“Yep,” I said with a forced smile. Of course, I swallowed down what was supposed to come after it; that his skin was just as thick.

Holden caught sight of my expression and immediately figured out I was mocking him. His eyes narrowed and he whined, “Scar! Why are you mocking me again-”

Suddenly, a pair of hands roughly shoved a piece of fruit into Holden’s mouth.

Holden frowned and chewed. “What is this?”

“Dragon fruit,” Ashton said coldly.

“Sh*t! I have trypophobia!”

After that, he made a beeline for the bathroom.

After a series of loud retches, the sound of the toilet flushing rang out.

Ashton glanced at me and shrugged innocently. “I had no clue.”

Holden walked out of the bathroom. “Sh*t. Ashton, are you a proper man or not? That was below the belt!”

leaned against the sofa

goes, do stupid things, win stupid

If not, I’d probably have been chopped up and fed to the fishes. No one can teach me a lesson now unless I

spoke, he returned to his comfortable perch on the

back up like a spring. After he

me like that, the man behind you is going to teach you another

staring at me like a predator staking out its prey, and Ashton was like the hunter right behind him with his rifle pointed straight at Holden’s head. As for me, the poor deer stuck in between,

of Holden, so

away. “I’m talking business here. Don’t butt in,

of my armchair and leaned over. His sentimental gaze was still staring into my soul. “You’re pretty good at keeping secrets, huh? I’ve known you for so long, and yet I’ve never known

Haven’t you heard that

“But-”

“No exceptions.”

I can’t believe I’ve spent the last six years helping you find your wife

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