Daphne's POVAsher winced several times. He also groaned when I pressed the handkerchief I had dipped in ice cubes on the wound I had cleaned."Hold on.""Can you slow down?" Asher asked. His eyes narrowed at the pain that must have stung him."It's already very slow. Hold it a little longer, and the blood will stop flowing." I said softly."But it hurts like hell," Asher complained."You're a man. How can you be this cranky over such a small wound?" I was getting annoyed."I'm doing this to protect you." Asher reminded.I immediately removed the compress I had pressed onto his head and moved away. "Are you blaming me?" I asked irritably.Asher winced again. I was too harsh on him for getting carried away. I felt regretful and came back closer, dipped the handkerchief into the ice basin, and pressed it to the spot on Asher's head. "I'm sorry. You blamed me when all of this was because of Caroline."Asher was silent. He just looked at me with a deep gaze. His eyes swept across my face,

Caroline's POV"You're lucky that Mr. Asher didn't prosecute you!"The security guards pushed me onto the street. I was screaming because I couldn't take their rude treatment."Is that how you treat women? What will your mother say if she finds out her son pushed a woman onto the street?""My mom would give me dirt to throw in your face. How petty of an employee to go out of his way to hurt his boss. Who do you think pays your salary, blonde?"he walked away with a snort of disgust. My friends just looked at me without helping me at all. I gave them a pleading look, and they turned away. How nice. It turned out that they weren't all sincere people. Even Isabel immediately turned her face away and turned back. I was the only one who wanted to be her friend when she was down.I finally shuffled over and hailed a taxi. I had nowhere else to go but home. And now I've lost my severance pay. Shit!I went back to Martin's apartment and immediately threw everything when I got there. I threw t

Daphne's POV"Did you see her, Asher?"Asher focused on chewing the food in his mouth. He was enjoying lunch here. Sherley's taste buds were high, too. She knows all the best lunch restaurants. I don't regret coming here on Sherley's recommendation, or maybe because she forced me to come here today because the meat soup with mint leaves was very good, and the chicken was also cooked tenderly. Asher ordered seafood, and he was very satisfied with the large crab and scallops on his plate."You don't need to see to know what he's doing. Her screams sound like airplane engines," Asher said with a chuckle. The wound on his head still hasn't dried up, and I'm sure that Asher will never want to see the face of the person who hurt him again forever.I ate my lunch while watching the free show that Caroline was playing as the main character. No matter where she was, Caroline always made herself the cause of trouble. She was always the one everyone wanted to hate. I don't know how her parents r

Martin's POVI closed my eyes and took a deep breath to endure. I've been like this for two days now. Waiting in front of the company where Daphne works. I decided not to go home and blocked Caroline from my cell phone so she wouldn't contact me again.The company Daphne works for is huge. You can imagine how much money her lover makes. But I knew that Daphne was trapped. Her boyfriend must have some kind of power that would allow him to control Daphne. There must be something. I was sure that Daphne was being used as a sexual slave for fun.Every afternoon, I was here, spending time waiting for Daphne to come home. I never had the chance to follow her because she was always with her boyfriend.But this time was different. Today, Daphne's boyfriend was out with a guy. They parted in front of the main door, and I winced when I saw the man kiss Daphne's cheek. Until now, I've considered Daphne as my girlfriend. I won't just let her go. Especially now that Daphne is getting prettier. She

Daphne's POVAsher will be home late tonight because he's having dinner with his business partner. I honestly felt sad that he wasn't with me tonight. But Asher promised he'd make up for it with a weekend getaway to any place I wanted.I returned home alone with an empty feeling. I don't usually feel this lonely. I felt like someone was following me. Like there was a car behind me. When I looked in the mirror, there was no one. There was only darkness behind me."It's just a hallucination," I told myself. When I finished parking the car in the yard, I again looked back and checked the dark street. There was no one around. It's like I'm just not used to being alone.I quickly went inside the house. No one was here because the servants who worked here had gone home. I walked up the stairs and saw my father's favorite dragon painting. It was a beautiful painting—a red dragon with intricate and artistic details. My father bought it from a Japanese painter for a lot of money. He admired thi