Chapter 191: Good friends
Dinner time came and went, but when Ada got ready to roll the trolley out from whence it came, Arabella took her by the hand.
"Ada, would you stay with me for a little longer?" her pleading eyes bore into Ada’s, "With Katherine sick, Allegra will be filling in for her and to be honest with you, she does scare me a bit," she grimaced, "I know it is the end of your shift and if you want to leave, I’ll understand, I merely thought-"
"I’ll stay, of course, I’ll stay," Ada nodded profusely, letting go of the trolley to hold Arabella’s hands in return.
The maid guided the young woman towards the bed where they both sat next to each other.
"I don’t want to be a burden," Arabella’s eyes stuck to the brilliant moon gaping at them through the window.
"What? Why ever would you even think so low of yourself?" Ada’s brows knitted together, tightening her grip a little around Arabella’s fingers.
"I just feel I have to say it out loud because my actions lately don’t exactly reflect it," her blank stare was only interrupted by blinking.
The stars would have shied away from her gaze if not for the light the moon imbued them with that night.
In response to her words, Ada started patting her hair from the top of her head then trailing the soft strands down her back, repeatedly, over and over again.