"I'll just fetch you tomorrow morning," Xord told her as he carefully removed his seat belt.
She nodded her head as she watched Xord get out of his own car. It turned to open the door for him.
"S-Thank you, boss," she uttered.
The young man smiled before slowing him down in the car.
"Astreille!" The girl looked away when she heard a friend's voice from the gate of her house.
Astreille immediately smiled when she got out of the car. She looked at Xord beside her who was now looking at Jezreel while frowning.
"B-Boss, I'll be the first. Be careful, thank you again," Astreille uttered.
Xord smiled a bit before holding her hand. It squeezed his palm before getting into the driver's seat. When he saw that his car was out of sight, he quickly ran in Jezreel's direction before embracing it tightly.
"Hi, Jez! What are you doing here?" he asked the girl happily.
"Who the hell is that guy, Astreille? And where's your car?" the friend asked him.
"Come here, let's sit down first."
She pulled Jezreel gently into the house. He pulled the girl straight into the house.
Astreille immediately saw Marie in the living room, doing her assignments.
"Hi, Marie!" he greeted the cousin.
The child immediately smiled before he ran to hug her tightly. "Hi sister! Good evening! My mother and I cooked beef porridge," he said with a smile.
Astreille flashed a sweet smile. "It's delicious. All right, Marie, your sister Jezreel and I will eat later, huh? We're just going to talk in the bedroom."
The child nodded before returning to what he was doing. Jezreel motioned for Astreille to follow up.
When they're inside Astreille's room, Jezreel pulls her friend's arms to sit with her on the bed.
"Tell me, Astreille, who is that man? Why did he take you? And where is your car? What happened?" its perplexing question after question.
"J-Jezreel, calm down first. You have so many questions," Astreille muttered as she gently scratched her cheek.
"Answer me, one by one, Astreille. I'm telling you," the friend scolded him sharply.
She swallowed hard before answering. "My b-boss now, Jezreel. He's the one who delivered me. Then I left my car at the agency."
Jezreel frowned at that. "Why did he take you? It's late at night, a. Then you have a car. Did something happen?" worried it adds.
"Someone attacked me a while ago, I don't even know w-who that person is. But he mentioned mama k-so I'm sure mama had something to do with that man. He was about to k-kill me, I was really scared a while ago. " Jezreel wiped the tears from her cheeks as there was concern in her eyes.
"But he saved me, Jez. N-My boss saved me so I'm very grateful to him. K-So don't be mad at him anymore, please? He just delivered me to make sure I'm safe," Astreille explained while sobbing.
The girl smiled at him before hugging him tightly. It stroked his back to calm him down. "Don't cry anymore. Come on, I'm crying for you too, eh."
Astreille quickly settled down because of what she heard. She hates seeing her loved ones crying.
"S-I'm sorry, this is it, I'm home," he answered quickly.
Jezreel nodded before gently caressing his cheek. "You sounded like you're so proud of that person. Tell me, what's wrong with your boss?"
"W-Nothing, I'm just thankful, Jez," the girl stammered.
His friend's eyes widened even more. "I don't believe it, Astreille. All right, what do you think of me? 1 month friend?"
Astreille smiled awkwardly at this. She's having second thoughts if she'll tell Jezreel. But she ended up being talkative.
"Do you know the writer I've idolized for a long time?" his introduction.
The friend nodded. "Yes, the writer you always tell?"
"They're just one."
"What ?!" His friend even stood up in shock.
Astreille immediately took Jezreel's hand to make him sit down. "Yeah, p-promise."
"Shit. How did that happen?" shocked promise of the maiden.
"I accidentally hacked his website, I got into their system after that. They tracked me. Then he hired me to work in his agency," he said.
"Oh gosh, destiny is very direct in what happened. Are you sure that wasn't really meant for their agency to take you captive?"
He shook his head. "N-No. Then I'm the one who knows the codes in the poems he writes. A-I'm the one at fault."
Jezreel sighed because of that. "There's more in your story that you're not telling me. Tell me more."
"H-He stole my first kiss, Jezreel."
"What ?!" the friend's angry shout caused Astreille to back off the seat.
"That bastard who molested you! That's stupid ?! Why did you agree?! "
"E-I don't know," she cried in response. "He kept on kissing me for the past few days. T-Then his tenderness is different every time we're together. S-He's very careful with me. S-Sorry, Jezreel."
"You let him do this to you, Astreille? I can't believe you. He's taking advantage of your innocence!" the maiden added angrily.
"P-But, Jez. You know how much I want someone to care for me, aside from y-you. I know you're worried about me but when you're not there, I still can't avoid being cowardly and scared. M- I'm weak, Jez. So I don't know why I let him do that to me, I-I don't know either, "she sobbed.
Jezreel wiped his face before looking back. "You love him."
"M-It's been a long time. You know that," she whispered.
"So you let that man kiss you?"
"J-Jezreel, eh. Don't be mad at me, because I can't understand myself either." Next he sobbed after saying that.