04-25-2022, 07:36 AM
He let her hand go and raised his in surrender.
“It’s the engagement hand,” he rationalized.
Aslan scoffed at her criticism, but didn’t refute it. Father had had the Family Legacy in his sights; Aslan was looking at this chiefly in regards to feeding a log into a wood chipper.
He started to lower his hand to shake hers, but then yanked it up out of reach when she mentioned the maid. Not just any maid: the pretty maid.
“The lover gets to live as long as the pretty maid,” he counter-offered.
Should he really be gambling a life on his sister’s newest favorite maid? Fuck no. Made him all the giddier for it.
“It’s the engagement hand,” he rationalized.
Aslan scoffed at her criticism, but didn’t refute it. Father had had the Family Legacy in his sights; Aslan was looking at this chiefly in regards to feeding a log into a wood chipper.
He started to lower his hand to shake hers, but then yanked it up out of reach when she mentioned the maid. Not just any maid: the pretty maid.
“The lover gets to live as long as the pretty maid,” he counter-offered.
Should he really be gambling a life on his sister’s newest favorite maid? Fuck no. Made him all the giddier for it.
