Chapter 269. Going Back Again

ASHER

As soon as Lee flopped onto her bed in frustration, her phone buzzed with a notification. She shot upright, grabbing her phone instantly, and of course, curiosity got the better of me, so I leaned in to see what it was.

Finally—Zac had sent her a proper New Year’s greeting. At last.

“Oh, happy now?” I raised a brow, smirking at her, and she rolled her eyes dramatically in response.

“I’m not opening it just yet. I don’t want him thinking I’ve been waiting around for his message the whole time and that I saw it the second he sent it,” she muttered, clutching her phone like it had personally betrayed her.

“Yeah, sure. Makes sense. Maybe wait a good five minutes before replying, just to be safe,” I teased, playing along with her logic.

I tried to keep the conversation light, but deep down, my thoughts were racing. I wanted to bring up the time turner—badly. The plan was already solid. We knew what we had to do. We knew what was going to h