Chapter 286: Love Advisor
“I-I’m sorry...I’m so sorry...” I apologized immediately when I snapped out of my own thoughts.
I bowed repeatedly as I continued to apologize for my mistakes. It wasn’t the first time that my troubled thoughts had distracted me from my dance lessons, but it made me realize that the condition of my mind was getting worse. The fun and engaging dance lesson that I had with the Duchess Flavia may not be sufficient to keep my mind from thinking of the prince any longer.
“I don’t want you to apologize, I want you to focus. Let’s take a break. You should drink some water, come over here,” she said as she waved me toward her.
“Thank you...” I thanked her to stop myself from apologizing again.
I felt so guilty about my attention straying right in the middle of class. The duchess had been nothing but kind and helpful to me and that made me feel disappointed in myself for treating her lesson like it wasn’t important. She led me to a bench where we could sit to take our rest and drink water.
“You look a little tired. Have you been sleeping well?” she asked with her eyes on me.
“Oh...umm...I find it a little hard to fall asleep,” I replied quite truthfully.
In fact, it was extremely hard for me to fall asleep, and some nights, I doubt that I had any quality sleep at all. Most nights I would lie on my bed with my eyes closed as my mind thought about endless scenarios or possible reasons why Prince Leonard had not come to see me. The prince also invited me on a trip with him but since the days had gone by without hearing a word from him, I had started to wonder if the prince had gone on the trip alone without taking me with him.
“I guess there’s something that’s keeping you from getting good sleep at night and from focusing on my lesson, is that right?” the duchess took a guess that was quite accurate.