THE ONLY HEIR

chapter 116

I sat at the edge of my bed. My back was placed on the wall and my head was bent in an arc. I was staring down at the course material in my hands.

My eyes was roaming the page but I couldn't get a single information from it. I dropped my head back, my head had started to ache really badly.

“Did you always get a reward as a child?." I heard Asher's neat voice cut through the silence.

I raised my head, he was sitting on the chair and his glasses layed idly on the bureau, next to his computer.

For how long had he been staring at me, what was his question?.

“What?." I asked him.

He smiled.

“Did you always get a reward, as a child." He asked again.

“Sorry I don't understand you." I told him.

“When you did things, simple tasks, or let's say you did your homework, would your parents reward you?."

“Yes, they always did."

“That's the problem." He sat, turning his chair fully to face me.

“You have placed your dopamine on the reward and not the task itself. My mother was a psycholog