Chapter 65 - - 65 : Suitable groom
"Thank you for walking me all this way, I can take it from here." Leyla smiled awkwardly at the man with her, trying her best to be polite. However, he seemed to be unwilling to part with her just yet.
"Oh please it's no problem, it's just a little more distance." he insisted.
"Oh no, there's no need," Leyla politely declined once more, "My uncle's very strict you see." she told him, discreetly looking around, hoping no one has seen them yet.
It didn't matter what Leyla would say as soon as rumours of her being seen around with a man would spread like wildfire in Arvis. She hated having to throw her uncle's name under the bus, but it wasn't as though it was untrue.
"Oh, I understand." he finally complied, looking a bit dejected, before smiling at her once again, "Well, I guess I better go then. I had fun today, how about we do this again through lunch on Sunday?" he asked hopefully, making Leyla smile apologetically at him.
"I'm sorry, I can't..."
"Or if this week's not available, perhaps sometime next week? I don't mind." he quickly retracted, "I'm just hoping we could do this again." he finished, flushing slightly under her gaze, but sounded quite sincere for her.
"I feel terrible having to spend such a short time with you over tea." he reasoned out, "I'd love for us to have a proper chance to get to know each other more, that is, if you feel the same." he admitted, "If not well, I promise not to trouble you any longer."
Leyla could see he was being very truthful to her, and that no matter what her answer would be, he would respect her wishes. But until then, he was not leaving without a proper answer from her.
Leyla and the grocery store owner's son were not well acquainted with each other before this. As far as she knew, he was the one in charge of the school's delivery of their weekly supplies. She never expected to get to know him beyond that.
So when she had been called to the headmistress' office just this afternoon, she was shocked to see him there with her. She soon found out he was the headmistress' distant relative, looking for a relationship leading to marriage.