OLIVIA
"What if... things could work out between us? Would you come back to me?"
It felt like the time stopped.
For a moment, it was just the two of us, in our own world. The breeze stirred the air just right, adding a touch of magic to the moment.
I narrowed my gaze at Asher, searching his eyes as if I could pull the truth from them. Was this another one of his tricks?
But Asher wasn’t the type to play games. He was straightforward and blunt. Even at the point when he proposed, his words were as direct as they came and clearly pointed out: "Marry me. Help me get away from my mother."
I knew exactly what I was walking into when I married him, yet I had hoped... and surely, there was nothing wrong with hoping.
"What are you trying to say?" I asked in a voice that was barely audible,
