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00:00i sign my name on a form i don't understand while a man i just insulted watches me like i'm a math
00:04problem he already solved that's the mistake i know it as soon as the pen lifts i tell myself
00:10i can still fix this that i always fix things that this is just another wrong turn in a city
00:16built on wrong turns but the air feels too clean for lies and the silence has weight the kind that
00:22presses down until you admit something you didn't plan to i don't look at him yet i look at the
00:28window instead sunlight bouncing off glass towers traffic humming a food truck guy laughing too
00:33loud it's bright normal which somehow makes this worse say it again the man says calmly the part
00:41where you tell me what i am i finally look at him he's leaning against the counter like he owns the
00:47place which is ridiculous because the place is a municipal building with a seal on the wall and a
00:51potted plant dying in the corner he's wearing a charcoal jacket that fits like it was made for
00:56his shoulders alone no tie no visible weapon no hurry i swallow i said you're arrogant he smiles
01:04just a little not amused not offended like i handed him something he was already holding
01:10you'll still end up in my car by sunset he says easy certain and you're going to hate that you were
01:17wrong i laugh because that's my reflex when men confuse confidence with prophecy you don't even know
01:24my name i know he says that's not the interesting part that's when the unease creeps in slow
01:32polite like it's waiting for permission the clerk clears her throat and slides the paper closer to me
01:40ma'am i just need your signature here i hesitate the man's gaze never leaves me not my face exactly
01:48more like the space right behind my eyes where decisions go to hide don't he says softly the clerk
01:55freezes i blink excuse me he finally looks away meets the clerk's eyes with the calm of someone used
02:03to being obeyed without asking give us a minute that's not she starts it is he says still calm still
02:13polite still impossible to argue with she hesitates then stands muttering something about coffee
02:20the door closes behind her with a click that feels louder than it should i turn on him you can't do
02:26that he shrugs i just did you don't run this building no he agrees but i know who does and who
02:35he owes and why you're here instead of home pretending you didn't see what you saw my stomach
02:41drops just a notch controlled i refuse to let it show i don't know what you think you know i say
02:49crossing my arms defensive sarcasm slides into place like armor but threatening strangers in public
02:58buildings is a weird hobby i'm not threatening you he says i'm preventing you from making a second bad
03:04choice i scoff you don't get to decide that he tilts his head studying me you signed under duress last
03:13time you think that'll hold my pulse stutters last time isn't something i've told anyone not even
03:20myself if i'm honest you're fishing i say and you're bad at it he smiles again this one doesn't reach his
03:29eyes your apartment faces the river third floor you water your plants on sundays even though two of
03:36them are already dead you're late on rent because your sister needed help and you didn't ask questions
03:42because that's a habit you're trying to break i stare at him okay that's not funny i don't joke
03:49he says i wait the silence stretches sunlight crawls across the floor warm and indifferent
03:57who are you i ask evan he says after a beat and you're about to walk out of here with me because
04:06the alternative ends with you alone and very brave and very wrong i laugh again but it cracks
04:13you sound like every controlling guy with a savior complex he nods that's fair you don't deny it
04:21i deny the complex he says not the control i should leave i know that every survival instinct i have is
04:31waving red flags like it's a parade but there's something else under the fear annoyance curiosity the
04:38itch of someone stepping into my story and rearranging the furniture i'm not getting in
04:43your car i say he checks his watch you will i have options you have one he corrects and you don't like
04:54it i step closer lowering my voice you don't know me i know you didn't call the police he says quietly
05:03i know you erased a video instead i know you told yourself it was because the system wouldn't
05:08protect you that's not the real reason my throat tightens stop you didn't call because you recognize
05:17the man in the reflection he continues because you knew what his friends do to witnesses because
05:22you thought staying silent was safer that's enough you're wrong he says silence only works if no one
05:29else is listening i feel exposed not in a dramatic way in the worst way like someone read my private
05:37browser history out loud you followed me i say i watched he corrects there's a difference that's
05:46supposed to make me feel better no he says it's supposed to make you honest i hate that it works
05:53why i ask why me he considers that for a second the calm slips replaced by something careful measured
06:03because the threat coming for you doesn't stop at conscience and because you already crossed a line
06:09you can't see yet then explain it i snap explain everything not here he says not yet convenient
06:17necessary the door handle rattles the clerk coughs outside time resumes evan steps back giving me
06:26space like it's a gift your choice he says sign and pretend today is normal or walk out with me and
06:33keep breathing without looking over your shoulder that's not a choice i say it is he replies you just
06:42don't like either outcome i glance at the paper my name stares back at me half finished a promise
06:49waiting to become a regret you're really sure about that car thing i say he smirks i'm never wrong
06:57about timing i sign outside the city feels too loud too bright evan leads me down the steps like this
07:05is a date and not a quiet kidnapping with paperwork his car is parked illegally gleaming black in the
07:11sun like it wants attention i stop short i didn't agree to this you did he says gently you just
07:21didn't say it out loud i hesitate then open the door the interior smells like leather and something
07:29clean normal that might be the most dangerous part as i slide in he pauses looking at me with something
07:37like approval or maybe pity trust me he says i don't and that's the choice i regret most because
07:46the danger isn't that evan is lying it's that he isn't the city keeps moving like nothing just changed
07:53which feels rude evan drives like he's late for something unimportant one hand on the wheel radio
07:59low windows down sunlight flashes across the dashboard if i didn't know better i'd think
08:05we were heading to brunch where are we going i ask north he says away that's not an address
08:14it's enough i scoff and stare out the window you know kidnapping is illegal right this isn't kidnapping
08:22he says you can leave while the car is moving he glances at me i'll pull over if you ask
08:31i don't ask that bothers me more than his confidence we stop at a red light a guy on a
08:37bike weaves past us music blasting from a speaker strapped to his backpack evan taps the steering
08:42wheel in time with the beat off by half a second you're not dangerous enough i say before i can stop
08:48myself he raises an eyebrow that's a strange complaint you talk like you're in control but
08:55you're too calm i continue real monsters don't bother with manners he considers that you think
09:01i'm pretending i think you want me scared he smiles faintly i want you alive that's not comforting
09:09it's honest we drive minutes stretch then streets soften into neighborhoods trees lawns the threat
09:17doesn't disappear it just changes outfits he pulls into a gas station bright signage kids arguing over
09:25slushy flavors evan kills the engine bathroom break he says snacks if you want you're serious
09:33yes i stare at him this is your big plan convenience store safety he opens his door danger doesn't
09:41announce itself it blends in i hate that he's right inside the fluorescent lights hum i grab a bottle of
09:48water and pretend my hands aren't shaking evan stands by the counter chatting with the cashier about
09:54baseball it's surreal he laughs at the right moment tips well outside we sit on the curb the sun is warm
10:03i take a sip this is insane i say quietly yes you could be lying to me i could you could be the threat
10:15he looks at me then really looks i'm not how do you know because if i were he says you wouldn't
10:23be sitting in the sun drinking water that's not proof it feels like it anyway back in the car silence
10:31settles not awkward watchful i don't need you i say eventually it's a line i've practiced i can handle
10:39myself i know he replies that's not the answer i wanted i mean it i insist i've survived worse than
10:47this i know he says again softer i wish i could take that line back because the truth is i do need him
10:58or at least the version of safety he's offering admitting that feels like handing over a weapon
11:04we stop at a small house tucked behind hedges white siding blue door wind chimes singing like they don't
11:11know what fear is my aunt's place evan says she's gone for the week of course she is she likes cruises
11:20inside it smells like lemon cleaner and old books sunlight pours through the windows no darkness no
11:27hidden corners i hate how much that relaxes me make yourself comfortable he says i'll be outside
11:35you're leaving me alone he nods you need space i watch him step onto the porch phone pressed to his
11:42ear his posture changes less casual more contained i sit at the kitchen table the quiet is loud i think
11:53about the video i deleted the reflection i recognized the choice i made to stay silent evan comes back in an
12:00hour later with groceries he cooks like he's following instructions in his head precise efficient
12:07we eat pasta at noon it feels illegal why do you help people like me i ask between bites he doesn't answer
12:15right away because someone helped me once did it work no he says but it mattered that's the quiet moment
12:25the one that sticks i see the limit then the contradiction he can't save everyone maybe not
12:32even himself the afternoon drifts we talk about nothing movies coffee preferences he hates cilantro i make
12:40fun of him for it genetic he says defensively tragic i reply he smiles it's real this time it scares me more
12:50than the threats my phone buzzes a text from an unknown number you should have stayed quiet my
12:56blood runs cold evan sees my face change what i show him the screen he exhales slowly they moved faster
13:04than i expected who is they i demand he hesitates that's new evan they're not supposed to know about
13:13you yet he says that's on me know about me how he looks at the window then back at me i used your name
13:23the room tilts you promised i said i was watching he interrupts not that i was invisible what did you
13:30do my voice rises i flagged your case he says put pressure where it counts you put a target on me
13:38i put protection on you that's not your call no he agrees quietly it's not the truth slips then
13:49not like a confession more like a bruise showing through skin i'm not law enforcement he says i work
13:56adjacent adjacent to what to men who don't scare easily he says and to families who pretend they're
14:03just businessmen my heart pounds you're mafia he winces i hate that word that's not a denial i don't
14:12order hits he says i stop wars by being part of them by ending them early i laugh sharp and brittle
14:21so you are dangerous yes he says just not to you that's the reveal the reframe he isn't a savior he's a
14:30gatekeeper and i walked into his territory thinking i was invisible my phone buzzes again a photo my
14:38apartment door taken minutes ago evan's jaw tightens we're leaving no i say i'm not running anymore
14:48that's brave he says and stupid i'm done being managed you think i enjoy this he snaps then softer
14:57i'm trying to keep you alive i grab my bag then teach me he studies me the sun dips lower painting
15:06the room gold this gets worse he says once you choose it i already chose i reply i tell myself i'm
15:16still in control as i follow him out the door i tell myself this is temporary i tell myself i don't trust
15:21him and i lie three weeks later i wake up without flinching that's how i know the damage is real
15:29the house is different from the first one smaller closer to the water sunlight pours through wide
15:35windows like it's got nothing to hide i sit at the kitchen table with a mug of coffee that actually
15:41tastes like coffee not fear and listen to gulls argue outside like idiots with wings
15:47i am steadier now not softer there's a difference survival cost me things i don't pretend otherwise
15:56i lost my apartment my routine the version of myself who believed danger came with warning labels
16:02in exchange i gained quiet awareness the ability to read a room like it's breathing
16:08and evan is gone not vanished not dead just absent like a door left open long enough for the air to
16:18change he left after the second relocation after the phone call stopped after the men who were looking
16:25for me decided i wasn't worth the noise anymore he didn't say goodbye he fixed what he broke and
16:31removed himself from the equation like a variable that knew when to stop mattering
16:35i tell myself that's who he is i tell myself i'm relieved the knot comes just after noon three soft
16:43taps not rushed not apologetic i don't jump i don't reach for anything sharp i stand smooth my shirt and
16:52open the door like i've been expecting this moment my whole life evan looks thinner not weaker just
16:59pared down like he's been cutting away anything unnecessary you're early i say he exhales a smile
17:07flickers you always said timing was my flaw i said you were arrogant that too we stand there the ocean
17:17bright behind him the house warm at my back no rush no danger pressing its face against the glass
17:23i fixed the account he says your sister's clear she doesn't know why good i reply she never needed
17:32to silent stretches comfortable chosen i shouldn't be here he adds you're already here i say you don't
17:42get points for guilt he nods i'm not staying long i know we sit on the porch steps like two people who
17:50survived the same storm but washed up on different shores he doesn't touch me i don't invite him to
17:55the restraint is louder than any grab would be they're done he says for real this time i believe
18:02you i say and i do that illusion that i needed proof from him fell apart weeks ago i broke my rule he
18:12admits quietly that you don't get attached that i don't pull people into my gravity i glance at him
18:20you didn't pull i walked his jaw tightens still counts maybe i say but you didn't force me to stay
18:28no he agrees you stayed when i left that lands harder than anything else we hear a car approach
18:36on the gravel drive evan stiffens just a fraction enough that i notice a man steps out older crisp
18:45polo too neat for a beach house he looks at evan like he's disappointed not angry evan the man says
18:53you're making this difficult i step forward without thinking put myself between them my heart doesn't
18:59race it settles she's not part of this the man says to me dismissive she is evan replies calmly
19:08because i made her that way that was a mistake then it's mine evan says not hers the man sighs you
19:18don't get to decide that anymore i turn my head slightly he does i say because i'm deciding too
19:27the man looks surprised he shouldn't be that's on him this ends now evan says no leverage no cleanup
19:36you walk away and if i don't evan's voice stays even then you lose me that's it that's the contradiction
19:46the limit that keeps him human he can't threaten violence he can only withdraw power through absence
19:55the man studies him then me something shifts calculation finishes fine he says finally but
20:03you're out evan nods once acceptance victory doesn't always clap the car leaves dust settles the ocean keeps
20:13being loud you didn't have to do that evan says softly yes i reply i did we sit again closer this
20:22time not touching choosing i spent years believing love was the thing that got people killed i say
20:29turns out it's pretending you don't care that does the real damage he watches the water i don't deserve
20:36i'm not offering forgiveness i interrupt i'm offering truth he looks at me then fully no strategy left
20:45i'm staying he says if you want i consider it not the danger the illusion i have to give up that safety
20:55means control that i can build walls tall enough to never need anyone i want i say his hand finds mine
21:03not claiming confirming the sun dips the light stays bright and for the first time i don't feel like
21:10i clicked into something i wasn't supposed to hear i chose it if you're still here yeah that means this
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