Watching his niece make her way over to the table caused a frown to form on Asher’s face. As Julia pulled back the chair and sat down, Louis commented, “Eh? What is that you’re wearing? Since when did your sense of style get so weird?”
The sweater was obviously few sizes smaller for Julia.
“Don’t ask me about that. Those mutts thought it would be great to attack me in the hallway and got me all covered up in blood. At the end, I had to borrow from this tiny girl.”
“Name?” Asher questioned.
“Esther,” she enunciated, “Why?”
Louis’ eyes brightened up in recognition, and he uttered, “She is cute, isn’t she?”
“Stay away from her,” Asher commanded, directing to both of them.
“But of course, your Uncle has deeply rooted grudge towards her,” Louis pointed out.
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Seeing how everyone got along with another and joked around caused envy to rise in her chest. When would she be able to lead such a life? “Now, this is a new face. Who are you?” Esther turned her head to face Joseph Brown. The teen in front of her was a fellow teammate of her brother, and from the rumors she had heard, he was anything but pleasant. He enjoyed harassing girls and bullying the weaker students. Because of the money he had at home, these records can easily be hidden. Esther didn’t understand why her siblings would choose to hangout with someone like him. Then again, she couldn’t yet comprehend how the hierarchy system worked. The drunk teenager wasn’t a good news, and Esther, not fond of creating a scene, decided to leave that place silently. But before she could take a step forward, her arm was grabbed. “Darling, there is no need for shyness here,” he whispered to her. His greasy tone caused goosebumps all over her body.
“So, she is your mate,” Julia commented, nudging her uncle.Asher gave no reply to that.“Who?” Louis questioned. Following that, Julia turned to look at the man seated on the backseat and stared at him with ridicule at how dumb he was.Then, it clicked.“Don’t tell me. Esther is his mate? That small her? Mated to this beast?” Louis was beyond shocked.“Tell me about it,” Julia commented.Asher’s grip on the steering wheel tightened as the temperature in the car drastically dropped, showing off his upset mood. He then enunciated, “She is not my mate.”His words surprised no one.Julia shrugged her shoulders, and leaning against the car seat, she uttered, “Then, Uncle, you need to act like it. Since when were you the one to protect others?”°°°Esther was walking back home on a fine afternoon when a car stopped beside he
“What a coincidence! That works out well then,” Julia expressed, “I had tickets to their concert, but no one to take along. What do you think?” Esther felt as if she was a child being enticed by a candy from a stranger. However, being able to go to a concert with a friend and, at the same time, watch her favorite band was too attractive of an offer to turn down. Surely, Esther didn’t do great with crowds, but right now, she placed that at the back of her head. “Do you want me to pay for that? The ticket?” Esther carefully questioned. The price of concert tickets can be expensive. Hearing Esther’s proposition caused Julia to burst out into laughter and enunciate, “You really don’t have any friends. Silly, I am asking you out here.” Esther rubbed the back of her head and uttered, “Sorry.” Julia waved her hand at that before expressed, “Oh, right! Do you know who else loves Aster?” Esther raised an eyebrow. “My Uncle, duh!
Esther didn’t miss flash of irritation that crossed his eyes before he strode over to her. The sight of him made him want to cower.“Didn’t I tell you I will kill you off if you show yourself in front of me?” he shot at her aggressively.Esther turned her phone to show him the text and uttered, “I have nothing to do with this.”He scoffed, not bothering to look at the screen.“Since when do you have a friendship with Julia? You’re pathetic. Stay away from her,” he uttered.Esther felt indignant and didn’t appreciate being talked to like that. She lowered her gaze and nodded before voicing out, “I apologize.”Hearing that caused his eyes to darken before he turned and walked away, not in the mood to entertain her.Once he left, Esther let out a breath of relief before looking at the ticket. Since she had the ticket, it would be wasteful if she didn’t attend i
Luke, who was about to go out to search for Esther, received a message on his phone. Seeing how the sender was Aiden got him to raise an eyebrow before he clicked on it. The content caused his eyes to widen.“Fuck!” he exclaimed. The location sent was supposed to be of Esther, and the girl was two towns away. He couldn’t believe how she got there.Holding back his urge to curse, he looked at Amy, who was preparing to head out as well, and said, “She is at Fernhert.”“What?” Amy asked in disbelief, pressing on her forehead. “What would that idiot even do there?”Luke shrugged his shoulder. “The text was from Aiden.”“That fucking bastard, how do they know her location? If they are involved in this, I swear—”Seeing how his sister’s eyes were flashing golden, Luke placed his palm on her shoulder and said, “Now is not the time to get angry. We can de
Just as Julia opened the door, she was greeted with a punch to her face. The impact caused her to take a step backwards, and glaring at the perpetrator, she exclaimed, “Are you crazy!?”Amy stared at Julia fiercely and behind her was Luke. She then spat, “Who gave you the permission to approach Esther?”“What the hell? Is this what you are so agitated about? You are weird.” Julia scoffed.That was enough to get Amy further triggered, and before she could make another physical attack on Julia, a powerful voice resonated through the place: “That’s enough.”Asher appeared— his aura threatening and frightening. But that didn’t make Ellis siblings cower. Their bearing match up to his.Amy stepped forward to confront Asher and grabbed his collar before saying, “You bastard, I thought I already warned you to stay away from Esther. What are you doing lurking around her like creeps?&rdq
Seeing how Esther’s eyebrows were knit together, Julia chuckled and said, “What are you thinking so deeply about? We are seriously not friends. Well, you can say we hung around together for mutual benefits.”Esther nodded.That’s when, she recalled about something and inquired, “How did Amy and Luke know about my location yesterday?”Esther didn’t tell them about it, and they had no clue on her hanging out with Julia. The fact that they knew her location and also Julia’s involvement made Esther curious about the reason.She didn’t have the opportunity to question her siblings about it.Julia looked away guiltily. She couldn’t say to Esther that Aiden had been tracking her. Therefore, she shrugged her shoulders and said, “Oh, right! About yesterday, were you alright? What happened? I am so sorry about my Uncle.”Esther saw how she dodged the question and decided to not pu
Asher sat at the classroom designated for detention with Aiden and Louis. Aiden was concentrating on the papers in front of him whilst Asher and Louis ignored them. With a grin on his face, Louis typed away on his phone whereas Asher seemed to be contemplating on something seriously.After a while, he questioned, “What is a tsundere?”The word felt very much foreign to his tongue. Recalling how Esther had addressed her with this term, it had been bothering him, and he wanted to know the meaning.That caught Louis’ attention, and looking towards Asher, he slyly stated, “That actually depends on the context. Where did you hear it?”Aiden rolled his eyes and provided the explanation: “Tsundere is a word from Country J. It refers to people who are soft within but acts coldly outside.”Louis glared at Aiden. If it wasn’t for Aiden, he would have gotten an explanation about the scenario Asher heard the word