All Chapters of Taming Asher : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Chapter 21 - A Lot of Nerves

"He's trying to punish you?” She asked. "And why would he want to do that?”"I don't know. He just hates my guts for no particular reason.” I sniffed, feeling so mad at him. "They hate all the scholarship students, you know.” I buried my face in my palms, picturing myself throwing punches at his face and pulling out his hair until he went bald.“I know you to be a quiet kid.” she said thoughtfully. I was surprised to hear you and the boys chased each other around the school, and that you injured Terry.”"What?! I injured Terry?” My mind reeled. I remember pushing him out of my way. His injury couldn't be that serious, right?“Are you happy?” The principal stepped in with her usual icy voice. "We have an interschool championship tournament tomorrow, and today you've injured our top stars. Tell me, what are we going to do about it?”A Tournament? Tomorrow? Why was I so ignorant? I should have noticed the posters everywhere in the hallway, but I never gave a hoot about anything related t

Chapter 22 - Not Again

Well, on a second glance, I don't think they did a factory reset. I heaved in relief. Thank goodness. Instead, I think Suzella was the one who changed my wallpaper from the picture of me and Faith, to a plain system background. I laughed. She always said he was too cute to behold and wasn't ready to crush on her junior, because I was a year younger than him. Well, that was so unimportant right now. I quickly forwarded the mail to him and deleted it from mine. Later, I would ask him to resend when the noise dies down. Ha!I was barely done when I felt a shadow behind me. Mia and Nicole. Mia gave me a very curious stare. “Tell me the truth, Gracie. There's something thick going on between you and Asher, right?”I frowned and chuckled bitterly. "Really? There's something going on between us, yet I heard he's threatening to sue me and he seized my phone?”Mia gave me a knowing smile. "You can't even pretend, gal. We both know it's his mum who is pinning to sue here. Asher prevented Matt

Chapter 23 - Rash Decisions

"Asher! Are you crazy?!" I pulled away from him swiftly. Fortunately, it looked like no one was watching, because almost everyone was in the hall already.“I see what you're trying to do." Corn said, "You're only playing childish because you're still a child." He took my hand and we walked away. I didn't dare look back. Suzella ran after us, panting. “What the hell was all that drama for?” Suzella ranted. "Are you guys nuts or something? Cornell, really?”"Hey, spare me the drama, Suz.”I couldn't even think or breathe. "Suzella. Do you think anyone just saw that?”"No! You were so lucky. Everyone is busy inside." I sighed in relief. Asher must be really crazy or have a malfunction in his brain. One minute, he is breathing fire down my neck, the next, he’s trying to act like a sweetheart and the next, he's looking sorry. Was he suffering from bipolar disorder? Because right now, nothing in the world would make me believe he had feelings for me. This was just one of his wild games.

Chapter 24 - A Second Time

Nevertheless, I turned around slowly. Everyone was still watching. Urggh. Won't they go away? Or did their names suddenly change to Grace? Asher, however, stepped forward and whispered in my ears. “Tell me Xena’s password and I won't press charges. I know you hacked the password." "Give me your phone.” I demanded.He handed it over meekly and I typed the password on the keypad. He stared at it, scoffed, then smiled. "You've gotta be kidding me. I tried this but it didn't work.”I frowned, then stared at what I typed again. "I'm very sure of that.”"No, you're not.” He shook his head, giving me a loony stare.I wiped sweat off my brow as I tried to recall. But the way Asher kept staring at me told me he was only fooling me. He must have tried it severally without ever getting close and was amazed it didn't take me time. Understanding dawned on me then. I pushed him off playfully with a scowl."Get out! You're trying to pull my legs, right?”He and Terry broke off in laughter like any

Chapter 25 - Asher's Confessions

Asher’s POV Truth is.. I've always liked Grace. Yeah. But it's my secret. Though these days it kinda feels like I'm making it obvious. I've always had a crush on her ever since I set eyes on her as a new student in her freshman year, when I was assistant captain of my team. She caught my eye. But I never sighted her among the throng of girls who loved to hang around me. She was always invisible. I always hoped to get a chance to talk with her, but it never seemed possible, till the day I received that silly text when I was in the locker room with the guys, preparing for practice. “Hi, Ash. It's Grace, the sophomore scholarship kid. I think you're cool. Can we hang out after school today?” The message literally stunned me at first because, first off, Grace had never bothered to come up close to me, nor cheer for me during games. So why was she texting out of the blue? Without thinking, I replied immediately, asking her to meet me at the practice field. Good thing Xe

Chapter 26 - More Secrets

Where was I? Yeah, I was talking about my granny. So I decided to go see her after school that Tuesday afternoon and make sure she was okay. She was so happy to see me.“Bennie darling. Were you going to surprise me? Didn't you say you wouldn't make it?" My middle name is Benjamin, and I was Ben back in Minnesota. I only became Asher after moving down here. But I didn't want to be Ben anymore, because Ben holds a lot of bad memories. Only three people in the world called me Bennie; my grandma, mum and sister. Two were gone, so only my grandma was left now.You don't wanna know what my dad calls me."You wouldn't believe it. An angel came to help me out today. You know Marie's mum fell ill." "Oh really? That's cool. Who was it?" I loved it whenever she told me someone nice came to help her. I hated hearing it the other way."She is still here. She was so helpful, sweet and humble. She even refused the little money I offered."I don't know why I suddenly remembered Grace as she spoke

Chapter 27 - Feeling Deep and Dirty

However, the guys and I didn't want her to meet Grace here, because it would only be a disastrous idea. So we made her hide in my car.Just as we anticipated, Xena made her driver stop and emerged from the car. “Why have you been ghosting me?” she demanded, looking like a movie star in her heavy makeup, mini dress, and stilettos, with an expensive wig on. You'd think she was twenty-five.“Why did you leave school? I heard you were there earlier this morning. I also heard a rumour you were with that sophomore scholarship bitch.”“What brings you this way?” I asked, not interested in her babblings. I was a bit scared because, aside from Terry and Matt, and the nosy Grace, none of the kids at school knew my grandma. Terry and Matt didn't even know my backstory either..“I should be asking what you guys are doing here. I didn’t think I’d find you in this area.” Her voice dripped with sarcasm. “My driver was supposed to drop me at one of my dad’s boring functions. But fate is so kind. I’l

Chapter 28 - How It All Started

She jerked back in fear when she saw me. I noticed she had my phone. I frowned. “Is there a problem?” “No… nothing. I was… I'm actually searching for my phone, so I thought I should dial it instead of breaking my head trying to find it in this big space.” She chuckled nervously. “Asher? Where are you?” I heard my aunt calling. “Asher! You need to come upstairs for dinner now.” I glared at Xena, snatched my phone, and stepped out to answer my aunt before she discovered Grace. “Why are you…” My aunt stopped short when she saw me shirtless. “Don’t tell me Xena is in there.” I sighed and slumped down on the sofa. “That scholarship foundation launch is one of the most important projects of the year for her family. So how dare you let her ditch it?!” “I didn't! I sent her away, but she refused!” “Then tomorrow, you'll claim she's not your girlfriend,” she flared on. “I really can't believe you would be so selfish and encourage her to stay back. Just how pleased do you

Chapter 29 - Sinking

That night, we were just returning from our dad's vet clinic in Minneapolis. He was going to work overtime, but we were too tired to wait for him.“I'm so hungry. I wish we could order pizza tonight,” Gabrielle whined.“We can have the fruit salad instead, with that chili lime seasoning shit you usually do,” I suggested.“Yeah, right? Perfect idea.”“Come on. Let's hurry,” I urged her, irritated by our very slow pace. “The last person to get to that tall pillar far ahead will do the dishes tonight and tomorrow.”I barely finished speaking before Gabrielle took off.We both ran with the wind, and our paces were matching too. We ran along the sidewalk until a car from nowhere suddenly rammed into us.I barely dodged.But Gabrielle didn't.The car hit her hard, and she lay motionless on the ground.I felt a slight cut on my forehead as I stood up to check on my sister. The car quickly reversed and zoomed off the moment I stood up. But in my subconsciousness, I managed to catch a small gl

Chapter 30 - Fighting Off the Feelings

“You… you braided your hair?” Mia asked, looking as stunned as the other girls as they gawked at me like I was some rare creature.But I stared past them to Grace as I approached her seat. She looked upset. I didn't like the look I saw in her eyes. No one had any right to bully her.“Did she bring explosives to school?” I asked casually, trying not to look too involved.“No…” Regan giggled. “She brought a new set of undies.”She was unzipping the pack as she spoke, but I snatched it from her furiously and glared at Grace.How could she be so careless and feeble to let her cousin walk all over her like this? I thought she was a fierce fighter.Nevertheless, it made me hate her cousin all the more.“Did you sleep over in a motel or something?” I sneered. Next, I picked up the knapsack. “What kind of bag is this? If you're feeling like a princess with your curls and ponytail, then you should act like one, not carry a knapsack around like a zombie.”I only realized the weight of my statem

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