Chapter 254: He Is Different
As the sky gradually darkened, everyone in the Palace quickly retired to bed as tomorrow was going to be another busy day. With the wedding already around the corner, they could not afford to make any more mistakes from here on out. Unknown to everyone, the couple they were straining their energy to work for were having a moment of their own as Ivan successfully snuck into Samantha’s chamber.
She had waited for Lucy to retire to bed before letting Ivan in, and unlike last time when he used the window, he dared to use her room door today, whilst she dragged him in quickly before anyone would notice his lingering presence on her doorway.
Sitting on her mattress, Ivan seriously scrutinized the little plant who seemed to be gazing back at him with the same concentration, as though they were in a staring contest. When he cocked his head slightly to the side, the little plant imitated his gesture in silence– when he repeated his actions, tilting his head the other way, the little plant did the same, and then out of his unrestrained curiosity, he gave the plant a scare.
"Boo!" The way his crimson eyes narrowly darkened, like the fading embers on a dying fire had the plant startled, and it immediately jumped into the arms of Samantha, hiding itself inside the sleeve of her dress to avoid his stormy eyes. A satisfying smile curved Ivan’s lips at its frightful reaction, but when he looked up to meet his little lamb’s stare, she was glaring at him with those doe eyes.
"What?"
"Now you act like Alistair, you frightened my plant into hiding, are you okay?" She asked her little plant who slowly peeked out from under her sleeve, its vine’s trembling as they held onto her sleeve for some comfort.
’Viney is fine, but viney is not brave in the face of deadly aura. Master seems to have a... standard choice when it comes to loving unhinged men.’ thought Viney.
"W– what?" Samantha’s lips parted in disbelief at her vine’s remark towards her choice, and as though it sensed her building fury, it quickly hid back under her sleeve.
Ivan simply watched their wordless interaction, and from her constant change in reaction, he knew her mind was linked to that of the plant she was presently conversing with. When she happily showed him her newest ’pet plant’ he observed the plant creature to ensure this wasn’t some kind of trap that had been laid for his little lamb, but noticing how she reprimanded him all for the sake of a plant, he hissed in displeasure.