Chapter 35: A Sweet Fear
My nerves were unsettled, and the constant shaking of my body was becoming unbearable, or was it the chilly air? I couldn’t tell, I couldn’t think and the ramming thoughts in my head weren’t helping either.
I tried pulling the covers more to my body and then suddenly the door opened, I gasped.
The light coming in, my back instantly slamd on the bed wood, as I waited in itching anticipation as the figure stepped in.
Olivia yawned coming in view, holding a candle and so sheets in the other hand.
Wait... Olivia?
"Olivia," I said in relief.
"My lady you’re awake," she said with a smile against her lips, as she dropped the candle on one of the stances, walking up to the bed with the sheets at hand.
"The air suddenly beca so chilly and then I rembered you didn’t have enough sheets to cover yourself" she states placing the covers on top of my bed.
She then paused seeing my stare.
"Are you okay my lady, you look like you have just seen a ghost"
"I’m fine... I-I just thought it was soone else" I said as my gaze fell to the door but it remained close.
"All done my lady, I should leave you to have your rest. It’s still late," she said about walking away.
"Don’t go!" I said with haste.
"I’m sorry my lady. I know it’s hard staying alone in your chambers but maids aren’t allowed to sleep in the chambers," she said with a pouting face.
The poor girl didn’t know the main reason, there’s no way she would.
"But you can ring this bell if you need anything" she states walking up to a bell hung on the wall, just next to my bed.
"The sound is made to reach my room, its a call bell, just ring it if you need "
I just forced a smile, nodding. I didn’t know how to tell her, and I didn’t want her to break the household rules by staying here and facing mother’s wrath. I had to let her go.
"Goodnight Olivia," I said with a forced smile, making sure I mustered it up so that she wouldn’t worry.
She smiled.
"Goodnight My lady, don’t worry I will be here first thing in the morning" she states, raising her sleeping gown a bit as she descends the stairs and walks to the door, grabbing the candle.
Before she left, she smiled at , I returned it as the door shut closed. Once again I was left alone in the room with thoughts of Cedric.
"Snap out of it Sylvia, he won’t co," I said to myself as I finally laid on my bed, snuggling in the covers, I shouldn’t fear anymore, I should just sleep, maybe they didn’t find out it was
spying.
I should just sleep and pretend this night never happened. Yes, that was a good plan, I will just act natural tomorrow when I see him. I shut my eyes, shiver more, and go under the covers more, it was so cold.
I heard the door open, it must be Olivia, perhaps she forgot sothing.
"Did you forget sothing Olivia?" I asked, smuggling on the bed.
There was no answer.
"Olivia?"
"She’s not the one, wife"
My eyes flashed open as I sat up on my bed with a start, the cover of my body at the action. My wide eyes fixed on Cedric at the door.
"W-What are you doing here?" I asked sternly, I cursed my voice for sounding so shaky.
"Is it wrong for a Husband to check up on his wife?" He asked, making a puzzled face as he walked to where my bed was.
My heart slamd loudly along with his steps.
My mouth was instantly shut, there was never a coback when it ca to him, I just sat there frozen in place as he made his way to my bed. I shouldn’t fret or he would know sothing was off if I gave off too much anxiety, I should act normal, a husband coming to see his wife was normal.
I cleared my throat.
"Is there anything I can help you with, Husband?" I asked, forcing a smile watching as he sat on the bed. I couldn’t read his looks, but he seed calm, that was a good thing right?
He tilts his head to the side, observing my features, I shyly looked away as my cheeks heated, why was I flushed? His face was just so handso that I couldn’t take it.
"The night is cold, you should cover up more" he states.
Why do I have the feeling he was the cause of the chilly weather?
I just gulped.
"I-I will, Olivia was very kind, she brought
more cover, there’s no need to worry," I said.
"As you can see I’m very comfortable in my chambers" I add with a smile.
He made a hmm sound as if amused.
"Are you sure Sylvia?"
At the ntion of my na I shivered, why do I always react whenever he called my na?
"Y-Yes, I’m very... very comfortable, anything to stay away from you"
Okay, that ca out wrong... ugh! I said too much.
He raised an eyebrow.
"You want to stay away from ?" he said like a mystery.
I gulped.
"Tell , Sylvia, why stay away from ?" he asked in a curious tone.
My heart skipped a heart, this ti I looked him in the eye.
"Because you once tried to get rid of ," I said sternly, making sure my face held no emotion at all.
His eyes narrowed.
"Hmm, you an the gem. They are magical objects, filled with cold aura"
I blinked, puzzled, but he said it clearly to my face that he cast a spell on it to make
cold. Did he lie? Why? And should I believe him?
"It was your punishnt not indeed to get rid of you"
And yet he gave
a cold gem... ugh!
I scoff, was it all a ga to him? To watch
suffer? Did he even have feelings?
At that thought, I rembered the wolf words when he asked if he feel and then ’Her’ ever since ’Her’, he could feel
’Her’ my fist clenched hard against the sheets.
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