Chapter 146

“What?” Alpheus spat the water in his mouth in shock, that was the last thing he had expected to hear from her but it was the first thing on his mind, in fact it had been the only thing on his mind since he had spotted her swimming in the pond.

“Are you alright?” she asked.

“I…” but he began to cough, his shock had caused the water he had been sipping to go the wrong way.

“Huh?”

“I asked if you are alright, you keep coughing and your face is red,” she stated as if she were talking about the facts of the universe.

“I… you just asked me to make love to you?” he had to confirm what he had just heard.

“I did, why? You are not up to the task?” she quipped raising her left eye brow.

“I am, I’m just… I mean you don’t even know, we do not know each other,” said Alpheus. He was not trying to be a moral person neither did he care at the moment about being unfaithful to his wife but he had thought… he had thought what? His brain had become fuzzy all of