3. Jump OR Not?

Lia felt cold for the first time. Even her mother looked at her with confusion. What will she say? Was she doomed?

"I was with a friend?"

"I was sending documents?"

She was still thinking and her brain to mouth coordination was still off so she stuttered.

"I...I...I"

"Then I thought you could never even get a seat in the bus; how could you be in a car?"

She was relieved but she felt her palms itchy. This brat was getting courageous.

"Like how you search for chocolate wrappers in the dustbin?"

"Stop fighting."

Their mother had the final say in this matter.

They ate quietly but this gave Lia the opportunity to think about her mistakes. Should wear a disguise. What if her mother saw her next time? She wouldn't have the brain supplement reaction like her brother. Then her whole thing would be out of the bag and she would have her ears pulled. Then she would be a laughingstock as she looked like a human rabbit.

Talk of the devil.

Aster-Hello, Wife!

She gritted her teeth.

Lia- Mr. Aster, we should communicate officially. Don't become personal

She was not feeling good so he should also, in no circumstances feel good.

Aster- I'm talking like this so we can establish some closeness. How would others believe that we married for love?

Why? She felt that this was the biggest concession she could give. She won't become close to that guy.

They had nothing in common.

Lia- I will talk to you tomorrow. Text me the meeting place.

She then resolutely threw her phone away.

Aster tsked. Well, cruel enough. Like he wanted.

He also threw the phone and fell asleep.

The next day, Lia went to the coffee shop and waited for Aster who was fashionably late.

"You are early!"

"We have to talk about a few things. "Lia started.

"Like what?"

Aster got his coffee and then continued.

"We should have some disguises in public. I don't want to be recognized by my family."

Aster hummed.

"You have a point. I don't want my family to know about your real identity. They are ruthless. Like wild animals."

"What if someone runs the marriage certificate? They would find out who I am."

"I will change it. Don't worry. It won't lead to you."

Aster reassured her.

So, they got some wigs and makeup kits.

"You do your magic."

Lia had a question mark on her face.

"What?"

"Don't you girls know makeup?"

Lia was furious. She didn't know. She couldn't afford those products. Everything she earned was to be paid back for something or other.

"Why don't boys know? Now everyone knows about make-up. You should also be ashamed."

She refuted. She had a point. Makeup was gone as a gender-based thing. Even a kid knows that now. That made Lia ashamed.

They watched many tutorials and managed to change their features.

Lia was happy to see her glamorous version. And Aster became a down-to-earth guy. Lia reckoned that if he stopped using his high-priced cosmetics, he would be really down to earth. Anyway, not her money. Why should she feel sad?

"So, tell me more details so I won't be caught in a blind spot later?"

Ajay told her the main stuff.

"My brother is actually in a coma. My sister-in-law is recuperating in a secluded place. But we have to say they died. They have a son, my nephew Asher. He is with his grandma now. I have to take him back so I need to get married. That family is a nest of blood-sucking leeches. They wanted to profit off my nephew and they were being rascals. And there are some very clever moths in my family who helped them. Otherwise, how can they take away my nephew?"

Woah. Rich people have rich problems.

In her kind of family, it would be a blessing if the kid was not considered a burden. But here the relatives were fighting for custody.

Seeing her doubts, he answered.

"My nephew will get his father's shares when he becomes an adult."

Hiss, a proper rich guy.

"I need to get him back. The irrelevant elders put a condition that I need to marry. You come here as my ex-girlfriend. We separated because I went abroad. But we still keep in touch. So, they will stop pushing their daughters and nieces to me. This should be the background story."

Wow. So, she was supposed to fight with the rich daughters too.

"Actually, this wouldn't have happened if my brother was here. Now I'm the first heir so this made me the focus. I feel like a rabbit among the wolves."

Lia snorted.

Something told her he was the bigger wolf, like the alpha who would make those people really miserable later. He was making her miserable now. So miserable that she wanted to hit him.

"Then we should know some personal stuff about each other."

Aster took out a folder and asked her to fill it in.

She saw many things like hobbies, favorite chocolate, biscuits, ice cream, color, jewelry, and even her favorite IC.

This was super embarrassing. She loved all kinds of ICs. But she had to fill it. Next, she had to write some childhood experiences like her favorite teacher, first crush, and even her first award.

When she was finished, she was given Aster's sheet to memorize.

"We will meet when you memorize all of this."

She felt something was wrong.

Why was his sheet looking more and more like a book?

After reaching home, she carefully opened the mini book.

Good guy, this guy had a lot of preferences. Even his favorite eraser. Would those relatives of his ask her this? She was going to study for a college entrance test looking at this show he was performing.

When she read the food section, she felt her blood pressure rising.

His favorite foods - all started with five letters. She had to even memorize the restaurants.

Compared to his file, hers looked like a short abstract. Nothing to remember. She was very sad. This was not fair. Not at all.

Aster laughed while reading Lia's answers. Very funny.

He was in the garden and he was soon notified that a guest had arrived.

"Huh, nephew! Why did you not tell me that you were married?"

Aster was surprised but he had no expression on his face. Someone was a mole on his side. Otherwise, how could his whereabouts be leaked?

"You married secretly a year ago. You didn't tell your brother?"

Good. So, the person who was the mole didn't know everything. This also made it easier to find his identity.

"All the relatives will come here tomorrow to meet our new daughter-in-law. What do you say?"

He was informing rather than asking. 

There was a pit. Before and maybe after him too.

Jump in or not?