Chapter 140 Asher

• Asher’s POV
• The weight of everything settled on me the moment the doors locked behind us. I could still feel the heat of the room we’d just escaped, the way it had pressed in on me like a second skin. The truth was out now. Every secret, every lie, laid bare in the open. And the mafia, whatever reaction they’d have, wouldn’t be silent.
• Isabella paced the length of the small apartment, her arms crossed tight over her chest. She hadn’t spoken much since we arrived. Luca sat at the edge of the worn-out couch, his fingers tapping against his knee, his jaw tight.