Chapter 27

Zie

A day has passed since Ashton and I got home to the penthouse and since then he was never the same. I don't know what's happening to him, I thought he was just overwhelmed by what happened to him in the sea where I dare him to have sex with those men. He is very quiet now, I can still talk to him but I always initiate the story, if I do not talk to him he will not speak either. I asked him if he was mad at me for making him do the date but he only shook his head.

I should be in my office right now but when I checked Ashton earlier, he looks sick and exhausted, I couldn't help but worry about his well-being so I decided not to go in the office and accompany Ashton here instead.

We are currently sitting side by side on the sofa, watching a movie but our attention is not on the movie, he seems to be thinking deeply that he doesn't notice me staring at him anxiously.

"Hey baby," I said slowly trying to get his attention, I carefully grabbed his arm but he seemed surprised by what I did and immediately pushed my hand. I raised an eyebrow at him, annoyed by what he did.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" I can't help but raised my voice at him, I was annoyed even though I tried so hard to calm myself down, I know that the last thing Ashton wants from me right now is to be angry at him.

I saw him swallowed his saliva, it seems like he was scared when I raised my voice at him and could not even look straight at me. I took the remote control and turned off the flat screen.

"Tell me what's on your mind baby, tell me what's bothering you, nothing will be solved if you'll just sulk in here and stay quiet." I slowly said to him and gently held his hand, this time he let me touch him.

I waited for his response. But all I could hear was a deafening silence. What the fuck happened to you, Ashton?

"I don't want to force you baby, but how can I help you if I don't know what the problem is? Don't you trust me?" I asked him a little bit hurt knowing that he doesn't trust me enough to tell what's bothering him. Surprisingly, Ashton raised his face and looked at me in the eyes, I could not figure out if the expression on his face was angry or annoyed, but all I knew was, he did not like the last thing I said.

"T-They rape me," Ashton said sobbing, his tone is full of bitterness and anger. I froze and seconds later my body starts to tremble as I fully processed the words he just said. What the fuck did he just confess? H-He was rape? How? When? I can't grasp what he just confessed because I've been with him all the time and I always look at his well-being.

"Who?" I asked confused.

"T-Those men on the beach, they r-rape me." Ashton stammered in response, his eyes are already red from crying.

"What? But they are part of our dare Ashton, I dare you to seduce them and you agreed, you had sex with them with your consent." I asked surprised and at the same time confused. My heart pangs when I saw Ashton began crying again, shaking his head.

"But they double penetrate me, t-they force me to do it, I don't like it. Daddy, I swear I don't like it." He confessed and for seconds it seems like something is blocking the air from entering my lungs, I couldn't breathe. I clenched my fist until I feel nothing but pain, I want to punch someone. My heart is raging in anger.

I was dumbfounded and my brain was processing what he said. I was there, I was watching those three bastards raping my baby Ashton, abused his body. Fuck! I feel bad about myself, I know that those bastards double penetrate Ashton but I thought Ashton gave them consent. Fuck those men, fuck them for taking advantage of my baby.

"Zie, your hand, you're hurting me," Ashton said weakly, I look at him confused until I notice my hand holding his arm tightly, I immediately let go of his arm after saying my apology. I come close to him and pull his body towards me, without hesitation I hugged him and buried his face in my sweaty chest.

"I shouted, I asked for your help, but you never come to rescue me," Ashton said with resentment, punching my chest and I'll just let him punched me because I know that I deserved it. My heart seemed to be torn by what he said, the anger I felt about myself grows even more.

"I-I'm so sorry. I swear Ash I didn't hear you, if ever I knew or I notice that they were raping you, I am more than willing to kill those bastards. I swear I'll kill them for you, baby." I said in gritted teeth, my tone is full of remorse as my tears trickle down my eyes. I clenched my fist in anger, I'm angry with those bastards but I'm even angrier to my self.

Ashton suddenly loosened his punches on my chest and raised his face, when he saw that I was crying somehow his expression softened.

"It's not your fault, dad." He said but I still did not lose the anger I felt for my self. Even though he said that it's not my fault, I knew in myself that I was the reason he was raped. I was the one who started the dare, I chose those three men and order him to seduce them, I lure him to a horrible nightmare.

"I'm so sorry, baby." I apologize again.

"I don't want to talk about it anymore. Can we prepare dinner instead?" Ashton said softly and tried to smile. I wiped the tears from my eyes and forced a smile. Ashton came out of the room first while I was just following him.

"What do you want for dinner?" I asked when we got to the kitchen, I immediately opened the refrigerator to see what we could cook.

"Can we have pizza for dinner?" He replied showing me his puppy eyes that I can resist.

"It's okay but you should eat healthy foods tomorrow," I replied. I don't want him to eat pizza tonight, he did not eat much for breakfast and lunch but for now, if this is his comfort food then I will give it to him.

I immediately grabbed the ingredients that needed to make the pizza. Ashton, on the other hand, helps me in making the dough, which made me happy, in this way his mind would deviate from other things and forget what happened to him for a while.

I try to tell him a joke from time to time even though most of my jokes are not funny, but there are also times when he laughs at my jokes. Somehow I was relieved to see him smiling again.