"We were a beautiful mess, and Asher knew exactly how to pull my strings."

A trip to Switzerland was supposed to be a dream, but a single social media post turned it into a cold war. Now, trapped in the suffocating silence of a shared apartment, the tension between us is louder than the TV static. Asher is sharp, frustratingly observant, and possesses a toxic edge that drives me crazy—yet underneath his harsh words, there’s a desperate warmth he only shows to me.