Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovAfter our date, I decided to spend the rest of the night at my house. Well, I have been hanging out with Jyn for the whole week and I don’t want him to think that I am a clingy girlfriend so I want to give him some space.I know that he still needs to take care of some papers for his company even though he is on vacation. And he could not finish all of it if I were beside him.Whenever we were together, he did nothing else but take care of me. And just like what he promised to me, all of his attention was always focused on me. And it is not really good, especially at times like this, that he had to do his job.So, to get out of his way of doing his work, I will spend my night here.I was hanging out here on my balcony. Take some fresh air while drinking a cold chocolate drink. I am still not sleepy so I decided to stay here for a whileAnd to stare at my boyfriend who chose to do his job in the garden since I can see his whole backyard from here.I can see how
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovI didn’t expect that I would be in this kind of situation. Hell! I don’t even think that this is going to happen to me.I mean, I get it! There are a lot of people trying to find me and some of them are trying to get rid of me because I am a hindrance to their goal. But Miracle did everything to make sure that no one would know where I was.And since Dad and I fixed our misunderstanding lately, I am sure that he is also doing something to keep me hidden and protect me.So, how?!I roamed my eyes around, trying to find something to secure my safety against this man behind me.“Don’t you dare do something funny, Miss,” he whispered directly to my ear. “I am planning to give you a painless death but that might change and torture you instead if you push my patience.”“W-what do you need?”Damn it! How did he even get inside my house? I am sure that I locked everything before I got upstairs. Jyn and Miracle always remind me that no matter what happens, I should alw
Miracle Ryedale Azaria’s Pov“What the hell happened there?” I have been asking Rajiv a couple of times but he never answered me.We only got a call from Schlain who told us that Asper is currently critical in the hospital. So, we immediately headed there first.But I don’t know the details of why she was there. Rajiv doesn’t want to tell me anything and says that I should hear the reason directly from Jyn because things are also not clear to him.Shit! I don’t know what to think anymore.Did Hector’s men find her? Or the ministers who are still secretly doing things behind my back? Did they manage to find her because I was too busy with my own affairs?I neglected my promise to her because I chose to prioritize myself over her safety.“Hey…” I looked at Rajiv when he held my hand. “Please don’t blame yourself for this. As far as I know, this is not connected with her issue with your brother or other ministers.”I frowned. “What do you mean?”“Schlain said that they managed to capture
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovSix months.It has been that long since I went back to our ancestral house in the Axia Region. And it is also since then when I almost died at the hands of a man that I don’t even know what needs to me.My whole body was already healed. I got back my strength and I don’t feel any pain anymore around my body. My head still hurts from time to time but it is bearable.I am physically fine after all the therapy, medicines, and counseling. But emotionally and mentally, I don’t think so.Because of what happened that night, I developed a fear of dark places. I always scream and break things whenever I am in a dark or dim place. That is why my family decided to leave all the lights in our ancestral house open to ensure that I would still be able to walk around the house.This is their way to ensure that I will not lock myself inside my room. They fear that I might do something to myself if they left me alone.Aside from that, Dad also assigned a few maids that would
Miracle Ryedale Azaria’s PovThe faces of Asper’s siblings were now filled with worries when I arrived at their house. And I learned that they saw Asper sleeping on the floor behind the door of her room again.That is one of the things that she started doing when her parents decided to bring her back here to their ancestral home.She can’t sleep at night even though all the lights around the house are on. She also can't sleep in her bed, morning or night.She always sleeps on the floor of her room, beside the door. It was like she was so scared that someone would break into her room again without her noticing it.She also put her sofa to block the door of her balcony to ensure that no one would open it from the outside. She also asked her father to put grills in her windows to ease her mind.That is why we can see right through her pretension. We know that she was just trying to look okay but in reality, she is still broken.“She slept beside her door again?” I asked when I saw that t
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovKezia told me that Dra. Chez, our family doctor who has been taking care of me since I got back here, will conduct an assessment and check up on me today. Dad will use the result of this process to decide whether he finally allows me to leave the house.So, I let them do what they want.I silently cooperated with them and answered every question that the doctor asked.All the tests that were done to me took almost three hours and the result of my physical test will be shown to us tomorrow. While the assessment of my mental and emotional health will be discussed by the doctor with Dad first.“The doctor said that there is a high chance that all of your physical tests came back with a positive result,” Mom happily said while we were waiting in the living area. “I am sure, your father will finally let you go out of the house.”“Ahm… I don’t really need to get out of the house," I said. “I just need to take back my gadgets so I can work even for a little bit and c
Asper Reign Dahlia’s PovDad and I both agreed that I was still not allowed to go outside our house. He widened the area where I could go around our land since before, he never even let me get out of the main house.Now, I can finally wander around every corner of our backyard. And just like before, he made sure that every guard we have in this land remains unseen.They are aware that I am not used to having a guard around the house. And they are afraid that it might affect me in some ways. That is why the guards that they hired this time knew how to hide their presence to ensure that I would feel like everything was normal around me.I immediately brought the bag that contained my cell phone, laptop, and tablet in my room but before I could go inside, my siblings with Miracle blocked me.I raised my eyebrows at them. “What do you want?”“We have something to tell you,” Jasper said. “So, we need to talk to you.”I frowned. “We were already talking in the living room earlier but you wi
Asper Reign Dahlia’s Pov“I am sorry,” Miracle said while we were both lying down in my bed. “For not saying anything about Jyn. For hiding his true identity and not even stopping you from being close to him.”I am holding her hand and to be honest, it is helping me to stay calm even though I know that my door is not locked. If she had not been here, I might have been panicking.“It is okay,” I said. “But you were aware all about this right from the start?”She nodded. “I have never told you this before but Rajiv and I were in a relationship when we were still in college. And since then, I know that he is friends with Jyn who is a leader of a mafia.”“But that doesn’t change your love for him, right?” I said. “Because he was the one who told you about that part of his life.”“I actually learned that when we first met each other,” she said. “The palace is keeping their eyes on them so I know their identity.”“Yet, you still feel for him?” I asked. “Even though he belongs to a dangerous