Chapter 14: Chapter 14 - Beauty is pain
"What do you want me to do so that we can officially date?" Clara asked.
They were now at a neighborhood convenience store to replace the instant noodles that Ashley had given to Clara, which originally belonged to Chloe.
It was still 6:30 in the morning, so the convenience store and the street were almost empty.
"You want me to tattoo your name, don’t you?" Clara asked, joking of course.
"Or do you want me to kill someone for you? I swear I would do it," she whispered.
Ashley stopped and looked at her before continuing on her way, searching for the exact brand of noodles she had given Clara.
"Ash..." Clara said before being interrupted by Ashley.
"Can you finally be quiet?" Ashley said, desperately searching for the noodles she hadn’t been able to find for several minutes.
"I’m with you right now. Isn’t that enough?" she asked.
To be honest, she didn’t really know what being in a relationship with someone was supposed to mean. She was simply used to doing things alone, without anyone bothering her.
Realizing they would probably never find the exact same brand, Clara decided to do something else.
She grabbed several packs of the most expensive instant noodles on the shelf and placed them in Ashley’s shopping basket.
Ashley didn’t really have a choice.
If they couldn’t find the same brand, they might as well buy something similar or even better.
So they picked up quite a few packs as compensation.
Ashley decided to text Chloe to ask for permission, and Chloe replied a few seconds later, saying that she didn’t mind at all.
"So, what’s our plan for today?" Clara asked on the way back.
"I mean, after you finish work, of course," she added, knowing Ashley still had to go to work afterward.
Ashley gave her another look.
"You really have nothing to do, do you? Don’t you have obligations or something as the heir to your family?" she asked.
Clara had already told her about it during one of her speeches meant to impress Ashley.
"Actually, I took some time off from my father’s company. As for my mother’s, I’m leaving things to my cousins. But I still have to keep an eye on the investments I made," Clara explained, still using a tone that seemed designed to impress Ashley.
"You make investments?" Ashley asked.
She wasn’t particularly interested in the subject since she already knew Clara’s family was extremely wealthy, but she knew the only thing that could distract Clara was talking about her own life.
’ What a show-off ’ Ashley thought, even though everything Clara said was probably true.
After all, Clara carried dozens of credit cards in her bag.
Ashley had discovered them when she searched through Clara’s bag and found the cards along with a thick stack of cash.
" I’ve made hundreds of investments. I lost a lot of money on most of them, but my father told me it was all part of learning before moving on to serious business," Clara explained.
"But the amount I lost is nothing compared to Carl’s. That’s why my father doesn’t trust him with business and blocked all of his accounts except one," Clara added.
"Are you finished now?" Ashley asked when they finally arrived at her apartment.
Clara already knew that talking about her wealth didn’t interest Ashley and even made her a little uncomfortable.
But she had decided to bring it up herself before someone else did.
In other words, she was preparing her for it.
"No, but I’ll stop there for now," Clara announced.
"How about we take a shower together?" Clara asked, wiggling her eyebrows teasingly.
Ashley wanted to, but she knew their shower was too small not too small for two people to shower together, but too small if things got heated.
"No. Go home and shower in your own bathroom. I’ll use mine and get ready for work," Ashley replied before turning around to leave.
Clara wanted to argue, but Ashley’s roommates all woke up at the same time.
"Good morning, everyone," Clara said.
"Clara, I didn’t know you were here," Chloe said, even though she clearly knew Clara had been there from the beginning.
She was only teasing after seeing Ashley walk into her room with a completely embarrassed expression.
"Where are you all going so early in the morning?" Clara asked.
"We’re going to work," Chloe replied.
"I really don’t want to go, but unfortunately, I don’t have a choice," she added before taking eggs out of the refrigerator to make an omelet.
Clara went into Ashley’s room while waiting for her to finish showering.
She took out her phone and called her friend Julia, who answered immediately.
"If it’s not urgent, call me back in two hours... no, actually four," Julia said in her usual sleepy voice before hanging up without warning.
Clara looked at her phone screen, thinking she would have done the same thing if someone had called her so early in the morning while she still had a hangover.
A few minutes later, Ashley came back, her body still damp after her shower.
Clara’s eyes didn’t even blink as she watched Ashley, who was wearing nothing but a towel, searching for something to wear.
They were less than two meters apart in the small space of Ashley’s room.
Not wanting to miss the opportunity, Clara tugged on Ashley’s towel, letting it fall to the floor.
"Wow," Clara said, seeing Ashley’s body clearly for the first time.
It wasn’t muscular, but every line of her body seemed perfectly defined. Without clothes hiding her figure, her curves appeared even more striking.
Clara wanted to touch her, but she was too captivated by the sight to even move.
Ashley didn’t react because she had expected Clara to do something like that.
She calmly picked up a pair of underwear and put it on, naturally leaning a little closer to Clara as she did so.
After putting on her underwear, she turned around.
"Are you satisfied now?" Ashley asked, while Clara was still completely lost in admiration.
"Uh..." Clara stammered.
"Wow," she repeated.
After years of working out at the gym, Clara had always dreamed of having a body as perfect as Ashley’s, even though Clara’s own physique was already considered perfect by many.
"What kind of sport do you do to have such a firm figure and such a flat stomach?" Clara asked.
"And your chest too?" she added, gesturing toward Ashley’s still-uncovered chest.
"I used to be on my high school’s track team. But I quit after I fainted from hunger during practice," Ashley explained with a smile.
"That’s the only explanation I can think of for why my stomach is so flat," she added.
Seeing that Clara didn’t react right away, Ashley gave her a quick kiss before getting dressed.
"Let’s go!" she said, grabbing her bag before heading off to work.
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