Cinderella Crazy
...But you said yes

Dozens of people filled a quite famous alley in the city of Vinnas. With so many people passing by making horse carriages not allowed to pass through the alley.

From end to end, the street was dominated by the adam. While a line of women in bold clothes, sweetly attract their customers. Although there are also male workers who work the same profession, but the field is still dominated by women.

The big enough alley is an area that is usually visited by those who want to find 'pleasure'. The thing that makes Daryl freeze when he accidentally met Ashley there, constrained by a chain that is commonly called 'awkward'.

Alais stared at Daryl cynically, as Bellena looked frantic and took turns looking at the two people before her.

"Oh? Looking for a place to relieve your stress?" Ashley asked Daryl.

Slightly late in responding in shock, the man's face had already flushed red first after hearing the question that was thrown from the woman in front of him.

Trying to deny, he actually makes Ashley more trusting and wants to continue to investigate.

Intentionally not going in and waiting for his assistant outside because he does not want to be surrounded by comfort women, now he is actually reunited with people he likes. The worst case scenario is a man who always tries to leave a good impression on the woman he is near.

"You said you're not going to this place anymore." Daryl said later.

"Hmm, the back of the cave knows why."

With a tone of voice and a soft face Ashley still continued to tease the innocent man.

"No! Not so-"

"Ga needs to be ashamed" Sela Ashley did not let Daryl continue to reason.

"Normal if you want to"

Continuing her speech using the gesture of both hands, Ashley again surprised the man before her. With a dead red face Daryl immediately clasped Ashley's hand, stopping the woman from performing vulgar hand gestures that a respectable woman should not.

"Stop that!!"

Spontaneously snapping at Ashley loudly, Daryl made everyone around him turn their heads towards them. But not put the slightest bit of curiosity, the people there immediately returned to their respective activities that were much more 'fun'.

Pressing the man's wrist firmly down, Alais removed Daryl's grip from his non-male hand by force.

"What are you doing?" Alais asked without the slightest respect.

Thought of the knight who dared to interfere by the Marquis. Not liking each other's actions, Daryl is about to reply to Alais' words before Ashley interrupts their quarrel.

"Am I hearing things?" Ashley said as she slightly tilted her head and looked down blankly.

"Did you just, yell? At me?"

No longer playing around like before, Ashley's facial expression looked serious and seemed menacing. The thing that Daryl had forgotten, was the fact that Ashley was the one who did.

Apologizing for not meaning to scream, Daryl stammered. He was not used to explaining the feelings he was feeling.

Later, the explanation was connected to Ashley's remark that once confirmed Daryl's request not to come to the place again.

"Gua never promised, did he?" Ashley replied to this.

Stunned by the woman's answer, Daryl could not deny it because Ashley did not promise. Even so, he could not take that answer for granted. Back up the voice in a soft tone to hold back the disappointment that began to appear, the man said,

"...but you said yes."

But like an insensitive person, the woman chuckles.

"Salah lo ga nanya complete how."

So easy and heartless, Ashley responded to what the poor man took seriously.

No longer saying anything, Daryl was completely made unable to refute this time.

His disappointed face was so clear, that Alais who did not like him and Bellena who knew how much he loved Ashley felt, felt bad. Very different from the bastard woman before him, the person who actually looked very relaxed and not disturbed at all.

A few seconds were wasted and Daryl was still silent. Having not felt the feeling for a long time, the pain of disappointment was unexpected to make him very uncomfortable.

While she was still trying to shake off the feeling, Ashley broke the silence with a very unfunny joke.

"Lo gamau continued? If it's full, you have to wait until tomorrow."

A little late to understand Ashley's words, Daryl then responded with a laugh as he had gotten an idea of what the woman meant.

Although not at all funny and felt very pushy, he still laughed. But not 'continue', Daryl said if he wanted to return to his residence because his business there was finished.

Once hesitant to leave, the man looked back at Ashley who still had a thin innocent smile on his lips. Looking as if she wanted to say something, she waited for Daryl, who kept his mouth shut every time it opened.

Feeling unworthy and pointless to advise Ashley, the man recantes everything he wants to say and prefers to believe that Ashley will be fine.

Revealing his last smile that felt more natural, Daryl set his mind.

"...then we meet." He said after a moment of silence with an unfocused look looking over there and here.

Go away the man, carrying the discomfort that is still residing in his heart.

After a distance far enough, Ashley and her two subordinates also moved from there.

Ashley's two subordinates were well aware of how ruthless the nature of the lady they were serving was. However, this time a little different, considering the relationship of the two people always looks 'good'. Although Ashley was acting outrageous, yet somehow they were the ones who kept feeling bad.

Ashley often lies, but sometimes, she also uses her mother's tricks to lie with honesty. It is indeed very useful to fool someone with the risk of being caught which is quite low because it can be evasive.

However, it is actually more mentally draining than lying.

The further he controls the perception of his target, the greater the guilt he must fight when caught. Even though he can avoid and continue to justify himself, if the target is the person he cares about, he is,

then it would feel like he had just committed a great sin.

Just a few meters away from where she was standing, Ashley stopped her steps again. His face looked so upset, but this time it was a little different than usual. His movements still looked calm even though the look in his eyes could not lie.

He gave the pipe he had taken from Eva's room to Bellena. As she sent her maid home and placed the pipe on her bedroom table, Ashley turned and walked in the opposite direction.

"Miss, where are you going?"

"Take the cave money."

The thing Ashley didn't expect was how disturbing it was to see Daryl's facial expression when he found out he had deceived her. A face that continued to ring hundreds of times per second after the man's departure.

In order to get rid of the very disturbing feeling, he returned to the place where his new business partner was.

.................. Connect .................