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 .

and some of his shirts , I got

had managed to organize

on the floor caught

out starkly in the dim lighting

far end of

, all the most valuable items and I didnt want him to think I was snooping through his valuables or that

, and it seemed like

turned it over ,

beautiful woman with short black hair , elegant , wearing a navy blue dress , embraced by a much

but the overwhelming love radiating from that simple image between those two people

was the King and his former mate

creaking of a door snapped me out

had caught me , but when I lifted my head , I saw the sound came from a small wooden

open , and thats where

fool , I raised my hand and pushed open that barrier

was a meticulously organized shelf , not a speck of dust , if he cleaned

were well protected boxes on the lower shelves , and on the upper ones ,

carefully

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