Chapter 166

Asher's POV

I watched the two of them argue, to the extent that Lyra fell on her knees for him. I didn't think he meant so much to her. I never expected the possibility of her being enthralled by him like he was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

She begged him, pleaded with him and although he was angry, she was relentless, she didn't want to give up on their relationship.

And that realization made me feel a bile rise up in my throat. The cruelty made me realize that I was missing a lot. This was what I wanted from her. These petty fights, these jealousy, these affections, these bickerings, I wanted to live it all with her. I wanted her to be so scared to leave me the way she was scared of Philip leaving her. I wanted her to want me as much as she wanted him.

But it wasn't anyone's fault but my own. I had messed up every chance of the two of us being together because of my uncertainty and utter foolishness. These moments that I feel nothing but pure love for her despite kn