@Ben Dover you're just viewing it wrong. Ash doesn't want to reveal their relationship because of Lyle. Lyle made it Cristal clear that he doesn't want any sort of feelings into this relationship they're in but he felt first and hid it from ash. Ash just wanna make sure if Lyle likes him before they become a couple I don't find any wrong in what ash did tbh, if u read the novel, ash's pov is much more explained.
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Nah because the people below are going "oh why are y'all hating on ash?!" So personally here's...