"No? Okay, how exactly do think things would have gone if I bit and wasn't completely disgusted by it, huh? You honestly think you'd be sitting here now?" It had nothing to do with liking or disliking the man, either; it was just the nature of it. If Asher had enjoyed it, being the first he'd tasted after a full year would have stacked the odds against Stephen, regardless of what he thought about him.