Chapter 88

Aria pushed that thought to the back of her mind. She wasn’t ready to deal with it just yet; she had a story to finish, and that was the most complicated part of it.

“You need to let her finish the story, Jasmine,” Valerie interjected. “You’re taking her to a different place where she doesn’t want to be right now.”

Aria sighed out of relief. She had been tongue-tied on what she was supposed to say to Jasmine’s speech, and she was grateful for Valerie’s help.

“I was only trying to help her, Val,” Jasmine replied.

“I know you were, but that was bad timing; you came in too hard,” Valerie explained before speaking to Aria. “You can finish up with the rest of the story.”

“When Eros told me he wasn’t sure about Asher’s intentions for me, I thought he was pulling my legs, you know? I mean, I didn’t even want to be here in the first place. Heck, I wanted nothing to do with Asher in the first place either, but he had encouraged me, and he had pulled out a lot of