Chapter 92 - - 92 : An unexpected way
Leyla knelt on her cabin floors, furiously scrubbing the floorboards clean before she sighed out tiredly, and swiped off some of the sweat off her brows. With the sunbeam light flowing into the room, she could see the fine dust particles floating all over her.
The cold was also beginning to subside in the air, signifying that winter was about to come to an end.
Despite that, Leyla couldn't help but think about how strange Kyle had been when she'd returned to Arvis from Carlsbar. Even remembering the look on his face gave her endless confusion about why he'd been acting so weird.
It's been a few days since it happened, yet still she reached no conclusion.
She had been successful in making the Duke drop her off in Carlsbar, and went home on her own. Upon her way home, she'd encountered Kyle on the road to Arvis, just as Kyle was just about to leave.
"Leyla..." he called out to her with a breathy voice. He looked calm to her, but something in his voice made her think like he wanted to cry for some unknown reason.
She wanted to go to him, and ask about how he is, but she caught sight of her shoes, and forced herself not to. These shoes were the ones the Duke had just bought for her, and it reminded her why she needed to get away from Kyle.
He repeated her name a few more times, it was almost like he was seeing her, but at the same time, it was like he wasn't actually seeing her. It was like his mind was stuck somewhere. At one point it seemed like he was looking right through her and proceeded to look up at the sky.
His hands had been shaking when he ran them across his face. Whether it was from the cold or something else, she couldn't tell. And then he left, without talking to her or looking back at her once more.
A few passerbys had seen them, looking over at them curiously, wondering what happened between them now as Kyle continued to walk in a daze passed them. They shot Leyla questioning glances as soon as they noticed his red-rimmed eyes.
All the while Leyla could only figure out he'd stopped by for something, as did the others who saw them.