Chapter 404: Reunion (4)
"You wanted to use me as an excuse to drink, but you didn’t drink any," Rafael said as he peered at Edgar’s glass. "This is why I don’t think you are the Edgar I know. You want to drink but can’t bring yourself to go against what you promised your wife."
Edgar swirled his glass around, watching the wine move around. Normally, he could drink it with no issue but Alessandra who loved these kinds of drinks could not enjoy them now so there was something pricking him in his chest when he tried to drink.
"I think she’ll be able to smell it on me that I had something to drink," Edgar answered, putting the glass down as even Alfred, his butler, might be sniffing around.
He left the two doing as they liked with the estate. Between his wife wanting to paint everything in sight and Alfred wanting to clean everything in sight, Edgar wanted to stay out of their way.
"I’m trying to follow what Alfred said about happy wife, happy life," said Edgar.
Luckily for him, Alessandra was not someone to make life hell for him. She rarely got angry with him though there were many moments when she would shake her head because of something he did, but he knew she still loved him either way.
Rafael on the other hand wished for it to be explained further how this all started with a contract and Edgar had fallen in love. The duchess seemed to be a wonderful woman, but he was still stuck on how she convinced Edgar to go along with it, especially when Edgar hated the former baron.
Perhaps she caught Edgar in a good mood or there was more to the story that Edgar was leaving out.
"Did you not tell me everything about how you met your wife? I’m starting to believe Tobias that you’ve been a bit dishonest with us," said Rafael.
It was only because he had known Edgar for many years and heard him talk about marriage so often saying it was something he was never going to do that Rafael couldn’t believe the way Edgar’s marriage started.
"You’re like a needy lover who needs to know everything. Not even Alessandra is this way. Do you mind passing over this behaviour to her when you see her again?" Edgar asked. He would love for Alessandra to be a bit more clingy, but the woman was always so shy at first. "Why are you looking at me like that?"