The day was a rollercoaster ride to Lia. The moment she got habituated with the adrenaline, she found it more scary. That is really what she felt. She just wanted to go to sleep now. Lia sat by the window and Asher sat beside her. Actually, he sat between her and Aster. A good choice. She was increasingly flustered. First, she fell so many times. And she was helped by Aster. The first time was epic. She remembered the feeling exactly. That was something she never felt. In any of her crushes. She was never near her crush. She always saw them by distance. Like how you see your idol or perhaps the sun. Safely at a distance. Where you won't be burned. But now, she was at a proximity range and it was nearly undoing her mind. She felt that she was developing feelings and that's why her brain was going overdrive. But now she was quiet. Asher fell asleep. And because he had a lot of cushions, she placed one by the window and leaned towards it. The evening sun was warm and she slowly

Aster- You there? Aster- Lia? Aster- Hey? Lia wasn't focusing. She knew for sure now that she was attracted to Aster. He was cool, handsome, understanding, rich and most importantly, he was a very good guy. Where were people like these? Maybe in her books. But he was a close second to her favorite characters. So here was the problem? Now that she was crushing, for real, what should she do about it? Tell him? No. The contract forbids her from falling in love. Then keep crushing? Her heart couldn't take that much pressure from all the cuteness. Then what else was left? She could only act. Phew. Life was all mapped out. When did it start getting so complicated? Lia- I was not here. I'll message you after some time. Lia finally replied. Aster wasn't alerted to her mental crisis by seeing her reply. He was facing his crisis. "You mean, they escaped." Aster almost wanted to crush something. He crushed his apple. It was already cut. The kidnappers who were after Asher e

Aster came back when Lia was paying for the ice cream. "Sorry, I went out without you.""At least you remembered."Lia saw that he had come back almost in a minute. So she reluctantly forgave him."Let's go."She followed him. "Your brother went to play. Do you want to sit somewhere?"Lia actually liked that. She didn't want to be around two of those guys. They were getting on her nerves."So this was the guest you said earlier?"Lia remembered and nodded."He seems rude."Lia felt like she found someone who agreed with her point of view."You think so too, right? He is super rude but my brother and cousin like him. And he doesn't fulfill his promises.""You seemed to be hung up on that?""I didn't tell you about him, right?"She looked further into the distance trying to remember."He is actually younger than me. Like a year. But he was very close to my brother. I didn't like him at first but slowly he grew up on me. We were really close. But because his family had problems, he stay

Lia was very excited to see the drama in person. Aster on the other hand, stayed stoic. He was actually bored with those people. It was actually funny. They looked menacing, hideous and scary. They were actually scary. They tried every means to get the control of the company when his parents died. Arden was young but he quickly got everything under control.That was some hard time. Then these people were quiet but now that they knew Arden was gone, they all raised their hoods. But they made a mistake.Aster wasn't as young as Arden was then. He was perfectly capable of dominating them now. He didn't have to do anything more. Just play the part."I'll give you some introductions. The person who looks like a pencil is first grandpa and his wife, you will know. The one who looks like a peddler by shouting is the second grandpa. His wife is gone and he has two daughters. He is a good person so he wouldn't get involved there. First uncle is the shortest one and the first aunt is the plump

"I need money."Aster was not surprised when he answered Lia's call."It's not a month yet. I can't give your salary now."Lia rolled her eyes."I need money because I have to invest in the transformation plan."Transformation plan? What was that?He asked the same question."What's this now?""I have to spend money to become friends with the aunts. I arranged a spa day for them. And I need money for that. You are my only investor. So, I came to you."Aster understood the matter now. So, she wanted money to spend on his aunts. He never thought he would willingly give them money one day. But impossible inherently means I'm possible."I'll transfer money to you now. Any other problem?"Lia was done with her problems for now. "No. I will hang up then."Ding.She opened the notification.AsterB transferred 10,00,000 to you.Wow. 1 million. Just like that. But the spa day wouldn't need that much, right?Lia wanted to see how the aunts reacted on that day.Seeing her involved with her phone