I was beside myself when I heard what he was saying. For Ivor, my romantic feelings for him were quick, unwavering. “Lia,” Ivor called me. I was awake and realized I was staring at Ivor unconsciously.Ivor frowned, asking me, “What happened to you?”“It's nothing, I'm just a little drunk,” I said.Ivor continued to enjoy the wine. The atmosphere between us was really quiet. I was fascinated by the horizon, impoverished by the thoughts Ivor had expressed towards my feelings for him.Maybe in Ivor's eyes, it wasn't really that bad for me that he once rejected me. And that was why he was so carelessly hurting me?“I was quite surprised when you admitted that you spent most of your time studying when you were a student,” Ivor said suddenly. I got pulled out of my thoughts by him.“Huh? What did you say?" I looked at him in surprise."What are you thinking that you seem so focused? I just wanted to say I was pretty surprised that you were a nerd when you were a student,” he said.I smile
Third person’s POVMark and Ivor looked at Lia, who was sitting in the chair and hugging her head. They all understood that she was drunk.Mark said, “Doesn’t anyone seem to tell her that this wine is slow to get drunk?” And he got back a sharp look from Ivor. Mark sighed, saying, “All right, I’m the wine picker, I’ll take responsibility. But it was a surprise that she drank so much.”Mark walked closer to Lia, touched her shoulders, and shook her slightly. He said, “Lia, are you all right? Can you return to the hotel room on your own?”Lia was struggling with her dizziness, feeling uncomfortable when shaken. She shoved his hand away, kept holding her head, and said nothing. Mark sighed, remarking, “She doesn’t look well. I’ll take her to her room.”Mark looked toward Ivor’s seat but did not see him. “It’s up to you,” Ivor said from behind Mark.“Where have you been? I didn’t even realize you were leaving,” Mark said. “Lia doesn’t seem to be able to get back to her room by herself, so
Ivor’s eyes widened, wondering what was in her room that made her hesitate to walk in.A monster? Or a witch?He didn’t know that ordinary scenes through the brain, which were crippling because the wine, were turning into a mysterious world or not. He remembered a boy he knew in college. Every time he got drunk, he felt like he was a knight and whatever was in his hand became his sword. The ordinary world became a mystical world through his mind, which became more creative when stimulated by alcohol.Ivor approached Lia, looking in the direction that Lia looked. He saw her messy bed. His left eye twitched as soon as he saw it. Ivor hated the mess, and he thought that Lia was always a neat girl, just like him.Of course, he’d never know how she made everything so neat to impress him.Ivor patted Lia on the shoulder, his voice soft, “Lia, come on in your room.”“Best before that Mark sees her. He’s not like a nice guy,” Ivor whispered to himself.Lia slowly turned her head, looking at I
Lia’s POVI woke up at 5: 00 in the morning on my own biological clock. Light filtered through the crack in the velvet curtain, enough for me to see the room and confirm that I was in my room..My headaches tormented me, and for the first time in years of a disciplined lifestyle, my desire to sleep in was so intense. Unable to open my eyes, I reached out to search for my phone on the pillow next to me and was startled to realize that the phone was gone.I would always leave the phone on the pillow next to me before I went to bed. Although that was not its original purpose, the habit was as a way for me to know whether I went to bed in an unconscious state yesterday.I sat up and the headache was more intense. My brain told me it wanted to keep resting.What the hell happened yesterday? I remember going up to the terrace and enjoying the wine together with Ivor and Mark. I had probed Ivor and was upset by him; I talked to Mark while using the telescope. Then...What happened after that
“What?” I stood gaping at him.Well, did Ivor make fun of me? I wondered if I was looking at him with too harsh eyes.“Don’t forget your work for the party tonight,” Ivor said. Immediately, this unexpected seriousness surprised me as if the person who had just teased me was his second personality.Ivor left immediately. My eyes followed him until I could no longer see him.I shook my head to keep myself awake. I knew I did nothing stupid when I was drunk last night, that was enough. There is work to be done.Working in a cramped hotel room isn’t my thing, so I brought my laptop and notebook down to the hotel cafe. Most of the customers who rent rooms at this hotel were enjoying their mornings at the beach, so the cafe was pretty quiet.It didn’t take too long for me to focus on my work.“It will be a great experience,” the familiar voice echoed, made me raise my head.I saw Mark; he was with a sexy woman. Of course, I didn’t want him to interfere with my concentration, Mark wasn’t tha
“No way,” I said, almost whispering. I couldn’t look into Mark’s brown eyes. “No, he didn’t tell me, I’m just one of his assistants, anyway.”“But on this trip, you were Ivor’s chief assistant, weren’t you? You’re supposed to be with him at every event, at every party he’s going to on this trip,” Mark said. His voice kept echoing in my mind.Yes, on this trip, I took on the role of Ivor’s chief assistant. But while he was at an adult party with a business manager in Dubai and taking a chance to get enormous business opportunities, I was sitting at a bar and doing meaningless things.My hand gripped the skirt of my dress. Only last night, he told me he trusted me because I was his assistant, but after all that happened today, I felt I was an Ivor’s joke.Suddenly, Mark pushed a shot glass towards me. I looked at the golden brown liquid in the shot glass and gave Mark a surprised look.“Have you ever tried whiskey?” Mark asked, on his table there was a similar shot glass.“I did, but on
I suddenly felt Ivor was really ridiculous, why would he care what I did? “Yes,” I said. “Ivor, get the fuck off me.” Ivor’s angry gaze still watched my every move, but I didn’t care. What could he do to me? Mark stood up, approached us. He stood facing Ivor, placing a hand on my shoulder, “Did you hear that, Ivor? She said yes. So let her go.” But I could still feel Ivor’s hand clasping my body in his lap. “Ivor, let me go,” I said, almost whispering. My words were more like pleas than demands, they had no power at all. “No, you can go with anyone but not him,” Ivor’s husky voice echoed, harboring anger. “Ha-ha, can’t you tell what’s work, what’s personal?” Mark said sarcastically. “At her work, you’re her boss. You can control her, command her all the time. But in her private life, you’re nothing to her.” I heard Ivor’s sarcastic laughter. His icy voice echoed, “Well, look who’s talking. Someone who has an adult party in his office like you has the right to teach me how to d
Ivor was angry at my attitude. But he said nothing, he didn’t yell; he didn’t threaten; he looked me in the eye.I was attracted to those glamorous eyes and was completely conquered.I looked him in the eye, panting. I was sure it was too easy for Ivor to realize that I would obey him through my eyes.I hurriedly looked the other way, coldly saying, “I want to get out of the car, I can go back to the hotel on my own.–And, let go of my wrists.”Ivor let go of my wrist, but did not allow me to get out of the car. He said, “You’re going back to the hotel with me.”I smirked, ironically said, “You have no right to force me to do what I want. LET ME OUT OF THIS CAR!”Ivor sighed, “Lia.”“What?” I asked with an unfriendly attitude.Ivor smirked, giving me an arrogant look, “You can’t make anyone make your request if you don’t dare look them in the eye when you’re making your request to them.”I looked at Ivor, surprised, “What do you mean?”Ivor smirked, shrugging his shoulders. Then he gav