The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 132

Chapter 132

The waiter’s arrival cut off whatever Lilith was about to say. But when he was gone, and I asked what she was going to tell me, she just waved her hand and said she couldn’t remember. I took it as a sign that I had exhausted the conversation, and whatever else she had to say, she would do so in her own time.

After that, we spent the next half hour talking about lighter things-the shops we’d visited, plans for the upcoming week, anything to give us both a chance to recover from the heavy conversation.

I was halfway through my meal when our waiter approached with a cocktail on his tray.

“Excuse me, miss,” he said, setting the drink in front of me. “This is from the gentleman at the bar.”

I looked over and saw a man sitting alone, raising his own glass in my direction. He looked to be in his thirties, reasonably attractive, with dark hair and a friendly, close-lipped smile.

My first instinct was to refuse. I was married, after all, even if it was a sham of a marriage. And I didn’t make a habit of accepting drinks from strangers.

thought about everything that had been happening lately. I was dying, potentially even faster than I initially expected, at twenty-fucking-two years of age, and I’d spent the

living like a nun, following all the rules, being

so focused on being proper? How many simple pleasures

most women my age had experienced at least once. It was a small thrill, a tiny rebellion, a moment of feeling desired by someone who wasn’t obligated to pretend to

be dead in a few months anyway.

of fruity

nodded, then returned to his

Lilith said, “are you sure that’s

drink,” I laughed. “I’m not going to run away with him or anything. I just… I want to know what it feels like. To be a

a moment, but nodded,

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to make it interesting. I sipped it slowly while we finished our dinner, feeling slightly more relaxed with each

at one point. “I need