Even now, she still believed Asher Keating had no improper thoughts toward Phoebe Peyton. But she felt so oppressed and miserable, it was as if she couldn't breathe.
Phoebe Peyton, Phoebe, Phoebe...
'No wonder Phoebe Peyton had once said my nickname, "Leah," shouldn't be used. It wasn't just because Phoebe had an intimate nickname of her own that sounded identical, was it? Liam Peyton and Nathan Grant both called her Phoebe. Shawn Grant and the others called her Sis Phoebe. I've never heard anyone call Phoebe by that other, more intimate name.'
'So it must be because... Asher Keating had called her that.'
Leah Sinclair's head ached, so much that her vision blurred. She suddenly had a desperate urge to smoke, but this was her own room, and there were no cigarettes. And she didn't want to go to Asher Keating's room.
In a daze, she went downstairs. 'I'll buy a pack of cigarettes. Yes, I need a smoke to calm down.' she thought.
