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Thalia’s face went scarlet in an instant. She turned away, attempting to deny everything with what little dignity she could muster. “What on earth are you talking about? I would never say something like that…”

The corner of Asher’s mouth quirked upward. “No?”

“Of course not!” Thalia’s voice grew progressively quieter, her confidence waning with each word. “I mean… I couldn’t possibly have… not in front of everyone…”

Bloody hell.

Fragments of memory were beginning to resurface.

Last night, she had… possibly… perhaps… Oh god, she really had said those things, hadn’t she?

“I was talking absolute rubbish!”

The soft morning light filtered through the windows, illuminating her crimson–flushed face.

Thalia bit her lip, utterly mortified. “You know I was completely sloshed. I was just babbling nonsense. You wouldn’t hold a drunk person’s ramblings against them, would you?”

She didn’t sound particularly convinced of her own argument and added in a small voice: “When

someone’s intoxicated, they can’t fully control or recognize their actions. In legal terms, that’s considered diminished capacity…”

Asher’s shoulders shook with quiet laughter.

“Are you giving me a legal lecture now, counselor?”

In reality, intoxicated individuals weren’t legally classified as having “diminished capacity” at all–Thalia

was merely grasping at straws.

Knowing she was on shaky ground, Thalia let out an indignant “hmph” and attempted to wriggle free from Asher’s embrace.

His arms remained firmly around her waist. “Trying to escape? Have you forgotten how thoroughly you teased me last night? You can’t simply wind me up and then disappear.”

The scent of shower gel lingered on his skin–Thalia recognized it as her own usual brand.

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Asher leaned in and claimed her lips, his elegant fingers threading through her hair. They kissed with urgent passion, like a summer storm or a howling winter gale–powerful and impossible to resist.

“Lia,” he murmured against her lips, “may I?”

The faint morning light gradually brightened, and even the air between them felt charged with electricity.

she trembled slightly with nervousness, there was unmistakable

loved Asher and yearned for

sang sweetly in the trees.

was a gloriously

no return, a mobile phone rang suddenly.

sanctuary they’d created, the

the ringing and continue, but Thalia had been startled back to

few steps.

she stammered, gesturing

husky with desire. “Why are you

you

should… probably answer

the heat in his eyes cooling back to his usual

caller ID showed Grace Bennett.

having a lie–in on this early morning? Why choose precisely this moment to call? Asher suddenly found his sister rather irritating, and his tone carried a

it?”

spoke excitedly: “Brother, the meteorological service just announced there’ll be a meteor shower tomorrow night! Fancy watching it together? The best viewing

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ear, the man’s gaze drifted to

instantly.

A meteor shower?

adore seeing something like that. She’d been working herself to the bone these past days, and tomorrow being the weekend–it was the perfect opportunity for taking

a measured tone: “Alright.”

previous

the flush gradually receded from her face. She cleared her throat strategically, feigning composure as she said, “I’m rather peckish. Shall we order

eyes held a mischievous glint. “I thought you were going to verify whether I

wrong! I was just talking

deliciously husky and enticing, “How can

evidence?”

her

help but laugh.

was so delightfully modest–he’d

press the young woman further and dutifully ordered

Downs National Park the

lit up brilliantly at the mention of a meteor shower. She responded with unbridled

and

and

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to be done–his Thalia enjoyed having people around, and at the first mention of the meteor shower, she’d immediately thought of her two

and Thalia had experienced some unpleasantness at the riding grounds previously, Asher felt it necessary to inform Thalia that Grace would

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