No one knew exactly how long they had been waiting, but finally, Asher Land and Sophie Smith made their way downstairs, taking their sweet time.
Sophie's face was flushed, clearly a bit unnatural, and there were some obvious red marks on her neck.
Everyone there were adults, and it was clear what had happened without needing to spell it out.
The atmosphere became awkward as Sophie lowered her head and pulled a chair several seats away from Asher before sitting down.
Compared to her shy reaction, Asher's demeanor was perfectly natural.
He cut the steak on his plate, intending to pass it over to her, but suddenly realized that she was sitting quite far from him.
She usually sat next to him, but today...
Did she think that sitting farther away would distance her from what they had just done upstairs?
Heh, she was being a bit too naive.
"Sit over here."
Sophie glanced up at him without responding, merely playing with the food on her plate with her fork.
