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That night, I couldn't sleep at all. All I did was toss and turn. My mind was still hanged on the words of Monica, 'Asher will never ever hurt you.' Can I trust Monica on this one? Part of me wants to trust her but part of my mind says that Asher will always be that stupid asshole. He has threatened to sack my father if ever I do not listen to him for god sake. How can I believe that a guy like him can ever change?!

I did not even realise that it was already six in the morning. Wow, this is my record. I had hoped sleep would come to me at some point in time, but I guess I was wrong.

Knowing I would not get any sleep at all now, I got up and went to the bathroom and did my usual routine.

Once I was done showering, I started getting dressed for school. I will leave before Asher sees me and avoid him at school. Yes, that's the best option.

I immediately took out my sundress and wore it along with my white flats. Once I was done, I applied some foundation on my sleepy face to get rid of the dark circles and straightened my hair a little. I curled the end of my hair to give it a wavy look. After I was done, I looked at my reflection in the mirror. Not bad. I did good for once.

I hastily took my bag and quickly descended the stairs. I however stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Asher already sitting before the island munching on what I think is a sandwich with Monica by her side.

Monica smiled encouragingly at me while Asher was staring menacingly at me.

"Wow, you look gorgeous Emberly." Monica ran towards me and hugged me. My eyes were however stuck on Asher's dangerous face.

"Um, thanks." I replied shyly.

"Come, let's have breakfast." She held my hands in hers and dragged me to the island where the beast was sitting like a king.

I chose the seat that was the farthest from Asher and sat on it. Asher noticed my action and smirked at me. I chose to ignore him and preferred to drink my freshly made tea by Monica.

I took all my time to drink my tea but unfortunately, at some point it was over and I didn't have anything else to distract me with.

"Thanks for the tea, Monica. I'll get going now." I told her and began to walk towards the front door.

"You're going with me." I heard a commanding voice beside me. How the hell is he here?! He was just by the island right now!

"No, thank you. I'll go by myself." I argued and took one step further when he stopped me.

"Do you really want to annoy me right now, Emberly?" Asher asked menacingly at me. It was then that I realised that if I do not listen to him, the career of my father will be at stake.

"Fine. Let's go." I said dejectedly. "But what about Monica, isn't she coming with us?" I asked Asher.

"No, she has some work to do. It'll be just the two of us." Asher replied, walking towards the front door.

Well, shit!

The ride to school was a quiet one. The only sound that could be heard was that of the radio. Twenty minutes later, we reached school. I got out of the car and was about to walk when I felt a hand wrap around my waist making me come to a sudden halt. Asher turned me so that I was now facing him completely. He placed his hand on my cheek and caressed it. I closed my eyes and relished the moment. "I want you to behave like a proper girlfriend, get it. Don't make any silly mistake or else you know who will pay the price." My eyes immediately snapped opened and I saw him look hardly at me.

I nodded at him. If doing this will prevent my father from losing his job, so be it.

"Good. Let's go." He unwrapped his arm from my waist and held my hand, interlacing our fingers just like a true couple. I lifted my head to look in front of me but was stunned to see the entire school's eyes were on us. Everyone was shocked to see the school's bad boy with the nerd. And worst of all, Melanie looked like she was about to burst like a pressure cooker.

Asher looked totally unfazed by this, but I, on the other hand, was really uncomfortable with this unwanted attention.

Thank goodness, we reached near our lockers but still some students were still looking at us.

From afar, I noticed Alicia walking along with Nicholas looking as happy as ever. Once she spotted me, she began running but stopped in her tracks when she noticed my hands locked with Asher.

"Baby?" Nicholas came by her side looking nervous by her expression. "Baby are you okay?" Nicholas asked once again but Ally did not answer. She simply pointed at our locked hands. When Nicholas saw this, even he seemed stunned but quickly recovered himself.

"It's alright, baby. You can relax." Nicholas rubbed Ally's arms slightly.

"Am I seeing right?" Ally questioned shockingly.

"Yes, Alicia. You are seeing right. I am holding Emberly's hand because she is my girlfriend." Asher not so subtly answered making me glare at him.

"I think you need to hold me, Nick, because I can fall down at any time." Gosh, Ally is such a dramaqueen.

"WHAT?" I jumped at the sound of multiple voices behind me and turned to see who caused this.

In front of me was the whole group having the same expression as Ally. Oh Gosh! And here I thought everything would go on smoothly.

"Yes, Emberly is now my girlfriend. Stop acting like that and get a grip." Asher ordered making everyone come back to normal.

"I can't believe this. You didn't even tell me." Ally said making me feel guilty.

"I'm sorry Ally. It happened so fast. I was about to tell you today but you just appeared in front of us and got the shock." I replied guiltily. Now, because of Asher, my best friend is upset.

"It's okay. But I want all the details." Ally said enthusiastically coming back to her normal self.

I nodded at her. Asher squeezed my hand as a warning making me look nervously at him.

I noticed Taylor walking with his group of friends on the other side of the corridor. Once he spotted he, he ran towards me with a huge smile on his face. My nervous face quickly turned into a grin when I saw him coming my way.

"Hey Princess." He called out. I quickly removed my hand from Asher's and walked to Taylor. I was about to hug him when somebody quickly pulled me away from Taylor and wrapped his arm around me. No need to ask who that somebody is.

"Don't you dare touch my girlfriend with your filthy hands, Johnson." Asher growled, while emphasizing on the word girlfriend. To say that Taylor was shocked was the understatement of the year. He looked totally devastated and I feel even worse because I am the cause of this.

The bell rang signalling that it was time we went to our respective classes. Asher quickly turned me into his arms and roughly smashed his lips onto mine, as if he was claiming me. I refused to open up to him, but he squeezed my waist making me gasp and he used this as an opportunity to insert his skilful tongue in my mouth. Gosh, this boy will be the death of me. I do not want to kiss him but still I love it when he kisses me. I don't want to like this but it seems that I can't get enough of his wonderful kisses.

After what seemed like an eternity, we both broke the kiss, breathing heavily. "I'll see you after class." Asher said, while pecking my lips one last time and turned to glare at Taylor.

It was then I realised that Taylor and everyone was here and witnessed our make out session.

With one last look, Taylor walked away from me, leaving me with Asher and his group.

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It's not my best chapter, but I hope you like it.

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