Chapter 223: All Because Of You
Eleanora harrumphed as she walked down the path, not even daring to look up for fear that she would see the wretched man somewhere. Gaia the gardener had become the bane of her existence. In her waking moments, she would always end up being around Gaia and then embarrassing herself and now in her sleep moments, she would always end up being in embarrassing moments with him! And those were getting worst.
At least in her past dreams and nightmares, the man’s face had been blurry. But now, it was always Gaia. She’d been tempted to refuse her uncle when he asked her to come here but then she would not have had a reasonable explanation.
With a frown, she kicked a pebble in her path and frowned. Hopefully, she will escape meeting him right now. She’d sent Dora here in advance to keep the man away from the Labyrinth.
Just as she was about to feel happy and smug, she saw the man in front of her squatting among the bushes, tending to some flowers. Dam* it! Why was he here? Where was Dora? Her sister had failed her.
As her face took on a sullen expression, she failed to see the small pots blocking her way and stumbled. Her arms flailed as she tried to maintain her balance only to fall face-first into a hard chest.
With his arm around her waist, Demetri had already picked her up and brought her out over the row of pots, carefully placing her on her feet.
Eleanora blinked at the sensation coursing through her while her hands clung to his shoulders. Slowly, as the shock subsided, she felt her cheeks heat up and a dismayed expression covered her face.
Quickly, she tried to push him away but forgot that he’d just saved her and almost fell backwards in her haste to get away from him.
Once again, he helped her stabilize herself, raised an eyebrow at her and commented," It seems you are not happy to see me, Princess."