Chapter 4: Eden yells at Asher... maybe
"I am sorry, I don't understand" Eden blinked to refocus her gaze.
"Asher just bought my company in your name. Congratulations! You are richer than you were when you can in" The hostility emanating from Lean could kill.
Eden turned around and rushed out. The last thing she wanted was to be in some stranger's debt.
Who the hell buys a company for a stranger they just met on an elevator? She came face to face with Asher but he was already in the elevator and he had a smirk on his face.
Even if he was delusional, Eden reckoned that part of him was aware of how outrageous his behavior was.
"Wait!" She yelled but it was too late. He was gone.
Pulling her hair up and tying it into a knot, she took off towards the stairs. Her grade school running lessons were finally about to be put to good use.
Asher was about to enter his car when Eden caught up with him. She was panting and sweating hard.
"I...have...to...talk...to...You… Lean..." She was out of breath and she was struggling to speak.
Asher looked at her blankly.
"You...are...not... making...any... sense" Asher mimicked her distress.
"What?!" Eden was confused.
"You see what I mean? You think you are making sense but you are not. You are actually annoying me by spitting on me, Coffee girl" Asher tried to close the door but Eden placed herself between the door to stop him.
"Can you lower your head just a little bit?" Asher yelled.
Eden did as she was asked.
"Why?"
"So, I can drag you inside my car without causing severe damage to your cute head" Asher explained to her.
"Huh?" Eden was confused at first but she understood later when Asher pulled her into the car and ordered his driver to drive away.
"What are you doing? Help! Somebody help me!" Eden yelled on top of her voice.
Asher turned around and grabbed her hands "What are you doing?"
"Calling for help! Isn't it obvious?" Eden answered.
"Why?" Asher was calm and collected.
"You just kidnapped me!"
"I didn't. Now, stop giving me a headache" Asher pleaded with her.
"Let me go, Asher! Please!"
"Okay. Damon, stop the car please"
Asher's driver stopped the car and moved closer to Eden, for a split second she thought he was going to kiss her but instead he opened the door.
"Get out" Asher gestured to the outside with his head
"No, I need to talk to you. Why did you buy a company for me?" Eden relaxed just a little bit.
"Pick one" he told her.
"Pick one, what? I don't u-understand what you are saying" Eden sounded confused.
"Either stay or leave, Eden"
"I have to talk to you about your generosity, Asher"
"Then stay" Asher offered
"But you are a stranger to me"
Asher wondered what Eden would do if she found out how far from the truth her Statement was. They have met before...severally. He was fifteen years old and tattered, she was thirteen years old and rich and she was betrothed to his younger brother, Liam Barrington.
"Make up your mind, coffee girl"
"Where are you headed to?" Eden asked him
"To a party then shopping and whatever next that tickles my mind" Asher answered truthfully
"Give me five minutes of your time to understand why you bought a company for a girl you just met"
"No. The choice is stay or leave. You have five seconds to decide or i will choose for you. 1...2...3.."
"I will stay!" Eden blurted out without thinking.
"Good girl. You are going to need a dress" Asher undressed her with his eyes.
"Why? I am comfortably dressed" Eden looked at herself. She was wearing a sunflower dress that was the right length. It wasn't short and it wasn't long.
"Damon, you may start driving now" Asher pulled out his phone and sent a text message to his personal assistant regarding Eden's change of wardrobe.
Eden was suddenly tired. Recently, she hasn't been sleeping well and she must have dozed off because when she opened her eyes, Asher was stroking her cheek.
"What are you doing?" She asked him
"Waking you up, it was either I stroke your cheeks like I am planning to make love to you or yell with my mouth directed at your ear. I figured you would prefer this. Do you always snore when you sleep?" Asher asked her.
"No but I apologize if I was"
Asher was beginning to understand why Lean Jackson referred to Eden as a doormat. The girl could apologize for the sun shining in the day.
"Do you always apologize for everything?! Grow some back bones, push back when pushed!" Asher yelled.
On average, a normal person would yell at him too but Eden was anything but average.
"Why? Getting angry is not going to make this world less crappy. All it's going to do is make me less happy. I believe in good karma" Eden said and blinked.
Asher was frustrated.
"You suck!" He pushed her further.
"I am sorry you feel that way. Asher, what are you really hoping to get by upseting me?"
"I just want you to know that being good is stupid" Asher answered truthfully.
He had turned his back on goodness and he always operated on the assumption that everyone was as rotten as him but then he met Eden and she was his worst fear come true.
"Take back Sparkles publishing company. I don't want it" Eden pleaded with him.
Asher cleared his throat.
"I will make you a deal, Eden Powell. If in the next forty eight hours, I don't show you that being good is stupid and people walk all over you for it, I will take back the publishing company and you will never see me again."
"And if I win? What if I end up showing you that being good is worth it, what happens then?"