Chapter 234: Dresses, drama, and tears (4)
"I do not know how many women you have danced with, but you should be looking at the woman you are dancing with," Siena said, using her hand to turn Rafael’s attention to her. "Are you in love with your maid?"
"That is none of your concern," Rafael replied.
"I didn’t mean to overstep, but since you are here with me and not her, I had to try asking. Am I just a replacement since you could not be seen at this ball with your maid? I have noticed the way you look at her even now when you are in the same room, your eyes go to her like danger would find its way to her should you look away," said Siena.
It hurt to see that the man she was told to focus on so much in her youth was already in love with someone else while she was moulded into the perfect wife for him. She was prepared for as long as she could remember to be the perfect wife for Rafael.
She would have liked the choice like Rafael did to like someone else. Siena spent so much time learning about Rafael that she started to fall for him through the stories she heard.
Siena imagined that coming to see him, she would confess to what Travis was doing, and in the midst of trying to get out of being puppets for Travis, they would fall in love. She spent so much time thinking about Rafael that she didn’t know who else she could devote her time to.
"I didn’t mean to insult her," Siena apologised for her actions with Annalise. She felt jealous in the moment and acted in a way she normally wouldn’t.
Rafael was unaware of their pending engagement and she put herself in Annalise’s shoes to have to stand back and watch the man she liked dance with another woman. Siena felt guilty about making Annalise admit to the fact she would not know how to dance.
Seeing Annalise smile despite the fact she must have felt sad to be reminded of her status was not worth it after it happened. She was to help Rafael keep Annalise safe. Another woman did not need to be caught up in Travis and her father’s plans.