Chapter 4 Dependent

A few days go by, life seemed to be alright, actually more that aright, she hasn't been killed or abused, which was the outcome she was expecting when getting back in the car, with Alvin, but the matter turned out to be a nice guy, actually a bit too nice.

He helps her with everything, she felt spoiled being with him, he cooked her magnificent dishes, he cleaned all the dishes and didn't allow her to touch them or even dry said dishes, he would do anything she wanted, even if it was the most outrageous thing, like massaging her feet, which made her more shocked, than Koo when he doesn't get his usual cuddles. The reason she got the idea to do it, it's because she got frustrated with the way Alvin was, he was overly nice and friendly which creeped her out, just a bit, but it got to the point where she felt, as if she was using him and that's not a pleasant feeling. When asking him to massage your her feet, she expected him to look at her with disgust and be unwilling to do it, but that didn't occur, those emotions sparkling in his eyes didn't come, what came was, him sitting down and his hands approaching her feet. "Why are you doing this?" Ashley asked, as she put in her feet down from the couch along with Koo, so he can have a discussion with Alvin, about what is happening, because she's done pretending that everything is ordinary, rather than it being completely out of the ordinary. "Because you asked me to." Alvin responded, looking at her strangely, Did she change her mind or did he hear it wrong and ended up being a weirdo who likes feet in Ashley's eyes? Well, he kind of is, but that was supposed to be a secret. "Not this, well this too actually, but why are you being so nice to me? Even friends don't treat each other the way you do, heck even siblings don't act the way you do." Ashley said frustrated, it was fine at first, she thought of him as a really nice person and was glad to have him around, but it got to the point where she feels as if she was a disabled person, and she doesn't want that, she has always been depending on herself and she doesn't want that to change, yes it's helpful to have someone by your side but not to the extent Alvin is going to. "I don't want you to get tired." Alvin made up an excuse, not wanting to tell Ashley that in fact, he doesn't want her to feel as if she wasn't home, he doesn't have maids or butlers, like her parents do, but he is pretty skilled in the house chores and taking care of others. "I'm not a baby, I'm not going to get tired from carrying a plate, my plates to the kitchen, or by washing them, I'm not that fragile." Ashley doesn't like being treated like a toddler, she is an adult woman with a job, wait, she doesn't have a job, she needs to talk to him about this as well. "But you are pregnant." Alvin argued, as if she doesn't know that she saw the 10 pregnancy test informing her of that truth, giving her a reality check. "Still I'm capable of doing things on my own." Ashley argues back, staring at Alvin intensely, while he stared back at her, trying to convey his point of you to her, that it's better if she lets him take care of her, but it didn't work and he ended up dropping his eyes and giving up "OK, OK I'm sorry I will stop." "Thank you add another thing when can I go to work I'm sick of sitting at home and stuffing my face with food." As fun as it was squealing whenever the ML and FL flirt or have a cute interaction, she wants to do something else, something productive. "Hmm, I can look for a job for you, where do you want to work at?" Alvin asked, since he had good connections, he can get her any job, she did like, she doesn't even have to be good at it, if she's happy with it, then that will be her job until she gets sick of it. "An office job and I don't care where it is." Ashley replied, considering that, her old job and really only job was an office job and she was good at it, that's all she has done after all. "Like a secretary?" "That would be nice." Ashley didn't mind as long as she can work and earn her own money. "OK I will see what I can do." Alvin said, getting up from the couch, to go get his phone, it was still 11 AM, which means he can get her a job interview tomorrow so she can go to work next week. "Thank you so much." Ashley was very grateful for Alvin, wishing that she had him back when she was struggling to pay rent and keep her stomach full, it would have been really helpful and stress relieving to have someone supporting you.

While Alvin was talking on the phone, the pizza she ordered has arrived and she took Alvin's wallet, with his permission, to get it. But when she opened the door, she got shocked by who it was, delivering that pizza to her.