"Can you please forget what happened between us in Red Moon?" Astria lowered her voice as she brought up the topic about them.
"What happened between us - oh, you mean the fact that we slept together?"
Astria blushed despite herself and nodded. She avoided eye contact and elaborated, "Yes. It was an impulsive decision that I made due to unstable emotions after the divorce. It was nothing personal. So I hope we can put it past us and focus on being in this contractual partnership?"
"Contractual partnership?" Bryce snorted, "Aren't you afraid of sounding like a scumbag? You took advantage of me, and now I should forget about it? You didn't even pay me!"
Astria's face burned, "That's not - You misunderstood! I don't want to take my messy past along on this new venture. I'm sure you do
