Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty

Maelis

I blinked multiple times to be sure I was seeing right, and when the realization dawned on me, I shuddered with a mixture of fear and embarrassment, the one thing I had been trying to avoid since I entered into the castle has finally happened.

Even with that, I tried to hide my face, maybe as the day he passed by my side, he wouldn’t recognize me, maybe he hasn’t yet realize that I was the one.

A part of me knew I was being delusional, but I just held on to that tiny rope of hope that I still hadn’t been caught, that he was only there to fight for me thinking I was just a normal maid.

I almost entered into the ground during those minutes of awkward silence, my heart kept thumping hard in my chest and at some point I was afraid it was going to burst out.

This was what I had been trying to avoid, I planned to stay clear of the brothers throughout my stay in the castle, but this lady has blown my cover, I didn’t even know what exactly she wanted from me.

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