I pulled it off without hesitation and spilled the beads all over the floor in front of him.
"A freebie from Nora's bag purchase? And you thought I’d wear this?"
His face darkened instantly. "Lily, I am talking to you nicely. Can we not do this? I picked this out for you—it has nothing to do with Nora. Don't talk nonsense."
I let out a cold laugh and showed him the picture that Nora had flaunted in her social media story:
[I love this bag, but what about the cheap freebie necklace it came with? Not my style. I told him to give it to someone else.]
Asher froze, at a loss for words. After a moment, he forced out a dry laugh and tried to hug me.
"You said you wanted to have a child with me, right? Let’s make that happen now."
His lips brushed my neck as he pulled me closer, but I shoved him off and slapped him hard across the face as I said, "Don’t touch me!"
He covered his cheek, his expression twisting with anger. "Lily, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"I must have been out of my mind to marry you, let alone agree to stay in a hidden marriage for two years!" I shouted back, refusing to back down. "You have already destroyed me—what more do you want?"