Chapter 138

Maxi hastily ducked into a curtsy. Her stomach churned. To think that this young man was the commander of the Temple Knights!

She clutched the letter inside her pocket. No matter how much she thought about it, it did not seem proper to ask a commander of a knightly order to convey a letter on her behalf. Too afraid to ask, Maxi began to backtrack.

"F-Forgive me… for interrupting."

"It is perfectly all right. Please, do not hesitate to ask for whatever you might need," said the duke with a broad smile.

After pausing for a long while, Maxi told herself she had nothing to lose. "I-If it is not too much trouble… I wished to ask you t-to… pass a letter to my husband."

"A letter?" the duke said quizzically.

Maxi tentatively withdrew the parchment from her pocket. The letter she had written with such care had become a crumpled mess in little over an hour. Her cheeks flushing, Maxi hastily tried to smooth out the creases.