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“He always got in the way.” He clicked his tongue, and that grim, disgusting smile of his grew on his face again. “Did he tell you about his petition? It reached the required number of signatures needed; of course, I helped boost the numbers. He submitted it to the building already.”
Oh. So, it was more than him just not knowing whether or not he wanted to be with me.
“But you don’t have to worry about him anymore. You and I can be together now. Nobody will get between us agai—“ It happened in a blur. Drew was on the ground, and Asher leaned over him as he beat him ruthlessly.
Unable to breathe, I walked away from the situation as Thomas tried to get Asher off Drew. Marie followed right behind me, and my head was ringing as I felt the nausea rise up my throat.
I was going to vomit.
I reached the car, where Marie had parked, and as I was about to open the door, a bloody hand blocked the door.
“Brooke.” His voice was hoarse, his knuckles bleeding. He stood close behind me, and I could hear his hard breathing behind me. “Wait.”
“Move your hand, Asher,” I whispered, and he quickly turned me around.
“Please, wait. Let me explain.”
“No.” The tears that had been threatening to leave my eyes finally slid down my face, and I roughly wiped them away, but they kept coming. “Just leave me alone, Asher. Please.”
“Why are you leaving?” I had been in the process of moving out for the last week, and he was only asking me this now? Now?
“You’ve always wanted me gone; I’m only respecting your wishes,” I spat as I pushed his hands off my shoulders.
“I don’t want you to leave, Brooke. Let’s talk about it for a second, please.”
“Brooke, I’m sorry about what you’ve experienced at our apartment building. I just wanted to tell you that we’re in the process of evicting Drew, and that we now have enough evidence against him. I am so sorry,” Thomas seemed empathetic, and I understood his apology, but I was hurt. “If it helps your situation, Asher is the one who gave us the evidence.”
“I don’t care; he’s just like the other fucked-up men in this building.” I pulled open the door, got in, and closed it, Asher’s hurt face a burnt memory in my head.
“Brooke?” Marie whispered, trying to tell me that there was still time for me to take it all back, but I was confused, I was hurting, and I felt lost.
“Please drive, Marie,” I swallowed hard, and she started driving. I looked at Asher through the side-view mirror, and he stared longingly at the car as it drove further and further away from him.
I broke down into tears, and Marie sighed as she continued driving. I asked her not to stop.
“Are you sure you want it to end this way?” she asked softly, and I shook my head as I struggled to control my breathing.
“No! I’m in love with him,” I cried, and she looked at me, concern written all over her face. “But it hurts because he doesn’t even know if he wants to be with me.”
“Brooke,” she whispered, her voice thick with emotion, and when I heard her say my name, I cried even harder, my warm, fat tears continued rolling down my face as I struggled to calm myself down. “That man is just as in love with you.”
I couldn’t hear her properly because of my sobbing, but all I knew was just how much it hurt to move away from someone I considered my new home.
Perhaps what I was feeling was just a loss of the infatuation I had developed with Asher. After all, our relationship bloomed from a place of hate.
Yet here I was crying over love.
Chapter 23
Asher
Jax sat down before me, his hands covering half of his face as he took in everything I had just told him in the last half an hour. After Brooke left me, I requested a few days off work, and luckily, my captain had granted me the days I needed to process just how crazy the past few days had been.
Out of concern and because I wasn’t answering any of his texts or calls, Jax had come to visit me, and I immediately broke down as I told him everything that had happened. In front of Anne, I had to pretend as if I was okay, and I knew she missed Brooke as much as I did, but she barely said anything.
When I was alone, I would cry. I missed her so fucking much that it felt like torture.
“You’re the biggest idiot I’ve ever met in my life!” Jax yelled as he got up from his chair and looked at me in disbelief.
