“Wait. Asher, please don’t leave.” Fuck me, her plea hit me hard. “I shouldn’t be here. This is . . . between you three.” “But that’s just it. You should be here, Asher. With me. I can’t say yes to you”—her eyes darted between Ben and Remi—“not unless you understand that I need him too. I can’t explain it, and I didn’t expect it, but I know it deep in the heart of me. I need all of you.”

