Chapter 16 （B） – Asher
Sixteen (B)
PRESENT DAY
ASHER
The Chris & Michelle Brooks Wedding
The Excellence Resort
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
I changed my mind about you coming later.
I need you here.
Kelsey
Ugh. WHYYYY?
Because I need help with our “client.”
(I also need someone to talk to.)
Fine. Be there in a day or so. I’m almost done with the research.
(TALK TO KATIE. Aren’t y’all together right now?)
Ilooked over at Katie as she leaned against the window in our shared cab.
As much as I wanted to deny it, she was still—by far—the most stunning woman I’d ever seen, but I couldn’t stand the idea of hearing about fucking Brad ever again, and I was too damn jealous to be anything but cordial if she insisted on hanging on to that dead weight.
She slowly turned to face me and blushed. “Something wrong?”
“Yes,” I said. “Kelsey’s on her way to fix it, though.”
“Since we’ll be the first two guests to arrive, do you want to temporarily put our grievances to the side and take a tour of the resort together?”
“No, Katie.” I kept my voice even. “I don’t want to do that at all.”
“The tour or the grievance part?”
“Both,” I said. “Having to see you for the next three weeks is bound to be torture enough.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
I didn’t answer her.
Between the scent of her strawberry perfume infiltrating the air, her puffy pink lips, and the terrible breakup tasks ahead of me, I was bound to leave this place with a severe case of blue balls and my brother’s heart in my hands, and I needed to focus on one thing at a time.