"Be careful, Jez, I love you." Astreille hugged her best friend's body tight as it was delivered to the gate.
"I love you too. Good night, sweetheart, are you sleeping soundly?" smiling at its advice.
She immediately nodded her head. "You too, dream of me!" Astreille giggled mischievously.
Smiling Jezreel pinched his cheek. "All right, come on in. I'll just wait for a cab. You don't have to take me anymore so don't insist."
"Are you sure? Your house is just nearby--"
"I'm fine, you need to rest, Astreille. You're abusing your body too much," it interrupted him.
She flashed a dashing smile. "Since I started working at the agency now, I haven't been awake. It's like I'm not doing anything there, Jezreel, I just have to keep an eye on the security system with all our software. But I don't get tired there," Astreille said.
The friend smiled.
"I'm happy to hear that, you deserve to rest and have a good sleep. But stop me, ha, don't try to smell the name of that tarantadong. Because everywhere, he's still taking advantage of your innocence , "he added.
"J-Jezreel. He's a Knight."
Astreille's eyes could see how her friend's eyes widened. Add more pallor to its face.
"K-Knights?"
She nodded her head.
"Fuck it, Astreille. That man is so dangerous! Even with his last name, death is already attached!" its bewildered growl.
"J-Jezreel, not really--"
"I'm sure of the same thing now, Astreille."
"H-Ha?" frowned when the girl asked her friend.
"With his surname. Unlimited wealth and a face that will make everyone drool, I'm sure that man is just playing with you," he explained directly.
The girl was swallowed one after another. "Jezreel," she uttered.
"What? You don't believe me? You know, I want to convince myself that he likes you. You're really beautiful, eh, your body is beautiful. If you're not my friend Jojowain, you really are. It's not impossible "But with his wealth and looks, Astreille, he's toying with you. Do you take men like them seriously?"
Astreille sobbed and shook her head before sobbing softly.
"I feel sorry for you, you don't deserve that kind of man. I really want to think he's serious, but Astreille, you know how his family's brain works, don't you? They can afford to buy the whole world, can't they? "It's impossible for them to just buy women. And in your state, he just wanted to claim you as his because he was challenged by your innocence," Jezreel added.
Astreille couldn't help but sob at what she heard. "S-All right, Jez. Go away. Be careful."
Jezreel smiled sadly before hugging her tightly. "I'm just worried about you, sweetheart, and I don't want to rely on you either."
ASTREILLE let go of her tears while hugging her favorite pillow. Only now did she pour out the sobbing because she didn't want her friend to see her crying so much.
She can't forget what Jezreel told her.
The man wasn't really serious with her, he knew that from the beginning.
He just wanted to test her, he wanted to challenge himself because she's not any other woman.
Her boss possessed a face that everyone will drool, an unlimited wealth and dreaded surname and persona.
"And in your state, he just wanted to claim you as his because he was cha-challenged by your innocence,"
The girl sobbed more at the thought.
She has loved him for years already. She has long secretly loved the man who gave her the courage to write and move on with life even though he didn't know her yet.
She almost took her own life, 1 year ago, when Jezreel was nowhere to be found because she had some missions to do. Astreille is the only one who fights the problems and insults of his co-workers.
That one night, when depression struck her. From her mother's debts, from her father's death and her own problems. He almost killed himself, but he posted a new poem.
A poem that will make every suicidal person wake up. He was one of those who was helped by that poem not to drown in grief.
Since that day, his love for that writer has intensified.
And now that she has already met him, nothing has changed in how she feels. Her heartbeat did not change.
She can't help but to over think right now. It's obvious that her boss is just playing with her feelings. He just wanted to try a new challenge, and that is her.
Astreille firmly wiped the tears from her cheeks from crying so much.
"Jezreel is the only person who's worried for you, Astreille. Because with your weak mind and weak body, no one will ever love you other than your friend. Pity you, sister. If I'm with you, I'll just kill my self, so you don't stress Jezreel anymore. "
What one of his former co -workers said was still fresh in his mind. Aside from Lei and the other guys, there's this one woman who kept on insulting her also, Reid Ferrer. He was two years older than her, but what the girl told him had a different effect.
Reid Ferrer left the agency 2 years ago. But her words are stuck inside Astreille's mind. She can't forget those words.
Astreille looked out the open balcony window before looking up at the sky.
Maybe Jezreel is really the only person, that's not related to her by blood, who truly cares for her. Including her auntie, uncle and cousin.
They were probably the only ones really worried for him, for his safety. Maybe other people just really want to take advantage of her innocence and her weakness.
She bit her lower lip while tears were still abundantly dripping down her cheeks. "D-Daddy, if you were just here, I wouldn't be having a hard time."