Chapter 476: Never assume you’re the only one with the shock factor
"I’m kind of nervous," I told Natha as we walked down the stairs for dinner.
"Why?" Natha narrowed his eyes.
Pfft--was he thinking I was nervous because of the Hero? How cute. "I’m worried about the nun," I explained quickly so this silly husband could stop being so feisty. "I mean...considering Ian’s initial response, she might not take it well that I wasn’t Valmeier."
"But you are..."
"You know what I mean," I rolled my eyes and glanced upstairs, where my exhausted child had fallen asleep in Zarfa’s bedroom. "I’m glad Jade is asleep. I don’t want him to get agitated when things go wrong."
"Nothing will go wrong," Natha stroked my slight frown and looked at me with a reassuring gaze.
"I hope so," I nodded.
I knew that the nun’s reaction wouldn’t affect me much, but I still wanted everything to go well. Was I being too greedy for such desire?
Oh well, I am the bride...no, I am the consort of greed.
Zarfa already waiting for me in the drawing room, but no one else was there. "They are entering the driveway right now, so it’ll be soon," she told me. Perhaps the anxiety was palpable in my face, because she held my hand as if she knew I needed some moral support.
The mansion wasn’t very big, so I could hear the sound of the carriage rolling into the front yard, followed by alighting steps and then an opened door. Perhaps because I was nervous, the time they took to walk from the front door to the drawing room felt so long, so slow. Belatedly, I realized that they walked slower because of the nun, and I had to scold my heart into calmness.