Chapter 72

Asher’s POV

The way Alli had dismissed me had made me feel like my presence had been unnecessary. Made me feel like a fool, despite the fact Eden had asked me to go there on her behalf. I could not shake the thought now that perhaps Bailey was wondering why I had turned up to see her before she began her new job. Would she think I didn’t think she was capable? I truly hope that wasn’t the case, or else I would owe her another apology. I seemed to be racking up a list of apologies I owed the poor girl…

‘Why do you care so much?’ Zion piped up as I stepped back into the packhouse.

‘What?’ I questioned.

‘Why do you care so much what the new girl thinks?’ he asks gleefully.

‘I don’t care. I just don’t want her thinking badly of me when she has just arrived.’ I huffed.

‘So you don’t care what she thinks. But you do care if she thinks badly of you when she has just arrived?’ Zion chuckled to himself. ‘Go figure. But it is okay, I assume