Chapter 2000

Alaric stood rooted to the spot, digesting Hertha's words before the penny dropped. He hurried after her, "Hertha, they're newlyweds, basking in their honeymoon bliss. Is it really right for me to intrude and expect thanks?"

"There's nothing wrong with it," Hertha said.

"Every moment of a honeymoon is precious, don't you know?" Alaric said.

"I wouldn't know; I've never had one," Hertha replied nonchalantly, not slowing her pace.

"How can you say you've never had one? Three years ago, we had our moment, and that night gave us two beautiful kids," Alaric whispered, edging closer to Hertha with a mischievous grin, his words laced with an intimacy only they could understand.

Just thinking about that night made Alaric's throat tighten and warmth spread through his abdomen.

years, only Hertha could make him feel this

affairs, strangers passing by, with whom

they'd been together just once, she

that night, its sweet

heart yearned

years of flitting from flower to flower,

had fallen into the quagmire

his roguishly charming demeanor,

skin tingle, and she instinctively recoiled, stopping in her tracks to turn and

you mocking me?" Hertha hissed, bristling like a

"How could I be mocking you? I

us up together, leading to

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