Chapter 62: Waking Up Blind (1)
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Adeline stepped into the Duke’s mansion with Elaine after escorting the troubled lady for a walk in the front garden. The heat of the season was starting to precipitate on them, and Elaine no longer felt the need to take a walk in such sunny weather even when Adeline volunteered to hold up an umbrella for her sake.
Stylishly fumbling with her manicured nails to keep her anxiety in check, Elaine felt restless the moment she arrived back at home to face the day, and she had successfully managed to keep her worries to herself without anyone suspecting if something was wrong.
She didn’t dare show her emotions since she had to be a woman with no emotions. She was known for that, the strict ice-cold Lady Elaine and she intends to keep her reputation that way.
She felt at ease when Inna told her Cassian stepped out early this morning, which was a normal thing for someone like Cas who never listens to instructions and keeps moving around, most especially now that Orson is available for him to use as an excuse.
Many hours have passed by since then, and the clock on the wall was already signaling the late afternoon. He wasn’t back yet to even welcome her like he always did.
Like that wasn’t enough problems to worry her troubled heart for the day, Inna and Madeline weren’t available in the house either. Frederick informed her when she asked about them that both ladies had stepped out after having breakfast, and they hadn’t returned from wherever they went to.
’Where are those children??’ Elaine was silently piling up the list of scoldings she would rain down on all of them when Adeline’s voice jolted her to the present.
"...is everything I’ve listed enough for the event, or is there something you would like to add as well?" Adeline politely questioned based on the arrangements they were making for the couple’s union celebration happening next week, and Elaine shook her head despite not grabbing a word she said.