Hi, I'm back with a new chapter. the last chapter we saw some new characters like Korrina and calem and also heard some hint about Serena's dark past. what might be that. well, let's find out in this chapter. so without waiting further let's start this chapter.

chapter 10

Both Serena and Ash left for home. during the whole drive, ash noticed Serena being very silent. he wanted to ask her something but seeing and sensing her state he decided not to ask. ash can't understand how but nowadays he can easily sense her mood and everything. even today also, he can sense her uneasiness and uncomfortable during whole meeting and lunch. he wanted to ask her, console her and hug her to take away every pain and problem from her life and to give her total happiness for whole life. he didn't understand why but he was falling for her and his feelings for May is fading rapidly. even his heart was telling him to forget the promise and to give this relationship, this marriage a chance. ash sighs because he wanted to forget his past and wanted to start a new relationship with Serena. for the first time in his life, he regrets meeting May and falling in love with her.

Serena sighs and turns to the window because of the silence in the car. she didn't know how to start a conversation now. she wanted to tell ash about her feelings especially now. she wanted to tell him that she didn't want to give up this marriage and this relationship. she wanted to ask him to forget about past and to give her, present a chance. especially now because of calem. she hated that person, she didn't understand how destiny brought him back into her life. she regrets dating calem in college.

after half an hour both reached Ketchum mansion. ash unlocks the door enters together with Serena.

ash slightly sighing " maybe mom and dad went out. Serena do you want some water "

Serena with a small smile " no thanks, ash I'm feeling tired and my whole body and head aches, so I'm going to sleep now.

ash understandingly comes closer and checks her forehead for a sign of fever and noticed that her body is slightly warm " Serena you have a slight fever, let me give you the medicine and then you can sleep ok. plz don't refuse"

Serena nods and then ash gives medicine and water which she swallowed using water and went to their bedroom and slept after changing her clothes. ash comes to their room and sees her sleeping deeply. he goes near her and covers her with a blanket. he sighs and goes outside with lots of things in his mind.

it was night time and, Serena was still sleeping. ash wanted to wake her for dinner but thought not to because of her deep sleep. his mom and dad were not coming home back since they went to visit their common friend who is I'll and hospitalized. he ate his dinner, a light sandwich. he chuckled remembering Serena's sandwiches. he missed those sandwiches and one of this days he was going to ask her to make it for him just to tease her. after dinner he went and slept beside her, unknowingly wrapped his arms around her and Serena unknowingly snuggled to his chest.

it was midnight when ash stirred from his sleep. he removed Serena's arms from him and gave his pillow to which Serena snuggled. ash sat straight chuckles seeing her snuggling into the pillow. he sees her face with full of feelings and notices some of her bangs coming to her eyes. he removes the bangs from her eyes but didn't remove his hand instead he feathery touches her eyes, cheeks and finally her lips then he replaces his hands with his lips. this is the first time he kissed after their marriage. he back away when Serena stirs but she immediately goes back to sleep. ash wonders about his actions and what led him to kiss her. he takes her hand in his hand and rubs his thumb on her knuckles and thinks about today and what he noticed during the meeting and lunch between Serena and Korrina's fiance calem. he understood from their actions which tells that they both know each other before only, it is not that he didn't believe Serena actually he believed her and trusted her totally but still he wanted to ask Serena about that when they reached home but decided not to. his thoughts were killing him, he decided to ask her tomorrow without fail or else he is going to get insane. after deciding about this he lays and removes his pillow from her for which she frowns, he chuckles at her facial expression and once again he wraps his arms and sleeps.

Serena stirs due to bright sunlight and gets up. she notices while rubbing her eyes that sun is very bright so she checks her watch to see its 10.30.

Serena seeing the time screams" oh my god we are so late " she shakes ash to wake him up " ash get up we are late for the office "

ash stirs and gets up "Serena what happened, is it already morning "

Serena annoyed while getting up to get ready for the day " Ya it's already 10.30.

ash sitting on the bed while rubbing his eyes "so"

Serena stopped going inside the bathroom to give glare " so, we are getting late. we have company to run, so get up and shower in the next room's bathroom while I take here and then get ready. "

ash smiles " that's good but today we are not going to the office "

Serena confusingly with the cute expression "we are not "

ash chuckling "nope, today I have announced holiday for me and you"

Serena still confused "what! why? "

ash smiling "well I thought we can go to a small shopping trip and also a date"

Serena asks "are you asking me out for shopping which you hate the most and a date afterward. am I dreaming "

ash chuckles "no you are not, so get ready. let's go out for breakfast and then decide what to do OK "

Serena now totally happy " really you are not teasing me "seeing ash shaking his head " OK I'll go and get ready. oh I'm so excited thank you very much ash"

ash smile " it's nothing "

Serena before entering bathroom she goes to ash and kisses his cheek and run to the bathroom to which ash chuckles touching his cheek.

after getting ready both go to a small cafe for breakfast although Serena insisted she will make breakfast for them. but ash cleverly declined and brought her here. both have small breakfast and head towards their destination. first, they go to shopping at mall and shops many things. it was like last time only except the other couple Gary and misty, and also ash was enjoying this time seeing her. they had lunch in the big restaurant and after this, both decided to watch the movie which was a horror one. during the whole movie, Serena didn't leave his hand and left a mark on his hands. after the movie, they saw the time which showed its 6 pm. so they decided to visit the park and end their date.

they go to the park and spend time together by watching the sunset and then goes to some small ramen shop and had ramen noodles. after eating, both go home. they see that mom and dad didn't return yet. so they lock the door and goes to the bedroom. after having small shower and change of clothes both lie down to sleep.

Serena turning towards ash "thanks for the date ash, it was wonderful and I enjoyed very much "

ash replies turning towards her" it's nothing "

Serena " no really thanks because it helped me since I was feeling down yesterday but now I'm feeling better "

ash after thinking decided to ask her now "hmm, so why were you feeling down yesterday "

Serena hearing his question answers" oh it's nothing to worry about, don't worry "

ash continues to probe more but Serena seems to be avoiding the question so he decides to ask directly

ash after hesitating starts " do you know calem before "

to which Serena panics and answers "what makes you ask that and why do you think I know him before only "

ash seeing in her eyes " I saw how uneasy and uncomfortable you were feeling and I also saw him looking at you with a lustful look "

now Serena glowered "look I don't remember feeling all that and I think all men look at another woman, especially beautiful woman with that look. see even now, you are doing the same thing. you are looking my chest isn't it "

ash suddenly brings his eyes to her eyes and blushes lightly but controlling his blush and tells " don't deny me, Serena"

Serena avoiding his gaze" ash you are being paranoid "

ash holds her chin and bring her gaze to his gaze and tells seriously " Serena I know what I saw. I saw him holding your hands tightly and you were trying to free yourself. so please tell me what's going on "

Serena once again avoids his gaze, lays on her back and tells sadly "don't bother, it's nothing "

ash seeing her avoiding his gaze hovers above her and tells" how can I not bother. you are my wife, please tell me "

Serena staring his eyes with a hard look "If you are thinking that I'm having an affair then you are wrong because I'm not, don't worry " and turns her face not to show unfallen tears.

ash once again bringing her gaze to him tells with serious look " you hear me correctly OK. I'm not doubting you and I trust you fully. " still hovering above her

Serena letting her tears fall "then why are you asking me this "

ash chuckling brings his hands to her cheeks to which Serena leans " because I care about you and I get sad seeing you sad. so I want to know. plz tell me "

Serena after thinking decides to share about her dark past. she nodes and ash kiss her forehead and lay next to her, wrapping his arms around her. even she snuggle making herself comfortable to start her story.

Serena slightly hesitating " well from where to start "

ash encouraging her "why don't you start from, how you know him"

Serena nodding "OK. after my high school, I joined Kalos university for my college. that's where I met him through Shauna. "seeing Ash nodding she continued " actually I was heartbroken by someone in high school although it was a misunderstanding which I know now and just after that my dad died. I wanted someone to lean on and that's where calem comes. after Shauna introducing to me, we became friends and our friendship blossomed, we became close friends but one day he asked me out and I rejected him since I was still heartbroken. but Shauna talked with me and told that I should take a chance and give a try. after this talk, I and calem were officially dating but there were restrictions like no kissing since I was not ready and even he also agreed, everything was going on nicely but one incident changed everything "telling that she sees ash

ash slightly coming out of story mood "what changed, you know you can tell me because we are more than husband and wife, we are close and best friends. don't hesitate please tell me "

Serena takes a deep breath and continues " well we had our homecoming dance and he was my date. it was very wonderful till that happened "

ash seeing her in eyes "what happened "

Serena sighing " during our homecoming we danced so much and after everything, we went to take some rest. I was thirsty so he bought me a drink but somehow my drink got exchanged with Shauna's while speaking and I drank her drink which contained alcohol because of which I became dizzy. he took me to the infirmary in our college and no one was there and he tried to take advantage of my situation and in the middle of that he disclosed how he drugged me and how he was going to have is way. he thought while telling me all this that I was out of my mind because of the drug and I won't remember anything and he can easily escape but he didn't know that I was feeling dizzy because of the alcohol. when he came upon me I fully tried to resist him but I couldn't "

ash was shocked hearing this but he wanted to know fully but hesitating to ask, finally, after some time, he decided he wanted to know, " so he, I mean calem raped you "

Serena seeing to his eyes answered " no, thank god for the right time my friend came to infirmary since she was not feeling well. when she heard my screaming she called college official who saved me. he was arrested and rusticated from the college. after that incident, I never saw him until yesterday. well that was the story "

ash understandingly "oh"

Serena slightly chuckling "you know he couldn't even kiss me thank god "

ash slightly surprised " really "

Serena nodding her head "Ya even during our dating period, we didn't kiss and even when he forced himself on me he couldn't do it "

ash feeling shocked little and also curious about that kiss, asked " wow so your first kiss was from high school guy who broke your heart "

Serena with a sweet smile " no, it was you "

ash was very happy hearing that and asked Serena very excitedly " really your first kiss was with me "

seeing her nod he acted on his instincts and kissed her. Serena was shocked because of the unexpected kiss but quickly became more comfortable and returned the kiss with passion. his lips moved upon her lips in pattern and after some time, he licked her lips with his tongue for her to open her mouth to which she responded quickly and immediately the war between the tongues started. when it was difficult to breathe, both separated taking a deep breath to fill their lungs with air. both stared at each other very intimately and Serena decided to confess.

Serena still breathing hard whispers" ash, I love you and I don't want to end this marriage and our relationship. I want to spend my life with you until my last breath "

ash didn't respond instead he kissed her. but this time the kiss was filled with full of love and emotions. the kiss continued for some time. when they separated Serena asked him for his answer.

ash didn't confess like her since he was still battling an inner battle whether he should forget his promise and move on or tied down to it

so instead he told " Serena like you, I can't confess because of my past although I agree to some extent I have developed strong feelings for you. so even I want to give this marriage and to us, a chance and in future maybe I can overcome my problems and confess to you"

Serena with full of hope "so no divorce after a year and we are going to try being a real husband and wife "

ash with a smile holds her cheeks with his hand's whispers "yes" and kissed her. when the sudden kiss was turning into something they separated with a deep breath since they were not ready for next step. after controlling their raging feelings they slept hugging each other. ash heard a small ' I love you ' to which he replied in his mind ' I love you too '.finally, they drifted into deep sleep with the future in their mind.

well, that's all for today's chapter.

now you know how Serena knows calem and what was their past.

you also saw that finally, Serena confessed and even ash also admitted that he has some feelings.

so how was her confession and how was the kiss.

do you all think that ash should forget his past and confess to Serena? please review

let's see what happens in next chapter

till then me signing off bye : )