He stood straight, tidied his slightly crumpled shirt and held Arien's hand. Her cold hands were in his warm palm which gave her a sense of security and comfort. But as she took a step she felt a sharp pain in her right foot and struggled to stand clenching onto Devian's shirt. Devian's eyes swept from her face to her leg where there were stains of blood. He knelt down on one leg in front of her.
"No...stop....!"
"Let me help you." He didn't let Arien complete her sentence. Held her foot and opened her heels. He pick her up by her waist and started walking towards his black Mercedes parked at the road side.
He helped her sit on the passenger seat and buckled up the seat belt. Then sat in the car and drove back.The Sea Bay beach was at a distance. After driving for about an hour they were back in the Lyle mansion.He picked her up and walked towards living room and seated her on the couch gently. "Bring the medical box."
Anne who stood there to greet her master as usual was startled again. Not only that. Dean who was waiting for his master at the door was shocked as well.
Their master rushed out to bring the girl back without even taking Dean with him.
This is too much!
Soon Anne bought a medical kit and placed it on the table.
"Don't move." Devian knelt down in front of everyone and cleaned her wound with utmost care, avoiding any kind of discomfort for her.
She, like an obedient child, nodded and sat on the couch without any motion.
When Devian completed treating her wound he took her to the room and put her on the bed "It's late sleep now." He turned around and was about to leave when he heard Arien's soft voice.
"I saw you car departing, why did you came back to save me?"
Devian turned around and saw her back facing him.
Arien pursed her lips and lied there waiting for his answer. She didn't know why she was so eager to know his answer. She could feel her heartbeat rising gradually. She decided not to look at him so she deliberately turned her back towards him.
"Because you still have to pay me a million dollar, have you forgotten the deal so easily?" Devian answered calmly and walked out of the room slamming the door.
Hearing Devian's answer she felt disappointed. But why is she thinking so much. She should focus on paying him back and then living freely.
She tried to sleep but somehow she didn't felt sleepy. She sat up and walked towards the balcony with tottering steps. She sat there looking at a distance. Her eyes were fixed and her heart was in a mess.
"What has happened to me? Why am I affected with him? No no no I shouldn't be like this. I'll pay him and go away from this strange person."
...
It was not only Arien who was not happy with his answer. Devian sat in the living room. His slender finger tapped gently on the handle of the couch. His gaze fixed at a distance.
"Director Lyle, do you want to cut ties with the Chester corp?" Dean saw his director's expression.
"No, let's see what he would do." Devian nodded
After working with him for so long he knew his director very well. He spoke those words to distract his director from Arien's thoughts.
Little did he know that his director was immersed in his thoughts and didn't pay attention to what Dean just spoke.
Feelings? Gonna be interesting!
Hearing Devian's cold voice that can make chills run down ones spine, Dean just wanted to escape. He accepted Devian's orders and walked out a the fastest speed as if he was running for his life.
...
Next day early morning, it was not aunt Anne but Devian who walked into his room. As a domineering CEO he didn't knock at the door and rather walked inside. Seeing that Arien was not on the bed, he turned towards the washroom. He knocked on the door.
"Are you there?"
He didn't know why he wanted to see her before going out. When he came to his senses he had already opened the door of the master bedroom.
After getting no answer for a long time. He gently pushed the bathroom door open but he saw nobody there.
He rushed out of the washroom so as to go and find this girl and punish her for escaping in dark. But before stepping out of the room he saw a familiar figure leaning on the railings of balcony.
He went close and saw that she was sleeping. Her breathing was even.
"Miss Jenner?"
No response.
Devian walked near and saw that she was asleep. "This girl!' he sighed helplessly.
After putting her back on the bed Devian could not help but reached out his hand to touch her forehead. It was burning. "Did she slept out whole night? Why is she so careless!" Devian was very angry with this childish act of her. He wanted to wake her up and teach her a good lesson for being so careless.
The doctor came immediately after being informed by Dean. He would dare not be late to attend the Grand CEO of The Ace Corporation Inc.
After checking her and giving her a few medics, the doctor left. Devian stared at her for a long time.
"The person behind the fire was her uncle, Robert. He's the adopted son of the family. After the incident there is no news about the family and Robert flew abroad calling it a vacation, leaving his company to his son." Dean reported.
"Hmm." Devian nodded
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Arien opened her eyes and saw aunt Anne preparing her dress."Aunt Anne, why do you always prepare new clothes for me everyday? I can manage with only two or three pairs. It's not needed.""Miss, master asked me to take care of you. How can I not listen to him.""I asked you to call me by my name. Why do you always forget that." Arien pouted and acted like a spoiled child.In just three days of her living in the Lyle mansion she had made almost all the workers like her very much, especially aunt Anne. She treated her and respected her like her own mother. She didn't remember who her mother was but aunt Anne was so good to her that she bonded very well with her."Little girl, yo
Anyhow, Arien decided to listen aunt Anne and stayed at the house. However after staying in her room for almost two hours she got bored and decided to go and have a look in the interiors of the house. Since she was not well for the whole time she had stayed here, she didn't get the time to go around. Today she was so bored.She walked out of her room. Just beside her room there was Devian's study. She hesitated for a while and then entered. The first thing she saw was a photo on the wall."Why does he always put on such a cold face. Can't he smile a little." Arien thought while looking at Devian's photo on the wall."No doubt he's handsome, but who will think that such a handsome guy will have such a cold attitude!...sigh!"...
Her sudden action made Arien stunned. When she came back to her senses, the person in front was already in the verge of crying. Seeing that she was so emotional, Arien's intuition told her that she wasn't a bad person. She decided to believe her and tell her the truth that she had no memories of her past. Maybe she would help her get some clues about herself.They went to nearby restaurant. The weather was good for a hotpot. They sat opposite to each other."Is it so. That means you don't remember anything? Not even your parents. Have you lost all your memory?" The girl spoke first."As I told you, I only have the memory of staying in Lyle mansion and nothing else." Arien replied."OK I'll help you. Firstly I'm Ashley Collen.We
Arien visited Ashley back in the Blooms company and she insisted Arien to stay with her. It was not insisting it was purely a command.Arien could not turn her down so she asked her the address."I'll need to get my things from the Lyle mansion. I'll come there at night.""I'll be waiting to have dinner with you" Ashley gave Arien a hug and left."Sigh... I'll have to go there again, only to get my things back, nothing else." Arien looked at her watch, it was almost 6 in the evening. "Great! It's almost an hour before he arrives. I'll run away before he comes back."Arien took a cab and went straight to the Lyle Mansion. But before she could enter the living room she was shocked to see a familiar figure walking towards her.
Devian's attitude stunned Arien. She was so angry that she wanted to throw this man out of the car."Do you want to go back to Lyle mansion with me?" Devian's voice bought her back"Never....I'll " she shouted"Then why don't you go to your friend's place? Or do you want to spend more time with me?" Devian cut Arien's words and spoke casually.Ashley, who was waiting at the door for almost an hour, saw Arien in a black Mercedes car. She walked to the car and waved at the window. "Girl, you're late. I have been waiting for you for hours!"Ashley's eyes swept from Arien to the man on the driver seat. "You bought your boyfriend with you. And why didn't you tell about it. Why didn't you
"I'll drop you" Devian said with a slight hesitation."Ya.....""No need. We can walk." Arien stopped Ashley from speaking further by directly rejecting him and pulled away Ashley along with her.Devian helplessly shook his head. "Silly girl.""Slow down, he's not following." Ashley was out of breath because she has been walking.. No!She has been running for so long. She was so tired that she can't even walk now."It was a bad idea to go shopping with you this weekend. How I forgot that you were also good in athletics! How I thought I would enjoy and you have already made me so tired. My back is already so sore. I can't even move n
"What work?" Harry was confused. Has this woman gone mad!"I helped you spend time with Arien. If I wouldn't have planned the accident, how do you think you would have spent time with Arien?""It was you?" Harry exclaimed. Anger raging in his eyes."Of course, it's me" the women replied."Nicole, you...!" Harry shouted "I'll not spare you for this....While they drove back to Ashley's place, Devian knew that this incident is not just an accident but a plot. He thought deeply about the person who would want to cause Arien any trouble. The first person in his mind was Robert.Robert
She didn't feel Devian coming closer anymore so she slowly opened her eyes.She looked funny yet adorable. Devian actually felt like taking a bite of her but he had known how to control himself since young."He just wanted to check the the wound. Why does I always have to think so much!" She thought to herself and her face turned even more hot and red.Just as she was thinking that she misunderstood him again, he came forward and kissed on her lips.His lips were cold and moist and his kiss was overwhelming. He let her go and said in a deep voice "Are you satisfied now?"This man! He started it and now he wants to put the blame on her! Not fair!