Rose called john. John received it and said, "What a pleasant surprise! Tell me you have good news."
"Yes. I met with my dad."
"I suppose you are wrong. I am your dad, not Karim."
"Forget about it. The main point is Ash and he talked about shares."
"What is it?"
"As long as my name is under Karim we cannot transfer shares to you."
"I know that. That's why I got the lawyer to put you in the Aster family."
"How much time will it take?"
"A day or two."
"Okay. Mrs. Khan wants to meet me for shopping. We can meet there."
"Why should we meet?"
"As we both agree to help each other it's normal for us to meet. Also, I want to know your plan."
"Tell me something and I will come."
"What is it?"
"Do you love Ash?"
"... yes, but I love my mother more."
"Okay, I will come."
"The shop's name is the royal wedding dress. Meet me at 5."
"Okay."
Rose put down the phone and looked at Ash. "I did as you do. Is it okay?"
Ash nodded.
"We already knew who was following us. But we cannot do anything."
"Yes, if we did, John would be alert and won't help me."
"Take two to three days. By that time we must find Leo's hideout."
"Leo?"
"Yes, he does all the illegal work for John. So we must expose him to make John weak."
Rose held both of her arms. Ash saw it and asked, "What is it?"
Rose looked at him and thought that she should make everything clear.
Rose took a deep breath and said, "That night Leo was in your room. He was the one who tries to"
Rose could not continue. She bit her lower lip. It was to the point that she started to bleed.
Ash touched her lips and Rose stopped biting.
"You suffered a lot."
"No, I am the criminal. I not only put you in danger but also Levi. Because of me Levi-"
She felt a lump on her throat. Then she remembered John t9ld her about the accident.
"Ash, that accident 9 years ago was pre-planned. John wanted to kill my mother. But your mother died. He was planning to kill us from the beginning."
Ash felt like he wanted to kill someone. No, to be precise, he wanted to kill John.
He said, "When did you learn that?"
"When I was kidnapped. He planned all of it."
"Not only had he planned to kill you but also me. He wanted to frame you by blaming you."
"What do you mean?"
Rose told him about Alina and Edward. And how Alina was jealous of her.
"She planned to spike my drink. She did succeed and she also put a spike on Leo. She thought by doing this she could get rid of both. But Leo came to know about it and they made a plan to put blame on you."
"They planned everything but I escaped from Leo. So they didn't use it. However, when they saw us together they thought they could cause discord in us. Moreover, made false evidence. They handed me the evidence via Alina. I saw the CCTV footage. And I went to the hotel to cross-check. And finally, when I didn't want to believe all this I asked Levi if you were there on that day. And confirm it."
"So you thought that you should kill me?"
"Tell me, when your mother died didn't you threaten to kill me? You know that it was not my fault but still you hate me. You even plan to take revenge on me."
Ash remembered that he said he wanted to get revenge on Rose.
"Then tell me when I know about the person who took away my happiness, my voice, my family, my smile, my dream. What should I do? And please don't tell me that I should have asked you. Have you ever seen a criminal confess his crime? Also, you hate me so I thought it makes sense to get your revenge on me. I know that if I asked you, you would have denied."
Ash understood the reason behind not asking him. He knew that Rose was right at this point. And all the evidence was there. If he were in her shoes, he would not have believed the criminal. Rose did the same. She tried hard not to accept the truth. She took time and found everything she could.
She did not know the evidence was false. Also, Levi testified that Ash was there. So she had nothing but to accept the truth.
Rose came close to Ash and touched his heart. "I didn't remember the face of that person. The only thing I remember was the tattoo on his chest. You have no idea how shocked I was when I saw your tattoo. Remember I asked about the tattoo?"
Ash remembered when Rose saw the tattoo she was stiff. In addition, he said it was a unique tattoo. Only three of them had it.
"Even when you said only three of you have it, I still didn't believe it was you. I believe in my love. They said love is all about belief. And I tried. I tried to believe in you till the last moment. But I failed."
She clenched the shirt's front and put her forehead on his chest.
"I failed to protect my love."
Ash raised his hand to touch Rose. But stopped in the midair. Sometimes things can't be undone. And now it's too late.
Rose looked at Ash and said, "I know you won't be able to forgive me. But please know that as a girl who went through hell, I deserve to seek my justice."
Ash finally touched Rose.
He said, "I know. And for that I forgave you."
Rose was shocked. She thought he would never forgive her.
"Why?"
"Why, what?" Ash asked.
"Why did you forgive me?"
"Because I know how much you suffer. Also if it was me I would do worse than that."
Rose nodded.
She said, "Thank you."
"Don't need to. My mother always told me to see the reason behind a person's actions. If that person did it for a valid reason then we should try to understand it."
Rose was regretting her wrongdoing.
"I am sorry"
"No need for that. The only thing I want now is to punish John. He was innocent when he was put in jail. But now what he is doing is a crime. And I can't stand to see him harming my people."
Rose shook her head and said, "Let’s find a way to end this."
"Yes."
Rose and Ash came to mutual understanding. I know most of you thought that Rose should have come and talked with Ash. But tell me do you believe when someone wronged you, they would confess? No. As a human, we tend to look at the evidence rather than at personal clarification. So Rose was no different. If it was, you tell me what would you do? Please think carefully, if you asked Ash and he denied, would you believe in him (who in your eyes is the offender) or would you believe in all the evidence that was in front of you. I hope you understood the point I want to say. Have a good day.