Chapter 145: You Should Go!
Silently he waited for her there and for some reason, her body felt a strange fluttering feeling. She did not use his thighs. He was a duke and she was a fallen noble, fighting for her place. It could be a scandal. She could feel all the eyes of the staff. They are going to fall off their socket!
Why was he doing this? She walked closer and cleared her throat. The carriage’s door was high. She can manage. But her dress could not. Why did she choose this dress? If she raised her leg too high, her bare knees would show. But she did not have a choice.
She held the door tightly and pulled herself up making sure her dress did not rise when she felt a hand on her waist and the support. His fingers brushed her skin and she stiffened harder than a wood, for the contact sent a shocking spark along her skin as though his kiss to her palm had sensitized her, and now she had no defenses. She pushed that feeling away and entered the carriage hurriedly the moment her legs felt the floor beneath them again.
When the door was closed behind her, she realized they were in such a close space. Alone! And his fragrance had filled the whole space and somehow engulfed her too. She did not even like the sea’s breeze smell. But it did not feel that bad now. Why did he smell like the sea? She was sure he had taken a bath from the fresh water and.. Olivia stiffened! And slapped herself instinctively.
Why should she care how he took his bath!? The thought left her skin tingling. She must have lost her brain. He was only distracting her to read what she was hiding. There was no way he would be interested in her as a man. She was his aunt and he had killed her.
She had thought the words would work like magic, but it barely made any difference. She could feel his heat on her waist which was ridiculous since he was wearing gloves and she was adorned with at least seven layers of fabric on her skin.
"Do you need water?" he asked with a smile. Olivia realized she was covered in sweat. She wiped her face and shook her head.
"Are you nervous?" he smiled, "i am surprised too that you are called to attend the meeting with me." see! He did not feel what she could feel. It was just his trick to lower her defence and make her weak.
She hid her confusion in a study of her handkerchief, which she folded, end over end, into a tiny, tight square and then wiped her face.
"They must want me to experience the royal processings, after all I will be part of the royal family soon." Olivia felt better when her voice came confident. Yes! That was right, her future was planned and waiting for her. She could not be distracted by a man.
His eyes hardened for some reason and he looked away. Olivia opened the files he had sent for her again. There was no need to feel guilty. She had said nothing wrong.
Olivia opened the files and started reading it.