“Why have you come?” She questioned him.
“First, get dressed.” He replied.
Abril closed the door and told herself,
“It seems like my peaceful days are once again in danger.”
After she finished changing, she hesitated for a moment whether to open the door or ignore that he was there, but she thought it would be even worse if she did that, so she opened the door and asked.
“Why have you come?”
“I told you I would be watching over you.”
“I can’t watch over you if I don’t see you,” he responded.
“How annoying,” Abril said as she let out a big yawn. A cold breeze made her shiver, and she said to him.
“It’s too cold to stay outside.” “Why don’t you come in?”
“How can you ask a prince to enter a place like this?” Cassian said.
Abril closed the door and said to him.
“Then stay outside.”
Cassian opened the door and said to her.
“You’re rude, don’t close the door in my face.”
Abril ignored Cassian’s complaints and went to the fireplace, arranged the firewood and said to him.
“If you’re going to stay, close the door, otherwise I won’t be able to light the fireplace.”
Although Cassian didn’t like Abril’s attitude, the cold made his leg hurt even more, so he closed the door and said to her,
“I closed it because I wanted to, not because you asked me to.”
Abril couldn’t believe how arrogant Cassian was, but since he had closed the door, she didn’t say anything and focused on lighting the fireplace.
Cassian stayed in the small house, staring at Abril intently. His gaze was unsettling her, so she asked him.
“Are you planning on staring at me all day?”
“I am watching you.” “I don’t know why my brother hasn’t posted guards to make sure you don’t escape or try anything.” Cassian said.
“I won’t run away, I have nowhere to go, and I’m not planning anything.”
“I just want to stay here and live a peaceful life with three square meals a day, a roof to shelter me, and warm clothing during the winter.” Abril said.
“I won’t trust the daughter of King Venobich.” Cassian said.
“I suppose my father has caused a lot of harm to your kingdom, so it’s understandable that you hate me.”
She said with sadness written all over her face.
Abril felt hungry, so she started preparing a soup with potatoes and carrots. It smelled delicious.
When the food was ready, Abril served herself a bowl. Cassian’s stomach growled, so Abril asked him.
“Are you hungry?”
“Would you like some soup?”
How dare you offer me something like that? He questioned her.
Abril tasted her soup and told him.
“I suppose that’s a no.”
Cassian’s stomach was rumbling with hunger, so he said to her.
“I suppose there’s no avoiding it.
“I’ll try that concoction you’ve made, but you try it first.”
“I don’t want to be poisoned.”
Abril served another bowl of soup, tasted it, and said to him.
“See, it’s not poisoned.”
Cassian’s mouth watered. He had eaten very little for breakfast and was starving.
As he tasted the soup, he was surprised. It was delicious. He quickly finished everything he had been served, extended his plate, and said to her.
“Serve me some more.”
Abril showed him the empty pot and said, “There is no more.”
Abril collected the dishes, brought out some roasted sweet potatoes, and gave him one.
“What is this?”
Cassian asked while poking it with his fingers.
“These are sweet potatoes.”
“Have you ever tried them?” Abril asked.
“But I thought they were oranges.” Cassian said.
“That’s because they still have the skin on, you must remove it.” She replied.
Abril started peeling it off with her fingers.
“Look, you have to do it like this.”
Cassian felt doing that went against everything he had been taught, but in that place no one would see him, they were alone, so he did what Abril showed him. He spent the whole day with Abril and the pain in his leg almost completely disappeared. When it started to get dark, Cassian returned to the palace as he always had dinner with his brother Alessandro.
During dinner, Alessandro asked him.
“How’s your leg?”
“I’m fine brother, it hardly hurts anymore.” He replied.
Alessandro knew perfectly well that Cassian’s leg pain never went away and that on cold days like that, the pain was almost unbearable, so he said to him,
“You don’t have to lie to me, if you feel bad, please feel free to tell me.”
“It’s not like that, brother, I’m really telling you the truth, it hardly hurts, but thank you for your concern.” He said.
In fact, the leg pain had almost disappeared that day. Cassian had started to wonder if Abril had something to do with his improvement.
The next day, Cassian went to the kitchen and asked the servants to prepare a basket of food and some desserts. He went to Abril’s house, like the day before, his leg was in terrible pain. But after spending some time with Abril, the pain was considerably reduced.
When it was time for lunch, Cassian told Abril to serve what he had brought. When they finished eating, they continued with dessert. It was a chocolate cake. When Abril tasted it, she shed tears,
Cassian asked her.
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Don’t you like it?”
“On the contrary, I love it.”
“I have never eaten anything so delicious in my life.” She replied.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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