Chapter 243: Alone (3)
"The children have a habit of taking a long time to get out of the carriage, don’t they?" Beatrice noted after Rafael and Annalise did not get out of the carriage right away after it stopped. "They must be waiting for us to go inside. I need your help getting out of this dress, River. I swear it has become tighter as the hours went by."
River held Beatrice’s hand to walk her inside in case she might fall from how tired she was since she was nodding off to sleep on the ride home. "You can turn in for the night," he ordered the knights since Rafael was taking his time to get out of the carriage.
Whatever Rafael was doing with Annalise, he should have stopped to let the knights who were with them at the ball go off to get food and rest as the others stayed awake to guard the house during the night. River didn’t see the reason for the two to be so secretive when it was obvious they liked each other.
"At this rate, I might be planning a wedding sooner than I thought," said Beatrice.
Hearing this, he remembered why the two were being secretive and decided he would let Rafael off the hook tonight. To help the two be able to get out of the carriage sooner, he lifted Beatrice so he would take her to their room.
He wouldn’t put it past her to wait around a corner to see how Rafael and Annalise looked when they came out of the carriage. She was tired and she needed to get cleaned up before going to bed. This trip was for the two of them to have fun and relax too so he wasn’t going to spend it thinking about Rafael and Annalise.
While River lifted Beatrice inside, the knights headed to their rooms as the other knights meant to stay up to watch the house during the night were already walking around.
Inside the carriage, Annalise glared at Rafael.
"I told you to stop before we returned," she said, trying to fix her appearance before the doors would open.