Chapter 68 - 65 No Better Than Julian

Asher frowned tightly and the low air pressure emanating from him made the temperature around him drop to zero all of a sudden.

Petty, bad-tempered, unpredictable, bullying...

Were these Nora's comments about him?

In other people's view, he was the undisputed king, God's favored one, and an unreachable one.

How come in Nora's eyes, he was no good at all?

What made him worse than Julian?

"Asher, why are you here?" Nora stood up and looked at the man in front of her with a sour face, a little surprised.

She wondered if he had heard the phone call between her and grandpa just now?

Damn...

If this petty man had heard it, he might have been angry.

Asher, however, just said lightly, "Go home."

Go home?

What did Asher mean?

Did he ask her to go home with him?

Remembering the awkwardness of that day, Nora shook her head, "You should go first. I have to work overtime, so I won't go home tonight."

"Have you forgotten that you suffer from low blood sugar? What if you pass out again? I don't want to find a doctor for you in the middle of the night." Asher narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly.

This woman actually wanted to work overnight in order to avoid him? And she didn't even care about her own health?

Was she really that disgusted with him?

When Asher brought up that day again, Nora was slightly embarrassed, "I won't just pass out for no reason. It was just an accident. Can you stop bringing that up all the time?"

"Let's go now!" Asher lowered his head and glanced at his watch. It was already twelve o'clock in the morning. He urged with a frown, "As your boss, I command you to get off work and go home right now."

The tone of his voice was overbearing, making it impossible to resist.

Well...

Nora had wanted to work overnight only to avoid Asher, but now it seemed that Asher would not be leaving until she did, so there was no need for her to stay and work overtime anymore.

The rain was pouring down.

Nora sat in Asher's car, watching the raindrops fall on the windshield and the wipers clattering, and her thoughts drifted a little far away.

She had been in A City for almost a month. She had originally thought that since she had promised her grandfather, she would do the job for these three months. Asher and she hated each other anyway. However, things seemed to have deviated a bit from what she had expected.

Asher had done some things to her that went beyond the scope of the contract. Sometimes she found the man overbearing and unbelievable, but other times he cared for her.

Last time, when Sarah had tried to attack her with a knife, Asher had defended her.

And today, Asher was afraid that she would be too tired to work overnight and forced her to go home.

Although he was forceful and domineering, it was a kind of concern, wasn't it?

Why would he care about her?

Just because she was his titular fiancée?

It was completely unnecessary.

Nora had always been a good judge of people, but at the moment, she couldn't see through the man beside her.

What was he thinking?

Three months later, could she really break off her engagement with Asher and get out of it?

Nora took a sideways glance at Asher, only to see his handsome face expressionless, his big and slender hands gripping the steering wheel, his deep eyes looking straight ahead, and he concentrating on driving.

The two of them did not speak a word and it was a suffocating feeling of silence in the small space of the car.

Nora closed her eyes. She was really exhausted from the intense work she had been doing for days.

She was resting with her eyes closed when she suddenly heard Asher's magnetic voice, "Nora, am I really that bad?"

"Huh?" Nora opened her eyes, somewhat puzzled.

Asher turned his head and gave her a deep look, "I'm mean? Bad-tempered?"

Nora: "..."

God, the words she had just said to her grandfather had really been heard by Asher.

It was so damn embarrassing.

Nora put her on her forehead, "Asher, do you have a habit of eavesdropping on others' phone calls?"

Asher frowned, "I should say, you have the habit of saying bad things behind others' backs."

"Saying bad things behind others' backs?" Nora was furious and gave Asher a fierce glare, "What are you talking about? I was telling the truth."

Asher's face was a little cold, "So, nothing about me is as good as Julian?"

Nora was dumbfounded. How imaginative could this man be? What did it have to do with Julian?

"I have nothing to say if you have to think that way," Nora said, exasperated.

It sounded to Asher like Nora was admitting that in her mind, he was no better than Julian in any way.

And that was why she could make Julian the spokesperson?

Did it ever occur to her that he was her fiancé?

"Shit!" Asher imagined Nora and Julian getting intimate in the café and struck his left hand heavily on the steering wheel, his face grim, "Nora, you better remember who you are!"

Before Asher finished his words, the car suddenly lost control and veered off to the side. He hurriedly slammed on the brakes, but the car still hit the guardrail.

The car crunched...

The sound of the car's tires scraping against the ground came as Nora's entire body lunged forward and her head nearly hit the windshield.

"What's wrong?" Nora rubbed her head, a little frightened.

Asher looked pale. He opened the car door without saying a word and got out to do some checking.

Through the glass window, Nora saw Asher leaning down to check the car, the rain pouring down on him and he was soaked to the skin in an instant.

Nora grabbed an umbrella from the drawer, got out of the car, and held it over Asher.

Asher frowned at her, "What are you doing down here?"

"Is the car okay?" Nora held the umbrella over Asher's head, since half of her body was exposed, large drops of rain hit her body, and she was wet in no time.

Asher reached out, took the umbrella in Nora's hand with his big hand, and turned it in her direction.

One umbrella was not sufficient for two people, so Nora leaned towards Asher.

At the moment, her whole body was drenched with rain and her hair was dripping with water. The water drops snaked down her cheeks and her white dress clung to her body, outlining her delicate figure, which was so attractive.

Asher only felt the tightness in his stomach. He reached out and wrapped his arm around Nora's thin waist, keeping her close to him.

Asher lowered his head and looked directly at the girl in his arms with his deep eyes. His cold eyes now seemed to be burning with a flame that made people fall.

Such an intimate action made Nora's face flush at once.

She took a deep breath, struggled a little, and said softly but firmly, "Asher, don't do this."

The night was extraordinarily dark and silent.

The rain was falling on the big black umbrella.

Underneath the umbrella, Asher's handsome face was cold and the low pressure all over her body made Nora feel like she had fallen into an ice cave.

After a long time of silence, Asher spoke coldly, "Is it because of Julian? Am I really worse than him?"