85 Stealing the forbidden fruit- Part 1 (1/2)

The head butler was in the dining room, pressing the top of his pocket watch when one of the maids came looking for him.

”The table has been set,” the maid informed him.

”Alright,” he replied, looking up from the watch while still clicking the clock to set the time. Putting the watch in his pocket, he went to look for his master to let him know that dinner was ready. He went to Lord Nicholas' room and then to the study room, to see if he was there but he wasn't.

Wondering if his master was at the clock tower, he made his way up there to see Lord Nicholas and Lady Heidi standing next to each other. Though it was dark, his vampire eyes caught sight of their hands linked to each other. The sight would have surprised anyone else but it didn't come as a surprise to him. There was a reason why he was asked to serve at the Rune's mansion and for such a long time. It was subtle but he had noticed at times how his master resembled like a hawk when he looked at the lady who now stood next to him. It wasn't in a bad way but there was something very different about it.

Before he could leave without making a sound, his master who was facing in his direction looked at him to which the butler bowed his head. Turning around he left the place, stepping down the circular stairs of the clock tower.

Exiting the entrance to the clock tower he wondered what it meant though. Lady Heidi was engaged to Mr. Lawson. Then there was the truce which had to be up held at any cost. Seeing a servant approach with a bucket of water and a cloth in the back of his pocket. He was a new recruit to join the household servants at the mansion.

Stanley asked, ”What are you doing here?”

”You asked me to clean the stairs,” the boy reminded him. Stanley did remember telling him that but he had asked it in the morning and it was night now.

”Aren't you early,” the butler commented sarcastically to see the boy scratch the back of his neck, ”Leave it for today. You can do it early in the morning tomorrow.”

At the tower clock, Heidi stood with Nicholas, his cold fingers holding her warm hand in his as they stood there in silence.

Her mind went through the words he spoke and she looked up at him to see like usual he was already looking at her. A soft smile on his lips which was as harmless as the drizzle of rain that fell from the clouds. In response her heart squeezed in her little chest. She wanted to pick the easy road he spoke about and it was tempting. So tempting that she would have picked it in a heartbeat if her circumstances were different.

”I don't know...I don't know if I will be left stranded if I picked the easier road. Even though the other one is difficult, I at least know where it is going,” she said looking him in the eye.

”Is that what worries you?” he tugged her hand to bring her closer to him, ”What if I said that you wouldn't be left stranded? What is it that you worry? Tell me and I will see to it that you have nothing to think about but me,” he spoke the last few words in a whisper.

”What about Warren?” she asked worried.

She wasn't a bachelorette but a person who was promised to be Warren's wife. It was something she reminded herself every time her eyes fell on the lord. Even with her heart that belonged to Nicholas she didn't have the courage to step forward into the unknown territory.