Chapter 112: A Unique Ring (Bonus - )
With her fingers gripping the sides of her dress, Madeline slowly lifted her head up to meet his vehement stare, and her grip on the dress tightened as she looked away to avoid saying something stupid, her heart pounding repeatedly, and she felt the need to catch her breath as she inhaled deeply.
"I...I can’t..give you an answer just yet." She answered with her gaze low, and Cassian leaned even closer - so close she could feel his breathing fanning her burning cheeks, and she heard him say in a low tone.
"How much time do you need?" Placing his index finger under her chin, he tilted her head up so she could meet his expecting gaze. "How much time do you need? Do you really not see what I feel..."
"A few more days." Madeline cut him off with her response. "Just a few more days, I will give my answer then."
"I said I wouldn’t force you." He pulled back, giving her the breathing space she was eager to find. "In order to make this marriage work, I also need to know what you feel for me, what you think of this relationship and where you see it heading, only then, will I be satisfied." Saying this and making what he wanted clear to her, he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
Madeline remained at her wardrobe, she closed her eyes to stabilize the weird emotions that told her to go after him. He seemed upset but Madeline couldn’t risk giving him a wrong answer only for the two of them to end up regretting it.
Releasing a tired sigh, she opened her eyes, but was instantly baffled to see Lily standing at the other end of the room, staring at her. Unlike how her presence always gave her a fright, Madeline had gotten quite used to the little ghost, most especially after spending quality time with her at the garden.
"Lily?" Composing herself immediately, Madeline watched as the little ghost approached her with quick steps, and she stopped in front of her.
"Lily, is there something you want to say?" Crouching to her height, Madeline waited to hear what the little girl had to say, but suddenly, she started gesticulating, using hand gestures that Madeline failed to grasp what the meaning of her gestures meant.
"I don’t understand what you’re trying to say."
Lily shook her head and continued to gesticulate, trying to demonstrate that she was going to be poisoned, but Madeline couldn’t understand hand signs since she never learned how to do them.