Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

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Chapter 36

In Thalia’s apartment, Asher stood in the kitchen wearing an apron, cooking dinner, shamed against the door frame, watching him with amused emiosity.

“The great Asher Blackwood knows how to cook? I’m impressed?

He continued methodically preparing vegetables. “Remember when you asked where the food il Brought

you came from?”

He turned, offering a slight smile. “I made it myself,”

“You?” Thalia’s eyes widened. “But how does it taste exactly like my mother’s shepherd’s piss

His smile deepened. “I learned by watching her when I visited.”

“That’s impossible,” Thalia protested. “You only came over a handful of times before she passed.”

Asher continued preparing the meat and vegetables, his movements precise. “Let me take you somewhere tomorrow. It will explain everything.”

Soon he’d prepared a complete meal: roasted lamb with rosemary potatoes, glazed carrots, and his version of Thalia’s mother’s famous shepherd’s pie. Though Thalia usually ate lightly at dimmer, sometimes skipping it entirely, tonight she finished everything on her plate, savoring each bhiite that tasted

so familiar.

When she moved to wash up, Asher stopped her. “Sit. I’ll do it.”

“My, my,” she teased. “Such a perfect househusband. Should I marry you?”

He flicked her forehead gently. “I’m the one marrying you.”

After cleaning up, Asher prepared to leave, making no suggestion about staying the night. Leaning against the doorframe, Thalia found herself wondering why not. Was she not attractive enough? She glanced down at herself self–consciously.

Catching her expression, Asher smiled. “What’s on your mind? You look troubled.”

“Nothing,” she coughed, embarrassed. “Drive safely.”

“See you tomorrow.”

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still carrying the rubbish, Thalia

proper.

Drake was released after his assistant paid his bail. It was 4 AM when they finally

walked out.

evening with his girlfriend who had specially visited London, only to

break up

he asked

to the hotel,” Drake

his suite, Drake flicked on the lights, the spacious room feeling emptier than ever. He lit a

inhaling

Thalia’s touches – no antique vase with fresh flowers on the glass table, no fully stocked refrigerator, no decorative touches on the walls, no curtains in

but was immediately assaulted by images

right now?

pain in his chest was unbearable.

to London, but never this – never Thalia with another

in a relationship: first when you break up, then when you see

someone else.

right they

light breakfast, she dressed carefully in a black velvet vintage dress that fell to her ankles, her dark hair falling in waves around her

leaning against his black Rolls–Royce Cullinan, finishing a phone call.

he said simply, ending his call.

are we going?” she asked, settling into

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“You’ll see.

behind. The countryside opened up before them rolling hills and autumn trees. Thalia cracked her window, letting in the crisp air.

said, closing her eyes to breathe in the