Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovAs soon as I woke up, I immediately felt a massive headache because of my hangover. I felt sick and I couldn’t even open my eyes because of it. I want to stay in bed for the whole day but I can’t do that.I still have to make the items that will be delivered this early.I sighed as I slowly opened my eyes and a familiar ceiling greeted me. But I am sure that this is not the room that I am occupying in Jyn’s house, that is why I immediately got up and looked around.That is when I realized that I was inside Jyn’s room.Well, this is not the first time that I got inside this room. I have been here a couple of times whenever I have to call Jyn.But why did he bring me here? And what the hell happened last night?As far as I remember, the guys were still busy drinking the last batch of alcohol that I ordered while I leaned on Jyn's shoulder. After that, things are not really clear to me.I sighed and massaged my temple.It has been a while since I had this kind of
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovAfter eating breakfast, I went home to take care of the items that needed to be delivered this morning.Miracle also came to me while holding a bowl of hangover soup that Jyn cooked because she didn’t want to see Rajiv for the rest of the day.But she was still ranting and pissed whenever she remembered what happened last night.“Seriously, Mira?” I said that made her stop. “As far as I can see in your eyes, you don’t really hate him. You still love him and you are aware of it. That is why I am confused why do you keep pushing him away from you?”She didn’t say anything and just stared at me.“I know, you can’t tell me your reason for pushing him away without telling me everything about you,” I added. “But don’t you feel tired? I mean, how long do you plan to push him away from you even though your heart wants him beside you?”She sighed and put the bowl down. “Am I really that obvious?”I nodded. “It is obvious and I really wanted to smack you for being so ha
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovI don’t really know how to face Jyn after Miracle told me what I probably did last night. I am not sure why I did that but things were not really clear to me.I know that I am drunk but I am not the type of person who would just kiss someone, just because I am drunk.But I remember that I had the same urge to kiss him last night when we were talking at the bar counter. I just ignored that because it was not right.But I still did it.Shit! What the hell happened to me?“Asper…” I was startled when I heard Jyn’s voice coming from behind me. “I told you earlier that I will be cooking tonight, right?”I slowly turned to him and scratched my head. “Sorry,” I said. “I actually forgot that you mentioned that earlier. I was busy earlier and my thoughts were all over the place.”He frowned. “Why? Is something bothering you?”I sighed and nodded. “Actually, Miracle told me what I did last night,” I said. “And I have been thinking about that since this morning and I got
Caspian Jyn’s PovDamn it!I didn’t expect that Asper is slow when it comes to this kind of situation.I thought after kissing him, her misunderstanding about me would be clear but it seemed like she was still thinking something else.I sighed and shook my head in defeat while I was staring at her back as she went inside the mansion to continue what she was doing in the kitchen.And here I am, left alone in the garden before I could even react to the conclusion that she made.“Boss!” Rajiv, together with the twins, went to me. They were all smiling from ear to ear and I am sure they were about to tease me but they frowned when they saw my face. “Why do you look like you got rejected? You got to talk with Asper?”I nodded and sighed.“Then, you clear her misunderstanding with your gender?” Karyu said. “Does this mean she is your girlfriend?” I glared at him and that made him step back. “D- Did I say something wrong?”I sighed again and shook my head.Even if I put my frustration to him
Asper Reign Dahlia’s Pov“Asper?”I turned my head to Miracle as she called my name.She was frowning her forehead and her eyes widened as she saw me sitting beside the cashier at the counter of SweetHeart. “What the hell are you doing here?” She immediately came to me and put her things on the counter. “You didn’t mention earlier that you are going to drop by.”I sighed. “I just want to drink this.” I showed her the iced coffee that I made earlier.She narrowed her eyes at me and sighed. “Don’t fool me, Asper. Staying here is the last thing that would come to your mind. Not unless you are avoiding someone in your house.”I averted my eyes away from her.Well, she is right. I don’t really drop by here to get this. I can just ask her or one of our employees to deliver some to my house if I really want to have some of this.I am aware that my presence here would distract my employees and she knows that I don’t want that to happen. Especially when things are busy due to the sudden rise o
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovSince I want to limit my encounter with Jyn every day, I decided to spend more time at SweetHeart. I helped there and did my job as its head pastry chef and owner since that was the normal thing to do.I am still cooking for them but only for their breakfast and at night for their dinner.But I stopped joining them in dining.I told them that I want to focus on managing the SweetHeart myself because Miracle has done a lot for it. I want to give her more time to take care of her life instead of continuing to take care of me.And I don’t want to become one of the reasons why he can’t deal with fixing her second chance with Rajiv.But of course, I am still spending enough time with Jyn to ensure that they won’t suspect that I am avoiding him. I am still sweet to him and close to him just like what we were before.I tried my best to let him feel that nothing had changed between us, even though we kissed each other.“Why don’t you just admit to him that you love hi
Miracle Ryedale Azaria’s PovIt has been years since the last time I set foot inside this place where my parents live their lives. Ah, it has been that long, huh?But why do I feel like everything only happened yesterday? Why does it feel like I only left this place yesterday to become the shadow of my family and work hard to protect them so that I don’t have to come back here?And just like before, I never really like the feeling I get whenever I am here.Yes, the whole Azaria clan are living here but that doesn't mean we treated each other here as family, especially when we were in front of someone outside the clan.We only felt like they were our family when we were still a child but as we grew older, things started to change and their affection started to fade away.They started to get cold with us, become more strict, and stop showing us love until they started to do things that would control our lives.“I didn’t expect that you would be home early.”I stopped walking when I hear
Rajiv Fleisko’s Pov“Hey…” I waved my hand as soon as I saw Miracle exiting the gate of the palace.We came here almost at the same time but I didn’t stop her from entering the palace and let her do what she wanted because I knew that what she was about to do was something important to her.Her eyes widened when she saw me and immediately ran towards me. “W-what are you doing here?”“Asper worried about you so she wanted me to follow and stop you from what you are trying to do,” I explained. “But I know you are trying to do your job so I just decided to wait for you here.”She held my arms and looked around. “You know you are not supposed to be here.”I raised my eyebrows. “And why is that?” I asked. “I am not the same way as I was before. They cannot corner me again like what they did to me.”“But you know my parents, Raj,” she said. “We are still fixing everything between us. I am still dealing with them regarding Asper’s case. I don’t want them to get involved in our relationship a
Caspian Jyn’s Pov“Something is wrong,” Rajiv said after his phone call and turned to me. “They are all acting weird.”I frowned. “Who?”“Lucky and the rest of Asper’s bodyguards,” he answered. “I don’t know what but Asper has been acting weird ever since she met Reina at Yain City.”I leaned my back in my chair’s backrest and looked at him. “What makes you think that they are acting weird?”“Asper changed, Jyn,” he said. “For the whole year that we haven’t seen her, she changed a lot. She is no longer the type to just stay on the side, keep quiet, and do nothing.”“You think they will cover for her if she is doing something without our knowledge?”He shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know how Asper thinks now and the caporegime that we assigned to her are all afraid and loyal to you,” he said. “But I still can’t shake the feeling that Asper is doing something.”I know what he is trying to say because I also felt that way.“Pull out the last batch of security details that we sent there
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovDad told me not to worry too much after I mentioned to him what Hector said to me. He assured me that he and Aasiyah are ready for everything that the palace will possibly do.He already learned his lesson through what happened to me. He has no plans on making any decision for Aasiyah and he will support anything she decides once the palace proposes a marriage for her and Cloven.Well, I know my sister. Even though she is the youngest in the family and my parents kind of sheltered her, she will never let anyone around control her.Just like me, she will fight if she doesn’t want the situation. No one will persuade her to do something she doesn’t like.But to ensure that we have another person backing us up for my sister's sake, I also informed Miracle about this. I can count on her to assure me that Aasiyah will not experience the harassment that I got from the palace before.And it made me feel relieved after talking it all to them. It is reassuring that even
Asper Reign Dahlia’s Pov“I already transferred the foundation to my sister,” I repeated. “My lawyer finished taking care of the paperwork last year and it was finalized last week. The foundation is now formally owned by Aasiyah.”Shock was still all over his face after I explained that.Aasiyah will hold a press conference about this to publicly announce the transfer. It was scheduled for next week but since there are still threats to her safety because of me, they might reschedule it once Dad formed new security details for her.I frowned when I saw the concern on Hector’s face as if I made a huge mistake.“Aasiyah took over the foundation when I left our home two years ago,” I continued. “And because of what I have to do, I decided to completely let it go. And Aasiyah decided to shoulder everything since she fell in love working there.”“You…” He cupped his forehead and sat on the floor. I don’t know what his problem is but he is acting as if it was big news for him.And it is not
Asper Reign Dahlia’s Pov“You are really out of your mind, Asper,” Hector shook his head after I told him what I did to Jyn’s men who were assigned as my bodyguards. “You used yourself just to hold them in the neck.”“I only have myself, okay?” I said. “I can only take advantage of Jyn’s feelings for me to make them what I want.”He shook his head again and continued bathing the horse. “You like taking advantage of everything around you to make sure that every situation will side with you.”We are in the horse stable right now. He is working while I am sitting in the corner.“Don’t talk to me about taking advantage of things, Hector. You have done worse than what I am doing right now.” I rolled my eyes. He talked like he never abused his position as the crown prince to get what he wanted before.He looked at me and pointed to himself. “I am trying to change myself for the better, right?” He pointed at me. “But you? It seems like you are changing your path.”“Well, I am entering the wo
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovI received a warm welcome from the original workers of the farm. I have known most of them since they started working here when Granny was still alive. Some of them were hired by me when I started handling things around here and there were new ones that Dad hired to help Judith with the work in the mansion.And of course, Hector, who immediately got along with the people here. They know that he is the former crown prince but it seems like it doesn’t matter to them. They might be treating him as a normal person but they are all nice to him.Which is good since we never know how long he will be working here.Since I let him choose what work he wanted to do here, he chose to take care of the horses we have here. Maybe because he is already familiar with that since they have been taking care of horses in the palace. And he often joins horseback tournaments so he knows how to handle one.After taking care of things around the changes that will happen around the far
Asper Reign Dahlia’s Pov“Sorry, Dad.” That is all I can say to my father who I was talking to through Lucky’s phone right now. I am standing in an abandoned port while staring at our helicopter that was burning down through the sky. “I am still not sure about how much money I have right now but I will try to buy a new one for you.”I heard Dad sigh. “Don’t worry about that. I already had plans to buy a new one for myself and give that to your brother.”“Oh.” I scratched my head. “Now, I feel even more bad. Helicopters are the easiest mode of transportation that he can use to go to Yain City without neglecting his job here at Ilore City.”“But you are okay, right?” Dad asked. “It is good that you noticed the problem in the helicopter sooner than later.”“Maybe I was getting sharper when it comes to danger.” Ever since I learned about the Rioghail, Dad made sure to train me every day. Not just some self-defense techniques, but also about the things that I should be looking around me th
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovEverything that I need to move to the farm is all set. Dad already sent there the people that will help me to start the new chapter of my life.Though, I will still visit here from time to time. That is why I don’t understand why my siblings and mother are crying right now.“Seriously, guys?” I shook my head while looking at them. Especially Kezia who has been hugging me tight. “I am just three hours’ drive away. You can visit me any time you want. And I will also try to visit as much as I can. This is not something like when I was hiding in Yain City. You can call me whenever you want.”“It is still different whenever you are here,” Kezia exclaimed. “Why do you have to live there? You have been taking care of Granny’s property remotely since you all got it, right?”“I know.” I sighed. “But now that I don’t have the SweetHeart and the foundation, the farm is currently my primary source of income. I had to study everything about it from scratch. So, please? Sto
Asper Reign Dahlia’s Pov“Give him time, Asper,” Miracle added and lay down in my bed. “He is not used to what is happening to him right now.”“I understand what is happening to him and I am trying my best not to become his burden while he is fixing everything around him,” I explained. “Isn’t that the reason why I am leaving? I chose the farm because I know that I can do everything to protect myself there without holding back. So that when he is finally ready to come back to me, he will not worry about my safety anymore.”“Does it mean, that when he finished solving all his problems and he is ready to come back to you, you will not hesitate to accept him again?”“Yup,” I immediately answered, which made her get up. I looked at her and smiled. “Moving on from him is not really part of my life. I just want to give him space while he is working on his personal issue. And I am working on my life so I can live it the way I want without fearing for my safety.”We will not be able to do anyt
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovPeople in the house were shocked by my decision to hire Hector and as I expected, Jasper and Kezia voiced their disagreement with my decision. Though Dad didn’t say anything, I can see in his eyes that he is also on their side this time.Mom, Easter, and Aasiyah also do not agree with it but they choose to respect what I want to do, just like what they kept doing for the past months. I guess they trust me that much now.“He is changing!” I insisted on them because they kept telling me that I shouldn’t trust Hector since we all know who he really is. “Why don’t you give him a chance?”“Do you really believe that he is capable of changing?” Jasper asked. “What if he is only pretending to get your sympathy? And when you are finally comfortable with him, he will use that opportunity to take back everything he gave up and force you again to marry him.”I narrowed my eyes on him. “Are you hearing yourself now, brother? We all know that Hector is incapable of pretens