Chapter 371: Dresses (1)
"Do you not mind that she wants to read those kinds of books?" Giselle asked, finding it hard to get used to how calm Rafael was for this. He almost seemed interested in Annalise finding the books. Anyone else she knew would have overreacted which was why she read them in secret.
"No," Rafael replied. He would only care about who Annalise was reading the books with and if her plans for why she was reading the books didn’t involve him. He welcomed Annalise’s curiosity. Wanting to try new things.
If Giselle was the reason for Annalise’s interest in these books, Rafael was open to giving Giselle a gift as a thank you.
They were only books. What he needed to be concerned about when it came to Annalise was her having a sword in her hands. He preferred naughty books since they could only hurt anyone else if Annalise were to throw one.
"It doesn’t matter if he minds. I would be like you and read them in silence. Though I would need money to buy a few of them. Would you believe me if I said I wanted money for a dress? Is that a good lie?" Annalise asked.
She doubted Rafael would give her money to buy a sword since he could just have one made for her.
"It would not be a good lie," Rafael answered as he would have found it suspicious she wanted a dress of all things. Especially when he was getting dresses sent here so she didn’t need to leave to go to town to get more.
"Shouldn’t there be an adjustment to what is spent now that she is the lady of the manor? Money set aside for her to do what she wants each week without needing to go to you?" Giselle asked, realising the two didn’t talk about it.
Annalise could fund her secret activities with the money allocated to her. Rafael didn’t have to know anything about what she was using the money for.