Chapter 176

"How are you? What happened? You sounded really sad when you called earlier." He says. I have missed his deep baritone and the way it reverberates through my chest, travels across my body, making my fingertips tingle and my stomach erupt in butterflies.

"Ashley. I saw her today." I say quietly. I know he came here to help me get through my heartbreak, but I don't feel like talking about her right now. I don't want her to taint my temporary good mood.

"I take it your conversation with her didn't go well." He says gently, his fingers on my skin is reassuring. Gentle. Eliciting little fires. I just woke up from a nap but he is lulling me to sleep.

"No. It didn't." I say. Ashley would not let go of her suspicions about Linc's involvement with Tyler's death. She simply refuses to. And I can't make sense of it. Judging from my brief interaction with her today, I have to come to terms with the fact that I probably won't be able to make sense of anything concerning her anymore.