Semua Bab The Rising Temperature between Me and My “Step-brother”: Bab 221 - Bab 230

Wendy glanced at Asher, somewhat reluctantly. "Where are you headed?"Asher's expression was a bit strange. "Do you want to come with me?""Of course not!"Wendy deliberately made a face of distaste, trying to draw a clear line between them. "On the contrary, I'm asking precisely because I'm afraid of running into you everywhere I go."Asher didn't take offense, just took off his sunglasses and looked at her. "There are plenty of people here. You could look at someone else instead of worrying so much about me."He had a point. Her deliberate avoidance was what made it truly deliberate.Asher left through the hotel's front door, while Wendy went to the pool at the back.Around the freeform pool were arranged blue and white lounge chairs. Wendy suspected the layout was designed to cram in more chairs and accommodate enough guests. After all, this resort was among the smallest on this large stretch of beach.Next to the pool was a garden-like area with comfortable fabric sofas and large

Derek was so excited his face flushed. In that moment, he forgot he was the show's host and acted like a fervent fan, just like the fanboys and fangirls around him, looking at Asher with worshipful eyes."Can I take you to dinner tonight? Please!"Asher mercilessly rejected the dinner invitation: "The final reason is, I don't need to prove myself with this; it's unnecessary.""Then why did you finally decide to take the challenge?""Because I have to prove someone wrong."Asher's lips curved into a smile as he looked towards where Wendy was standing at the sidelines.However, contrary to his expectation that Wendy would be disappointed or angry, the girl was clapping and cheering wildly for him, just like the other fervent fans.Her fair face was flushed with excitement, her eyes bright and captivating. She was joyful and animated, her beauty captivating Asher's gaze.Asher's heart skipped a beat. Was she cheering for him?! Was

"What?!" Wendy asked."I said, let's go back together."Asher's lips curved into a smile, his gaze fixed intently on her. Why so flustered?Wendy looked up at Asher, stunned. He wasn't startled at all; in fact, he was completely unfazed, making the girls who had just been rejected by him think they were actually a couple.So, being rejected by him didn't feel like such a loss after all. They really should have asked if he was single first.Wendy instantly let go of Asher's arm, her face flushed as she put about a meter between them.She had drunk a glass of white wine at dinner, so she could blame the sudden blush on her face on the alcohol, not his gaze.His eyes were deep, shining with a brilliant light, as if he had captured the sparkling, diamond-like azure sea of summer within them."I'm not going back."Wendy clasped her hands behind her back. "I just heard there's a concert in the garden. It's a special set tonight by a singer I really like."Given their extremely strained rela

Asher thought she would definitely blush, call for him to get out of her room, and demand to know why he was sleeping in her bed. She would do that, he knew.Even though she would quickly realize it was she who had entered the wrong room.He didn't want that to happen. So, wake her now?After his eyes adjusted to the darkness, Asher could gradually make out Wendy's face. She was sleeping deeply, her posture beautiful and quiet, her pink lips slightly parted, exhaling warm breath softly.He was in no state to resist this temptation right now.No amount of willpower would help him tonight.Asher shifted his gaze uncomfortably. Or, should he go sleep in Wendy's room now?Just as he hesitated and turned over, a pair of slender, soft arms crept onto his body. The girl hugged him as naturally as could be, her fair cheek gently nuzzling against his chest muscles, seemingly quite satisfied with him, and she snuggled closer.Asher's breath hitched, a jolt of electricity shooting through him.H

In truth, she didn't just stick to the cheapest set meals for breakfast and lunch; her dinners didn't vary much either. Well, there was some variation. Since she usually got home around seven after work, she didn't have time to buy groceries and cook. Instead, she would buy "surprise bags" of leftover food from restaurants near her apartment. The dinner she got each day was always different.Oh, right, one day she managed to snag a surprise bag from a very famous French restaurant downtown. She even took an extra subway transfer specifically to pick it up. Just as she stepped out of the station, waiting at a crowded intersection for the light to change, she saw a giant billboard on the building across the street. It was a poster of the New York Suns' star quarterback, Asher Voss, wearing sunglasses.The ad made him look incredibly handsome and cool. Of course, he was naturally charming, but the advertisers really knew how to pick their model. He wore a black leather jacket, sunglasses