NIA'S POV"I was hoping we could get something to eat... Later, tonight. Like you know... Eat something light and drink fancy wine." Silas said, looking at me and smiling. I squinted my eyes, wondering how the topic had seemed to drastically change, well maybe drastic was a strong word. Not maybe, it was."Well we always eat light food and drink fancy wine for dinner at that dining table, right?" I asked and he chuckled and shook his head."You are gonna make me say it, won't you?""I have no idea what you are talking about." That was not a complete truth. I had the feeling he was about to ask me out, officially. Which would be the first, comfortable one as the other one where he had dropped the bombshell of a wife
URSULA'S POVThe minute I found out that I was not pregnant, to say that I was relieved was an understatement. All I wanted to do was just to savor the moment where I know that nothing was wrong and that everything was just going to be fine."You have been out here for a long time now and I don't know what you seem to love about it but I am willing to join in already. Reason or no reason." I looked behind me and saw Arthur coming to seat beside me, hands akimbo. His face was missing any sort of emotion and I couldn't say I was surprised by that. From the way he always had Emily on his ass and Elsa missing dinner all around, I could tell that he had a lot on his plate."I am enjoying the breeze and basking in the sun at the same time. I feel like I have been judging sunbathing for too long without any reason." I said and chuckled. Small talk was not my thing. A small smile appeared on his face. That was something."Well, the sun could be our resting place sometimes.""Yeah, I guess. Ar
URSULA'S POVI froze there for a while and in a manner that one might think I was dead or something. I could not deal with both of them at the same time or I would say something bad. At that moment I just prayed that Arthur could ask him to just leave and let us finish this conversation of love-filled moments. With Elsa."Well, come seat down. I had been looking for you. I think Ursula missed her calling, pretty sure she would have made a more beautiful counselor than a historian." Arthur said, smiling genuinely if I could just erase that smile long enough to ask him to leave and never return. While that sounded a tad deep, I thought it was fair. Ever since the fight between Andrew and me, we hadn't even talktalkededd I found myself most hours during the day reaching out to the phone to call him and ask how his day was going. Maybe let him know that I was outside my window, spying on him and wishing he could just come up so that we could snuggle. Or maybe tell him to stay away from Ke
ELSA'S POV"You said that?" I asked Nia who sat at the edge of my bed heaving and sweating. Her eyes twitched which gave me the large tidbit, if that was even a word, that she was angry."I said that and I walked out. I just couldn't stay there and get insulted by a nine-year-old. It was so annoying and I could hardly believe that it took Silas that long until she pulled up that stunt to realize it.""She is his kid, Nia. Every kid is good and worthy in their parent's eyes. You can't possibly blame him for thinking that just child had a genuine interest in you.""Well, yeah. Couldn't she just be that good and worthy continuously and not test anything on me?""She's a kid. She is gonna do kid things." Elsa said and I squinted my eyes at her. Okay, the defending thing was making me mad."Yeah, maybe she should tune down a bit. It was evening and I decided to go have dinner with her dad, she comes uninvited and still wants to make my time a living hell. How do you think it made me feel w
ELSA'S POV"Do I need to dress all fancy? It is just another sight-seeing on my part. I'm pretty sure a pair of jeans, shirt, and boot could cut it here." I complained, looking at myself in the mirror. While I just kept complaining, the fancy yellow sundress I had on was not that bad. It wasn't bad at all."It's kind of a formal party or whatever they do that accompanies opera singing, you are going to have to dress like someone who is in attendance with the lycan king. Nothing too casual. The last thing I want right now is pulling attention to ourselves, I already have lots of those, trust me when I say I do not need more of it." Nia said from the other side of the room. Her skit gown was beyond sophisticated and smooth. If anyone didn't know that she was the Lycan king's wife, they were going to be all eyes on her."Well, you are going to draw some attention to yourself. I mean... Did you look at yourself in the mirror? Have you seen yourself?" I said and she chuckled softly, pullin
ELSA'S POVFor a few seconds, no one said anything. My heart still raced like I was some kind of thief and maybe I was. A small smile graced his features, even though from the lines on his face I could see that he was trying to hold it in. It was not a success. It was either I speak or we would stay here all night looking at each other. I briefly raced through my head, trying to find the words. I did not know what to say. Find something formal to say, mind instinct suggested. Since we were no longer on a milk-drinking basis and sharing sweet nothings on the dining table, it was going to be easy to turn all Scarlett O'Hara on him. I contemplated if bowing was too much and decided to take it out."Good evening, Arthur. I see you lost your way. This is a garden, you cannot pee here." A frown formed on his face before his brow shot up as though to ask if I was being serious, playing this game I was playing. But the problem was that he had not even seen anything yet."I followed you out h
ARTHUR'S POVThe moment she sat down, all I wanted to do was race to the skies and come back with gelatos. I had given myself a shot at her listening, now it was depending on if we were going anywhere after that deep confession."I see you sat down," I said and she shrugged her shoulders."It was the deal, was it not? You make sense, I seat down, you were making sense, so I sat down.""What now?" I asked, because after all that I still had no idea what to say."Well, I have a few questions. In five a lo,t of questions, a ton of them and I hope that you answer them.""Of course, please ask away."
ARTHUR'S POVWe just stayed like that for a few seconds. Kissing. Hanging on to the moment. When we came apart for air, none of us said anything for a while. I was normally not one to get caught up in the moment and lose my tongue but this was not just any moment. It was a rare moment, one of those moments when you get to kiss that person that you love for the hundredth time and it still feels like it's your first. I continued to stare at her, searching for what to say. I was not alone apparently as she just kept on touching her lips and trying to hide a smile that was already blooming and finding its way out."Does this mean that I am forgiven?" I finally asked. Giving myself an inward thumbs up."If you were not forgiven, trust me when I say that you would not kiss me. I w