HARPER'S POV
I can't sleep. I am lying on my bunk, wide awake, just staring at the ceiling like it has answers for me. My body is tired, but my mind won't shut up. Everything Asher said keeps playing on a loop in my head.
"We are going to have to stop lying."
Yeah, right. Easy for him to say.
Does he really think we can suddenly be on the same side now?
Is it possible?
Just like that.
Goddess, I wish it were, but it can't erase it.
Even though I want it.
Fear and suspicion don't just vanish just because he said some honest words and looked me in the eye like that was supposed to fix anything. As if telling me what I already know is enough. He thinks I'm going to drop my guard, spill everything, and fall into whatever this is between us. Whatever this is.
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