Leave.

Anna's P.O.V

I laughed, not because anything was funny, but because I thought Asher was joking, maybe he had gone crazy.

The laughter heightened , but it was abruptly silenced when my gaze met his, and I was confronted with the ferocity of his expression. His eyes blazed with a feral intensity, his jaw clenched in a snarl, and his entire being seemed to vibrate with a malevolent energy that made my blood run cold.

He meant it.

"What are you talking about, Asher?" I whispered, my hand moving to hold his neck, needing to touch him so I would be grounded in this painful reality. "The doctor said--"

"The doctor said what I asked him to!" He exploded and tears stung my eyes but still I didn't let go off his neck. "All this while, you knew they weren't mine. You knew your children had nothing to do with me and you kept up a fucking act."

I shook my head, his words stabbing me in the chest over and over. "No, Asher. I would never lie. I have nothing to gain. When you arrived at Westside, I h