142 Guests At Night
“What are you doing here?” His tone ca out lazy and deeper than usual, sounding fresh as a spring verdure that could pleasantly capture the attention of anyone, and it left Anna blinking unstoppably as she tried to save herself from the man who still had her poor wrist in his grip.
Her eyes instinctively landed on the tray of juice she had placed on the table before Roshan and her brain finally clicked, giving her a quick idea on how to avoid his incoming punishnt if she didn’t say sothing to him.
Unknown to her, Roshan’s mind had been flooding with her face and presence even before she stepped in. He was tempted to go et her and end their argunt when he couldn’t stand the distance, but then, he’d appear as the weak one in her eyes and chose to forget it, convincing himself he’d talk to her tomorrow.
He sent a maid earlier to go get him juice, hoping to cool his mind with it but who knew he’d be expecting to see the one his eyes were longing to see after their argunt.
She ca by herself and it left a warm feeling spreading across his chest to see her here.
Although a naughty side of him secretly wished she ca here to seduce him.
“I_I ca to give you so orange juice,” she used that opportunity to release her hand from his grip and shifted the tray closer to him, “the body needs juice to refresh the system and you’ve been overworking yourself–”
“I never sent you for juice Anna.” He reminded her, his gaze trapping hers without even blinking and leaving her mute like a nun. At this point, Anna really felt like lting herself in that gaze of his.
“What are you doing here?”
.....
Snapping her mind back to reality, Anna finally dropped the silly act of hers and suddenly pulled at her ears in an adorable manner, looking remorseful like a little child about to plead for misbehaving.
“Aren’t you tired of being upset with ?” Her big doe eyes t his, “you didn’t speak to or even bother to see . I’m sorry if I offended you but it really wasn’t my fault. I’ll make sure to follow your orders from now on. Please don’t punish .”
She leaned back as she closed her eyes shut, already anticipating a scolding or a heartless retort but all she got was a low harmless chuckle from the glacier who watched her.
She opened her eyes to peek at him, and he barely looked offended in the slightest, leaving her stunned as she was already expecting to be thrown out of his chambers.
“Who said I was mad at you?” He asked and she lowered her gaze.
“I didn’t need anyone to tell , I figured it out myself.” She blatantly stated and he silently contemplated her words before leaning close without warning, only to stop when his face was a few inches away from her.
“I see, what else did you figure out?”
Anna’s eyes remained wide when he drew his face so close to hers and she forgot to speak, watching him stare at her like he could read through the inner depths of her soul. It only made her heart race rapidly in return.
She was about to say sothing when the sound of carriages stopping just outside the palace drew their attention. Their gazes uniformly shifted to the window, wondering who it might be that showed up in Viscarrian, at this hour in particular.
Alard, Roshan got to his feet and went to steal a glance at whose carriage had arrived at his palace, only to catch sight of not just one, but five fancy-looking carriages stopping before the front yard.
His brows furrowed into puzzlent as he wasn’t inford about having guests so late at night.
“Is everything alright?” Anna proceeded to break the silence, curious about what was happening on the outside.
“Wait here.” Was all he said to her before leaving his chamber and Anna had to remain there, all by herself and the mont he closed the door shut, she hurried to the window, peeking through the curtains to see who had shown up.
Heading downstairs, Roshan could already hear the young feminine voices of won as the doors to their carriages were opened by the coachn.
“Finally, I thought we wouldn’t make it tonight.” One of the young ladies expressed her fatigue as she stepped out while another just proudly looked away, staring at the huge palace before her.
“Viscarrian palace huh, I recall being here when I was eight.” She boasted, earning rolling eyes from different directions and the last carriage, a man and a woman got down together.
Uncle Evan, lady Odette, Gravion and even lady Letitia were present at the entrance, waiting to welco them with a pretentious smile on their lips.
“What the hell is going on?” Roshan muttered to himself, hiding away from the corner of the stairs but Levi chid in with a knowing smile.
“For the family ball,” he inford Roshan who was startled by his presence, “but they ca earlier than usual.”
“Too early.” He added, seeing as the ladies and won gave themselves airy kisses while the n shook hands.
“Aunt Letitia, I love your dress!” One of the young ladies nad Roseline complinted with a bright smile, “the designs are eye-catching, do introduce to your seamstress soday.”
Letitia smiled before ushering them in, “this way, the preparations will be starting tomorrow.”
After the introduction, one of the ladies bearing Erica couldn’t help but ask, “I’m sorry but where is his highness? It’s quite disappointing to see they aren’t here to welco either of us.”
“Azazel is barely available,” Lady Odette responded, “as for Roshan, I can’t say, but none of them were inford about the unexpected visit so we can’t bla their absence.”
Gravion cleared his throat before proceeding to speak, “you must all be tired from your journey, we’ve arranged maids that’ll accompany and see to your requests.”
“Oh how lovely!” Lady Iris complinted their hospitality, staring at the maids lined up for them. “What are you waiting for? Quickly get my boxes from the carriage outside and be careful not to drop them, they’re worth a lot.”
The maids quickly hurried to do exactly as they’d been told, even the coachn weren’t left out as they had to carry so boxes too.
“Good to have you all here.” Uncle Evan added while the young demoness, Roseline, just sighed heavily, “Indeed, I can’t wait to tell you my journey, it was both stressful and enjoyable...”
Roshan and Levi watched the guests from a hidden corner and just shook their heads.
“Sigh... this is going to be one hell of a family ball.”
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