Chapter Seventy Eight

Chapter Seventy Eight

There’s a knock on the door, and I’m awoken from a very peaceful slumber.

It was Axel.

“Why are you here so early?” I questioned

“It’s actually very late, close to midnight, and you’ve slept long enough,” he says, letting himself in.

That’s when I noticed something different about him; it was his dressing. Don’t get me wrong, Axel was always good–looking and in the right dress, but a white well–fitting dress shirt paired with dark grey chinos was unlike him.

“Uhmm, was the occasion?”

“Is a surprise?” he says.

“I don’t like surprises.‘

“Trust me, this one you will like,” he says, deliberately imitating Thane.

“I trust you, so this must be good,” I say, heading towards the door.

“Where are you going?”

“You said you have a surprise for me?” I questioned, giving him a pointed look.

“Not dressed like that; you look good, but maybe a bit more effort.”

“You’ve never been bothered about my dressing.”

“You will thank me later for this,” he says, and I huff.

blue is nice; it complements your eye colour, but the emerald green is better.” Axel said, and I nodded, picking out the dress. I was bad at this, so

to be this glamoured for my

he says, and again

and Axel turried his attention to the wall, like it was

got nothing to hide,” I said,

dress is creepy, and I wouldn’t want to, except… ‘you‘ want me to,”

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seen it all, I still felt self–conscious. Slowly Axel turned to me, his eyes on my face as

look?” I asked him, and his eyes trailed down my body

says. “I think you are very beautiful.”

heart skips a beat.

are very good looking too,” I complimented, trying to act all calm, but inside… inside I wasn’t very calm; I just wasn’t used to getting

patiently for me to straighten my hair and apply the slightest makeup–I never really believed I needed that. I slipped on a pair of nude heels, and I

Thane know about this surprise?”

very aware,” Axel responded, and with that, he led me out of our room. The trip down the stairs was the hardest, and I was grateful that there were fewer people present. It was late, so we were most

the moon shone brightly above us, and the moon was

Axel stopped.

“What?”

to move any faster,” he explains, and with that, he swept me off my feet and

into the woods in the middle

will harm

but this is

he wasn’t implying it, I couldn’t help but feel the slight sting; the woods

for me is in the woods?”

a few more minutes, and you would have your answers.“.

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