Chapter 182

Asher's POV

I anticipated this.

Not like I thought she would be unable to dismiss the obvious unpleasant anxiety that would surface upon the fact that she would be seeing her people again.

I hit the brakes because I knew how Lyra had been treated and how she would be feeling. Though she had tried to mask her emotions since we left, but I could see how inattentive she was.

From her playing with her fingers to her being temporarily lost, all these things I noticed when we were walking to the car.

Now we were inside the car and she couldn't stand it anymore.

This was what I wanted to see; her vulnerability.

I looked over to Philip and I was in time to catch the worry etched in his eyebrows, he did not bother scrutinizing her appearance from the front seat, instead, he opened the door and climbed out of the car. At the same time I did.

I felt Philip would be inept in understanding the state of mind she was in due to his obliviousness concerning the things she had been through.

Though he m