Capítulo 44: Trigger

"Never found me appealing?" he repeated, the words breaking his heart into pieces.

Memories of their time together flooded back. She had helped him train but always maintained a boundary.

He attempted to ask her questions to connect on a deeper level, but she always found a way to shift the conversation.

At first, he thought her pride as a demon kept her from falling for a human. Now he realized that it wasn't the case. She could fall for real; it just wasn't him.

Unlike what Asher believed, Lucy was very conservative when it came to men, and she would not display her clingy side with just anyone.

"I give up," he chuckled, finding humor in his situation as a defense mechanism.

"I lost, so tell me, what do you want from me?" he quickly shifted the conversation, not wanting to embarrass himself further.

She had made her feelings clear, and he had to accept it, no matter how much he hated it.