“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

saying goes, do stupid things, win stupid prizes. God’s teaching you a

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

he returned to his comfortable perch on the sofa and lay down

he were dozing off for a second before he bounced back up like a spring. After he sat up straight, he suddenly stared at me intensely, looking almost like a wolf

keep staring at me like that, the man behind you is going

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, I felt goosebumps beginning to rise on my

Holden, so I really couldn’t

back and waved Ashton away. “I’m talking business

hand on the armrest of my armchair and leaned over. His sentimental gaze was still staring into my soul. “You’re pretty

Haven’t you heard that you should

“But-”

“No exceptions.”

was speechless and sighed heavily in response. “All right, I see what you’re doing. I can’t believe I’ve spent the last six years helping you find

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