Chapter 97. Brokenhearted

ASHER

“Ash, what… what are you going to do?” Lee asked me as I gave her back her phone.

I wiped my face and massaged my temples. I sighed deeply, and with that, tears started to form in my eyes. The next thing I knew, the tears were already slowly pouring down my face.

When Lee saw that I was crying, she immediately hugged me. She didn’t say anything… she just hugged me tightly, and as she did that, I rested my face on her shoulder and stifled my cries there.

We stayed in that position for a few minutes. I was just crying, and Lee… she was silent while hugging me and gently rubbing my back.

When my crying had subsided a bit, I pulled away from the hug, and Lee immediately asked me, “Do you… do you want to call him using a different number? Maybe… maybe he’ll answer…”

I immediately nodded and then showed her Tate’s contact number on my phone, and she immediately dialed it through her phone.

But as soon as Lee dialed, what greeted us im