Chapter 148

'Plus, she used to have an ordinary life, and she got into all this mess just because of me.'

He had to do this now for her, so he took a deep breath and opened the door. The maid had been right, Rubica was already asleep and the room was quiet.

Edgar carefully closed the door and went to the bed under the dim light of a candle.

Rubica knew nothing and was sleeping with a fluffy duvet covering her body all the way up to her neck. She looked so innocent with her eyes closed and just looking at her made him so happy.

He wanted to lightly press her cheeks.

"Rubica."

He carefully called her name, but she was sound asleep and didn't move. He removed a strand of hair from her forehead and gently stroked her. Rubica smiled, probably feeling good about his warm hand. His heart started to beat like crazy. She was smiling because of him and he couldn't be happier about it.

'Oh, but now isn't the time for this.'