Chapter Forty-Nine

The next few days saw Yna keeping busy.

She cooked in the morning, took care of lunch breakers from lunch down to early afternoon, and cleaned up after that.

Then a rest… either an afternoon nap or reading, and then anything she could get busy with in the afternoons like weeding out their garden or chatting with friends who’d come over.

Zoren, Chinchin, and Giselle visited several times, bringing snacks and gossip. The girls were both still overwhelmed that she was with Eric. They were so excited and kept on making up detailed happy endings to her story, dreaming they'd also meet a prince, and making Zoren scowl at Giselle when she described different descriptions of several princes that weren’t even remotely like him.

He really, secretly liked her.

She always ended her day on her Kindle and with Riqui. There were nights when he looked so tired they would chat for a few moments about their day, until she insisted he sleeps as she watched the clock.

They always had the video call on unt