Chapter 100: Jealousy And Love
"Why? I just wanted a part of your nutritious diet..." Elrich didn’t leave her alone and stood in front of her. "Hey, Pricilla, do you have one of those potions that would make someone younger?" he asked.
"Potions to make one younger?" Pricilla knitted her brows. "Is it for you, Sir Elrich?" she stepped closer. She found his interest in a potion for youth a lot intriguing and her lips curved up to a mirth-filled grin.
"Me?" Elrich took a step back letting out a chuckle, dusting the dirt only he could see on his shirt. "I am in my thirties looking like I am in my twenties. Why would I need those potions?" he looked away and then his eyes ended up focusing on a particular spot before he leaned at Pricilla. "Don’t tell others. It is for Julius," he whispered cupping his hands on her ears.
Pricilla hugged herself and turned to the side avoiding Elrich’s face altogether. Oddly, the warmth from Elrich’s breath as it reached her neck, made her feel weird.
"I have n such thing," she gathered herself and looked at him. "I am a doctor, not a mage."
"Ah," Elrich let out a sigh. Pricilla observed his eyebrows furrowing and he chewed the insides of his cheek. "Maybe ten years is not that big a gap..." he mumbled.
"What?" Pricilla had good ears and she heard what he said. But she wanted to know what he meant by that. Because she believed the age gap between the two of them must be at least ten years. But if he is thinking about this, it made her wonder if he is thinking about getting together with her.
But what of the other woman?
"You are a woman, right?" Elrich asked and Pricilla sat back and started eating. She is holding faith in vain. There is no way this man is interested in her for real. All he thinks of her is his plaything who he can tease as he pleases.
"I meant no offense..." Elrich realized that he has spoken something that offended his wife once again, and so he apologized without even knowing how he offended her.
Pricilla was not willing to continue the conversation. Turning her body away from his direction, she started to eat. Elrich could see her defensive pose and thought she wants to eat in silence.
His wife is an attractive woman. Her animated eyes and her curled locks that are waving in the breeze, those lips... He sucked in a breath and looked far away. They are sitting closer but their hearts are far away.