#Chapter 136: Incapable

I stood frozen, unable to move, even to flee like I really wanted to. I had worried Asher wouldn’t be able to let my silly comment about Joseph go, so I had decided to follow him, to stop him before he could get into another fight. I hadn’t thought I would hear him tell Joseph that he didn’t love me. It hurt far more than it had any right to. Asher and I had never discussed such deep-rooted feelings. I knew he cared for me. And he desired me sexually. Love was never on the table. But to hear him say it. And for him to say it to Joseph. I was embarrassed. I felt like I’d been caught, and I was ashamed. Did he know that I loved him? Why didn’t he just let me down gently? Why let me get my hopes up? Why would he tell Joseph and not me? “Cynthia,” Asher said, a bit breathless. Was he embarrassed too? Maybe he never meant for me to find out. I turned from him. I wasn’t going to discuss this here, in front of Joseph. Asher must have agreed. He walked to me. “Come to my room