Chapter 2 The House Owner

Asher woke up around noon the next day after his contract with Nikita. Their agreement was to let her stay in his apartment while he was away to make sure his house was safe having a stranger stay with rent. He is a site construction engineer of his dad’s real estate developer company and he can only come home every weekend as he has to supervise everything on the construction site while construction is going on. It wasn’t the only house he owns but this one is his favorite. He grew up here ever since he can remember. Their contract covered six months and if he wanted to keep Nikita’s company, he could have done so, but he realized he didn’t want Nikita around his house. She isn’t as neat as he thought she was. He always ends up cleaning his room every weekend. He is tired from all-night fun in bed and he gets tired from almost all day cleaning his room. He also has a toilet and bath inside his room but he did not declare it to his renters. And the problem with Nikita, she uses the common bathroom when she is done messing up everything in his private bathroom. The hair on the drains. The trash can is full of garbage undisposed. He is sure the renters had complained but this latest renter hadn’t done so far. Maybe because she had just arrived about a month or less ago.

The funny thing is, they do not bump into each other at home during the weekend. He wanted to say hi and welcome her but he could guess she isn’t very fond of him due to their loudness at night. Well, it’s Nikita that is too loud even when he keeps muffling her mouth with a pillow sometimes since he also finds it too noisy, but when he is chasing his own orgasm, he couldn’t care less. And when the lady tried to tell them to keep the noise down, Nikita laughed and invited her to join them in bed instead. Ever since then, Asher did not hear the lady complain about their loudness anymore.

Last night was Nikita’s last to be with him so as she begged to make their last unforgettable, and the best among all nights that they have shared, he banged her senseless and all night. It was already the crack of dawn when they call it a night. Nikita was gone when he woke up. He smelt something delicious so he came out of his room and headed to the kitchen. He saw a lady in very sexy clothing with her sexy body displayed to his still sleepy eyes. He paused on his track leaning at the half-wall pillar in between the space of the living room and kitchen. Watching the beautiful back of his renter cooking something he could tell was spicy and delicious in front of the four-burner induction cooktop with her hair in a messy cute bun. He noticed she was about to turn around so Asher pretended to just arrive and walked towards the fridge to get anything to drink. While casually speaking.

“Smiles nice,” he was hoping what he said would lead to small conversation, but he was gobsmacked to realize he was so wrong! She ignored him!

Had it been any other girl, he would never mind being ignored, he won’t even say anything anyway. But she is going to be his renter, isn’t it polite to be nice. He knew she was not fond of him so he got to suck it. But aside from that, he was really fascinated by her beauty. Especially when she looked back at him as he walked into the kitchen mentioning her cooking smelling nice.

Asher was stricken by the cute and charming face that welcomed his eyes. Her eyeglasses emphasized her tiny, lovely-looking face, although annoyance wasn’t hidden in any way. He was even more mesmerized. He couldn’t take his eyes off her even though he could only see her back. He leaned on the wall as he watched her do whatever she was doing. He could smell and hear the sound of something boiling while she was rolling something on the space in between the sink and cooktop.

He has heard his renter is Korean but he did not expect someone who would look as beautiful as someone from a Korean drama actress. Or maybe it’s just that he is not used to seeing such a rare beauty. He could tell her skin is soft and refined, which almost only a very imaginative part is hidden from her choice of clothing. But she wasn’t bothered at all. It was like it was her casual clothes. But he couldn’t tell more than that. It was the first time for him to see her although he knew she existed in his house. And it couldn’t be considered as scandalous as she was at home, maybe she wasn’t expecting to see him like before. She was too quiet and focused on preparing her meal and Asher was like an idiot watching her back. When she walked to the table with a tray of deliciously-smelling and smoking hot food, Asher’s tummy grumbled. He was just thankful it wasn’t loud. He boldly sat across from her at the table and like a foolish child, he begged for her to share a little so he could try if it tasted as delicious as it smelt.

“Please…? I will buy dinner tonight,” he pleaded.

Her annoyed face wasn’t offending Asher in any way, he thinks she is even more lovely as he can see her eyes looked even smaller behind her eyeglasses. She blew air up her own face that made the strands of her hair on the forehead fly away a bit. She was huffing he could tell but he kept his pitiable face. He didn’t know what made her stand up and get an extra bowl to grant his wishes.

Asher was so thankful. He has heard Korean noodle soup is good but he had never had the chance to be in one of those restaurants as he doesn’t know anything about Korean food, he might look stupid around there had he dared. But with a native around him, he is sure he can have the best guide on how and what food they are eating. He was thinking about searching for a good restaurant to bring his roommate to for dinner tonight as he promised.

He didn’t know he was becoming too noisy expressing his fascination about the food that he was startled to hear her slam her hand to put her chopsticks down the table with a loud sound.

He couldn’t help blinking his eyes in enchantment when he saw her flushed face, glaring sharp gazes at him as she spoke in clenched teeth.

“Will you shut up!?”

He smiled as he sheepishly nodded.

“Sorry, it’s just too delicious, I can’t help saying it out loud,” he was smiling ear to ear.

Bianca took a deep breath and continued her meal. It’s not good to keep the noodles soaked in the soup, they loosen up and swollen noodles are never delicious. It would be a waste. But she remembered something she should ask him.

“Why are you still here? When are you leaving?” she blatantly asked.

Asher was astounded. What is she talking about?

“What? What do you mean?” he voiced his confusion.

“You have to share rent if you are staying here, you know?” Bianca raised an eyebrow at him. But she was surprised when he roared laughing. “What is so funny?” she asked with all irritation.

“Why would I do that?” he amusedly asked.

“Because guests are not supposed to stay here for long unless they share rent. But Asher’s laughter roared even louder. Bianca folded her arms on her chest as she pinned her eyes at him with her eyebrows almost made a single line.

“Sorry, am sorry,” Asher apologized. She looked really pissed. But he cannot hold his laughter as he realized that she thought Nikita was her roommate and he was just an occasional visitor. But he did not want to tell her he owned the house.

“I am your new roommate. Nikita had to move to a different place, the owner doesn’t like her untidy lifestyle,” Asher casually explained.

“What?! Why would I live with a guy in one house, the owner never said they will accept male renters,” Bianca protested.

“What’s wrong with it?” Asher panicked.

“A lot! How do I know I am safe in my own home when I am with a stranger and a man at that?” she furiously replied. She dialed the contact person she talked to when she rented the house. But the man did not pick up his phone. It must be due to it being the weekend. She will complain and disagree with accepting this man, she came first, they will have to find someone else to share the house with her. Unfortunately, she will have to wait until Monday!