Chapter 173: How Was Your Day?
"If you need to go anywhere, wait for me, and don’t you dare go anywhere without me!"
Those were the last words Thomas said to her before he turned away rudely without waiting for her reply, leaving her in front of the room. Rose wasn’t even mad at how he spoke to her anymore; he looked more miserable than she had.
That was just before lunch, and it was time for her to go see the crown prince, and she hadn’t seen Thomas since then. She also found it a little hard to believe she could just call him whenever she wanted, simply because she wanted to go out.
Regardless of the crown prince’s orders or not, Thomas was still a knight, and she couldn’t just call on him whenever she wanted, simply because he told her to. She was sure he wouldn’t like that. Not that she cared how he felt, but she also wanted to save herself some misery.
The doors opened to let her in as they always did, but for some reason, it felt like there was a shift in the air. The first thing she noticed was that the fireplace was lit, followed by the huge man sitting on a chair with his head turned sideways, staring at her as she walked in. Rose jerked in shock, and she could see his lips curve up in a smile. He was early, but these days, it wasn’t much of a shock anymore.
"Your Majesty," she said with a curtsey.
"Little Lady," he said with a whisper, the lazy smile still on his lips.
Rose tried not to scrunch up her face. She had preferred it when he called her by her name. She kept a smile frozen on her face as she lifted her head, but kept her gaze locked to the ground.
"Come closer," he said.
Rose nodded and walked away from the door. There was a drunken tone to his voice. She didn’t think he had been drinking, but he seemed weirdly satisfied. Rose got in front of the seat, keeping a reasonable distance between them—enough distance that if he stretched out his hand, he wouldn’t be able to reach her.