Affairs Of The Heart [ Part 2]

- Chapter 2-

At 5 in the morning, Aster woke up dizzy, and her whole body felt sore. Her iPhone alarm rang very noisily in the early morning.

She rubbed her head and stretched her hand up. She couldn't remember anything that happened last night.

She only remembered that a tall guy approached her and asked her why she had cried. However, Aster felt something weird about her body condition.

She felt tired and sore, but also her vagina was a slightly strange feeling. She spent time organising her thoughts before she got ready to shower but couldn't get any clue.

She up and walks into the bathroom. Firstly as her routine in the morning, she turned on the tap water and put both hands to set up the water to wash her face.

When she looks at herself in the mirror, she seems surprised that her neck is full of marks. Aster held her neck to check if this was just an illusion.

After making sure everything looked real, Aster opened her shirt, and then she realised that the clothes she was wearing now were her nightgowns.

"Wh- what the hell is this?"

Aster was panicked and confused by the strange incident she had experienced last night. Aster slowly remembers what she did last night, although her memories are not fully back.

Aster was already thinking about whom she had slept that night and one-night intercourse with, and that man also cleaned her body and put her in her nightgown.

Aster tried to calm down, brushed her teeth, and took a shower when she opened the tap shower. Aster slowly saw a vivid last night's incident, a man who touched every curve of her beautiful body.

The memories that slowly surfaced in her head made Aster's body turn hot and shy. For the first time in her life.

Aster had sexual intercourse with a man, and she didn't know who that man was. But, on the other hand, the feeling of shame and dirt mixed into one with the pleasure she experienced.

It's been an hour since Aster took a shower, and she immediately got ready to wear a beautiful dress. Aster is a perfect person in her daily life and her work. Aster's occupation is a florist, and she has her flower shop in the capital city of Edinburgh.

Since childhood Aster has loved flowers and plants, Aster is also very good at herbal plants. Her grandfather often said Aster was like a forest fairy because she mastered all about plants and flowers.

She became interested in her name when Aster asked her grandfather, who, at that time, Aster was seven years old. The meaning of the name Aster was given to her late parents.

Astereae Louisa Summer that's the name given to her. Astereae is one of the plant tribes of the Asteraceae family.

Her late father said they would be given the name Asteraceae Louis Summer if they had sons.

However, they were gifted with beautiful daughters with ginger hair. The name given is Astereae Louisa Summer.

Aster's father likes flowers, and in her father's study room, there are many books about flowers and plants. However, she eventually passed on her father's interests and hobbies.

After that, Aster diligently studied plants and flowers and dreamed of becoming the owner of a famous flower shop.

Aster's flower shop is very well known, and agencies and government officials have often ordered flowers from her shop. Once every three months, Aster opens classes for beginners interested in flowers.

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Aster wore a bright outfit today; a solid slant pocket zips black trousers with a knit high neck orange jumper.

Aster let her beautiful ginger hair down and took some strands of hair to tie at the back. Aster doesn't like tying her hair too much because it will damage it.

After getting ready, Aster immediately went to the kitchen to prepare a small breakfast. Aster always opens his flower shop at eight in the morning.

Because Aster lives on the shop's second floor, it won't be rushed. Instead, her shop is wide enough for a flower shop.

On the first floor, there are four rooms made. The room in front of the shop entrance is for selling fresh flowers and displays ready for sale, and this room connects to the classroom for beginners to learn.

Aster uses the classroom to arrange and manage flowers that buyers, or flower processing rooms, will order. The third room is Aster's office, and guests who visit it are from Aster's regular or VIP customers. Sometimes Aster's grandparents also see at every opportunity.

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She makes a simple strawberry sandwich and a cup of English breakfast tea with two teaspoons of brown sugar and a little milk. Aster likes tea. In her kitchen, there is a special drawer for various teas from the Aster collection.

After finishing her breakfast, she got ready to go down the stairs to the first floor to open her shop. Even though it was not yet eight in the morning, Aster was deftly preparing her shop.

While Aster was preparing her shop Aster, she saw the silhouette of a tall man standing at the door of the shop. The door and the walls of the shop are made of glass so that she can see the outside situation inside the shop.

When she first thought, the man was waiting for the cafe and pastier shop beside her to buy breakfast. So many people came to the shop next door early in the morning to have breakfast and buy coffee.

The pastry in the shop is delicious. Aster is also one of the regular customers at the store, and the owner is also a person close to her.

Aster walked closer to the shop entrance and opened the door. The bell sounded, and the man seemed to be waiting to greet her.

" Excuse me, are you waiting for my shop to open?"

Aster asked the tall man standing firmly. Aster didn't pay too much attention to the man's face. But Aster realised the man was looking straight at her, making Aster uncomfortable. She was experiencing anxiety because what happened last night still overshadowed her fear.

The man noticed Aster's nervousness and tried to smile kindly at her. He approached her with his confidence.

"Right, I'm waiting for this shop to open. This is one of my favourite flower shops in the capital." Said the guy and waited for Aster to let him into the shop.

Aster reflexively jumped back a little and subconsciously let her guard down and let him approach her, and he entered the shop very quickly.

The mysterious man glanced at Aster's cute behaviour and smiled with satisfaction. The man's face looked very happy to see her confusing behaviour toward her face. It seems like Aster is not good at hiding something from her face, thought the man.

"Ah.. ye-yeah?!"

Aster looked confused by her behaviour and became embarrassed because she was still imagining a passionate night, and suddenly Aster became unfocused that morning.

The man spoke, but Aster didn't seem to hear what the man said since he entered the shop. Finally, the man realised that she was not focused on the conversation between the two of them. He stopped the conversation and smiled a chuckle. Suddenly she was surprised and embarrassed.

"ah... I feel sorry. What are you saying again?"

Aster stepped to approach the man. The distance between them was only about 10 centimetres, with a serious face trying to hear the request from him.

"I am a regular customer. Do you not remember this face of mine?"

Asked the tall man in a friendly manner and showed a thin smile that looked cool and suited him.

Aster has two employees. Her first employee is a full-time worker, and her second employee is a part-time student.

Usually, the employees serve the customers, and Aster manages the flowers in the flower management room. However, after hearing the man's words, a bit of uneasiness was in Aster's heart.

Aster does have a soft and sensitive feeling. The man's words have no other meaning, but Aster can interpret them differently from his words.

Aster thinks that, do you, as a famous flower shop owner, not know your regular customers who often buy their flowers and spend lots of money to spend beautiful flowers in her shop. At least memorise the faces of your regular customers. That was the meaning that came to her mind.

But Aster tried to think positively, and with her beautiful face, she tried to answer the man's words sincerely.

"Sorry for my shortcomings. You are right. I should have paid more attention to my regular customers who have bought at this store and provided good service," answered Aster quickly.

Before the man replied to Aster's words, she quickly spoke before him. Aster's answers were diplomacy like those of business professionals, with sincerity in every word she said.

"But even though I don't remember their faces, I can confidently remember the names of that loyal and satisfied buying at this flower shop."

She is unequivocal without any rebuttal. The man was amazed by the greatness of public speaking that she had.

"So, sir, may I ask what your name is?"

In a simple and gentle tone, Aster, who was very confident, asked the name of the man standing before her.

"Tom."

"Just Tom?"

"Thomas William Hawkins"

"`Ah... sir Hawkins!"

Aster was a little surprised by the name that the man came up with. She didn't think the man standing before her was Sir Hawkins. Mr Hawkins was his grandfather's fishing buddy. That's what Aster knew all along. Mr Hawkins was the same age as his grandfather. However, it didn't look like what Aster imagined.

"Is there something wrong? Are you too sticky to see my face like that?" said Thomas.

"Oh, I apologise. It's just that I know that name, but what I think is that the name I know is a middle-aged man. But it doesn't look like that," Aster replied and gazed at him shyly because of the misunderstanding she had been having so far.

"That's right, Hawkins is also my father's name, and he was a friend of your grandfather's too."

"However, the Hawkins you see in front of you and who has always been your regular customer is me, Thomas William Hawkins and nice to meet you, my lady!" nod Thomas greatly.

"And I am not the eldest person. I'm just a young adult single guy." said a smiling Thomas, who made a little joke of himself.

Thomas's simple words seemed to have made Aster chuckle, which was seen from her embarrassed attitude and touching her lips with her pretty fingers.

Their unexpected meeting made Aster realise that the man in front of her was one of the variables she had never considered.