Sorry?...Maybe?

Asher watched her go like a tornado from his seat. If she did not want money, then what the hell does she want? Maybe I should have got her candies too. Ahh, kids!

Jaxon came down rubbing his eyes and yawning, "Dia, Dia?"

"Hello there, little Tiger," Asher surprised him. Jax threw his tiny arms around his father's neck. He was so happy to see him, he hugged nearly for 5 minutes straight.

"I missed you too, my boy,"

"We waited for you, for so long, me and Dia," he said.

"I know, I was late. I'm sorry but look I got your favorite candies," he tried to ease the situation. Jaxon stared at the candies in awe, he looked at them as if he will not hesitate to eat them all up at once.

"I'll give some Dia too," Jaxon said.

"Son, Dia already left. She had some work to take care of," Asher said and watched disappointment hanging around Jax's face.

"It's alright, you can give her some other time, save some for her too, alright?" Jaxon nodded.   "go wash your face, I'll set up breakfast,"

Asher didn't know if she will ever come back but he is pretty sure for Jaxon she will. He shouldn't have offered money like that. He finally realized that. Jaxon washed his face and sat on one of the chairs.

"What are you doing?" he asked Jaxon when he saw he was removing the sides of the bread. He was tearing the whole of the bread.

"Dia was eating like this yesterday, she gave me like this too," he explained. It was only 15 seconds since he forgot about her and here we go again...his son brought her up again.

"let me do that, otherwise there will nothing be left to eat if you do so," Asher said.

After some time spending time with his son, he headed for the office.

"oh my God!" sighed Zed.

"Can you believe it?" let out Dia after telling everything. Zed and Dia have grown closer these days on one common factor they both hate Asher but still don't.

"But I threw the money on his face and left," Zed let out a big laugh when he heard that, "trust me you are the first person who did that."

"no, I'm pretty sure he is going to kill me too like he shot that man,"

"Oh you mean Moriarty's brother?" he asked. "yes,"

"oh no, you have got it all wrong, my brother killed him because his brother was involved in child slavery and he was helping his brother after knowing everything,"

"what? Seriously," shrieked Dia. After all this time she felt guilty but not anymore. Asher did the right thing. That man was supposed to die, how can he sell kids? Well, Asher could have done the better thing if he had turned them in to the police.

"oh here he comes," said Zed when he saw Asher coming in, "please try to be alive." Dia was scared as hell, all her pride went down the drain, she didn't know from where that courage came but now all she can think about was Asher and his bullets.

Asher let out a frown when he didn't see Dia in her cabin, he called Lucian who had his eye on her every time.He appointed him to watch over her all the time, if she tries to be over smart, he even knew when she was breathing, cracking a knuckle, or sipping a coffee.

"Where?" he asked.

"She is in the office, boss," spoke out Lucian. Asher's mouth lifted into a smirk, "you just couldn't stay away from me, could you?" he said to himself.

"Call her,"

After a few minutes, he heard a faint knock. He allowed them to come in Dia, she was almost shivering. But she didn't say sorry, not once. Stubborn little birdie!

"meeting at 5 with Mr. Robertson, sir," she quaked. Even though she was shivering, her pride never let her bend her knee. Maybe, she knew Asher will not kill her so she was taking advantage of this. Her gaze couldn't meet his.

"anything else you gotta say," demanded Asher as if he was demanding sorry.

"it was not my fault, alright, you should apologize, not me," she let out.

"I was talking about the meeting," the corner of his mouth lifted again when he saw her stubbornness. She is really really mad at him. He was enjoying this little game of hers. He motioned her to go.

Before she could reach the knob he came behind her, and shut it immediately. Dia was no anymore confused, she was sure she is going to get a bullet. She should have apologized when she had the chance. He was right behind her, hardly there were any gaps between them. His chest was in contact with her back

"Which day is it?" he asked which made her more confused.

"I'm sorry?"

"your skirt, it's ruined, you got your period," he said. He was confused as well, normally women know about their dates and all but she did not.

"oh shit,  shit, shit, oh God, that's why I was so hormonal from the morning," she tried to explain. It's a bad day for her, a really bad one. She felt embarrassed but she couldn't do anything other than to fright in pain.

"it's alright, don't be embarrassed, you shouldn't be," he tried to comfort her.

"I don't know what to do, how shall I go outside like this, they will laugh at me," Dia freaked out when she looked at her skirt.

"no one will laugh at you, let's go to your cabin, I'll cover you," he offered to help. He was finding her adorable when she was freaking out. Not so poetic!

Of course, no one will laugh at her if he will walk beside her.

"but I don't have anything to cover myself in my cabin too, I need to get to the hotel," she responded.

"Okay, calm down already. Let's get to the lift, I'll drop you at your hotel." Her face glimmered when she heard those words from him. He was willing to help her, maybe she will survive this.

"Why are you trying to help me when I just yelled at you like an idiot in the morning?" she asked confusedly

"Because I'm an asshole," he said reminding her words. Mics dropped!

"Okay, walk just right behind me, promise?" she said. She was embarrassed to a great extent, she shouldn't have said those words to him, after all, he is her boss but he was acting like one.

"I promise,"

He did what he said. He was a man of his word. When they reached a parking lot, he got in his Mustang but she didn't. He looked at her in a baffled way when she was not getting in the car with him.

"what happened? Is it the cramps?" he tried to figure out.

"yes... but I don't want to get in the car,"

"why?"

"I don't want to dirty your car, it's MUSTANG!" she added.

He looked at her with so much affection in his eyes for her and nearly busted into a big hearty laugh. "Don't worry, I'll not ask you to pay for this one," he declared.

"but still, I don't want to ruin the seat," she said stubbornly.

"oh Christ, here...take my jacket, wrap it around your lower back then be seated," he tried to convince her and she looked at him in stunned. To be honest he even didn't know why he was helping her like that. He could only say he was starting to like it when she was around.

"Is this your way of saying that you are sorry?"

Asher's pov

My, my, ...this girl has no regard for her life. I was helping her and all she was thinking about was her little pride. How am I gonna even keep up with her?

"no... Maybe,"

Her smile appeared at once, she took the jacket put around her frame and sat like a baby who is about to get his favorite toys from the store.

"Actually I need you again to watch over Jaxon this Friday, and I promise I'll not offer you money this time," he said as Zed was still struggling to find a good nanny.

"For you, no! For Jaxon, yes," she explained herself. She could not just say no, he loved Jaxon dearly and she also loved being near his father, it always annoyed her as he was so much smarter than her.

"By the way, the jacket which you are holding is much costlier than the amount of money I was offering you,"

She threw a "are you for real?" face which made him laugh. He gets dimples when he does so. Oh...his straight white teeth could do so many sinful things to her. She finally got the clue that he was kidding.

"I was kidding," he chuckled again, "you can keep it since you will not accept money. I don't know what to get you," he added. He was a clueless man when it came to women.

His heart melted when he saw Dia smiling. He was unsure of what was happening to him but one thing he was sure of ...he was willing to keep that smile on her face for a long time.