Asher by Ali Parker

Author:Ali Parker [Parker, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2019-09-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Piper

Asher slammed his hand down on the table as he roared with laughter. A couple sitting nearby cast curious glances in our direction, but we both ignored them as I descended into my own fit of giggles while Asher desperately tried to finish his story about Antoni helping him sneak out of the house when he was younger.

They’d been caught by John Lite who, apparently too old back then to care, had shooed them off with a wave of his hand. The young men proceeded to sneak off the property, get completely hammered out on the town, and then came back and promptly fell asleep on the front lawn to suffer the wrath of Lady Sutton at six in the morning the next day.

“That sounds awful,” I said, gasping for breath. Asher’s inability to keep his composure for the duration of the story was more humorous than the tale itself.

He nodded and rubbed at his jaw. “It was quite terrible. I’d never seen Antoni so scared in his life. I think he thought my mother was going to skin us alive.”

“I wouldn’t put it past her.”

Asher laughed. “Yeah. Me neither. Lucky for us, my father was there to talk her down.”

“He’s a lot more relaxed than her, isn’t he?” I asked, pressing a finger to my bottom lip. When I realized there was no sensation there, I frowned at my drink. “How many of these have I had?”

Asher studied my glass and then his own. “I’m not sure. Four rounds? Six?”

I winced. “You know, I think I’ve had more to drink in London than anywhere else this year. And I’ve only been here what, ten days?”

“Sounds right.”

I pushed my wine glass away from myself. “I’m going to call it.”

Full night had fallen outside. Lamp posts lined the streets and cast a warm glow on the still wet pavement and sidewalks. It had stopped raining about twenty minutes ago. Headlights glowed and danced over puddles as cars passed by, and I sighed as I gazed out at the romantic view.

“Your city is beautiful,” I said.

“For a long time, I thought it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen,” Asher said.

I looked at him out of the corner of my eye.

He smiled. “Then you came along, of course.”

“Stop it,” I said.

“I can’t help it. It’s true.”

Unable to fight the smile that stretched my cheeks, I rolled my eyes at him. “You’re a smooth talker, Asher. I didn’t expect that from you.”

“Is it working?”

“Kind of.”

He chuckled and leaned back in his seat. Then he polished off his last mouthful of whiskey and rubbed at his eyes. “I think you’re right to call it on the drinks. I’m not going to be able to go back to the manor tonight. I hardly think I’ll be able to walk a straight line.”

“Where will you stay?”

“I’ll get a hotel room or something,” he said, shrugging indifferently. “It’s not a big deal. It will be nice to spend a night away from my mother anyway.”

“Come spend the night with me in my room,” I said.

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