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.

only Hertha could make him feel this way. Just the thought of her was

passing by, with whom he never wanted a second encounter, let alone to

together just once, she had lingered in

of that night, its sweet intoxication, would swirl in

more his heart yearned for her,

years of flitting from flower to flower, Alaric realized, this

the quagmire of love, unable

his roguishly charming demeanor,

his breath on Hertha's ear made her skin tingle, and she instinctively recoiled, stopping in her tracks to turn and glare at Alaric, her

are you mocking me?" Hertha hissed, bristling

"How could I be mocking you?

your grandmother who served us that spiked punch and locked us up together, leading to what happened. We never got married, so what` honeymoon are

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