As promised, here's the update

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I ran to the mirror to fix myself again. Oh my gosh, my hair was now disheveled and my lipstick completely smudged. Damn it!

Losing no time, I combed my hair and applied some more lipstick. Once done, I checked myself out in the mirror.

Better.

I grabbed my clutch, placed my phone inside and got out of the room. I noticed Monica downstairs tapping her foot with her arms crossed against her chest. Shit! I think she's annoyed. You think? My subconscious snapped at me.

I rapidly ran down the stairs to meet her. "Sorry, I'm late." I said, breathing heavily.

"Come on, let's go quickly." She grumbled.

Okay, so lesson of the day: Always be punctual when Monica is around.

"What made you take so long by the way?" Monica asked with a slight mocking smile on her face while closing the door making me blush furiously. Crap! What should I answer now?! Should I say I had problems with my dress? No, that would sound utterly stupid.

"Um my hair was not behaving." I replied bashfully, playing with my clutch.

"Your hair was not behaving or Asher was busy misbehaving with you?" She looked straight at me, with a full smirk playing on her beautiful face. Oh my God, kill me now!

"Um, um, i-it's not wh-what you think." I replied looking everywhere but her. "H-He was h-helping me." You're such a terrible liar! My inner self laughed at me.

"Hey, it's alright. Don't be shy." Monica reassured placing her hand on my arm. "You don't need to explain. But I'm happy though. Things are getting better between you and Asher." She smiled appreciatively.

"I guess." I replied. If only she knew that things are not getting better but worse and at the end of the day, I will be the one to suffer.

"Come on. Let's go." Monica placed her hand on my elbows and we walked together to the car.

Once we were by the car, I opened the door of the passenger seat and got in. What caught my mind though was that Monica did not get in along with me.

"She's going in her car." Asher said, as if sensing my question. Crap! That means Asher and I will be alone in this car.

Oh my God, please protect and make sure I don't do anything stupid again.

I nodded.

Once I was completely settled, Asher started the engine and we were all set to go to his grandmother's place.

During the ride, my mind kept replaying the scene that happened half an hour before in room. How could I have allowed such a thing to happen? Gosh! This is really wrong yet it felt so right. Crap! Asher is really messing with my head and I'm the one giving him the opportunity to do so. I feel so weak and annoyed at myself.

He threatened to kick my dad out of the office if I don't follow his rules but here I am throwing myself at him.

I looked at him from the corner of my eyes. He was back to the stoic Asher once again. I noticed him grab the steering wheel so hard that his knuckles were turning white and his jaw clenched.

"What are you looking at?" I heard him ask in a hard voice. Shit! How the hell does he know that I'm looking at him.

"Nothing." I muttered under my breath hoping that he wouldn't catch my word.

"Then why are your eyes glued on me?!" He snapped. Damn it! He has very strong hearing senses. "Anyways, stop admiring me. It annoys me." He barked at me. Ouch! And he's back to the jack ass Asher. And foolish me thought that he's getting more sensible.

Without even answering I turned face towards the window to look at the scenery. I did not even realize I was sobbing until I felt a droplet of my tears on my hand. Shit! Now, I'm crying because of an asshole!

Okay, get a grip Emberly. Asher is nothing but a jerk. So you need to stop thinking about him and just do the task that he asked you and get over with it. I gave myself a mental pep talk.

With the encouraging words that I told myself, I relaxed in my seat and closed my eyes for a while. 

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Next chapter coming right up :)