Chapter 22 - -22 : Into the blanket of night
Matthias had made a wrong decision by turning around.
He was planning to stay in the annex before dinner time to finish his pile of work. In hindsight, nothing had changed in his plan. At least until he left the annex.
Matters were thrown into disarray after he twisted his body to look behind and found himself standing on the road leading to the gardener's cottage.
Matthias halted, pausing in his footsteps with a pensive look on his face.
The days had marched on as they should. Everything went off without a hitch and in an orderly fashion.
Her tears on that night had also been washed away and cleaned off all traces of his foreign feeling.
Matthias expanded his stride and strolled through the shady forest path. He tugged at his tie and loosened it, then pushed open a few buttons on his tight-fitting shirt. His gestures were a bit rougher, and he wasn't as calm as he always was.
It was sickening.
He loathed these emotions that were out of his track.
It was aggravating for him to be plagued with feelings he couldn't curb.
Mathias wanted everything in his world to be in its place. So did his own feelings. That's the reason why he had never been enamored of a creature called a woman.