CHAPTER 39
CHLOE
My jaw was still hanging open when Asher pulled me into the car.
"Close your mouth," he said, sliding into the driver's seat. "You'll catch flies."
I snapped my mouth shut, my heart still racing from what just happened. "What—how—you were just—"
"I was just what?" He turned to me, a smirk playing on his lips. "Saving my girlfriend from a has been high school bully?"
"Your girlfriend?"
His hand found my chin, tilting my face toward his. "That's what you are, isn't it?"
I stared at him, completely awestruck. "I don't know what I am."
"You're Chloe." His thumb traced my lower lip. "A woman who is more than what she thinks she is."
I was still a bit confused, but I nodded my head anyway. "Okay."
He smiled, that slow lazy smile that made my thighs clench. I swallowe
