Chapter 81: Whatever it takes (2)
Delilah’s hands trembled as she fidgeted with the string to take off her dress. Though this was her idea, it was still scary to reveal herself to Rafael. This was the man she loved, sitting right before her. Her nervousness was higher than it was on other days when she was around Rafael. She longed for this moment, but not like this.
Rafael frowned, dismayed by what she was trying to do to him. She was preparing herself to cry that he had seen her body when she was a young woman not yet married. For him to marry her to save her name.
"Edwin," Rafael called before she was able to remove her garment. It was by some luck that her hands trembled, and she could not quickly untie the dress to do as she wanted.
Yes, young master," Edwin responded as he approached the door that was open. He followed Rafael’s careful instruction to linger in this area and not go away as Delilah told him to. From where he stood, he could not see what Delilah was doing.
Confused by the butler’s arrival, Delilah turned around to look at the door. Had it been closed, she would not have been interrupted at this moment.
"Edwin is here to see your actions. You are getting undressed on your own, and I will bear no responsibility for this. You are not going to trap me into marrying you, Delilah. The moment you decided to do this scheme, you lost any chance of me ever helping to save your reputation. Now, get the fuck out of my house," Rafael said in a quiet, menacing voice.
’Oh dear!’ Edwin panicked. The lady needed to get out right now.
"I will sully your name by having you thrown out on your ass if you do not leave now when I am giving you the chance to leave," Rafael warned.
"I am only testing what you said about me standing before you with no-"