Love Game With The Rebel Billionaire

Chapter 55: A Promise I’ll Never Break

"HOW did you know I was in pain?" I asked Ash, who was now cleaning my wounds with alcohol.

I winced every time the cotton touched my wounds, but I couldn't help but smile when I saw him blow on each wound as if that would make the pain disappear.

I couldn't believe I had failed to appreciate this side of him before.

"I'm observant when it comes to you," he replied briefly, applying band-aids to my wounds.

There were so many that I thought he might use up the entire first-aid kit. I didn't even know there was one in the auditorium.

"Be careful," he added as I put my blazer back on. The bruises still stung, but compared to earlier, it was tolerable.

Just as I was about to leave for school, Dad decided to take his frustrations out on me again. He was angry because he had no more money for gambling. I had hidden all my savings in the bank so he couldn't touch them. Even if he killed me, he wouldn't get a single penny from me.

"Ash."

"Yeah?"

"Do you really... like me?" I bit my lip as I asked that.

He looked at me with a frown. I closed my eyes, wanting to disappear. Why did I ask that? I knew he had been avoiding me lately, and he was probably only helping me now out of pity. "No..." he replied calmly.

I felt my heart shatter into pieces because of his answer. Life was cruel, wasn't it? I told myself I wouldn't fall for the man I hated most, yet here I was, on the verge of tears because of him.

I was about to tell him it was a joke, that I was just messing with him. That was the only way I knew to save my pride from this humiliation.

But then he spoke.

see how sincere I am, Sapphire." IT'S BEEN a few days since Ash and I met, and

I haven't seen him much at university either. Evangeline told me he was busy with his internship,

the secretary called as she approached me. "Good job. The boss liked your performance. Keep up the good work," she said before raising her right hand to give me a thumbs-up.

at her, feeling relieved that our conversation helped

in an empty meeting room, where there weren't any security cameras-just chairs, a table, and a projector. Despite that, the place still

only they could give me more tasks to

Ash was giving me time to think about everything... but none of it made

thoughts?" A man in a white long-sleeved shirt

in front of me, making me

I asked Mason, raising an

make time for you, right?"

their best. They look great just

generous allowance. I competed with hundreds of accountancy students just to

your real motive for

I asked that. Mason wouldn't come here just because he was bored. He may be a good brother, but he's not that

at times, but that's as far as it

"Stay away from Ash."

déjà vu?" I asked with a laugh, remembering that he had

"I'm dead serious."

The next chapter is

everything, and I can't handle it all at once. Evangeline's been busy too, which is why she hasn't been able to

trust, Mason? Ash, who tells me how