Chapter 153

Asher's POV

The only reason I could think of that made Lyra blindly trust Luna was because the woman had been more than a mother to her, and the reason she couldn't believe that Tristan would like her was mainly because of her insecurity.

I only slightly believed Tristan's words. I knew that surely a part of him only wanted to play with me and he had no sort of affection for Lyra but it still provoked a lot from me.

She was vividly panicking like she couldn't imagine that Tristan would like her. She even made herself believe that such an occurrence couldn't take place. I didn't blame her though. It was normal to have such ideas in one's head. But I had thought she would be, If anything, a bit willing to take part in this.

However, she was stubborn. She was hard headed, like a nail that couldn't be hammered into submission. I wanted to know her own reason for refusing if it was anything like I thought.

"What's wrong with people like you?"

"Ugly," she answered, her eyes focused on mine