From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 232

The vinegar bottle slipped from her grasp.

The glass shattered on the pavement, a sharp tang of vinegar filling the air.

“Oh my goodness, are you alright?” Anthea blurted out an apology.

“I’m fine.” The man brushed off his black trench coat nonchalantly.

That voice, it sounded oddly familiar.

Anthea looked up, and it was Alex.

Alex hadn’t expected the person he bumped into to be Anthea, “Ms. Yeager, I’m sorry about your vinegar.”

“It’s okay, it wasn’t your fault. I wasn’t watching where I was going. I’ll just pop back to the store for another bottle,” Anthea said. But instead of heading straight back to the store, she squatted down to pick up the broken pieces, tossing them into a nearby bin to prevent any passersby from getting hurt.

Alex crouched down too, helping Anthea with the cleanup.

Two pairs of elegant hands accidentally reached for the same shard.

Their fingertips grazed each other lightly.

A spark, quick and unexpected, and they both paused.

Anthea didn’t show any awkwardness, simply releasing the shard and grabbing another.

face betray any

if nothing had

were collected, Anthea headed back to

went to pay, Alex beat her

didn’t have

smiled faintly, “It’s only a bottle of vinegar, Ms. Yeager. No need to fuss.”

a direction, “My place is just over there. Since it’s the holiday, I won’t

good,” Alex nodded slightly.

back, my mom’s waiting for this vinegar for the cooking.”

“It looks like you got some vinegar on your sleeve. I have

said with little concern, “I’ll just change when I get home. Goodbye,

nodded again.

shadow of disappointment briefly

ཛཿཧི ཀཽ ཥ རྗ = ཟྭ · ཇ ༈

as quickly as it had come.

the door opened, and a driver stepped out,

got into the car, the winter sun casting a

in as well, and the car sped off, soon arriving

a stop, an assistant came over to

Rebecca/ and bring it to my

away,” the

Alex added, “Summer ones, preferably

assistant nodded again.