I pressed my lips to those of the apparition, but I felt nothing but air. Not even a zap of static electricity. It was simply… nothing.
Disappointed, I opened my eyes.
“Sorry,” he said.
“It’s not your fault,” I whispered. “You aren’t real.”
“I could be. If you talked to him.”
I shook my head. “It’s not that simple.”
“Why not? You care about each other.”
My aching heart couldn’t take much more of this torture. “He doesn’t. Not like how I want.”
The apparition of Asher watched me with curious eyes, so like those of the real Asher.
“Are you so sure about that?” he asked.
“Of course, I –”
A knock sounded on the door. The apparition immediately vanished.
My heart broke all over again.
The knock sounded again.
“Hold on! I’m coming.” I rubbed away my tears and pushed myself up on
