Chapter 77

After taking photos, Asher and Thalia began building a snowman in the courtyard.

Thalia created an adorable large snowman about half her height.

She adorned it with a scarlet scarf and a little crimson hat, then used her peach oolong tea–colored lipstick to give the snowman rosy cheeks.

Asher leaned close to her ear, his breath warm against her skin. “Those rosy cheeks are utterly enchanting, just like yours when you’re… flustered.”

Thalia laughed, a delicate blush rising to her own cheeks at his suggestive tone. “Of course they are–this is my very own daughter, after all.”

After completing the snowman, Thalia brushed the snow off her gloves and looked at their creation with the pride of a new parent. “We simply must give her a proper name, don’t you think?”

“Capital idea,” Asher’s lips curved upward, his eyes never leaving Thalia’s face. “How about Sugar? It sounds rather like your name, Lia. Sweet… irresistible… tempting…”

Thalia’s eyes brightened, ignoring–or perhaps enjoying–his playful innuendo. “That’s absolutely perfect. Sugar it is.”

“Let’s take a family portrait, shall we?” Asher suggested, his smile warm and tender as his hand found the small of her back, drawing her just a fraction closer than strictly necessary.

“I’d love that,” she replied, taking the camera. “I’ll find someone to help us.”

Thalia approached the young couple who had been building snowmen earlier. “Excuse me, would mind awfully taking a photo for us?”

you

“Of course,” the young woman took the camera. “Though I’m not terribly familiar with how to use this

contraption.”

Thalia leaned in to show her. “The settings are already adjusted. You need only press here.”

“Right, I see.”

“Thank you ever so much.”

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“It’s no trouble at all.” The young woman whispered to Thalia, “You and your boyfriend make such a gorgeous couple. Are you Instagram influencers or something of the sort?”

Thalia shook her head, her eyes crinkling with amusement. “Goodness, no. And thank you–you’re quite

lovely yourself.”

After taking photos, Thalia and Asher visited a famous spot nearby.

It was a traditional inn with a distinctly historical ambiance. From the carved wooden windows on the third floor, one could see the snow–capped mountains in the distance, embodying the poetic sentiment of “the window frames a thousand years of snow on the western mountains.”

a point of taking

time, and Thalia had long wanted to visit. She had previously planned an itinerary that included

when it came to dampening

special about that? I’ll take

when work became busy, she no longer had time to go,

later, she had finally

she was here with

blew past, causing Thalia to suddenly

“Chilly, my

Asher pulled up the hood of Thalia’s down jacket and placed it

“Keep your hood up to block the wind. I can think of

photos soon, and the hood won’t

the photos. The wind is rather

at Asher, her eyes playful. “Are

darkening slightly. “A kiss would warm me

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not cold then.”

not, I still want a kiss. Call it… payment for services rendered last

who normally appeared so

affection when

he

stood on her tiptoes to

height approaching six feet three inches, he stood more than a head taller than Thalia. Even

young woman pouted. “I

bringing his lips closer to Thalia’s, offering himself for her kiss.

imperious heir who never bowed to anyone was willingly lowering his

for Thalia Winters would he

hooked her arms around Asher’s neck and

a deep kiss, so she merely gave him a fleeting peck before attempting

back of her head, deepening the kiss, his lips urgent against hers, reminding her vividly of the

realized what was happening, Thalia struggled free from his hold, her

crimson.

tactically twice to hide

far too many people here. We can continue this when we get back,” she

was in excellent spirits, his eyes soft with affection, his lips curved in a satisfied smile. “I shall hold you to that

turned her head, her face still

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her expression froze, the smile

biting cold wind swept through, and snow

of the inn, gazing at her from afar through the

noticed

smile disappeared from his eyes, replaced by an icy coldness that cut

took Thalia’s hand and walked toward

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