Greatwater Lake When that’s all behind us

Her gaze fell upon him with the revelation of Damien's thoughts about their last meeting. Damien held it with his own, seeing the bewilderment on her expression as his fault. He probably should have kept quiet about it, say something else instead, but in that moment the blunt truth was the only thing that had crossed his mind and he'd put no resistance against revealing it.

Asterr admitted that she'd assumed Damien would have wanted to forget about their encounter, which took Damien by surprise. Back in that moment Damien had been explicit about his pleasure, having told her that he was glad he'd stayed with her that day. "Did you... Want to forget about it?" he asked, suddenly feeling completely out of place and rejected.