Chapter 176

Asher's POV

Fiona was standing behind me, her hands folded in front of her as she gave me a stare which made me wonder what I could've possibly done incorrectly towards her.

Under the moonlight, her eyes seemed glossy, u didn't want to believe that it was because she was crying because that would be painfully absurd.

What irked me was the fact that I had no idea how long she had been standing there and how many of those things she had heard.

And that thought, that wonder took me back to Lyra's question: "can you say these words in the presence of other people?"

At that moment when I had been met with the question, I was pretty confident in my answer, thinking I would not mind if anybody heard what I was saying to her.

But the minute I turned around and wondered how long Fiona had stood there and what she had heard, I figured that Lyra was right to have left.

I was fucked up.

I wanted her. I wanted her so badly but there was something pulling me away from me and until I made