Cassie hoped Giselle wouldn’t fall for it. Her mouth curved into a smile. "And are you thinking about giving him a second chance?"Giselle looked at her for a long, measured moment, as though genuinely turning the question over before she answered. "If you can turn me into a pig," she said pleasantly, "then sure. I'll give him a second chance. After all, only pigs can eat anything. Including their own vomit."The room came apart.Laughter rolled through it in a wave, full and unrestrained, the kind that catches people mid-breath and doesn't let go for a moment.From somewhere in the middle of it, Asher's voice surfaced, appreciative and unhurried. "Sharp tongue," he said, the admiration in it entirely genuine. "Interesting."He had noticed Giselle from the moment she walked in, had clocked her with that instinctive, quiet attention he gave to things that interested him.But even as the thought was still forming, he watched her eyes travel across the room and land, with calm and unmist
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