Vivienne was led out of the private room by Asher, and the manager hurriedly pulled Lily away as well. The remaining people at the table looked at each other in confusion. Some of them sent the man with the broken hand to the hospital, while others engaged in casual conversation.
"Hey, Caelan, you've been with the Young Master for the longest time. Do you know that girl?" one person asked curiously.
Caelan, dressed in military uniform with the insignia of a lieutenant colonel on his shoulders, replied, "I don't know her, but..."
"But what?" someone prompted.
"It's nothing," Caelan furrowed his brows slightly and shook his head.
What Caelan didn't say was that he had heard rumors before. It was said that Asher had once cared deeply about a girl. Overnight, he destroyed the city's largest nightclub for her. He also took a set of stunningly beautiful photos that caused a sensation. But in the end, he made the woman disappear from his life, forbidding anyone to mention her name, as if she had never existed. Caelan had only heard Asher murmur the name "Vivi" once, by chance.
Vivienne retrieved her bag from the storage room and was pulled by Asher all the way out of the club to the underground parking lot. When he opened the car door, he remained silent, just staring at her intently.
Asher had beautiful and captivating eyes, long and deep, with a slight upward tilt at the outer corners, giving them a charming allure but also an unsettling purity. However, when those eyes fixated on someone, it often gave them a shiver down their spine.
Vivienne suspected that if she didn't get into the car, Asher might just maintain that posture, waiting for her indefinitely. But when she sat in the passenger seat, he didn't immediately close the door. Instead, he leaned over, fastened her seatbelt, and only then closed the door before getting into the driver's seat.
She looked at his profile. There were traces of dried red wine on his fair skin, not to mention the red stains on his white clothes.
Vivienne took out a pack of wet wipes from her bag and handed a sheet to Asher. "You should wipe your face."
He glanced at her but didn't reach out to take the wet wipe. Instead, he brought his face closer to her hand. "Help me," he murmured softly, almost as a command.
"You can do it yourself," Vivienne replied.
His delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his face moved even closer to her. "Help me," he repeated.
Vivienne pursed her lips and didn't say anything more. She wiped the red wine stains off Asher's face with the wet wipe.
Even through the damp tissue, she could still feel the warmth of his face against her fingertips. Her hand trembled slightly, or perhaps she simply wasn't mentally prepared to see him again.
After hastily wiping away the red wine marks from his face, she was about to pull her hand back when his hand pressed against hers, holding it tightly.
"Not used to it?" His voice suddenly resonated in the car.She paused for a moment before realizing what he was asking. "Yes, it's not easy. After all, we haven't seen each other in so many years.""Yeah, it's been a long time," his eyelashes flickered, his gaze still fixed firmly on her face. "But every day, I've been thinking about you."Her body stiffened, and she heard him ask again, "What about you? Have you thought of me?"Vivienne didn't know how to respond all of a sudden, and Asher frowned displeasedly. "Seems like you haven't."She remained silent, and he lowered his head, his lips kissing the palm of her right hand as if leaving an imprint.Her palm grew warm.He looked up, a faint smile on his face. "From now on, you can think of me as much as you want because you belong to me, Vivi."His voice was cold and commanding.She belonged to him!She had heard this sentence countless times ten years ago, but she never expected to hear it again after all these years."Asher, I don
The kiss was intense, frantic, and restless. But she clenched her teeth tightly, resisting his intrusion, and struggled with all her might. Suddenly, he raised his right hand and exerted a slight force on her chin. "Ah!" A sensation of pain shot through her as the irresistible strength compelled her to open her mouth. His tongue effortlessly entered her oral cavity, entwining with her small tongue, continuously savoring her saliva as if he wanted to consume her completely. "Mmm, Asher, please don't..." Her broken voice escaped her lips, but her struggles meant nothing to him. It only made it easier for him to conquer her mouth. Her mouth was filled with his breath, and his fingers gripping her chin prevented her from closing it. Saliva trickled from the corner of her mouth, following the line of her jaw. "Don't think about breaking the promise. You can't break it!" he murmured, his tongue licking and sucking the corner of her lips. Gasping for breath, she used all her strength wi
When Vivienne returned to her dorm room, her roommate Julian was still awake. Seeing her friend's pale face, Julian asked with concern, "What's wrong? You look terrible.""Maybe it's because of the cool night breeze when I came back," she casually made up an excuse, placing her bag down and walking into the bathroom.The mirror in the bathroom reflected her pale complexion, even her lips had lost their color. The words Asher had said to her when he walked her back echoed in her ears."Vivi, I want you to like me, only me!"Could she possibly like someone like him? Even Vivienne herself couldn't explain what her feelings for Asher really were.Sympathy? Pity? Dislike or fear?Vivienne would always remember the first time she saw Asher when she was eight years old. At that time, Asher resembled a quiet Barbie doll, following her all the way from the small park near her house to the doorstep, and shamelessly entering her home with her.When she tried to make him leave, he simply clung on
It wasn't until the other kids in kindergarten started teasing Vivienne that she got angry and said to Asher, "I don't want to play with you anymore!" In that moment, Asher's hollow eyes filled with tears, and he tightly grabbed her skirt, asking in a dry and rigid voice, "Don't you want me?" Vivienne felt her breath being stifled, her chest aching and tender. However, by lunchtime, Asher eagerly pushed his own lunch toward Vivienne and anxiously said, "I'll give you all my things, so you can't reject me. We should be together forever." He looked like an abandoned puppy, desperately trying to please his owner. Little did she know that wolves and dogs might look alike when they're young, but as they grow up, the differences become more pronounced. Even if a wolf appears gentle, deep down it has a savage nature. The next day, Julian looked at Vivienne's dark circles and asked, "Didn't sleep well last night?" "Yeah," Vivienne mumbled. Memories from her childhood kept flashing in her
Did this man truly love Scarlett? Vivienne suddenly wondered, but then she chuckled and thought, regardless of whether he did or not, it had nothing to do with her. At the moment, she had her own problems to deal with, and they were giving her a headache. Suddenly, someone spoke up, "By the way, I heard that the Four Seas Corporation is going to participate in our school's career fair. Is it true?" Immediately, someone replied, "It should be true. I heard the dean mention it when I visited his office a few days ago." "Isn't Four Seas Corporation's design company known for not hiring fresh graduates?" "Who knows? Well, if you can get into Four Seas, you might become successful someday!" People started discussing, and Vivienne specialized in interior decoration design, while Four Seas Corporation was a renowned real estate conglomerate in the city. They also had a dedicated interior design subsidiary and often collaborated with famous foreign enterprises. Therefore, every year, man
Upon seeing her enter, a slight smile appeared on Asher's face, melting away his usual indifference. "Vivi," he called her name."Have you ordered?" Vivienne approached and asked.Asher stood up, extending his arms and naturally embraced Vivienne, but his response was unrelated to her question. "I missed you," he said, even more so than before.As she stood before him again, speaking to him, being held in his arms, the longing that had been suppressed for ten years soaked into her every fiber, as if all at once."I longed to see you, to press you beneath me, to kiss every inch of your body, and to hear you constantly call my name." Though incredibly ambiguous, his voice remained cool and composed, as if he merely expressed what he desired.Vivienne's body trembled slightly, wanting to create some distance between them, but Asher's arms tightened around her.His face buried in the crook of her shoulder, he greedily inhaled her scent, while his right hand slid under her clothes, the sli
But he was dead serious. "I'm not joking. I want to hold you, kiss you, be intimate with you. Only I can do these things to you, no one else. If my condition was like when I was a child, and you would only stay by my side then, I could...""No matter if your condition is like when you were a child or not, you cannot do those things to me!" Vivienne urgently interrupted Asher. "Those are things that only two people who love each other can do!""I love you, Vivienne." He took her right hand, kissed her fingertips, and gradually took her fingers into his mouth. If it meant sealing himself off from the entire world and having only her, just like when he was a child, he didn't mind becoming that way again.As he said these words, his gaze was clear as water.Yet his actions carried a hint of seductive sensuality.Two conflicting qualities blended strangely within him at this moment, giving him an enchanting allure.In her mind, images involuntarily surfaced from the day they made their agr
After placing their orders and the dishes arrived, Vivienne was about to leave the private room when Asher grabbed her hand and said, "Stay and eat with me.""I'm still working," Vivienne replied.He suddenly stood up and walked towards the door of the private room."Where are you going?" She had an inexplicable sense of unease."I'm going to help you quit this job so that it won't be considered your working hours," he replied.She immediately stood in front of him. "I didn't say I want to quit. Maybe this job means nothing to you, but for me, it's my only source of income."He took out his wallet from his pocket and handed her a gold card. "The password is your birthday."Vivienne stared at the gold card in Asher's hand. "Take the card back.""Will you have dinner with me if I do?" he asked.She hesitated for a moment, unable to answer.He lifted his foot and walked towards the door again. Eating dinner and quitting her job, he was forcing her to choose one.Seeing that he was alread