Chapter 240

Ashton hit the speaker, breathing hard. Cassian’s voice floated out languidly, like he’d just crawled out of bed. ‘Ashton. What’s up.’ ‘Did you tell my wife I had some other crush before I married her?’ ‘What? What are you talking about? When would I have—’ A pause. Cassian sounded more awake now. ‘Wait. You mean back when you two weren’t married? Yvaine asked me something about your love life. I said you were into someone for years. You didn’t tell me to keep it a secret, so I just said it offhand. Why?’ ‘Did you tell her the woman I liked was a dancer?’ ‘What dancer?’ Cassian sounded genuinely baffled. ‘Why would I tell her that? Since when is she a dancer?’ ‘So that wasn’t from you?’ ‘What wasn’t? What are you talking about? Are you drunk?’ ‘I’m not. Are you?’ ‘What? No.’ ‘Tell me exactly what you told Yvaine.’ ‘Just what I said. That you’d been carrying a torch for some woman.’ ‘Did you give her a name?’ ‘No. Back then, I didn’t know it was Mirabelle.’ Cassian’s voice turned teasin