Chapter Two Hundred.

Chapter Two Hundred.
Asher's POV

A few days later, she texted to give me her reply about what I asked her. She said yes. Since she gave me her answer, I've been over the moon. It was like everything started to work out better than I was expecting them to.

I tried not to be all over her like I wanted to because of obvious reasons. I don't want to put her in a hard spot, so I tried to keep it low.

Anytime I was chanced, I went to the garage to check on her. And the more I see her, I feel like she's the most pretty woman I've ever laid my eyes on. It gets harder and harder to leave her as we continue in our relationship.

It's been four weeks now since she said yes to me. I didn't push her too much and she has opened up to me about some things in her life on her own. Her mother, her trauma too. She said she does not remember what happened to her as a child and all of that.

The day she told me about the sexual assault part, I know she was hoping that I would end things with her. She even went as far as saying that she knows that she's tainted and all of that. I felt so angry. Not at her, but at her mother for doing such an evil thing to her.

No one should have been allowed to go through that. She's been alone all her life carrying all that trauma by herself. Deep within me, I wanted to take care of her. Let her know that she's not alone. And I've been showing it to her every single day in the way I could.

And surprisingly, she's responsive to me. More than I expected. I'm not too forward with her so as not to trigger any trauma. But I'm kind of always in her space too. It's hard to stay away from a woman like her. It didn't take too long for me to know that she was the woman I would love to get married to.

I know I said love and marriage was not for me. But then, I crave the kind of love my parents have for each other. It's one of the purest forms of love. She was it for me. And I just hope that she loves me the way I love her.

She takes the initiative of kissing me most times. And it's all because I don't want to hurt her. She sees it and I see it in her eyes too. She wants to do more than that. And I'm not going to be pushing it until she does so by herself.

“What are you thinking about?” Her voice jerked me out of my thoughts. I raised my hand and tucked her hair behind her ear. Her eyes looked so lively when she's with me. Gone is the cold Ember who does not show emotions. At least to me.

“Nothing. Just how beautiful you look.” I said and she blushed hard.

“Stop it.” She swatted my chest playfully. I grabbed a hold of her hand.

“I'm serious. You have no idea how beautiful you are.” I said to her and there was this look in her eyes that told me that she does not believe what I'm telling her. So, I pulled her close to me and crushed my lips to hers. She moaned into my mouth and just from that alone, I went rock hard.

Her mouth kind of wrestled with mine for a while like we were trying to fight for dominance in the kiss. She pressed into me not caring that she was grinding against me. I growled on her lips and pulled away. She whined and I smirked.

“Don't start what you can't finish.” I said breathing heavily.

“What makes you think I…can't finish it?” Her voice comes out shakily and I stopped. Is she saying what I think she is?

Before I had the time to process it, my phone rang. And I didn't hide it. I cursed out. She laughed as she walked away. It was my dad and he wanted to meet me as soon as possible.

I would not have bothered going, but then, he sounded like it was very urgent. So I bidded her goodbye and left the garage.

Since I was going to Evermore town, I used my Harley. An hour later at full speed, I got to my father's house and when I entered, I didn't meet anyone. That was strange.

Where is mother? It was the first thing that came to my head. She's always at the door to welcome me anytime I came home. She must not have known I was coming then.

I knocked raptly on the door of my father's office and opened it. He was sitting in his chair, looking as large as life.

“Father.” I greeted him as I sank into the chair in front of him. He grunted in reply as he raised his head to look at me.

“What's going on?” I asked him immediately. “I have things I'm doing.” I added it for safety.

“Things like what son?” His voice was tight and almost cold. Before I was able to ask him what he was talking about, he dropped a tablet in front of me angrily.

And on it was the picture of Ember and I. Just now. Outside on the patio of the garage just over an hour ago kissing outside.

“What the fuck dad?!” I said angrily. I swiped across the tab. And there were more and more photos from today.

“Why? Are you angry that I caught you?” He snapped.

“Caught me? Does it look like I was planning to hide it away from you or anyone?” I fumed angrily.

“The last time I asked you about her, you swore nothing was going on. Now, what the hell is this?!” He stood up and I did too, matching him in height. He was trying to intimidate me but shit won't work on me anymore.

“Answer this question dad, why the fuck do you have someone on me?”