Chapter 173
DEMI
"What do you mean you’re not going?" Anna reiterates my words in shock.
"Exactly that. Ashal is back to his family. Skylar’s been stopped. Liam is...well royally pissed at me but what else is new?" I shove what was supposed to be my dress back into the closet and shut the door. "Skylar was the one who was forcing me to attend the party. I have no reason to go there much less as Ashton’s date. I’ve had enough embarrassments to last me a lifetime. No need to add to the long list."
Saying nothing, my best friend drops on the closest couch and stares intently at me while I fuss round the dresser, tidying up.
"So, you believe you’ve played your part in assuaging your guilt and your mission to stop Liam is complete?"
"It appears so." I try to grab my phone off the bedside drawer and knock it down accidentally. Anna arches her eyebrows at me.
"You seem a little disoriented, don’t you think?"
"It’s not polite to stare, Anna." I snap back.
"I just don’t understand why you’d ask me, Kat and Maddox to go to the party when you weren’t planning on attending yourself."
"I know you want to be there, to see Asher." She doesn’t even try to deny it. "I’m sure he’s still Asher but I can feel something simmering beneath the surface. Can’t put a name on it yet but for the first time, I’m starting to think he isn’t...completely hopeless. As for Kat and her brother, they’re fans of the quads and would secretly loathe me if I didn’t smuggle them into a high-profile party like that."
Anna chooses to be understanding.