Chapter 22
“Here” Asher thrust a camera into her hands, and Lily frowned, her gaze darting from him to the camera repeatedly
What for? Asher shrugged and began walking to the car.
“Don’t you want to capture and record whatever will happen today for memories sake? You can have that as your travel document camera.
Lily’s mouth dropped open, and her flickered to the camera then at him before her lips tugged up in a wide smile, lighting her face up. She was going to capture everything with her phone anyways, but having a travel camera. From him. She bit
for her. back a squeal, she hurriedly walked over to the car where he held the door open
Muttering thank you, she quickly got in, and he closed the door behind her.
The smile Asher has been fighting finally made its way to his face when Lily got into the car. He saw how excited the gift made her, and it warmed his heart
Conversing with her yesterday made him realize just how bad he must have been to her. When their marriage started, he assumed she didn’t want him and was forced to the marriage just as he was, so he drew boundaries between them, giving her the freedom to be whoever she wants and do whatever she wants without the obstacle of being his wife
He reduced public appearances, gave her her space, said or did nothing that would give her the wrong ideas, and although he bore resentment for what Charlotte did, he never showed it to her, or so he thought.
But now, he’s realized he messed up and he messed up badly, and he was going to make up for it to the best of his abilities. He knew she had no intentions of getting him to fall for her in the next 45 days, so he would make her happy instead, and when the days are up, he’d grant her her only desire… To be completely free, and he hopes that it would be enough to compensate for the past 5 years,
“Aren’t you getting in?” Lily asked, poking her head through the window and Asher snapped out of his thoughts.
“I’m coming” He quickly walked over to his side and hopped in. Get ready to have the best time of your life in Paris today! “I’m definitely excited. Lily said, the sequel she had been holding in escaped and Asher chuckled, causing heat to travel up from her face.
First things first, we are going to get something quick to eat. We have a long day ahead of us?
And my camera is ready.” He glanced at her, and smiled before he drove out of the hotel.
“I’ve got a whole day planned ahead of us, so I hope that meal filled your stomach. Asher said as soon as they were done with their meals and Lily who was fiddling with her camera looked up with a raised brow, and Asher nodded.
“Normally don’t you start a long interesting journey before you eat a heavy meal? We just ate…” Lily lost track of her words, and looked up expectantly at Asher to list out the food they just ate. He told her they were traditional French cuisines and that was all
“Come on. Let’s get going, and you’ll be in the car most of the time. The heavy meal isn’t going to affect you like that, Lily” She rolled her eyes at him, but without arguing got up and went with him.
Lily took pictures of anything and everything that caught her attention throughout the ride, and whenever she captured something that seemed gorgeous to her, she’d excitedly show it to Asher, despite the fact that he was driving. And each time she brought the camera close to his face, Asher made sure to look and drop a comment on it.
He loves the excitement she was radiating. It made him feel good about himself, and made him even more excited for the to get to their next location. He was sure she was going to love it or so he hoped.
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Chapter 22
30 minutes later, he finally pulled up into a parking lot and Lily owned. The area seemed a little deserted. A few number of people were strutting in and out, but it still seemed pretty deserted.
“Have you brought me here to kill me? She asked, pulling her brows into a frown and a laugh escaped Asher’s lips
“If I was going to kill you Lily, I wouldn’t do it in Paris.
“So, you’re just giving me my last memories so you can kill me back in New York!”
Asher chuckled, shaking his head as he stepped out of the car. There’s no need to be a clown, Lily. Come on out, I don’t have plans of killing you,” he pulled the door open as he spoke.
“Well, I hope not.” She said as she walked out of the car.
Linking their arms together, Asher led them in.
The second they stepped foot inside, Lily’s jaw almost touched the floor. “Is this…? Are you? Oh. My God! Asher! This is crazy!!” She exclaimed, her eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets as she scanned around the room.
It was Musée Nissim de umondo, an example of French 18th Century Interior designs. Asher had peeked each time she was researching her interior designs and has noticed her strange obsession with vintage designs.
this would give you fresh ideas on your new project. Seeing it for yourself is always better than random pictures
“I though on the internet.”
Thank you so much, Asher. This means a whole lot. Her eyes were glossy from all the unshed tears, and Asher smiled.
“Come, let’s go take pictures.” He motioned with his eyes and they both walked away, exploring the grounds and taking pictures.
They spent over an hour there, taking pictures and talking about modern designs that can be added if it was to be redesigned to be more modern.
Thank you so much for bringing me here, I feel like I can take on a thousand projects now and not run out of ideas. Lily said as they walked back to the car, and pride welled up in Asher’s heart, and a certain bounce was added to his sens
“We have one more place to go.” Lily raised her brows and he wiggled his. “Come on.”
They ended up at Champs–Elysées, and Asher abandoned their car, saying that the adventure didn’t need a car, and it truly didn’t. They both spent their time walking around the street, shopping souvenirs, stopping to watch street performers and taking pictures. Lily practically blackmailed Asher into taking a picture with her.
They both simply existed in that moment, their laughter resonating in the air, and Lily couldn’t help the butterflies that were fluttering around in her belly, and all she wanted to do was to put a pause on the moment and live in it forever.
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