Chapter 42

ALDRICS PAST VALERIA Freed from my task and without the housekeeper watching I decided to slip away with the excuse of organizing the Kings clothes in his closet .

So I grabbed a basket with clean sheets and walked into the castle .

I reached the ebony door and hesitated for a moment , unsure whether to step into the wolfs den or not .

Come on , Valeria , dont be ridiculous .

The agreement was fulfilled , and now its time to return to a professional dynamic worker and employer .

Im the maid , and hes the King .

I told myself, straightening my posture , because if every time Aldric and I shared intimacy under our arrangement , I acted like a nervous girl , then this was bound to fail .

I entered with a serious expression , advancing into the room on legs that felt like jelly .

I knocked softly , but no one answered , so I pushed the door open and stepped into His Majestys chambers .

The delicious scent of wine immediately assaulted my senses .

This was his private , intimate space , and everything here smelled like Aldric .

of his shirts , I

wardrobe , pleased with how I had managed to organize it bit by bit in

, something on the floor

stood out starkly in the

the far

gemstone rings , gold cufflinks , all the most valuable items and I didnt want

down to pick it up , and it seemed like an

, I was slightly

wearing a navy blue dress , embraced by a much larger man with dark red hair

overwhelming love radiating from that simple image between

was the King and his

creaking of a door snapped me out of my

sound came from a small wooden door at the back of the wardrobe that

open , and thats where this photograph had

rule the housekeeper had given me but like a fool , I raised my hand and pushed open that barrier

organized shelf , not a speck of

, and on the upper ones , a large ,

took it carefully and opened

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