Chapter Five

"You're such a bitch! I'm glad you're the one who brought this up!"

"Good, if you're glad then leave!"

Poppy stopped her footsteps in front of her gate. What happened? She turned her head and looked at Asher who was standing beside her. He too, was shocked at the shouts and screams that he could clearly hear from outside.. Asher caught Poppy was looking at him and he answered her with a shrugged.

"Fuck you, Debora!"

"No thank you. Bye Marvin!"

Another break-up? Poppy frowned. Ugh, not again.

"Debora, what the hell is wrong with you? I don't understabd why you wanna break up with me!"

"Marvin, do you love me?"

"W-What? Of course I do! My love for you is uncountable!"

"Really? Why do you love me then?"

"Debora," Marvin gave a grin. "Loving somebody doesn't need a reason. Have you heard before? Love is blind."

"Oh yeah? But I think loving somebody needs a reason."

"Gosh, you're such a bitch, Debora! Just give me a fucking reason!"

"Who's Natasha?" Marvin face turned pale after hearing Debora mentioning the name 'Natasha'. He rubbed the back of his neck while trying to look to another direction. "Answer me, Marvin. Who's Natasha?"

"She's uh... she's my colleague! My working colleague."

"Colleague? Then what is this, huh? Answer me!" Debora showed Marvin a picture from her handphone. It was a selfie picture of Natasha kissing Marvin's cheek. Both are half-naked since they used the blanket to cover up the lower part of the body.

Marvin gave a huge gulp and you could practically see sweats rolling down from his face. "W-Where... Where did you get this?"

"Natasha."

"Natasha? How did you even know her?!"

"She texted me."

"She texted you?!"

"Yeah, thanks to her that I only know you didn't love me. What you love is the richest I have, wasn't it?"

"Debora-"

"GET OUT!" Debora pushed him roughly on the chest. He tried to get closer back at Debora but Debora had called her security guards to blocked him. Marvin gave a last glare at Debora before leaving the house.

He nearly knocked Poppy down as he stomped his feet out from the house. "Hey, watch where you are going!" Poppy said.

Marvin stopped walking and glared at Poppy. He walked closer to Poppy and eyed her with eyes that could kill any living beings on the planet. "Shut up. You don't have the rights to tell me what to do."

"Who says I don't? Since you're no longer Debora's boyfriend, I can do anything I want!"

"What?" Marvin sounded annoyed. He then scoffed and soft chuckled. "You're a whore's daughter which made you a whore too. You better not piss me or I'll kill you, for real. Fucking whore!"

"Hey," Marvin turned to see who's calling him. To his surprise, that someone punched him on the face. That punch left a small scratch on Marvin's lips. Marvin used his hand and wiped away the blood that was forming from the scratch. "Nobody can call my friend a 'whore'. Not even from you, you dirty bastard!"

"Fucking assholes!" Marvin cursed again. He then punched Asher back. Both of them started to send punches here and there.

Poppy didn't know what to do and she saw Asher was bleeding but he did not give up the fight. "Stop... please stop... Ash!"

 

*****

 

"Mom, mom, mom!" Fergus tugged Debora's skirt repeatedly. "Mom, sis is outside with brother Ash."

Debora smiled at her son while ruffling his hair. "You love your sister so much, huh? Don't tell me you spy on your sister? Bad boy." Debora gave her son a playful glare.

Fergus pushed Debora's hand away. "Mom! I think brother Ash is fighting with the guy that left just now."

"WHAT?!" the smile faded away from Debora's lips and she quickly got up. "Ted! Ted!"

Mr. Branigan quickly rushed in and greeted Debora. "Yes Madam?"

"Call our securities, now! That stupid Marvin must have offended Poppy and started a fight! Call the securites, hurry!"

"Yes, Madam!"

 

*****

 

"Are you stupid or you don't have a brain, huh?"

"Did you just called me 'stupid'?" Asher squeezed his eyes as Poppy put on Dettol on his wounds. He had a few bruises on his pretty face and it hurt him a lot. "Hey, I was just helping!"

Poppy stopped what she was doing and slapped Asher's head. Asher gave a huge 'ouch' and glared at Poppy. "That's what I'm saying! Did I ask for your to help, huh? See what happens when you act all hero!" she glared back at Asher and continued using Dettol to bath his wounds.

"Is it wrong if I'm just helping?"

"Yes, it is very wrong."

Asher opened his eyes widely. He looked up at Poppy and frowned. "Why?" he whined like a long lost puppy.

"Because," Poppy placed down the cotton bud and the Dettol that she was holding on the table. She then crossed her hands on her hips after putting on bandages for him. "Because I know you too well, Asher Tyson Belleville. Firstly, you ain't a good fighter." True, Asher nodded to himself. "Secondly, you might go to the police station or ended up in jail." Quite true too, Asher nodded again.

"And thirdly-"

"There's more?"

"Last one," Asher gave a huge sigh of relief. "You made Debora helped us. You do know I'm not in a mood to see her right now!"

Asher felt guilty after what Poppy said. "Aww, I'm so sorry Poppy... I didn't know Debora would-"

"Ash dear are you feeling better?" Debora came in to the living room. "Do you need a doctor? I can call my friend, Dr. Greyson if you really need a doctor."

"Oh no no, I'm okay," Asher smiled. "Thanks Mrs. Kensington, that's very kind of you."

"Okay then, I'll leave the both of you to talk."

After Debora left, Asher grabbed his backpack to leave but he's been stopped by Poppy. "Ash, I think you should spend the night here. If you go back home in this state, I bet Mrs. Belleville will faint."

"But-"

"Hello?" Poppy dialed Asher's mother's number without waiting for his reply. She was close with the Belleville family and they too, adored her. "Mrs. Belleville? Yes, this is Poppy. I just called to tell you that Ash is staying over night in my house. Ah yes, we've unfinish projects to do. Yes, yes, have a good rest Mrs. Belleville!"

"Did you just lie to my mom?"

"It's a white lie."

 

*****

 

"Is she mentally disorder?" Arthur frowned while pacing the floor. "This is the first time I've seen anyone other than fashion designers who can give me clear detail about clothes!"

Robert chuckled at his cousin brother. "So, who is she? She sounds pretty fun to be with, right Em?" he nudged the person who was sitting beside him, Emmett Carter.

"Not interested," Emmett sighed while reading his novel. Emmett worked as a top medical doctor in John Hopkins Hospital and he sometimes take a week or two off to rest.

"Yeah, the only thing you're interested is your non-fiction novels. You're so dull," Robert snatched Emmett's novel away. "Art, tell me honestly, is she your new girlfriend, huh?"

"Gross, no," Arthur made a disgusted face. "She's such a kid, immature. And, you know I only date older girls."

Robert raised his hands higher to stopped Emmett from taking back his non-interesting-novel. "You're the one that's gross here. How could you date older girls? Ah, there's an old grandmother I know. Do you want me to introduce her to you? She's very mature."

"Haha, very funny Robbie," Arthur replied sarcastically. "I date older girls, not old ladies." He grabbed the non-interesting-novel from Robert and returned it to his little cousin brother.

"You're such a baby," Emmett rolled his eyes at Robert after receiving back his novel. He sat furthur away from his brother incase his brother try to snatch it again.

"Do you even know how to enjoy life?" Robert explained. "There's only two places that I bet you've only been to. I repeat, only. That is, our house and the hospital. Full stop."

Emmett tried to digest Robert's words. He then looked back at his novel with a 'non-interested-look'. "That's how I enjoy my life. I like it that way."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," Robert shook his head in disappoinment. "Em, Em, Em. My dear little brother. That's why you don't have any woman in your life. You're so dull, I felt pity for you."

Emmett flipped through the pages from his novel. "Good. Just don't fall in love with me."