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Emil was grand having a strong build despite his gentle and fragile looks
His chocolate colored clothing complimented his light blue eyes and light skin, his brown burnt hair wasn't really slick nor combed well it was slightly flying by the air
Contrary to Jade , Emil had a really plausible and aproachable aura
And when the gentleman stood in his place completely frozen with sweat forming on his forehead she immediately approached him to ask if he was alright
" are you alright mister Emil ? " she asked with a small smile deciding to scold whoever messes with this poor young man
" I'm quite fine , thanks for your concern miss jordon " he took several deep breaths to calm himself down and aini analyzed him with awe , how respectful ! Jade seems like a valgure oaf beside him
" is it gatherings you hate ? " as lillian continued to speak casually looking very amused by his reactions he nodded with no hesitation turning to face her completely
" that's why you looked very uncomfortable ? You can take lessons in private if that would help you calm your nerves "
She tilted her head a little smiling widely looking for his next reply and as he just stood there staring at her , he wondered why does she look very interested in talking with him ! usually women talk to him because they want to belong to the anreax family but isn't she married already ?
" actually miss jordon it's young women who i despise the most here not the gatherings "
At his blunt answer she opened her mouth in shock while aini raised her eyebrows , young women ? Is it because they always gather around him as if they are willing to tear him apart if they could
" would you rather be gathered with young men instead ? " while she chuckled he frowned his eyebrows looking at her coldly , what a disrespectful young lady she is !
He didn't reply intending to step away from her but she kept her smile so angel like on her face and he found himself staring once more
" young master , isn't the carriage here yet ? " nian his closest servant approached looking tired and sweaty he couldn't even take his breath before Emil hastly turning to him with an angry look
" where were you nian ? " nian looked fed up after his question and whined immediately " young master , you left me behind and the young ladies flocked around me raining me with questions about you " he was about to cry and Emil soothed his face sighing in disbelief
" what an annoying creatures ! " he glanced at lillian while saying and seeing her put up a smile on her face again made him dizzy , somehow it started getting on his nerves and he wondered if she did that on purpose
" hello nian ! " she waved at the servant nicely and fazed he immediately bowed with greetings
" the carriage is here my lady " aini glanced at the gates and finally the carriage arrived " see you next time mister Emil , if you need any help tell me , you looked so awkward walking by me as a lost puppy just to avoid them " she chuckled following aini who already headed to the carriage
" you can't blame me for staying in my room the whole time again " looking so bothered he turned himself away from lillian's distant figure, while not understanding anything nian looked lost
Moments and the carriage arrived so both Emil and Nian got into it in silence
" I heard she was married , is this right young master ? " nian asked with curiosity and Emil nodded giving nian his attention " what a waste ! you both looked like a good couple " nian teased his master with a grin but Emil scowled looking at nian in despise " I'd rather die than marrying any of these girls "
Looking out of the window Emil avoided nian's face somehow he looked irritating to him
A couple with lillian ? She sure is pretty and not suffocatingly clingy and fake as other young ladies but what a joke ! She knew nothing about manners
She didn't know him and talked to him as if they were the closest of friends , what trash was nian thinking of ?
" A couple ?! What a stupid idea ! "
At his young master's whispers nian burst into laughter , so he was giving the suggestion a thought , well he talked with lillian for a considerable amount of time without looking like he would pass out
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Lillian was resting in her light gown while spectacling at the sunset feeling so calm and easy minded she smiled when she saw the little jasmins she put so much work on bloom beautifully
Jade was reading the newspaper lying on the sofa inside , he felt a little fatigue so he didn't come out with her while she preferred drawing outside.
She scribbled shabby lines on the small notebook between her hands , she didn't have any idea of what to draw at the moment
Usually she would draw jade but her notebook was full of him already so she wanted to try something new
As she kept scribbling with no aim the glass door burst open and aini stormed in with tears streaming down her cheeks and shaky sobs
" what's wrong aini ? What happened dear ! " aini was her closest maidservant since she was young and she grew to be her best friend
" My lady ! The young master slapped me ! He continued to be mean to me i just replied respectfully but he slapped me really hard "
Her voice was totally messed up her gentle face looked broken and lillian didn't hesitate before embracing her in her arms patting her back gently
Jade slapped her ! She knows that her husband is not the nicest person out there but also she knew that he won't hit people with no reason , at the same time she couldn't just doubt aini now
" Calm down aini i would talk to him he would never do this again to you , i'm so sorry "
As she continued to comfort her she decided to go ask him directly about what happened no matter what foolish thing Aini acted it was not a proper reaction to slap her
After aini completely settled down lillian left her and went inside looking for him
She couldn't find him in the main chamber where he was resting so desmond told her that he went to the bedchamber
As she held the golden door handle she reminded herself to calm down, being angry while he is angry as well is not going to get them anywhere they would just quarrel aimlessly
So she turned the handle and the bright spacious room faced her
He was lying on the bed humming aimlessly while his eyes were focused on the ceiling wearing no reaction
" Jade .. "
She called to him calmly and sat beside him on the bed , a minute passed and he didn't face her yet
" what ? did you come to confront me ? " finally he asked sarcastically and looked at her with uninterested eyes
Lillian had the impression that he was extremely angry although he showed no signs of his anger
" No , i simply wanted to ask you what happened ? " she narrowed the space between them holding his hands but he brushed her away
" sorry ... not interested in narrating what happened , also i don't feel really good so you can come later "
She expected his behavior beforehand but still he got on her nerves so she clenched her teeth looking at him sharply
" do you not want to narrate because you know it wasn't proper to slap a lady , jade " she muttered as calmly as she could but he snorted swinging his legs aroung after lowering them from the soft bed
" what happened , i thought you said you didn't come to confront me ? " he raised his gaze towards her and despite his chilly looks his eyes looked rough
" just tell me what happened ! I will talk to her not to bother you again "
" oh lillian if you asked them to have the least of respect for me in the first place , a lowly maidservant as aini wouldn't have crossed the line with me " he rose resting his back against the bottom of the bed brushing his own hair with his fingers
" what are you talking about ? They've always treated you with respect ! "
While she uttered in surprise thinking what might aini have said to make him this angry even with her
" Really ? Because i don't think a maid would dare tell me that i'm ruining your life by keeping you by me all the time and that i'm just a selfish bastard , did you by any mean complain to her ? "
Lillian's eyes widned in surprise , what is he talking about ? Did aini really say that or did he just interpret her words as such !
" i know i'm not the best you could have , sometimes i feel bad for you because you have such a husband as me , but i really didn't need to hear of it from a maid even a guy like me could be hurt as you know "
" Jade i would never think of you like that ! I chose to stay beside you because nothing else matters if it wasn't with you how could you think i would complain to aini about such a thing ! "
His rough gaze calmed looking at his hands but he didn't reply , he knew that lillian loved him but of course she would be bored at some point
He has a lot of restrictions , he couldn't go out with her on dates, he can't give her kisses or do any physical affection with her because his heart would give up
He had always been insecure about that , that's why he tried so hard to do whatever he can even if he grew tired or ill he wouldn't tell her unless it's severe , although she noticed most of the times
But yes the thought of him being selfish and marrying her while knowing he could one day not see the next morning struck him a lot
But wasn't it her choice ? Didn't he tell her ? Didn't he warn her ? At the end she chose to be with him so why would he tolerate hearing such words from a maid
Lost in his thoughts he didn't even realize that his eyes were watering or lillian's gaze on him
The next thing he knew was lillian hugging him tightly " jade , do not have such worries please , whatever happens i may be by your side all the time the moment i could leave it would be when either you or me had passed away "