Chapter 298: Leader (3)
"Who is it and when did you plan on bringing him to me? Is it Thomas?" Celine questioned, turning to Thomas who shook his head. She always had the thought Annalise would settle for him, but seeing him say no, she couldn’t think of anyone else. "Who is it?"
Annalise tried to remove her mother’s strong grip on her shoulder first but failed. "What have you been eating, mother? I need my shoulders."
Celine reluctantly let go of Annalise, but she wasn’t going to let her daughter leave without getting an answer. "Who have you fallen in love with? We should pull out some chairs to get comfortable. I want to know everything about him. When can I meet him?"
Annalise glared at Celeste for putting her in this predicament. Her mother would find out about Rafael eventually but now wasn’t the right time. Still, Annalise had no choice but to answer her mother since she wouldn’t drop this until she found out who.
"You can’t meet him yet. He’s leading his knights here so it will be a while before you get to see him. Excuse me," Annalise said, attempting to walk around her mother. She hoped the shock of what she said would allow her to sneak by her mother.
"You!" Celine exclaimed, grabbing Annalise once again. "What did you just say to me? Please tell me that I misheard you."
"You didn’t," Celeste interjected. She sat back down to enjoy watching Celine lose her mind. "It’s who you think it is."
Celine looked back and forth between Celeste and Annalise. Then she stared at Thomas who wanted to run away. "Annalise, you cannot be serious. That man is our enemy. How could you be so foolish to have feelings for him? You’ve allowed him to fool you."
"Mother, you know me better than most. I was not fooled by him. I came to have feelings for him naturally and he wasn’t fooling me since he didn’t know who I was or where I came from. If anything, he was fooled by me," Annalise answered. She sort of led him on about having a relationship in the future and had to fix that.