338 Ganging Up On Me

Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead as she take a step one at a time.

"Just ten more," Liyana said patiently beside her.

Amber gritted her teeth and persevered until she finished the tenth step and that took all her energy making her fall.

Two strong arms wrapped around her waist before she was carried to her wheelchair.

She looked up at Ashton with a pout as she frowned.

His lips were lifted on one side and it shows that he was having fun at her dilemma.

"Don't laugh," she chided as she was placed on the wheelchair.

It was the second day of her rehabilitation and she boasted on the first day that this was a piece of cake, completely forgetting that her numbness are no longer there and the moment she took her first step, pain shot through her whole body and she ended up collapsing instead.

They were worried at first but it was then explained that her mind and body had long forgotten what pain is and so she ended up collapsing for suddenly feeling that tremendous pain.

After that Ashton had been teasing her about her confidence and boasting.

Seeing as he just smirked at her, she puffed her cheeks and looked away from him, throwing a tantrum.

He gave a low chuckle before pushing her away from that place and bringing her back to their room.

He left her just outside the bathroom before feeling up the tub of warm water.

"In two weeks, the year end event is coming and for this year it is our family who will be hosting it. What do you propose we do with it?"

As he stepped out, he informed her.

Amber's irritation dissipated instantly upon hearing this and her eyes shined.

"This is an opportunity to give that old man a scare."

Ashton furrowed his brows at her sudden words in return Amber grinned at him.

"Why not make it into a masquerade ball?" she asked as she bobbed her brows up and down.

He understood instantly what she meant after hearing her proposal.

"We can bring it up to the others, if most were to agree that shall be the theme of the year end event," was his answer before helping her to the tub.

Amber felt all the fatigue disappear after soaking in the warm bath, there was also her favorite scented candle that was lit allowing her to relax even more.

"So she will be appearing then?" Ashton sat at the side of the tub and brushed a few of her hair away from her face as he asked.

"Since an opportunity arises, I shall go and talk to her. This will be a chance to shake them up even more. With everything that was going on now. Scaring them a bit is a good thing," she replied as she leaned on his hand that was on her cheek.

Ashton smiled dotingly at her as he watches her closely.

Since her preparations are mostly complete, all she needed to do was to start mocing her forces and very slowly let the Price Empire taste the bitterness of her revenge.

And due to this, she is less haggard than when all she did was to prepare and think.

"You do understand that once you start, it means that Nathalie Price will be appearing very soon," he then said after a few seconds of silence.

Amber opened her eyes and nodded, "That means there would come a time that I will have to spend my time in their place."

Ashton sighed upon hearing this, "We just got married and you will be running off into such a dangerous place already. I have been contemplating whether to just lock you up and do everything instead."

Amber smield at him as she placed her hand on top of his, "You wouldn't because you trust me."

He bent forward and placed a kiss on her forehead, "Finish your rehabilitation fast, I want to spend more time with you before you go to that place."

Her going there also means that Amber Wood would start appearing less and less in the crowd. They already thought up of things when these two names were to appear together.

Now what they need to think of is when she is Nathalie Price, what is the best excuse for Amber Wood to remain inside when she was known for running rampant all the time. Going to so many places.

Seeing the light in his eyes, she understood instantly what he meant as she blushed a little before shaking her head in exaspiration.

This man may not seem like it but he was actually a beast, a beast when only the two of them are left.

The past month, he was controlling himself because of her wound. WHat would happen once she recovered especially knowing that most of her time would be as Nathali Price already.

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"Hmmm, I think that is not a bad proposition. It has been so long since one hosted a masquerade ball," Luis said as all of them had a video meeting.

Despite being the hosts they still need to get the confirmation of the other Empire in order for the event to be a success by allowing all the Empires to attend.

"Why do you think that should be the case?"

And of course, Clark wouldn't agree easily, especially so since it was the Wright EMprie who was proposing.

"I think it was fine as well," David commented as well.

Isaac didn't say anything but nodded his head.

Their reactions made Clark Price furrow his brows in irritation. Why did these old men suddenly agreed so easily in this kind of proposition?

He didn't know but when the others heard of this, they also thought of it as a bit too much but when the younger generation heard of it, most of which were those who are close to Ashton.

They were able to persuade the others causing the masters to nod their heads in the end, going with the flow.

Of course, Amber and Ashton were not scared that they wouldn't agree because they already informed their friends about it and everyone agreed to help her in scaring the old man of Price Empire.

"Hmmp, with all of you ganging up on me, is there anything else I could do?" Clark hurrumphed and directly ended the call.

The others shrugged it off and said their goodbyes as well before turning off their own videos.

Gideon who was wondering whether it would be accepted didn't expect for it to go so smoothly.

He then remembered how cunning his grandson and his wife is at teh same time remembering that they are friends with those people from the otehr Empires.

"I really should be thankful that I allowed them to befriend those young ones. The family had been smoothsailing since they became even more acquainted," he muttered to himself.

If he was not as open as this and was the same as the others, then his children would have more troubles that what they are having now.

"How did it go?"

Just then Ashton came in and asked. He looked at him and smiled before nodding his head.

"It went just as what the two of you have predicted."

"Very well, we'll have everyone to start preparing for it," was Ashton's reply.

Gideon raised an eyebrow as he seemed to feel like Ashton was excited about this for him to personally come in and check on it.

Seeing his look, Ashton shook his head, "It was Thalie who was excited. She couldn't wait and asked me to check for she was still having her rehabilitation."

Gideon smiled at this, there is one trait that their family retained after so many years of standing as an Empire.

That is doting on their love ones.

Some would see this as weakness but they see it as strength for it shows how genuine they are towards their significant other.

Seeing his look, Ashton somehow understood what was going on in his mind as he too smiled at his grandfather.

This is only a few of the Empires had, the closeness to ones kin.

The best example of the opposite of this was the Price Empire where all they see are the profit they will get from their own kin.

"Caesar Griffin is calling for me," Ashton remembered something and informed his grandfather.

Michael Banfield called him to say that the government wanted to know the identity of the next head and that is why he needs to show up.

Thinking about the success of his friends in taking down those under Black Spade in the other countries, Ashton thought that it was about time for him to solidify his stand with the government.

There was no rule about them taking over the underworld as long as they have the power.

Most just didn't wnat to because of how dangerous it was and so what Ashton did was unprecedented. They don't know how the government would react because of this.

"Very well. Be careful out there, whatever you decide. Wright Empire will surely respect it."

This meeting had the chance that Ashton will have to step down as the heir of the Wright Empire.

"Don't worry, the power is distributed quite well that those people wouldn't be too hard to handle," was his confident reply.

The reason why he also had his friends to accompany him in this journey. By doing so the power would be divided and the government wouldn't be too scared.

Just that Ashton still had the support of many despite not having the authority over them.

Seeing his confident look, Gideon could only smile in acknowledgement.

Truly so many changes happened in just a year span of time.