Chapter Forty Nine

ASHER'S POV

I had been sitting in my office for the past few hours since I woke up but I could hardly even bring myself to concentrate on my work even though there was quite a whole load of work to do.

It was almost impossible to bring myself to stop thinking about Elysia, to thoughts of how occupied my mind and clouded my reasoning that it became impossible for me to think of anything other than her.

But there was a slight clench inu chest when I thought of her, especially when I remembered what I said about her when Nikolai accused me of liking her. I had called her an omega and I strongly regretted it. I regretted it the very instant I said it, but as a result of my pride and because I didn't want Nikolai to see me as a weak person, I was unable to take it back. I had also spent the whole of that day and the next days avoiding going in contact with her. I was well aware that it was guilty consuming me, and I knew I would have to deal with it eventually whether I liked it or not.

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