Chapter 293: The Hottest
The party ran on for three more hours, and Arwin did absolutely nothing for the entirety of them — though he did slip into the kitchen to steal a kiss from Lillia at one point, purely just because he could.
Reya flopped down to join Arwin at this table as the night started to wind down. Her hair was frazzled and she looked exhausted, but there was a satisfied smile on her lips as she sank back in her chair.
“The crowd is finally dying down,” Reya said, stretching her arms over her head with a yawn. She snagged Arwin’s drink off the table and peered into it before glancing up at him. “Can I?”
“Feel free.”
“Thanks.” Reya took a long drag from it, then let out another satisfied sigh. “This is great.”
“The drink? Or everything else?”
“Yes,” Reya replied. She took another sip before setting the tankard back onto the table and letting her head loll back to stare up at the ceiling. “I feel so relieved. I think I could sleep for a day straight.”
“I’ve done that a few times,” Arwin said with a wry smile. “I can recommend it. You wake up feeling pretty great.”
“That’s only because you’re a nutter that blows through every single scrap of energy he’s got banging at a piece of metal.”