Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

Chapter 177

Chapter 177

“You did that deliberately, didn’t you?” Thalia’s cheeks burned–this fame from embarrassment.

That had been an accident! A complete accident! Surely Rupert wouldn’t think they’d bean terraty Ksing in her

office?

It wasn’t that she cared about Rupert’s feelings, but she genuinely didn’t want anyone misinterpreting her relationship with Asher.

Regardless of who that person might be.

Asher tilted his head slightly, regarding her. “Did what?”

“You know exactly what you did!” Thalia gritted her teeth. “You deliberately moved closer so I’d accidentally touch your lips, knowing you’d get lipstick on you, specifically so Rupert would see it Admit in

Asher shrugged, his lips curved in amusement. “Wanting a kiss was genuine, but I honestly didn’t realize there was lipstick involved.”

“Drop the innocent act,” Thalia scoffed. “If you didn’t know, why were you smirking at Rupert?”

Asher maintained his look of exaggerated innocence. “Was I? It wasn’t intentional. I’d just had a little kiss with my darling–I couldn’t help smiling from sheer happiness.”

“Asher Blackwood!” Thalia snapped, grabbing a box of tissues from her desk and hurling it at him.

Asher caught it effortlessly. “Yes, I’m right here!”

He was grinning now, his dark eyes dancing with mischief.

“I am not your ‘darling‘! Stop with these ridiculous terms. I absolutely detest flippancy!” Thalia glared at him, pointing emphatically toward the door. “Now, this instant, get out!”

“As you wish.” Asher, having finished shredding the papers, obediently headed for the door. “Next ume you need odd jobs done, I’m at your service.”

Thalia fumed. “Out!”

As Asher left the office, he nearly collided with Lucy Jenkins.

“Good afternoon, Mr. Blackwood.” Lucy smiled politely, then froze when she noticed the lipstick on his lip.

“Hello,” Asher replied, clearly in excellent spirits.

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Blackwood, yourves” Lany hindisied,

perfectly aware of the lipstick, but he feigned ignorance, giving het dig and heure

lit up with

mind was

Blackwood and Ms. Winters

lives on!

Rupert happened to

his tone carried a distinct erige of Blackwood seems to

“That she’d ask me to means we’re close. She feels comfortable enough to ask favors of me. Notice she doesn’t

it? She’s likely too uncomfortable to impose on you–suggests your relationship isn’t particularly intimate, wouldn’t you say?”

Rupert: “.

encountered someone so adept at twisting

his eyes. “Mr. Blackwood certainly has a unique sense

The lift arrived.

opened, and both

of the lift, Rupert’s handsome face was reflected.

dismissively. “And has Mr. Lysander heard the saying ‘You don’t fish off the

was momentarily silenced.

surely the former offers more promise? The latter has

the confined space, tension crackled between the

that so? I rather think differently. Someone who has rejected you once will reject you again. A lack of feeling

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its absence is equally definitive.”

tightened, his eyes darkening

a wounded heart heal? When someone has loved with their entire being, only to be devastatingly hurt by the person they trusted most–who would be foolish enough to give

smile faded. He said

the underground

The doors opened.

Asher exited first.

his expression

shall see, Asher Blackwood. We shall see.

Friday, Thalia was just leaving her office

Winters, there’s something I feel I should

is it?”

walk in the park nearby? We can talk as we

seeing that Rupert seemed to have something genuinely important to discuss,

April evenings were

glow of sunset was

carried the promise of warmth.