Chapter 22: HAD CONFIRMED HIS LOVE FOR HER
Aristia quietly and carefully opened the door to her room and peeked out. She tiptoed out of the room while looking left and right.
She saw no one apart from the occasional passing servants who bowed respectfully as she passed and giggled when she gestured with her hand for them to keep silent and not call her name. They had heard about how the Madam, the princess and princess were all hiding and the Grand Duke was searching for them.
Before she could turn the corner, she heard Alaric giggling and peeked out only to see that he had been caught and so had Catherine. Just then, Wilson looked up just as she moved back. She held back a gasp and turned around as quietly and slowly as she could but she felt a pat on her shoulder.
"Found you, Tia." Wilson said as he burst out laughing and Aristia smiled helplessly. She was about to suggest that they continue but Alaric spoke up before she could.
"Let's play another game, Tia,"
Catherine nodded in agreement. She was very satisfied with how her family was happy spending time together.
She was proud because even when her maiden family was close, they had never really spent time together like this, playing games, not that she knew any such games in the first place.
"Let's return to the garden, then." Aristia said, ignoring the servants who were watching them curiously but discreetly, as they went outside the mansion.
Soon, news had spread around the mansion about the scary Grand Duke playing with his wife and children.