Chapter 124

It took me a long minute to figure out the question wasn’t a dream. Because Ashton repeated it. ‘Do you still have feelings for him?’ ‘Who?’ ‘Rhys.’ ‘Rhys who?’ ‘Granger.’ ‘Granger who?’ Ashton’s chest rumbled overhead. I blinked, trying to focus. ‘Who’s that?’ His grip on me loosened just a bit. ‘A nobody.’ ‘Who’s a nobody?’ ‘Never mind.’ My lagging brain finally caught up to the night’s events and landed on a question I probably should have asked ten minutes ago: ‘What are you doing here?’ ‘Where? This is my car. We’re going home.’ ‘At the bar.’ I fumbled for my phone. ‘What do you need?’ He dug it out of my handbag for me. ‘To check. For a bug. I didn’t tell you I was at that bar.’ I didn’t even know I was going to be at that bar. ‘I didn’t bug your phone.’ A pause. ‘Though, now that you mention it… Cassian texted me. Sent me a photo of you and Yvaine and… Rhys.’ ‘I wasn’t with Rhys.’ I frowned. ‘I know.’ His voice softened. ‘It’s just… seeing him there…’ ‘Look,’ he said after a bea