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Chapter 143 - Kiss Me, You Oaf

Chapter 142: Kiss Me, You Oaf

The small cloth in Orion's hand unfurled like a secret revealed, its folds whispering against the wood of his calloused fingers. Inside lay a pair of delicate earrings...twin drops of silver framed with faint traces of blue crystal that shimmered softly beneath the firelight. Sophia's breath caught before she could stop it.

"Are those…" she began, her voice faltering as disbelief tangled with something warmer.

Orion's lips curved into a slow, knowing smile. "The same ones we saw at the stall this morning?" He asked her. "Yes."

"But..."

"You pretended like nothing at the stall interested you." He supplied for her.

Sophia blinked, then frowned, though the blush that crept across her cheeks betrayed her. "You...You knew?"

He chuckled, low and deep. "I've told you this numerous times Sophia but you can't lie to me. You liked the earrings but pretended you didn't."

"I was going to get them later...maybe when I had the money." She told him.

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