Chapter 212: Reality and Dream
The two women started cleaning up in the kitchen with Salena following Jessie’s instructions. Salena’s felt on edge as various disturbing thoughts ran through her mind. Ever since Prince Darius had asked for her to report to him about Prince Leonard and Mila’s relationship, she had felt extremely conflicted. Although she didn’t believe that Prince Darius had any harmful intentions toward his brother or toward Mila, she was still concerned.
“Salena...Salena!” Jessie called her friend’s name when she saw Salena clearly spacing out.
Jessie shook her head at her friend while she wondered what her little friend was thinking about when she’s in the middle of work. Salena’s eyes seemed to return to life after she finally snapped out of the daze that she was in.
“I’m sorry...” Salena apologized softly when she realized that Jessie had caught her spacing out.
“Did something happen? You’re even more quiet than usual and you seem kind of down...” Jessie asked with clear worry in her tone.
“Umm...nothing. It’s nothing at all. Nothing happened and I’m feeling fine. I’m not down...or anything like that...” Salena quickly denied.
Jessie gave her friend a suspicious look as she narrowed her eyes. After a moment of staring at her friend’s face and flustered reaction, she decided to let it slide. If Salena didn’t want to talk about it then she didn’t want to push her or make her uncomfortable. Jessie was always her optimistic self and thought that it was probably nothing serious otherwise Salena would have told her about it.
“If you say so. Let me know if you need my help, ok?” Jessie said before showing her friend an encouraging smile.
“Thank you, Jessie,” Salena thanked her friend.
“Let’s go. We still have a couple of things to do,” Jessie pointed out as she headed for the door.
Salena just nodded her head once as her thoughts consumed her attention again. She watched passively as Jessie headed for the door and left the kitchen. Her hands balled into tight fists at her side as her head started to throb slightly in pain, she realized that the time would soon come for her to make her first report to Darius just as he had requested. At first, she had thought that the task would be simple, and she would have to report that the prince came over to see Mila and the fact that they had their lessons together.