Chapter 18
After taking photos, Asher handed back her phone, his expression carefully neutral. “You have a message”
“Ohp”
Thalia opened it, her face stiffening at Drake’s words. She knew message previews appeared automatically–Asher must have seen it.
She glanced back at him nervously, explaining, “My ex. We’ve broken up.”
“I see.” Asher’s expression remained impassive, his eyes unreadable.
“I’ve blocked him on everything else–forgot about his number.”
Thalia felt oddly flustered. She was twenty–five; having an ex–boyfriend was perfectly normal. Besides, she’d dated Drake before agreeing to the arrangement with Asher. She had nothing to feel guilty about.
Realizing this, she calmed herself. “I’ll block him now.”
She did so immediately, with Asher watching.
“Trust me,” she added, “once I agreed to our arrangement, any past relationships became exactly
that–past.”
Asher nodded, his dark eyes still inscrutable. But as Thalia turned away, the faintest smile played at his
lips.
After several days of exploring the city together, it was time to return to London.
She hadn’t told her family she was coming home, so no one from the Winters household was at the
airport.
Instead, Asher’s assistant met them with a black Rolls–Royce Cullinan.
“Shall I come in with you?” Asher asked as they pulled up to the Winters estate.
Thalia shook her head. “No need.”
“Alright.”
at the gates, hesitating. Sensing her reluctance, Asher didn’t
ring the bell. Three years ago, she’d left without her keys. Now she needed to be buzzed into
the door
home?”
voice cracked with emotion.
throat tightened as she
I’ll call your father right away.”
“He’s not here?”
Your stepmother’s at Lucy’s school
in
father she’d been at odds with
exactly as she’d left it, immaculately maintained. Someone had clearly
daily.
heard Mrs. Clarke’s knock. “Miss Thalia? What would
dinner?”
door with a slight smile.
course!” Mrs. Clarke
loving her like a daughter. She’d been the one
Mrs. Clarke
Thalia refused food in her grief, it was Mrs. Clarke who coaxed her to eat, who
might not have survived that period.
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to her father in three years, she’d still called Mrs. Clarke
something.” Thalia handed her a beautifully wrapped package. “The
I’ll make some for you tonight-”
is for you. I’ve
“I couldn’t possibly-”
her hands. “Please. After everything you’ve done for me, it’s the least I can
offer.”
Clarke’s eyes welled
small girl
Lucy Winters looked up at her half–sister,
Thalia, though Thalia remained distant. She couldn’t help associating Lucy with Victoria, her stepmother–her mother’s former
herself to be cruel to such a sweet child who only
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