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.

Alex’s face betray

as if nothing had happened at all.

all the pieces were collected, Anthea headed back to the

pay, Alex

Peterson, you really didn’t have

just smiled faintly, “It’s only a bottle of

vinegar bottle and pointed in a direction, “My place

Alex nodded

mom’s waiting for this vinegar for the cooking.”

As she turned to leave, Alex seemed to remember something, pointing at Anthea’s arm, “It looks like you got

Anthea said with little concern, “I’ll just change

nodded again.

shadow of disappointment briefly

ཛཿཧི ཀཽ ཥ རྗ = ཟྭ

as

the curb, the door opened,

got into the car, the winter sun casting a cold light across his

in as well, and the car sped off, soon arriving at the Peterson Manor.

a stop, an assistant came over to

me everything on Anthea and Rebecca/

the assistant nodded.

“Summer ones,

assistant nodded