Chapter 159. Love Story

Meredith lifted a cup of tea from the table, brought it to her lips, and blew gently over its surface before taking a sip, her pink lips resting delicately on the edge of the cup. Her pink kimono stirred to life beneath the sun rays that shot through the thin, rustic walls of her tea house. Each green flower petal embroidered onto the fabric glittered like they had been bedecked with microscopic stars. Her emerald orbs sparkled faintly in the orange hue, her baby-smooth skin glowing with gentle care as the sunlight swept over her round face.

The surrounding air was perfumed by floral scents emitted by incense candles that stood in a large circle around the table, two maids on white dresses kneeling outside it behind Meredith.

Alethea stared quietly with indifferent eyes from across the low table, watching as Meredith sipped her tea like some overly pampered princess. Her eyes moved to Desmond, who was sitting beside her, and she found him smiling, his eyes focused on th