Chapter 14
Gemini’s POV
I spun around my heart racing, only to find none other than Asher standing there. His blue eyes, usually icy stared wide and wild, a mixture of disbelief and disappointment.
“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked, his voice low and slightly strained, almost as if he wasn’t sure if he should be angry or not.
I blinked, my mind racing to catch up. “I was going downstairs…. To welcome your parents.” I pointed vaguely in the direction of the stairs, avoiding his gaze.
He squeezed the space in between his eyebrows.
“Downstairs?” I nodded unreasonably. “Dressed like that?” He growled lowly, trying to contain his anger.
“Do you think this is a joke?” He queried, but before I could defend myself, he was already dragging me back into my room.
I didn’t know what to address him as, “Your majesty… King Asher… Asher…”
“Hands up!” He ordered and I stared confused at him. “Now!” He urged.
Though still confused, I did as he had ordered.
“What the fuck, Asher?” I roared as soon as I felt my hoodie leave my body, exposing my undersized bralette.
I immediately hugged myself with the intent to hide my exposed cleavage. But he wasn’t done, my pants went down as well, leaving me with a thong that barely covered my nakedness.
“Oh fuck!” My once dormant member, Elsie, yelled in my head.
The cold air hit me hard, I picked back my hoodie, placing it in front of my chest, trying to cover my exposed skin as I glared at Asher. “What the hell is wrong with you?” I demanded, my voice shaking with anger and embarrassment.
“You’re not appearing in front of my parents dressed like a street musician.”
My heart thudded in my chest as the air around me seemed to grow heavier. My body burned with a mixture of anger and embarrassment, but I refused to show him just how much I had been affected by his actions.
But as ! stood there, exposed and vulnerable, a flash of something passed through Asher’s eyes. It was brief, almost imperceptible, but I saw it. Desire? No, that couldn’t be it. I thought to myself, judging from the fact that he looked away too quickly as if I were not attractive enough to seduce him.
“You said I should be me, right? That’s me…. And any other thing I would be projecting is a Perfectionist wanna–be.” I said, trying to ease the tension.
He sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as if trying to hold back his anger. “Are you doing this on purpose to get on my nerves?”
I tried to hold his gaze but couldn’t and so I was looking everywhere- except his face.
I walked over to where he had flung my pants, picking them up as I tried them back on.
Like a flash of lightning, he picked me up and slammed my back against the wall, his body pressing down on me,
The proximity was way too much and I found myself shivering at the feel of his hand on my waist. His other hand pressed against the wall beside
- me.
His grip on me softened for just a split second, his gaze lingering on me before he quickly masked it with an impassive mask of indifference. He wasn’t going to let me see what I just saw.
Asher stood so close I could feel the heat radiating from his body, like the sun, burning me even when I tried to avoid it. His breath grazed my ear as he spoke, his voice oddly soft for the situation, like he was fighting something inside himself.
“Nor today,” he warned. “I don’t know what has gotten into you, but I would advise you not to display it. Except you want me to make your days here a misery…”
My heart was racing, his proximity was making it difficult for me to focus. My chest was tightening with every breath.
“Get dressed and come down as soon as possible. And no more games,” a low growl accompanied his warning
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Chapter 14
Despite the turmoil, I nodded gently, acknowledging his command.
One last glance at me, and off he went.
1 let out a breath that I didn’t know I had been holding back. The tension escapes slowly.
I got dressed and finally made my way downstairs. But just as I got to the door post of the diner, I caught a sight that triggered every ounce of jealousy within me
“Who the fuck is she?” Elsie growled inside of me.
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