Chapter 163: Love (1)
"Why are we doing this again?" Annalise questioned, looking at the tray of food placed on Rafael’s bed. "And why do you insist on eating on the bed when there is a table here in the room? You might spill something on the sheet."
’Then you need to be careful," Rafael replied, putting together a plate of food for her.
"I ate more than bread this morning. You do not need to do this," Annalise said, wanting him to stop.
Doing it once had given her the energy she needed, but she could not continue to eat the breakfast meant for him. The more she ate, the more there was a risk of her getting caught.
"There is a big table down in the dining room for you to eat. We can have your food spread out and you won’t need to worry about spilling something. Let me," Annalise said, holding the tray to take it up, but Rafael held onto it.
"I am going to eat here from now on. I am the only one sitting at the table downstairs and breakfast is quiet. You will not talk to me with Mavis around so I will eat here. It is quite boring when breakfast is quiet," Rafael said, pulling the tray back toward him.
"I don’t understand. You seem to enjoy being alone. I didn’t think you would want to be bothered with having someone around at breakfast or dinner," Annalise replied, letting go of the tray to let him continue.
"There is a difference between not wanting to be annoyed in the morning and enjoying having a good conversation with someone. If I wanted to be annoyed, I’d eat with the knights. I chose to eat alone in silence because there was no one to speak to. The servants will freeze up and guests are a pain in the ass."
"I used to like breakfast with my mother before I was of age to get married. We would always talk about what we were going to do for the day," Rafael said.