Chapter forty six

Emily’s POV

He acted differently from how I expected him, he was different.

I wish he was very much like this, I liked this part of him that cared about me even if there was a possibility that it was fake.

I liked his closeness, his assurance.

Maybe I was crazy, maybe I was stupid but it felt almost good.

That morning I went to the kitchen to help Cassie because I was bored and needed distraction.

I ignored the maids who always seemed to be giggling about something whenever they saw me, even after I had done all these things so many times.

Cassie always smiled when I walked in to greet her. She never said anything else and she always left soon after. But I knew that there was an underlying sense of understanding between us.

That's why I felt comfortable around her even though we were never able to communicate properly.

Sometimes, while doing her chores, she would look at me with a kind of tenderness that I could not quite understand.

“How are you feeling today? ”, she would ask.

I