Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

Chapter 61

Meanwhile.

Asher was playing snooker with several friends at an exclusive gentlemen’s club.

Alexander chalked his cue, a cigarette dangling from his lips as he teased casually: “Well, well, look who’s graced us with his presence. How is it you have time for us tonight, Asher? Not picking up your precious

Thalia from work?”

Since Thalia had started working and moved into her own apartment, Asher had spent every free

moment at her Tribeca flat.

It had been ages since he’d joined them for a get–together.

After the incident at the engagement ceremony and his hospital stay, Asher and Thalia’s relationship had grown even closer. He made time almost daily to pick her up from work.

Asher’s expression remained neutral as he lined up his shot. “She’s having dinner with colleagues

tonight.”

“Left behind, are we?” Alexander laughed dramatically, his expression deliberately provocative.

His tone was mockingly sympathetic. “Has the mighty Asher Blackwood actually been abandoned by a woman? What sort of colleague dinner could possibly be more important than you?”

Asher’s demeanor cooled slightly. He glanced up at Alexander with a frigid gaze. “Abandoned?”

“Hardly,” Asher’s lips curved into a slight smile. “She’ll be coming home after her gathering, won’t she? What about you? Will you be picking up your girlfriend later?”

The remark wasn’t particularly harmful, but it was deeply insulting.

Everyone knew Alexander was perpetually single. What girlfriend was there to speak of?

He ground his teeth in annoyance, turning to William in an attempt to redirect the conversation. “Would you look at him, mocking a chap like that. William, you’re single too–how can you stand for this?”

William cleared his throat. “Actually, I’m seeing someone at the moment.”

“What?” Alexander’s jaw dropped, his mouth hanging open, his cigarette falling. “What did you just say?

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You’re dating someone?”

William nodded.

“You never mentioned it. Which family is she from? The Kensington set? Or perhaps old Westminster money?” Alexander’s curiosity was piqued.

family was among London’s elite, while the Westminster lineage had political connections,

Powells.

governing class. Alexander naturally assumed he would court someone of

William could answer, Alexander continued: “I saw that Kensington girl recently, just back from studying abroad. Absolutely stunning.

head. “Just an ordinary

incredulous, enunciating each

briefly

a smoke ring, his tone matter–of–fact. “It’s just a bit of fun, not

his tongue, shaking his head. “Since when did you start playing around with

carelessly, the picture of nonchalance. “What’s there to worry about? A couple of designer handbags and some cash. If I don’t want to see her, how would she even reach me?”

thoughtfully. “That’s true enough.”

stratum, unless they chose to be accessible, ordinary people would likely never have a chance to even encounter them.

but pointed. “Playing with someone’s emotions

We’re simply meeting each

your business, but be careful. Don’t

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can’t escape.”

gossip–hungry interest. “What does she

let us have a look.”

expression cooled. “What for? She’s not part

“Fair enough.”

nothing more.

checked his phone regularly, afraid of missing

any message from Thalia, but he did get a text from his

in

furrowed, his lips stiffening slightly.

to stretch his legs. Happening to pass by Asher, his

“Is

frigid, his gaze cutting.

immediately stifled his laughter, though his expression remained comically strained as he

in. “What’s the story

stood up.

to give William a conspiratorial

better match contemporary British English expressions and incorporate

At the bar.

a few more sips before swaying unsteadily as she began

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of Blackpinks and Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream/ her voice

winced the moment he entered the bar, covering his ears. “Bloody hell,

song

and remained stone faced,

they approached, they could see that the person passionately performing on the

on, fetch your