From the depth of her heart.

As he had said, he really loves the painting and it is priceless to him but if it is Ana that wants it, he is more than willing to give it to her.

Ana scratches her head. "Boss...can I ask you something else?" She had decided to not comment on the painting again perhaps it will make him forget about gifting it to her. If she were to lay hand on such a thing, Ana knew the devil inside her would push her to sell it off and make money.

Ethan quickly nods his head eagerly awaiting her question.

"If I were to say that I really like you, would you give yourself to me as well?"

Ethans wide eyes stares at her and his heart drummed against his chest. So fast he felt there is a possibility that Ana will also hear it.

"You..you like me very much?" He manages to ask.

Ana waves her hand at him and sits upright. "No no...I mean assume." She noticed his shoulder drop a bit at her words and quickly rephrases it. "Of course I do like you boss. You are a nice person. I am saying assume..."

Ethan released a sigh. Even he wasn't sure if it was one of relief or one out of frustration. "If you want me, I will give myself to you." He honestly replies.

Ana smiles weirldy at him. "Boss you are a very nice person. I dont want people to take advantage of your kindness." She really wouldn't want anyone doing that. Ethan to her seem like a child who was just starting to learn of the world.

Ethan gives her a reassuring smile and he brings his left leg closer to himself and plays with the duvet. "Be rest assured they cant." He is only nice to her afterall. "Shall I pack the painting for you?" He made attempt to cross over to the other side and Ana quickly moves forward to stop him.

In the course of moving forward, her palm went flat on the bed and her whole body follows causing her to fall on the bed face flat with her ass juted into the air, like one in a position of a dog.

Ana squeezes her eyes shut and quickly raised her head. Meanwhile, Ethans shameless cock had already reacted to it . His cock went stiff with need and twitches to elongate further. He quckly pulls the duvet closer to cover his crotch hiding his embarrassment.

She crawls off the bed and back into the chair before covering herself and smiling at him. "I tend to be clumsy. Forgive me." He stiffly nods his head trying to keep his emotions in check. If he allows his emotion to take over, his face will turn red and he would avoid looking a her till she leaves the room which might earn him a minus in her book. "I want to say, there is no need to give me the painting. It means so much to you."

He seem to think about it for a while before telling her. "If you want to look at it again, feel free to come here and see it. The pascode is 0417."

Although feeling overwhelmed by the new information, she decides not to tell him lest he feels he has done soemthing wrong.

She only smiles before epinting at the other painting above his head board. "And that one?"

Ethan raised his head and smiles genuinely at it. When he looks back at her, the smile was still on his face and it made him look so bright and full of life contrasting his usally dull self. "It was made by someone." He then adds, his smile seeming to grow wider. "From the depth of her heart."

Ana stares at the painting seeing nothing there that makes him so happyy. She doesn't know how to hide paintings and know which is great and which is not so she didnt say a thing about his compliment. "And what is that? Straight lines and a circle or what?"

Ethans smile turned downwards and he told her in a slightly dull tone. "That is a man Anastasia. A man."

She nods her head and pouts her lip while playing with her fingers. There is nothing to keep the conversion going again.

"Sigh..what should we talk about? Do you have any book? Maybe I can read it to you. I have been told I am good at reading to people." She excitedly tell him.

Ethan thinks about to for a while before leaning back against the headboard and placing a pillow over this leg. "Why dont we talk about you?"

"Me?" She points to herself in surprise. "Oh..yea me. What should I talk about?" She gives him a sheepish smile. "I really have nothing interesting going on in my life."

"Neither do I." He whispers. "Anything will do."

Ana notices he is starting to relax around her. She smiles as she sniffs to clear her nose before lifting her hand to her nose and sniffing the sleeve of the hoodie he had given her. "Let me see.... I grew up alone so I have nothing interesting things to say. I will just bore you if I start to talk now."

"You cant." He would never be bored listening to her speak.

"Okay let me tell you of this time I went for an audition while working as an assistant. I was bold or should I say stupid enough to audition for the same role my employee was to audition for. Actually, I did it because the day before she had told me I have no future and that if I were to ever venture into acting I would never make it."

Ethans brows deepens and the wrinkles around his eyes became more evident. "Who is that ?"

"I am not sure if you know her. Her name is Marie Donna, she is the daughter of a business man and an actress as well. In short, I auditioned for the role, the director loved it and so did the assistant director but the producer told me to my face that no matter how great my talent is, there is something important I lacked. Something Marie Donna had, which is her wealth. He said if my father were to have worked hard like hers and not laze around, I would not be where I am and so I only have my parents to blame." She shakes her head remembering the day it happened. She had gone home to cry later that night and wished her father was still alive. "I rushed forward and beat him up. I was later arrested for violence but left alone after no one camr to look for me." She tells him with a sad smile.

She had spent four days behind bars until thy let her go since no one came for her.