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17: I Am A Monster.

Author: Violet Evergarden
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56
Athena finishes up the last touch-up before she returns to the main house. Just after the glass room went down, suddenly, her entrance door was opened by Asher.

It makes Athena startle at the front of the sliding glass door.

"What are you doing?" Asher walks to the living room and loosens his tie. He also brings a big suitcase with him.

Turned her body around, she facing him. "Nothing. Enjoying the sundown." she gives an excuse before she’s smiling.

Look at her shabby and messy shirt make him lift up his eyebrow.

"Are you playing with the mud or the paint?" he asks as his eyes still fixed on her shirt.

Athena gasp a bit. Yup, she forgot that she still wears her baggy work shirt. She covers her expression by smiling and look at her own clothes.

"This is too plain, I was boring, and I decided to paint my shirt to be like this. Looks natural, right?" Athena giggles.

Asher didn't reply to her. He just 'hmm' and went upstairs.

Athena went to the kitchen and find something to cook. She's dif
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