I felt someone shaking me but I swat the person away. I was comfortable where I was right now and didn't want anyone to disturb me.

"Emberly, wake up we are here." I heard a melodious yet firm voice but chose to ignore it. However, the shaking did not stop.

"Go away." I mumbled, annoyed at the person.

"Emberly you better get up before I get mad and do something that you will not like." I heard the person warn. I have heard this menacing tone before. Shit!

I woke up with a jolt only to see Asher looking at me with a murderous expression. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep." I apologized looking anywhere but him.

"Whatever." He snapped under his breath. "Just get out and let's be over with this." He barked making me inwardly flinch.

I opened the door and slowly got out. Gosh, I was feeling quite light-headed since I have just woken up.

Once I was out I began to walk ahead when I felt Asher grab my wrist and violently pushed me against the back of the car making me wince.

"I hope I don't need to remind you what will happen if you don't behave like I told you." He growled in an intimidating tone.

"I'll behave like the perfect girlfriend." I murmured holding back my tears because one, I was physically hurt because of the way he pushed me against the car and two, I felt as if I was a bloody door mat, unable to stand up for myself.

"Good." He said satisfactorily. "Let's go." He moved his body against me and wrapped his arms around my waist and we began to walk towards the huge and majestic house in front of me.

Once we were at the door, Asher rang the bell.

We waited for a few seconds, none of us saying a word. I took this time to look around. Wow, his grandmother was definitely a rich woman as everything was absolutely chic.

Few seconds later, the door was opened and an elderly yet sophisticated woman smiled widely at Asher.

"Asher, my baby." The woman squealed in happiness, before taking a step and taking Asher in an embrace. Asher removed his arm from my waist to hug the elderly woman back. This mere sight warmed my heart.

"Hey, Granny." I heard him say in a loving tone. "How are you?"

"I'm fine." She untangled herself from Asher before wiping some of her tears. "I'm so glad you came, son. I thought you'd never come." She said, her voice cracking a little bit making my heart swell even more.

"Hey, stop crying." Asher said in a soothing voice making me go all aww. "I'm here right." He wiped her tears before hugging once more.

"I'm okay." Asher's grandmother once she got out of the hug. "And who is this fine lady with you?" She asked scrutinizing me from up to down.

"Oh, this is my girlfriend, Emberly." My stomach flipped when Asher presented me as his girlfriend. Stop it, Emberly! It's just a show. My inner voice snapped making me return to reality.

"Hello, Mrs—" Shit! What's her name? Damn it! This is our first meeting and I don't even know her name. should I say Granny? No, she's Asher's grandmother, not mine.

"It's Victoria." Asher's grandmother said, smiling at me.

"Hello, Mrs. Victoria. It's a pleasure meeting you." I tried to say this with as much confidence I as could muster.

"Oh darling, here we don't greet each other by simply saying hello." Mrs. Victoria said taking a step towards me before engulfing me in a huge hug. Oh boy! "This is how we greet each other." She laughed, while crushing me in that bear hug.

"Oh, Granny, I think you need to let her breathe." Asher chuckled making Mrs. Victoria let go of me.

"He's just jealous, I'm hugging someone else." Mrs. Victoria playfully glared at Asher making me giggle. "Come on in." She opened the door widely so that we could enter.

Once we were inside, Asher once again wrapped his arm around my waist making everyone in the room look at us surprisingly.

What is happening here?

"Don't worry about them." Asher murmured in my ears. "Just smile."

I nodded before both of us began to walk towards I don't know where. I noticed some people were pleasantly looking at us while others were glaring, well more at me.

"Finally, you two are here." Monica suddenly appeared in front of us with a glass of wine in her hand.

"Yeah, we got late because Emberly did not want to wake up from her sleep." Asher said, making a face at me.

"What? Emberly you slept during the ride?" Monica asked shockingly. I nodded at her question. "I knew Asher was boring but I didn't know he was boring to that extent that you would fall asleep during the ride!" Monica mocked. I had to bite my lips to prevent myself from laughing out loud. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed Asher grumble something under his breath.

"Anyways, let's go over the bar. The gang has been awaiting you since forever." Monica ordered, walking before us. We followed her and I noticed Ryan, Oliver, Caleb, Nicholas and Ally sitting on the bar stools with a glass of wine in their hands. Great, at least I won't need to suffer alone.

"Emmy!" Alicia shouted making some of the guests glare at us. Ally ran towards me and took me in her arms. Gosh, what is it with everyone hugging me today. "Wow, Emmy, you look absolutely gorgeous." She slurred. Uh-oh. She's drunk, like really drunk.

"Thanks." I replied shyly.

"Come, let's have a drink." Asher said, taking me to the bar. "What will you have?"

"I'll have a coke." I said, looking at some of the guests on the dance floor who are having the time of their lives and here I am, pretending to be someone that I'm not.

"Here, take it." Asher handed me my glass of coke while he got himself a glass of red wine.

Monica came by my side and we began to talk about certain things. She narrated me the story of Asher's grandmother and what a wonderful personality she is.

I got to know that this party was held to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Colton. Apparently, they got married at a very young age, and together, they built the Colton Empire. What is more enticing about this story is that both of them are still very much in love with each other.

Wow, if only I could have such a love story just like Asher's grandmother and grandfather.

We were still talking when another beautiful, no, not beautiful. This would be an understatement. A breathtakingly gorgeous girl came by our side, well more, towards Asher.

"Hey Asher." The blonde girl greeted Asher, wanting to get his attention. However, Asher just nodded at her, and went on to talk to Caleb.

"Can't you see he's not interested in you Angela?" Monica snapped at the girl. Okay, beautiful name for beautiful girl. Why the hell is Asher not responding to such a gorgeous being? If I were in his shoes, I would have begun to flirt with her.

"Oh just shut up Monica and mind your own business." Angela sneered at Monica making me gasp. Well someone definitely does not have any manners. "And who is this clown next to you?" She asked smiling mockingly at me.

"She is my girlfriend Angela." Asher responded instead of Monica, wrapping his arms around my shoulders, bringing me closer to him making Angela boil with anger. "And she is way more beautiful that you and your face painted with tons of make up." Asher barked at her. I lifted my head to look at Asher in an appreciative way. At least he stood up for me, even if we are just pretending.

Asher looked at me before bringing his lips to mine and giving it a light peck making me go as red as a tomato and the butterflies were back.

"Whatever." Angela snapped, going back to her original place. However, once she was gone, Asher quickly removed his arms from my shoulders as if I was burning him. Once again, I forgot that we were just putting on a show.

"Gosh, I hate this bitch." Monica said making me snap out of my thoughts. "She just doesn't understand that Asher doesn't want her and she's telling everyone that Asher and her are dating."

"But why is she doing that?" I asked annoyed at this Angela girl.

"Oh, she's crazy." Monica took a sip of her wine before taking my hand in hers. "Come on, let's dance."

"What, no! I don't know how to dance." I refused, trying to take my hands out of her grip but she is too strong.

"Nonsense. Come on, let's go." She insisted and dragged me on the dance floor.

Thank fully, one of my favorite songs came. It was 'Girls just wanna have fun' and this time I decided to forget about everything and everyone and decided to just have some fun. Seconds later, Alicia joined us and we began to have fun.

Unfortunately, the song came to an end but the three of us continued to dance. While we were dancing, I felt someone tapping me on my shoulders.

When I turned towards the person, I was stunned to see a gorgeous guy in front of me with eyes as green as the forest and with a little bit of freckles on his nose, making him look cuter. His blonde hair was quite disheveled as if he just got out of the bed hut that made him look even more handsome. Not as handsome as Asher but he was definitely good looking.

"May I have this dance with you?" He asked in a fake British accent making me chuckle.

"Sure." I replied, taking his hands in mine and we began to dance on this slow track.

"I'm Stephan by the way. What's your name?" He asked placing his hands on my sides making me shake a little bit. Somehow now, I felt a little bit uncomfortable with him touching me like that.

"Um, Emberly." I replied, not looking at his face. Instead I chose to look at Monica hoping that she'll understand that I want to get away from here but she was having the time of her life right now. Crap! Oh God, why did I accept this dance.

"Hmm, that's a different name. I kinda like it." He answered and I felt like his hands were going higher and higher. Oh no, no, no. I no longer find him cute and handsome. "So, are you single?" Holy shit!

I was about to answer no when I felt a body heat behind me and suddenly Stephan's hands froze.

"No, she's no single." I heard the murderous voice of Asher behind me making me hold my breath. "Now, can I have this dance with MY girlfriend?" This was an order in disguise.

"Yeah, sure, Asher." Stephan said nervously and taking his hands away from me. "I'll see you later, Emberly." Stephan said before giving a light kiss on my cheeks. Oh crap!

Stephan was not even gone from the dance when Asher grabbed me and violently pulled me towards him, lethally glaring at me. Oh I'm dead.

He gripped my waist so hard that I had to bite my lips to prevent myself from wincing. And he was gripping me where my waist and back were hurt due to the hard impact against the door earlier.

"Had fun with him?" He asked through clenched teeth. At that moment, the song 'Dancing with the Devil' came, by Marina Kaye and I realized that I was literally dancing with the devil.

"H-He asked me to dance with him." I muttered fearfully making him look even more furiously at me. Right now, he looked absolutely like a pressure cooker just about to snap.

He twirled me around before bringing me back in place. "Seems like you were enjoying it very much." He replied sardonically.

"N-No, I-I was a-about to leave." I tried to say without stuttering but his angry eyes prevented me to do so.

"Don't fucking lie to me, Emberly!" Asher growled at me pressing me more towards him. I had to put my hands on his chest to get a proper balance of myself. "I saw you from where I was sitting and you seemed like you were fucking enjoying every single bit of it." He sneered with venom in his voice.

"N-No, I-I—" He did not even let me finish my sentence and abruptly turned me against him so that his front was against my back. No matter how much I denied it,his touch was burning my skin. I could feel his hardened member behind me. Oh gosh, I tried to move away from him but his strong grip against me prevented me to so do.

I felt him move his head a little bit lower so that he could get access to my ear. "Did he make you feel the same way I'm making you feel right now Emberly?" He whispered and lightly bit my earlobe making me gasp.

"N-No." I slowly lifted my hands and wrapped them around his head, bringing him closer to me and was lightly moving against him. Time and again, I could feel his hardened member against my back making me feel extremely aroused.

"Only I can make you feel like this Emberly and I want you to always remember that." I murmured lustfully in my ears making me close my eyes and relish this feeling. "You're lucky we are among people right now or else I would have taken you so hard that you would have forgotten about everything and everyone. Only I would be in your thoughts." I nearly moaned at his words and right now I was praying that everyone would just disappear so that Asher could have his way with me.

I was about to say something when the song ended and everyone began to clap. My attention got diverted when I saw only Asher and I on the dance floor and everyone was gawking at us.

Oh my God! Not knowing what to do, I rapidly turned towards Asher and hid my face in his chest making most of the people around laugh.

Oh God! Kill me now!

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