The air was thick with tension, so heavy that it felt like it might crush me if I took one more breath. Every inch of my skin seemed to burn where Asher’s hands had touched me. Every thought in my mind screamed at me to push him away, to walk away from the tangled mess we had created, but I couldn’t.
He was like a fire I couldn’t resist, even though I knew I’d get burned.
I stood in front of him, barely able to breathe, barely able to think past the storm of emotions swirling inside me. His eyes—dark, intense, filled with something unreadable—locked onto mine, and for a moment, it was like the rest of the world disappeared.
“You’re still here.” His voice was low, barely a whisper, but it had the power to pierce through the fog in my mind.
I clenched my fists at my sides. “I shouldn’t b
