Asher's POV

My eyes fluttered open to the brightness of sunlight shining through a crack in the joint of the blinds. I lifted myself into a sitting position on the couch. My shoulders, neck and back hurt in a sore way. I had stayed in the couch for almost three days in either a sitting or lying position, waiting for Natalie to wake up.

She had finally woken the previous night but she had fallen asleep right after. My eyes went over to where she was lying in my bed, under my blanket, in my sheets. Thinking of it that way caused me to smirk and then berate myself for...