beautiful agony
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  • Parts 6
  • Time 19m
  • Reads 51
  • Votes 11
  • Parts 6
  • Time 19m
Ongoing, First published May 12, 2021
Mature
"Ummm can I help you?" I yell from my shower as I put in the conditioner and work it through my ends with a comb.
"Asteria this matter cannot wait an hour. I'm not here for your convenience." My father said from the other side of my bathroom door. 
"Can you at least wait till I'm out of the shower geeze" I quickly rinse out my hair and step out of the shower. I put my hair up in a scarf to dry and wrap myself in a warm towel. When I walk into my room my father is sitting at the foot of my bed and a man is standing by my door. He looks young probably no older then 27. He's wearing a mask similar to the ones a doctor might wear but it's a thick cloth with a ventilation port. He has stone blue eyes and they are emotionless almost as if he's looking straight through me. It sends a shiver down my spine for a moment. As obseve him further he is quite attractive. He's wearing black jeans and a tight dark Grey t-shirt that clung to each of his rippling abs. 
"Asteria, staring is not polite" my father remarks almost sounding amused. "This is Jaxon he will be your replacement for Ralphie who has been entrusted elsewhere" as my father speaks I circle the man he is speaking of. Sizing him up. "As you two are around the same age I figured this would be the best placement for him and yourself as he will be more inconspicuous and you won't draw as much attention to yourself" I scoff as I stop 2 inches from the statue of a man's face. 
"I don't know about less attention father. He is quite attractive. Plus this mask just won't do." I reach for the mask and the statue moves quickly to grab my wrist. I freeze baffled that he would dare stop me.
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