Chapter 249: Gnawing Feeling
"What was that? Did you almost attack Thomas because he read a letter?!" Rylen asked in disbelief.
Thomas heard Rylen’s question as he walked away. There was no doubt in his mind that the crown prince would have sliced his neck open. Thomas shivered as he recalled the look in his eyes. There was no panic, no agitation—just coldness.
Thomas swore as he hopped away. What had he gotten himself entangled with? He preferred it when he hated her and didn’t care. Now, he didn’t know why, but he knew it would be hard to get rid of the image of her crying out of his head.
He had wanted nothing more than to see her in that sorry state. As a peasant, she deserved nothing less—but Thomas wasn’t so sure now, and he didn’t even know why.
He touched his neck, tracing the slight cut. It stung a little but Thomas did not take his hand away.
Rose was not a woman he should be having thoughts about. She was not his business, and he needed to remind himself of that—not her freckled face and how great she looked under the sun.
Caius heard Rylen yell, but he didn’t register the words. All he could think about was that he should have read the letter before giving it to Henry—or better still, had Rose sent to his private study and read the letter to her himself.
She had told him last night that she wanted to leave. It was hard to explain what he felt, but he had said the words before realizing it, and as soon as he did, he knew it was true.
He couldn’t dare let her go because Caius didn’t like that he knew she wouldn’t come back. His only hold on her was the debt she owed. She didn’t want anything from him, and it irked him. He was the crown prince—no one should want to get away from him. But she never wanted to be here from the start.
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It was not something he liked to think about, and he might have deceived himself into thinking that she needed him. However, the longer this went on, the less he had to hold on to.