Chapter 40

“For what it’s worth, you had his attention. That’s the most important thing, and you scaled through a major obstacle. You should be proud of yourself to a large extent, no matter how things ended.”

“So what’s next after this?” Aria asked. “You’ll ambush Asher at some point before the week runs out, and you’ll ask him to give you another chance to prove that I’m ready?”

“I don’t know what I’ll do next, Aria. I haven’t thought about it yet, but it shouldn’t be a problem for me anyways.”

“Do you mind answering personal questions, Eros?”

Eros watched Aria for a few seconds, trying to decipher what she was trying to say.

“It depends on the kind of question you’ve got in mind,” Eros said, leaning back into his chest as he crossed his arms on his chest.

“I’m very much certain that you’ve paired thousands of probably millions of couples since the beginning of time, but have you ever had a case where you failed to make two people fall in love?”

“No,