Chapter 270
As the grape popped boside her mouth, the soumess overwhelmed all her senses, vespera’s expression could’ve been a new trending internet meme. What kind of Crapes wear these?
“Ane Hary sweer? Dominic asked earnestly.
The semess took over her mind. It felt like her brain had malfunctioned.
“Yes! Sort Thing in extremely sweet! No kidding.“She laughed.
*Extarırlysweet, luch? Then you can have all of them.” Dominic pushed the entire plate of grapes toward her and wiped his hands.
“I’ll tell Bayamond to pack you some later. He planted these himself and said they work wonders for people with facial stiffness.”
Well, they were so sour they cured it. She worked hard to swallow the grape.
Despiteliow scary the process of eating it was, at least they were all natural and toxin–free.
Raymond benught over two bowls of ice cream and saw the grape skins on the table. He looked delighted that someone had eaten them.
“Vespera, do you like them?” he asked happily.
She didn’t have the heart to crash his enthusiasm but feared he might make her eat more, so she quickly changed the subject to the ice cream in his hands.
“That ke cream looks really good!”
“Come try it used the best milk 1 could find.” Raymond handed her a bowl…
“This is so good” It’s really, really good,” she said, taking another spoonful
“Was that better than the extremely sweet grapes?” Dominicasked.
She was speechless
“Vespera, you have such great taste. Let me pack some for you so you can eat them at home. Ah, I know they’re a bit sour, but grapes taste better that way,” Raymond offered
Ir happily went off to pack them for her. She looked at the grapes on the table and quickly took another spoonful of ice cream.
Dominic was also enjoying his ice–cream, eating spoonful after spoonful. So, he likes ice cream, Wesepra thought.
As she continued eating, she kept her eyes on him. The atmosphere wasn’t bad now, and she was feeling especially brave today. She wanted to get another thing off
Once that was done, maybe she could sleep soundly again.
“Mr. Reid the bitherspoon, took a deep breath, and said, “Can we just tum the page and forget what happened that night? I messed up–1 acted like a total creep and took advantage of you.
“Apparently, my hearing sucks too, What I meant was, I feel awful about it. Could y
Dominic set down his spoon and looked at her.
you just l
let this go? Let’s forget t ever happened, okay?”
she felt her heart jump to her throat. She braced for the humiliation that was sure to come–only for
him to say,
ན སྟེ ཟེ
She couldn’t believe her ears Did he really say that? Was he serious?
She had prepared for a long, hard battle. This easy victory felt like she’d missed something.
e gave her a playful smile and said, “Let’s close the book on the past. Only when we look forward can we welcome a new chapter, isn’t that rig
He
She blinked, trying to figure out what he meant. His words sounded normal, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that there was a hidden meaning to them.
“Why aren’t you saying anything?” hur asked.
“Ah, yes, you’re right,” she replied.
Nevermind what he meant. What mattered was
“Eur we’ve come to a consensus.”
unter how she looked at it, I sounded like atrap
Suddenly, she knew she shouldn’t stay any longer. She quickly set down her bowl and rushed back home, using laundry as an excuse.
When she got back, she was so relieved she started luumming. Two tough issues, both handled in one day.
She tossed bed clothes into the washing machine and filled the bathtub, ready for a good soak
past then, the doorbell rang.
She trope by the bathtub, then rushed out to checkher phone.
Haymond had texted era mlinite ago. “Vespera, you forgot the grapes. Lasked Mr. Reld to pass them to you! Eat them while they’re still fresh!”
