Chapter 64

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.

20:52

Your Gold Digger is Actually A True

64.3%

Chapter 64

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.

slightly with nervousness, there was unmistakable anticipation in her

and yearned for this deeper intimacy with him.

birds sang sweetly in the trees. Everything felt utterly

was a gloriously

the precipice of no return, a mobile phone

created,

Thalia had

few

phone,” she stammered,

molten, his voice low and husky with desire. “Why are you running,

you completely.”

answer

his eyes cooling back to his

showed Grace Bennett.

Asher suddenly found his sister rather irritating, and

it?”

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

20-52

Gold Digger is Actually A

64.5%

Chapter 64

ear, the man’s gaze drifted to Thalia standing nearby, his expression

instantly.

A meteor shower?

past days,

a measured tone:

interruption, the previous intimate

She cleared her throat strategically, feigning

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

I was just talking absolute

deliciously husky and enticing, “How can you

evidence?”

head to stare at her toes, the picture of contrition. “I just know I

help but

was so delightfully

press the young woman further and dutifully

told Thalia about going to South Downs National Park

responded with unbridled enthusiasm: “I’ve never seen a meteor

and Victoria too.”

smiled and

thinking of spending time alone with

Gold Digger is Actually A

64.79%

Chapter 64

and at the first mention of the meteor shower, she’d

unpleasantness at the riding grounds previously, Asher felt it necessary to

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255