I Married The Devil's Advocates

live with Asher, so I didn

sleep even before I realized

er. I looked at the caller ID

id into the phone

"Sorry, did I

t that's fine.

went. You know you told me all about

rget about that. "Yes, mom. I

's am

so gave me what you c

That calls for a celebration. Wh

I asked, not getti

Asher, of

m. We haven't pla

Why n

couldn't see. "We haven't sp

prise you. I'm c

dn't want to argue anyway. "Did yo

e some fuss. Eventually, he respected your father's name and grante

like that, m

t like

it's some kind of to

n't worry yourself too much about that. Now that we have the port, things will get better.

have done nothing about it. But that's going to be in the past

gentlewoman when she wanted to be. But trying to be in contro

g more bad than good, just

ote and I peeled the clothes

alked out clad in a white towel. I b

he door,"

do

he resp

ing in?" I went

cking for

Ash," I told him. "And

Come out and open the door for

ing very strange and different. Asher always loved to come to my ho

did such. Sometimes, it just scared the hell out of

ng me to go open the door for hi

o the door. He walked in when

tchen pouring a cup o

to sleep tonight

eeping right now," he replied

mbering the one that Henry had asked me to look into.

want us to talk about you." He folded hi

se I had a feeling it was going to be a long ta

rlier, Ash. Told me about th

just sort of escaped my memory. I'm su

derstanding and sighed

t today, love. I haven't told you t

k you

you to know, love. And it's going to do y

he was going with al

. Not just because you got an early promotion, but because you are n

are at the bottom of that chain. The ones are the top are never going to let y

ay that. My heart began to

no joke

protect me, right? You won't

an do that. I can protect you. But you a

what he was going to say, but convinced t

he walked back to me, took a sip, and said," You'll h

st what he was saying. "Are you

ug of his. "If that is wha

ha

asked you to do this if it

working on your career. Now it's my turn, you'

an assessment, you do a bad job. You don't do a good job. The

uld be my use in the compa

just won't take you serious anymore. You'll still hav

r. "No, no, do

t do

tinue with this relationship if I don't agr

y to stay at the company. It's your new reality, baby. The h