Chapter 212: Stalked (2)
The next day, Annalise stood in front of the large standing mirror in the room she was to call her own for the next few days. She was still in disbelief that she had a room that was more than triple in size of the room she used at the manor and that she had a bathroom to herself.
She knew this had to be the continuation of Rafael giving her gifts since there was no need for him to want her to be right next to him. This house was smaller which meant if he needed her, it wouldn’t be long for her to get to him. It wasn’t like he ever needed something from her in the middle of the night.
This was simply an excuse to have her near and Ananlise was not going to complain about it since she had never spent time in a room like this. Rafael’s bedroom back at the manor was far larger, but for her, this room she stood in was big.
Annalise tied her hair up with an extra ribbon she had since Rafael did not return the one that she liked to use. She didn’t know what she was meant to do today since she wasn’t informed of where Rafael and his parents had to go today, so she tied her hair up to be out of the way in case she could be moving around a lot.
Annalise served Rafael his breakfast and ate her breakfast afterwards. Now she was waiting around for Rafael to get dressed so she could follow him.
Annalise looked at her appearance in the mirror one more time and then walked to the door. She exited her room and went over to Rafael’s door to knock on it to see if he was ready for wherever he intended to go.
It was a short wait before Rafael exited his room in casual clothes. Normally, he would be heading to the training grounds so he would be without a shirt to bear with the hot sun.
"My eyes are up here, but I must admit that I enjoy it when you stare at me," Rafael said, highly amused by her gaze on his chest.
"I am not used to you dressed like this after breakfast. You normally take off your shirt and head to the yard to make the knights cry. Your mother must be happy that you are finally taking a break. What do you need me to do?" Annalise asked, looking up at his face to meet his eyes.