Chapter 179: A day out (1)
The next day, Selene set out with Xavier for a ride around the town without a plan. Selene hadn’t thought of what they would do today. She simply wanted to get out of the estate and spend more time with Xavier.
Selene tried to focus on the scenery outside the window rather than the man staring at her. Eventually, Selene couldn’t handle it anymore and turned to face him.
"Why must you stare at me so long?" Selene asked, his previous answer still lingered in her mind but she had to ask again.
For Xavier, the answer was simple. "You are beautiful. Should I not admire your beauty?"
"Perhaps take glances," Selene suggested.
"You want me to look like a fool sneaking glances at my wife? Perhaps I shouldn’t call it that since it is what you do to me. It would be silly to think I hadn’t noticed you trying to be secretive with your stares. On a good day, I might sit in a way to entice you," said Xavier.
"I do not sneak glances at you," Selene responded but her guilty expression gave her away. She already confessed to doing it but her first response was always to deny. "Well, I."
"Oh, then I am wounded," Xavier touched his chest, feigning hurt. "How is it that I sometimes get dressed before you, but you are not curious to sneak a look? Did you not get a good look the last time we-"
"Please," Selene stopped Xavier. "Lucas and the coachman can hear you. I want to be able to face them when we exit the carriage."
"Are you asking that I cut off their ears?"
Selene had a feeling Lucas was panicking where he sat. "Please never consider doing that. You are right that I sneak glances at you. I shouldn’t have denied it but I try not to fill your head."