in hindsight it was likely that if they had ever been at the same events in the past that they didn’t even notice each other since being in separate circles. they may both be from money but they had their own things going on back then. naveen being the business man and ashley being the poster child for the armbruster family. ashley didn’t take much notice of people at those types of events unless they were the ashleys or they were people that her parents had steered her towards talking to. she spent her time there in a numb state that helped her tolerate the events. numb was the best word to describe ashley armbruster. it turns out money didn’t buy happiness and the endless amounts of material goods she had didn’t put a dent in the void she felt.
he’d find her. she didn’t doubt it. he found her through the massive crowds at the festival and he found her now when she had hidden herself away from the world. “I know” she whispered back. they didn’t say a lot but it was personal, it was intimate and ashley knew he meant what he was saying.
peace was a feeling that she really wasn’t aware of ever feeling before up until this moment and she owed that feeling to naveen.
she was accustomed to being around him now. he’d worked his way in. over time she picked up on mannerisms and reactions from him that she now was in tune with when it came to their dynamic. he was as sarcastic as she was but he wasn’t as mean as her. He was stubborn but it always came with the best intentions. his intelligence was obvious and it brought out the best in ashley, he challenged her and had her actually interested in what he was saying compared to other people that try to talk to her. he didn’t let her name be a factor, he knew ashley for ashley. now he loved her. he loved her. she repeated it to herself in her head. he loved her…and she loved him, that much she’d came to the realisation to.
it was the first time she could see someone standing with her. not behind her as a follower but beside her as an equal. someone that supported her instead of telling her what they thought she wanted to hear.
her eyes stared up at him, a flurry of emotions crossing them with a smile of her own on her lips “queenie? are you taking the role of king?” she gently teased, her eyes briefly closing when she felt his lips on her forehead.
a forever kind of thing. she loved this man, truly. he wore his heart on his sleeve for her “for the record naveen, I would want it to be a forever kind of thing too.” it would take time for her to utter the I love you words since she was so closed off before him but she was working on it. it was no secret between them that her words confirmed that she reciprocated the feelings.
How did this even began? With him in front of a line ordering food and she taunting him and pressing all of his buttons at once. Them dancing at the party, intoxicated by fairy dust. Had he seen her sooner, at parties. He couldn’t recall. Maybe she had been there, maybe he had failed to notice her before that day of the festival. But she was here now, Ashley Armbruster in all of her glory. In all of her beauty and sarcastic wits. And he loved, oh he loved every-single-part. She would never be a throphy wife, she’d be the queen of the household. He could never treat her as her parents had done, he was too smitten for it. She kept him grounded. And one day he’d make her the happiest woman alive.
Its as been said before, he’d find her. He’d find and protect and love her. There was no inbetween because it was all Ashley deserved. He pressed his forehead against her, as if he tried to keep her grounded for once. To make her steady and secure. He wouldn’t let her fall.
Peace was one of the things he could offer her. He wasn’t here to make her life another thurmoil. He was here to give her the thing she had been missing in her life. The right to be whoever she was.
She understood him, knew when he was serious and when he was not. Knew when he was hurting and how to offer him comfort. She knew how to play with him, outsmart him and keep him wanting more of her. More of her smiles, and now more of her lips. She was as stubborn as he was, and he loved that about her. He wouldn’t need to worry about hurting her, because she could take it. He also knew when to stop because her feelings mattered to him and the last thing he wanted to do was sadden her. All he needed was for her to love him back. And with the way she looked at him, Naveen found himself hopeful that she did.
She belonged next to him, he was certain of it. They could both roll their eyes at the events their parents dragged them to, and find an escape to get lost in their world. A better place. A happier place.
“Since you rule my world, I wouldn’t need to be king. I’d settle for prince charming.” He teased, though deep down he meant it. He had no need to be a king, she had the power for the both of them. As long as he’d be with her, they both would be unstoppable. A power couple no one had seen before.
His heart poured over the moment she told him she wanted it to be a forever kind of thing too. So much that he couldn’t resist to hug her close and whisper. “Ashley Armburster would you give me the honor to kiss you?”
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