Chapter 22 Adelie POV The rest of my day at the office was filled with me working as usual, and it was finally closing time. I wait in my office for Raymond to finish up with work, so we can go home together since he'll be coming over to my place for dinner. After waiting for what seems like forever, the door finally opens, and he walks out with the most usual cheerful smile lingering on his face. "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting, baby. I was talking to a client of mine," He explains to me, and I slowly nod my head. "It's fine. Can we go now?" I ask him as I pick up my bag from the desk, and stride over to the door. "Sure, we can," He winks at me, as he walks over to me, and we leave the office together. Stepping into the elevator a few minutes later while holding hands, we meet some of the staffers inside, and I feel a bit uncomfortable. I wanted to remove my hand from his grasp immediately, but his grip around me tightens, and when I raise my gaze t
Chapter 23 Adelie POV "Wh...what... How did you get here?" I stutter as I stare at him, and sit up on the bed before he shrugs. "I got home pretty fast. Like five minutes before you arrive. I decided to wait for you in your room. Did I startle you? I'm sorry about that, sweetheart," He smirks at me, and I gulp down nothing nervously. "What are you doing in my room?" I ask him as I step back fearfully, but he only scoffs and stands up to his feet. "What am I doing here? Is anything wrong with coming to my sister's room?" He asks me, a smirk playing at the corner of his lips, and I bite my lip. "Uhm... Can you leave? I need to change my cloth," I say to him. "No... Go ahead and change your clothes... I'm not looking," He utters before he giggles softly. "My bad! I may decide to look at my sister's sexy body later. You can't really blame me for that, can you? I mean, you would also look if you were in my shoes, right?" He scrutinizes me with his eyes, biti
Chapter 24 Adelie POV "Let me go! Let go of me!" I struggle to break free from his tight grasp, but he is way more powerful than I am. "Don't stress yourself, sweetheart. You're gonna get exhausted," He pins my hands above me to the wall with just one of his hands, while staring at me with those lustful eyes. "Why are you doing this, Asher? Why the hell do you want nothing but to ruin me?" Tears stream down my cheeks as I stare at him, hoping to see him remorseful, but he rather maintains that blank expression. "I am not doing anything wrong, Adelie... I am only protecting my woman," He replies to me sarcastically, and I scoff. "I love you, and there's no way I would ever let you be with another man. Never!" He utters, and I scoff as I slowly nod my head. "I'm still a virgin, Asher... How about you go ahead and do what you want now? I don't care... You can... You can do whatever you want... Just let me be with Raymond... I love him, okay? You can't separat
Chapter 25 Cynthia POV "Does this look good?" I ask Adelie for the tenth time, as I show her the red silver gown I just picked from the hanger. We are presently in the most beautiful mall in the town. "You've asked that like a million times already. Don't you get tired?" She whines frustratingly as she raises her gaze to look at me. She has been sitting on the bench and pressing her phone since we came here. For goodness sake, I brought her to help me choose a dress for the date, and not to press her phone. I'm so pissed right now. "Can you just drop your phone and let's do this fast?" I snap at her, and she finally stands up sluggishly as she rolls her eyes at me. We pick a few clothes and finally head to the cashier, where we make the payment before we finally leave the mall. "I'm just going to drop you off at home, and head home after," She says to me as we both hop in her car, and I smile at her. She's going to be my sister-in-law soon, and I can't be any l
Chapter 26 Cynthia POVArriving at our destination a few minutes later, I realize that he brought us to a fancy restaurant. My dream one at that. "Do you like it here?" He asks as soon as walks inside the spacious restaurant, and I nod my head. This is more than beautiful, I must confess. "Yes, I love it," I reply to him, and he nods his head before he holds my hand romantically, making my heart fluster. Asher knows how to treat a woman, I must confess. Who would've ever thought that the same man that treated me like a piece of trash a few days ago, would be here, acting all lovey-dovey with me? The waiter came to take our orders as soon as we have our seats. "So, tell me about yourself," He begins as he stares at me with a serious look on. "My name is Cynthia, twenty-six years old, and the only child of my parents who are now late. I work in the same place as Adelie, and we are quite close," I reply to him, and he squints his eyebrows. "Is that all?" He i
Chapter 27 Adelie POV I pace restlessly in the living room. It's almost midnight, and Asher is not home yet, nor pick up my calls. I'm not worried about him, but Cynthia. I can't possibly be fine, knowing that my best friend is with my despicable brother at this hour of the night, right? What if he does something crazy to Cynthia? What if he forces himself on her? I won't ever forgive myself, knowing that I pushed him to do this, just to please my innocent friend. Slumping on the couch, I dial his number for the umpteenth time, and as expected, he didn't answer the call. "Shit!" I curse under my breath as I scroll through my phone, and finally dial Cynthia's number. I have been scared of calling her, but I don't think I should hold back anymore. I have to make sure she's fine. Luckily, she answers the phone on the first ring. "Hey, Adelie," Her cheerful voice sounds from the other end, and I heave a sigh of relief. "Cynthia, you're ok? Where's Asher? I've been
Chapter 28 Adelie POV With my hammering heart, I tighten my fingers around Raymond's as we walk side by side toward the entrance door of the mansion, as many thoughts keep lingering on my mind. As much as I don't want to think about it because Raymond asked me not to, I still feel a part of me nervous. He pushes the door open after he inputs the password, and we walk inside the spacious living room. Just my dad's own, the living room is quite large and beautiful. The couches look extremely expensive, a big chandelier light is hanging on the ceiling, and the place smells really nice. "Sit here, babe. I'll go get mom and my sister," He says to me, and I slowly nod my head as I sit and wait for him, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Barely three minutes that he left, multiple footsteps descend down the staircase, and even though I want to check out who the people are, I'm just too nervous to do it. "Wow! Is she the one? She's so beautiful," A feminine voice whispers, a
Chapter 29Adelie POVI spent the whole day at Raymond's house, and I also plan to spend the night there, since we'll be attending a party together tonight.Sitting in front of the mirror, the door creaks open, and Raymond walks in with a smile playing on his lips."Did I disturb you?" He asks as he comes to stand behind me, tucking my hair behind me as he leans forward and pecks my neck."No, you didn't," I reply to him after he pulls away, and he slowly nods his head. His hands are still on my shoulders, and with admiration on his face."You are gorgeous," He says for the umpteenth time, and I blush hard. He never ceases to tell me how gorgeous I am, and that only makes me fall more and more for him. Did I forget to talk about everyone in his family? Well, they are all fun to be with, especially his mom. I was thinking she won't like me, but she loves me and also thinks that I'm good for her son, which I'm glad about."Thank you," I blush hard, and he giggles softly."You look cute
Chapter 59Adelie froze on the spot and her eyes slowly widened in shock. "What is going on?""Are they not siblings? What in the world is going on?""Don't tell me they've been... Oh, no..." Adelie felt her heart stop beating for a while as those whispers tore through her ear, and when he finally pulled away from her, she staggered back, her face looked pale and shocked like someone that'd just seen a ghost. Maybe it would've felt better if she had seen a ghost, who knows?Just like every other person, Ray watched in shock, still on his knees as he searched for an explanation on her face. It felt like his heart was just stomped on, his chest contracted and his breath hitched. His face was laced with confusion, and like a lost puppy, he stared like that."A... Asher..." Adelie's voice came out in a whisper, and when she looked around the villa, it felt like she should disappear and never come back again. Seeing the expression on their faces, the disgust and confusion were enough to s
Chapter 58The atmosphere was tense for Adelie even though it was fine for every other person at the party. Looking around and making eye contact with Asher every damn time she looked was frustrating. She wanted the ground to open and swallow her at this point. Her heart skipped when she saw him stand up from the chair he has been seated on, and walking in her direction. She wanted to walk away fast so he won't be able to catch up with her, but she couldn't move herself from the spot. It felt like something was holding her down."Baby, are you ok?" Ray's warm hand wrapped around her waist as he came to stand beside her, and she watched Asher halt abruptly, his eyes darkened like someone that'd just seen something that got him angry. What's wrong with him? She asked herself, but quickly dismissed the thought, reminding herself that she had no business with him."Babe..." Ray called again, and she finally turned her gaze to look at him."You've been acting weird. Is everything alright?
Chapter 57It was finally the day for the end-of-the-year party at Adelie's company, but she wasn't having a good feeling about it. Many negative thoughts kept coming to her mind no matter how she tried to shove it off and pretend everything was fine."Uhm... Are you coming to the party?" She couldn't help but ask Asher before she left home earlier, and she prayed that just as he has said earlier that he wasn't sure, he shouldn't come over to the party."We are here, ma'am," her driver's voice pulled her out of her train of thought, and that was when she realized that they were already parked at the parking lot of the villa where the party was going to host. "Thank you," she said to the driver who was already holding the door open for her. She was cladded in a long red gown that had the back sweeping the ground. Her hair was parked in a ponytail with some strands on each side of her face, and her make-up was mild. She took a few seconds to check out the parking lot which already had
Chapter 56Raymond POV"Are you sure about this, Ray?" Rhea asked me as I drive us to the jewel store late in the morning, and I roll my eyes at her."Yes, I'm sure about it," I replied to her, and she sighed briefly."I'm thinking this is too fast, Ray. I mean, you barely know each other, so I don't think it's a good idea to propose to her now. I mean, what if she's not ready for this? Don't you think you should talk to her first secretly before you take it to the party?" She asked worriedly, and I rolled my eyes."Come on, Rhea. You worry too much. If I tell her about it, she won't be surprised. That is why I said it's a surprise. She loves me, and trust me, she will be excited to say yes to marrying me," I assured her, and she sighed briefly."Still, I don't think this is a good idea. I don't have a good feeling about this, Ray," She shook her head, insisting. Well, I wouldn't have brought her here with me to the jewelry store if not that I needed her help in choosing an engagement
Chapter 55Adelie POVLiving in this misery for days has been killing me slowly that I wish I never recalled what happened. As much as I wanted to talk to someone about my troubles, I couldn't bring myself to do it, scared of everything. What if he ended up killing my family? What if I said something and nobody even believes me? He can kill and clear the evidence just like he did the other day, right? What if he... Many questions ran through my mind, and in the end, my fear always had the upper hand in everything. I think I'm going to lose my mind eventually with all this thinking."Are you ok?" I almost jumped out of my body when I heard his voice, and I turned sharply to find him walking into the garden with his hands tucked inside his pockets. He had a deep frown on his face as usual, and just the sight of him was making my heart thump. "Are you still scared of me?" He asked with a smirk dancing on his lips once he was standing in front of me, and I swallowed nothing as I took a s
Chapter 54"It was because of you he broke up with me, Nathan. Why did you say that to him? Why did you have to insult him?" Cynthia yelled at the top of her voice as she grabbed the flower vase and threw it on the floor as it came crashing into pieces."Are you kidding me? I made him break up with you? What does that supposed to mean?" Nathan couldn't help but narrow his eyes at his cousin's foolishness. "Yes. It was all your fault. I fucking told you to stay out of it. I told you that I will handle it by myself, but you decided to ruin everything for me. You are so annoying!" She yelled again. Of course, she knew the truth that Asher never loved her, she knew this was not Nathan's fault, but she couldn't help it. She needed someone to vent her anger on, and Nathan was the only one available at the moment. She knew she was going to regret hurting her cousin's emotions later, but she couldn't even stop to think about that right now."Are you so blind that you didn't see it in his eye
Chapter 53"What did he say when you told him that?" Jessica, Alvira's best friend who was also a vampire, asked as she sipped from the glass of red wine she was holding, or was it blood? Maybe it was the latter. Jessica had outlived many vampires, except Erubas who was still older than her. "He said nothing. He was shocked, and that even got me thinking about negative things. I mean, he said he loves me, right? Why didn't he say anything when I asked him to mate me?" Alvira sighed briefly as she threw herself on the couch, releasing a deep breath. She was scared of losing the man she has spent all her life loving like he was the only man on earth, she was scared of losing him to a mere human. She used to know him so well, but now she was not sure anymore of who he is. She could read him with just a glance before, but that has changed now that she felt drifted away from him."Maybe he wants to figure out some things first. Maybe he needs some time, who knows? Is he doing anything wei
Chapter 52Asher POV"You arrogant jerk! Do you ever love her?" I guess that must be her cousin's voice, and wait a minute! He just called me that?"What did you say?" Turning to face him, I ask to be sure he wasn't referring to me."What are you going to do about it, huh? All you ever did was hurt her. Are you kidding me? Who does that?" He snaps at me like he would hit me anytime soon, but I bet that is one thing he would never want to do because he won't even spend another second here on earth if he dares to lay his hands on me. I mean, does he want to write his death wish?"Stop, Nathan. Just stop!" She turns to him and tries to stop him. Isn't it time I just end this shit once and for all? I mean, I have been doing this all along because she was desperately crazy over me, and not that I ever wanted this relationship."Love? Do I ever love her? No, I never did," I reply to him sarcastically, and I watch as he balls his fists, and wait a minute! Who does he want to use that on? Me?
Chapter 51Asher POVIt's finally the two of us at home after Cynthia left, and I can see the fear in her earlier before she left for her room. As much as I want to go talk to her, I feel like it'll make her feel uncomfortable and scared, so I decided to just take a walk to the garden and clear my head.My phone starts ringing once I arrive at the garden, and I check the caller to see that it's from Alvira. She has been calling me nonstop for days now after the day I left there, but I have been ignoring her calls. I haven't been feeling well lately. I know I should never allow myself feel anything for Adelie, but I think that law has been broken, considering how jealous I feel whenever I see her with Raymond.I watch as the call rings and finally ends after a few seconds. A message pops on the screen after, and I open it. 'Let's talk tonight'. I sigh briefly and slid the phone into my pocket after I read the message."Have I fallen in love with her?" I ask myself the crazy question, b