Chapter 431: Permission to marry (1)
"Your father is so childish to not let Rafael stay here with you. As if the two of you aren’t sleeping together. Don’t look at me like that. I am your mother and I know what is going on with you. You didn’t think I would believe that Ezra kept an eye on you to make sure you and Rafael didn’t stay in the same room. If you bribe that man good, you can get away from anything," said Celine.
Celine sat on Annalise’s bed, folding the dresses which needed to be washed, and placing them in a basket. She wanted to hear more about Annalise’s time away from home and how it went in the palace.
"I do not want to talk about that with you, mother. Can we please talk about something else?" Annalise asked.
"Of course we can. There is plenty for us to talk about. I just hope you were careful not to get pregnant when your father is forcing himself to think that you are a good girl and did not share a bed with Rafael. You do not want to see that man cry. I don’t," Celine added as she had enough from the moment Annalise left.
"Why aren’t you assuring me that you aren’t pregnant, Annalise? Are you-"
Annalise covered her mother’s mouth with her hands before she could get loud and yell out something that wasn’t certain. "You must be quiet, mother. We are not alone at home. I am not pregnant. I don’t think I am because there aren’t any signs."
Celine removed Annalise’s hands from her mouth. "Sure there are signs. Like when was the last time you bled? You haven’t been away long enough to be certain but we can keep an eye on that to know. Did Rafael propose to you?"
Celine drew closer to Annalise to see if there was a ring hidden somewhere. The two were so in love with each other that she didn’t think it would be long before there was a wedding. Celine hadn’t missed how disappointed Rafael looked after hearing he would not be staying with Annalise.
Celine was going to fix Rafael having to stay away from Annalise in the morning after having a talk with Phillip. The two were grown and pushing them away would have them sneaking around to see each other.
"He did not propose to me and I would like you to not ask him about it. Promise me," Annalise said as it was like her mother to go around asking Rafael when she wasn’t around.