Unlawful Affair With Asher Williams

Asher POV

It's finally the two of us at home after Cynthia left, and I can see the fear in her earlier before she left for her room. As much as I want to go talk to her, I feel like it'll make her feel uncomfortable and scared, so I decided to just take a walk to the garden and clear my head.

My phone starts ringing once I arrive at the garden, and I check the caller to see that it's from Alvira. She has been calling me nonstop for days now after the day I left there, but I have been ignoring her calls. I haven't been feeling well lately. I know I should never allow myself feel anything for Adelie, but I think that law has been broken, considering how jealous I feel whenever I see her with Raymond.

I watch as the call rings and finally ends after a few seconds. A message pops on the screen after, and I open it. 'Let's talk tonight'. I sigh briefly and slid the phone into my pocket after I read the message.

"Have I fallen in love with her?" I ask myself the crazy question, but I can't even provide answer to it, since it's so obvious.

Pushing all the thoughts to the back of my mind, and remembering that I have something to take care of, I turn to go to my room and get ready to leave the house, but I stop on my track when I find Adelie standing behind me. "Adelie?" I call her surprisingly.

"Who... who are you?" She stutters as she steps away from me, fear written all over her. How much courage has she gathered to ask me that question?

"What do you mean?" I raise my eyebrows, pretending to be clueless about what she's saying. The look on her face earlier showed that she already remembered everything, although I have no idea how she was able to get the memories back, when I already wiped everything out. It's rare, honestly.

"Don't ask me that question... It's driving me crazy!" She snaps at me as she suddenly grabs her head and rake her hair with her fingers.

"I feel like I'm going insane... I feel like I'm seeing things that are not real... Is this real, or am I hallucinating? Just who the hell are you, Asher?" She screams at the top of her voice, and I gulp down nothing. I feel my heart thumps once against my chest, and I gulp down nothing as I suddenly become nervous. This is strange! The only person that makes me feel this way is Alvira, how come she just made my heart move?

"What are you saying? Are you still feeling sick?" I try to go close to her, but she takes a step back and slowly shakes her head, giving me the 'don't come close to me' look.

"You were this calm little boy that would protect me at the expense of your life... You were one best brother all my friends were jealous of... What happened to Asher? What did you do to him?" She screams again, and I bite my bottom lip. It's not time to tell her the truth... I want to see the fear in her dad's eyes when I finally reveal who I am. I want them to crawl on the ground and beg for their lives, but what is she doing to me now? Will I still be able to take the revenge I want so badly now that I don't even know what I'm feeling toward her?

"Adelie..."

"You wiped my memory at the hospital... You didn't want me to remember anything... You killed those people, didn't you? You removed all the traces so you won't be caught, didn't you?" She inquires, and I sigh briefly. Yes, I did everything. I couldn't have left it like that, knowing it's delay me, right? I didn't want the police to get on my way, which was why I did that.

"I am right, I guess," She scoffs as she slowly nods her head.

"Have I been living with a stranger? What the hell do you want? Why have you been giving me the impression that you are my brother, when you are just a stranger? I knew it... Asher would never do everything you have done to me... He would never..."

"I want to sleep," I whisper, and her voice trails off as she staggers back. I quickly rush to hold her before she would slump on the floor, and she doze off in my arms.

After I lay her on her bed later, I leave to meet Rhea, since I asked her to have coffee with me during her lunch break. I just want to toil with her, and nothing serious.

The drive to the police station didn't take me much time since I sped my way here. I wait for her outside once I arrive, and in less than five minutes, I spot her coming out with one of her colleagues. "Hey," She flinches when I greet her.

"What the hell! What are you doing here?" She blinks her eyes rapidly as she stares at me, and I shrug.

"I told you to make it up to me for the other day. Why don't we have coffee together? I guess it's your lunchtime already," I ask her as I glance at my wristwatch, and she scoffs.

"I'm busy, as you can see," She replies to me sarcastically before she walks away, but there's no way I'm leaving here without her.

"Come on, it's just coffee. And besides, the place is quite close by. There's a cafe in the neighborhood, and you will love their coffee, I promise," I try to convince her as I trail behind her, and she stops. "Who takes coffee for lunch?" She turns to me and rolls her eyes.

"Let's have something else then. There's also a restaurant nearby, we can go there if you want. Their food is really worth it, and..."

"I told you I am busy, Asher. I will contact you when I'm less busy," She replies to me before she walks away, leaving me here like a fool. Wow! Did I just get rejected?

"Honey, did you come here because of me?" I snap my head back to see Cynthia coming out with a young man trailing behind him.

"Cynthia? What are you doing here?" I ask her surprisingly, and she sighs briefly.

"My cousin got into trouble, and he was taken here. It has been resolved now, anyway," She replies to me, and I slowly nod my head after I glance at her cousin. "What are you doing here?" She asks me after she looks around.

"Nothing," I reply to her sarcastically, and she pulls a puzzled look.

"I will be on my way now. I have something to take care of," I further say before I turn to leave, not even bothering to say hi to her cousin, because why the hell should I? "Let's have dinner together tonight, Asher," I stop on my track.

"I know of a restaurant where we can have hotpot, and you will love it," She further says, and I turn to face her.

"I have something to take care of later. You should go alone," I reply to her casually before I turn to leave.

"You are such an arrogant jerk! Do you ever love her?" I guess that came from her cousin, and I stop. Did he just insult me?