My heart stopped when the two players in the middle parted, revealing a familiar head of dark hair and emerald eyes. How…what… My brain sputtered, at a loss for words, as Asher walked past his teammates and toward me. His mouth curved into a small smile. “Hi, darling.” It was a simple greeting. Two words, which I’d heard plenty of times before. It shouldn’t have elicited such an instant, visceral reaction—but it did.
