Chapter 17 Cynthia POV "Who is this?" His voice pulls me out of my world of Fantasy, and I watch him stare at Adelie with a questioning look on his face. "She's our guest... Your guest," His mom replies to him instead, and he turns his head to look at me with a blank expression on his face. As his pair of hazel eyes pierce into mine, I feel my heart melt in my chest, and I gulp down nothing nervously. "Who are you?" His deep voice sounds sexy to me, and I blush hard. I quickly stand up to my feet. "Uhm... Good day, Asher... My name is Cynthia... Adelie's colleague," I reply to him, and he pulls a face that says 'so?'. "So?" He finally says it to my face, and I gulp down nothing nervously. "Uhm..." I pause and grab the wrapped gift from my handbag that's on the couch, handing it to him. "Happy birthday, Asher... Please accept my little gift," I smile at him nervously, but he only stares back at me with the same expression on his face. He doesn't look ang
Chapter 18 Adelie POV It's a beautiful morning, and I'm glad that I'll be having breakfast with my parents today. Just how much I've missed them so much. These past few days without them have been unarguably boring. Descending the staircase minutes later, the aroma coming from the kitchen welcomes me and realizing that I'll be eating from the food made by that scumbag I call a brother, I can't help but roll my eyes angrily. I'm still so mad at him for treating Cynthia the way he did yesterday. For goodness sake, she did nothing wrong. All she did was confess her feelings to the bastard she claimed to be madly in love with. As much as I'm sad about what happened, I'm also happy that she realized the kind of person my brother is. Maybe she will learn to kill those dirty feelings and move on with her life. I'm sure someone will love and accept her the way she is. For fuck's sake, Cynthia is not ugly. "Urgh!" I grunt angrily as I finally get to the dining room, where my pa
Chapter 19 Adelie POV An awkward silence assumes the air as we all have breakfast. I glance over at Asher occasionally, and he's not even looking my way. Earlier in the kitchen after I told him to date Cynthia, he looked so angry that he ended up storming out of the kitchen, and I have been left questioning myself why he reacted that way. I mean, even if he doesn't like her, there should be no reason he should've acted that way, right? "Son... What do you think about Cynthia? The young lady seems to really like you," Dad breaks the awkward silence, and I glance at Asher to see that he already paused eating, and now holding firmly to his fork like he would stab someone if this discussion doesn't end soon. I'm scared right now, and I can't deny it. "Your dad is right, Asher... I mean, I have never seen any lady come here to look for you, and I have also never really seen you with any before. She seems to be really courageous to have come here to find you," Mom chips
Chapter 20 Cynthia POVIt has been four days since I got the worst rejection of my life, and I haven't been the same all this while. I took a few days off work just so can calm my head, and now that I feel much better, I'm finally resuming work today. Glancing at my reflection one more time in the mirror, I finally pick up my bag from the bed and stride out of my room. Stepping out of the building, I stop at the roadside to haul down a cab that'll take me to the office. Standing at the roadside for ten minutes without any hope of getting a cab, I sigh frustratingly. I think I'm going to have to trek because I can't afford to be late for the office after spending a few days at home. Striding down the road a few minutes later, a black jeep pull over beside me, bringing me to a halt. I stare at the tinted window glass, wondering who the hell is in the car. It better not be one of those men that can't afford to walk past any girl they see on the road, because I'm in no
Chapter 21 Adelie POV Convincing Asher to go apologize to Cynthia yesterday wasn't an easy task, but I'm glad that he eventually agreed. They may start dating anytime soon because I will make sure of that. Staring out through the window of my office, I sigh briefly and check my wristwatch for the sixth time, wondering why Cynthia is not yet in the office at this time. We always come here at the same time, but Asher went to see her today, so I was expecting her to get to the office real quick since he will be dropping her off. Well, don't bother racking your brain how I knew about that, because I planned everything. After the incident that day, Cynthia has refused to answer my calls, and although I have been there a couple of times to see her, she never wanted to see me as she kept avoiding me. She even went as far as taking a few days off from work. I know I shouldn't have persuaded Asher, knowing that whatever he said to her didn't come from his mind, but I can't allo
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