Chapter 103
A complete night, at a time when everyone was fast asleep.
I stood by my bedroom window, quietly soaking in the stillness of the night.
Honestly, I hadn’t planned on feeling anything like "stillness" at this hour.
On a normal day, I would’ve just thrown myself into bed and knocked out. But tonight, I couldn’t do that.
I’d overeaten at dinner, and my stomach felt so bloated that lying down was out of the question. And I can’t fall asleep unless I’m lying down. It was already a lost cause from there. I mean, I’m not a horse—I can’t sleep standing up.
The reason I’d overeaten was this:
After taking a walk with Aiden and his teacher earlier, I came back to my room.
Then Jane rushed up to me, looking alarmed, asking where I’d gone.
Turned out, today was the day I was supposed to have dinner with the family.
I’d completely forgotten because I was distracted by the mage. I was over thirty minutes late by the time I hurried down to the dining room.
The entire family had been waiting for me without eating. And despite that, not a single one of them said a word of complaint.
They just smiled and said, “Welcome.”