Chapter 37

In total silence, Dimitri twirled the paperweight from his table in his hands. He was a bit bored and tired after the trip and eating so much, and he just wanted to lay down beside Aurora and hold her in his arms, but he had no choice. 

He knew she felt uncomfortable sharing his bed, so he pretended to do something in his office to give her space. He wanted her to get comfortable because he cannot last without her for a long time. Being separated the last 5 years was enough distance between them.

He had everything planned out, and in a few days, it will reveal itself, and maybe then, they can start their relationship.

It was midnight, by the time he returned to their room, and as he expected, she had fallen deep into slumber. She was facing away from the bed, which allowed him to take a good look at her. Earlier, he noticed that she blushed every time he stared at her, and even though it gave him joy, he didn't want her to be uneasy. 

This was how he found her, those many years ago, lying in his bed, sleeping peacefully like an angel. She was just as beautiful as the day he first saw her. And this time around, she was never leaving again, and he would do everything possible to make that happen. 

He softly traced her cheek and whispered, "This wait is killing me, but I'll demand my compensation later." He planted a kiss on her forehead and changed into his pajamas. He slept beside her, moving carefully so as not to wake her.

Aurora opened her eyes and remembered she was watching out for Dimitri, but realized the sun was already high up in the sky and the space beside her was already empty.

She cursed herself when she saw what time it was. She had overslept and worried what the people in the house would think of her. She wanted to make a good impression, yet she didn't even bother waking up early. 

She wondered where Enzo was, he was usually her alarm clock, so she hurried and found her clothes from the day before, her white silky top and tailored skirt had been washed together with her undergarments ready for her to wear. 

After taking another quick shower, she went to find her son but kept getting lost, the doors kept leading her into different rooms and areas of the house, after a couple of tries she went back to the living room to wait for someone to tell her Enzo was.

They told her that the madam and Enzo were in the gardens, enjoying the morning sun as one of them guided her there. She found Daisy on a lounge chair flipping through a magazine while Enzo was running around with a butterfly net trying to catch one of the flitting creatures.

"Mama look! Catch butterfly!" he called out while running towards her. Aurora smiled and held her arms out to him. "Good morning baby! Did you catch anything?"

"No…," he said sadly.

"So what are you doing here? Go and catch them," she encouraged as she let him go running around the garden.

"Good Morning Aurora! Come and have a seat," Daisy invited her over to the lounger beside her. 

"Good Morning! I'm sorry for waking up so late. I didn't hear Enzo wake up, so I just continued to sleep, he usually wakes me up in the morning on the off chance that I oversleep, but tomorrow I'll be up early for breakfast," she said, embarrassed that they might think she was lazy.

"Honey, don't worry about it. Dimitri said you were tired from the trip yesterday and instructed everyone to let you sleep," she said unbothered.

"Where is Dimitri, is he still in the house?" she asked.

"He left with Matthew for work earlier, the men in our family always leave very early in the morning and return late at night, so don't get bothered if you don't see him around that much," Daisy explained.

"Matthew has officially handed over his position to Dimitri, but he still visits from time to time to see some people at the office. He lets Dimitri do all the traveling these days because of his age, but he still comes for consultations or meetings," she added.

"Oh okay, then let me take care of Enzo, he must be hungry," Aurora replied.

"He was already given his bath and his breakfast," she said.

"I'm sorry if I had to trouble you with that," she apologized yet again.

Daisy chuckled, "Oh, it wasn't any trouble at all, one of the nannies did it. We have a few people dedicated to taking care of Enzo, so don't worry about him too much."

Aurora scolded herself, how could she forget, there was one of the nannies chasing Enzo right now. They had an army of maids ready to do your bidding. So when Daisy mentioned breakfast, a table was immediately laid out for Aurora.

"Madam, breakfast is ready in the sunroom," the maid announced.

"There you go, have breakfast and see me after. I have a few things to discuss with you," Daisy stood up to go into the house, "Enzo, you want to come with grandma?"

"No… Enzo stay… Mama stay... Grandma go," Enzo said, telling his grandma to leave him with his mom.

Daisy let out a laugh, "Okay, come play with grandma later."

The room was aptly named sunroom because there was so much sunshine that came into the room, it made you feel like you were eating outdoors while you were inside. It looked out towards the beautifully manicured gardens and helped her relax. 

There were different kinds of bread on the sideboard, wheat, white, sourdough, together with some breakfast muffins and fresh jam. Then beside that were freshly scrambled eggs and some bacon. They said if she wanted oats or cereal they could get that for her as well.

"No thank you," she said, "This is more than enough."

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