Lahat ng Kabanata ng Lonely Mafia Shall We Love: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

When Asher retracts his arm Olivia’s own stretches to brush the curls to their original place on Asher’s forehead, enjoying the feeling of the silky locks flowing between her fingers. Olivia’s pace is measured, appreciating the closeness the boss allows, the span in which he lets it happen without any contest, and, more importantly, without the guilt that had marred Asher’s face at the sleepover.Olivia becomes a little selfish and pushy, perhaps, but Asher says naught, and so she carries on, cupping Asher’s cheek with her hand. What takes her breath away then is how the boss, hand trembling the slightest tremors, loosely holds onto Olivia’s wrist before he nuzzles the core of the palm, closing his eyes as he respires.His lips brush on the lines here, and Olivia wonders if Asher can sense the faint aroma of the hand cream she used if the boss likes it, if this is why he presses his nose further against the skin as though trying to burrow his face there.“Good?” Asher asks after a w

“Okay. First question,” Olivia says, eager to dive straight into the subject she has been especially curious about lately. “Something is tickling my mind.”“You don’t say.” Asher lifts an eyebrow.“How many lovers did you really have? You weren’t very specific last time I asked.”“Damn, not even easing myself into it. You’re ruthless,” Asher teases once more like he has been since he arrived at the apartment, and Olivia feels stupid at her inability to repress her grin, the giddiness spreading within her, untamed and carefree.“I am. Now answer me.”“If we get into technical details,” Asher begins and raises a hand on his head to secure the wild bangs up there as he reclines against the seat, “I never really had a lover per se. Just flings. I went out with three in total.”“For how long?” Olivia probes, but her interest is denied by the mob boss.“My turn,” Asher says, and Olivia is the one rolling her eyes. “You told me you only had one boyfriend. How did he become your ex?”Olivia c

Olivia heaves a deep, frustrated sigh, and she pins her gaze on Asher’s searching one. “I told you before,” she says, and perhaps she does have a tone, but Olivia can’t hold back the bite in it because why is Asher so adamant in metaphorically throwing Olivia in someone else’s arms when today is supposed to be about them and just them?“Let’s say I have a boyfriend, yeah? I have a boyfriend, and he asks me out on a date. If that same day you do the same or are available, I’d instantly refuse my boyfriend’s offer because I’d rather be with you. I want a boyfriend, but I also don’t care enough about actually having one, and right now, I’m content with being single and my situation and y— And yeah.”Olivia wonders if she ruined everything again when Asher never replies, and she cups her cheek, shifting not to have the boss in her peripheral vision as she shields herself from the pair of eyes she can feel on her.Asher’s right arm comes into view on the table as he curves toward Olivia, t

Asher unfolds the blanket and grabs the edge of it to wrap it around Olivia. “Can you shift? Please?”Olivia does and reverts back to her human form, and her first words are harsh, coated with ire. “F*ck you. F*ck you. I thought we— F*ck you.”“I’m sorry,” Asher almost murmurs, his voice hushed as he tugs the blanket higher on Olivia’s shoulders, closing it at the front to fully cover her. “It was the last test you had to pass. Mia did the same on her side.”“This was supposed to be our date, not an excuse for a stupid test.”“Is this why you’re mad?” Asher asks with a raised brow.“Partially…” Olivia mumbles as she tucks herself further under the blanket, the ambient coldness still seeping through the fabric on her bare feet and legs as kneels on the ground.“I wanted to have a proper date with you that isn’t interrupted by your mortal enemies or a hybrid fight,” Olivia confesses.“I really want that too and, You know….” Asher lifts his arm to Olivia’s face, and with his sleeve, he w

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