a glass of wine, blindfolded him and tied him to the bed…“Mabel I feel so disgusting right now,” Zara cried.“You shouldn't, Zara. I'm ending things with him for good.”“But Mabel…” Ash's eyes squinted. “You gave me a drink last night…”One of her bodyguards handed her a file, and she pulled the divorce papers from it.She handed the paper to Ash, “I want a divorce, Asher Waltz,” “You both set me up… why?”“You cheated, Ash,” Mabel smiled. “That's all the court needs to hear.”His hands were trembling as he held the divorce agreement.“Five years? Why would you want to throw five years in the wind, Mabel? I loved you and did everything you asked”Zara scoffed, “My stepsister deserves a man with power, not…” She clicked her tongue. “...whatever you are.”“You actually thought you were good enough for me?” Mabel laughed. She walked closer to him, staring right into his eyes and whispered, “Not even in a thousand years.”Ash clenched his fists, but they slowly fell to the sides; he would never beat a woman, not even the one who had refused to appreciate all the sacrifices he had made in the past five years.He sighed and picked up a pen from his work desk and signed the divorce papers.“You want a divorce right?” He grinned. “There you go,” he handed the paper to Mabel.“Never seen someone so excited to go broke,” Mabel scoffed as she took the papers.“Pardon?” “You heard me, Ash. You walk away with nothing,”“That's not happening, Mabel. My money, this house, my business and my car, I got with my sweat and blood. I wouldn't let you just take everything because of some dumbass divorce!”“Boys!” Mabel called out to her bodyguards, “Make him agree.”“Let's go and celebrate, sis,” Zara said excitedly as they both giggled out of the room while the bodyguards beat up Ash till he agreed and crawled out of the house with his battered body.

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