This was the second time she was meeting Noah after changing bodies. Conflicting emotions rose in her while she observed the man. Last time, she wasn't able to properly watch him.
Despite his age, the man was still attractive. In fact, it felt as if the time added more charm to him. Given that now she was Seraphine, she would've praised on his everlasting handsome face.
Just as Seraphine felt Noah's eyes on her, she instantly turned away her gaze. It was mostly instinctive on her part.
When she finally looked back to him, he no longer paid attention to her and exchanged greetings with Kayden prior to sitting beside him.
The two of them started to discuss matters. Everything was strictly business, and only few parts of it was something Seraphine was able to understand.
The condition at the North was terrible after the recent war, and Kayden came here to distribute th
Those words of his caused Seraphine's lips to part while she gripped on to the material of the couch tightly. No matter how she tried to hold in her emotions, not direct her thoughts towards her family, it was impossible.The Vougeious is a huge part of her, and thinking about the condition her brother was in made her heart clench painfully. What was worse that she couldn't see or confirm his health on her own?Previously, it was her who rushed off to each of her siblings' side when they were sick— most likely due to her busybody personality— and now she was incapable of checking up on Clayton.This hit her hard and upsetted her. Tears were starting to well up in her eyes, and in order to prevent anyone from noticing them, she began to force happy thoughts in her mind.She decided to start thinking randomly. However, nothing could help distract her mind, and her attention kept on ge
Seraphine's jaw dropped. What was with timing having everything against her? Although she couldn't recall the contents of her conversation that day with Hamilton, what she was sure of none of that should have been heard by Noah."Oh," that's all Seraphine could say. "I apologize.""You needn't," he voiced out, "You awfully remind me of someone."Seraphine wondered whether that someone existed or Noah wanted to get information out of her. Her brain was tired of trying to figuring these puzzles out. Why can't everyone be straightforward?"How was that person?" Seraphine inquired."Smart yet foolish— at least she knew how to live happily. I wonder if she is feeling the same right now. That's enough for me," he said prior to a sigh escaping from his lips.The mood went down, and Seraphine could feel, although Noah was smiling, he was depressed at this momen
Kayden's pair of eyes that looked at her at this moment was very intense. Her breath felt as if it was snatched away."Staying by someone until the end," he confessed.Seraphine blinked her eyes, trying to process his words. Then, this made her curious on who that person was, and thinking about possible options got bitterness to settle in her chest.Nonetheless, Seraphine prevented those unpleasant emotions from displaying on her features and raised her thumb."That's so romantic!" she exclaimed."Is that what you think?" Kayden questioned.Seraphine nodded. That was a line out of a romance novel— one that made both the heart of female lead and readers' melt."Say, Sir Kayden, who is this lucky lady?" Seraphine probed, curiosity present in her eyes."Guess," he answered.Seraphin
Seraphine's eyes fell on Kayden who had just come from shower, and she averted them immediately. These days taking in his half-naked appearance without being flustered was little too hard for Seraphine."Nothing much," Seraphine answered, "I was reading through this letters and slightly frustrated. That is all."Kayden nodded prior to getting dressed. Following that, he got on the bed and looked through the documents.Seraphine found her eyes being drawn to the man. It was a basic human nature to appreciate the beautiful, and Kayden's profile right now perfectly fit that category."Commander Clementis, will you be busy over this period of time?" Seraphine questioned."Somewhat," he responded."Then, wouldn't it better to leave me at here? I doubt I would be of any help regardless of how you phrase," Seraphine voiced out."It would b
Kayden suggested to have a duel with her. According to him, it was because he wanted to check out her level of skill.Initially, Seraphine thought this training would be Kayden providing her few tips here and there while she practiced on her own. Who would have thought Kayden will test her this way?Nonetheless, his words were absolute, and Seraphine saw no way of turning the man down. Sighing, she could only comply.Staring at the man in front of her, Seraphine took in a deep breath. Staying on the safe side, Seraphine decided to apply only the skills Blair was aware of.She didn't dream big. There was no hopes inside her of defeating Kayden, although it would be great if she could. Nonetheless, Seraphine preferred to keep everything realistic.Seraphine checked out his muscles carefully and was sure the man could easily overpower her barehanded even if she faced the man with a
Seraphine turned back and was greeted with the pleasant face of Daniel Chizer. Instantly, a smile appeared on her face, and she stood up.“What are you doing here?” she questioned.Although she had only talked to the man for a day, she had a feeling they would get along well and was looking forward to establishing a friendship with him given that he was alright about it.“Was called by Commander Clementis to discuss certain matters,” he responded. “Are you staying with Commander Clementis?”Seraphine nodded, and the man was amazed. She wondered how incredulous would he appear if he happened to know they shared a room as well.Not wanting to give this potential friend of hers a heart attack, she held back that detail. Intuition told her this information wouldn’t fare well with the man.“You must be impressive,” he commented.“I doubt,” she said, “I ha
Seeing how Kayden hadn’t said a word about her following him, she said, “I will be going up first then.”Not only would be there be awkwardness and heartache, she had to suffer from physical discomfort in the presence of ‘Seraphine’. Seraphine wanted to avoid feeling that suffocation and clenching pain in her chest.She had already dealt with enough physical harm to make up for rest of her life and didn’t want to add on more pain to the list.Moreover, it would be difficult for her to watch from the sidelines, watching both of them interact. On top of that, who knew what drama ‘Seraphine’ would cook up?By no means would she be in a mood to deal with that in midst of taking care of immense pain.It seemed that Kayden wanted to say something else, but he held himself back and nodded. At this point, everything around Kayden was mysterious, and she didn’t delved further into this.As Seraphi
Hearing that conversation caused Seraphine to fall into contemplation. The content was enough to ensure the relationship between Kayden and ‘Seraphine’ wasn’t that strong.One thing was clear that ‘Seraphine’ held feelings towards Kayden and wanted to be with him. As for Kayden, he was pushing the girl away.There could be various reasons behind it. One being that Kayden didn’t harbor similar feelings towards the girls and acted harsh in order to provide the ‘Seraphine’ no hope.This seemed most plausible since despite of his attitude, his care for ‘Seraphine’ was visible by how he was worried for her health, allowed her to stay here, and wanted ‘Seraphine’ to be with a decent man.But as ‘Seraphine’ implied, Kayden would in a denial phase, having a hard time accepting his feelings, or for a reason didn’t want to act upon these emotions.That sounded reasonabl