59 Confused feelings

hearing the change in her voice the messaged the space between his eyebrows thinking that she will never let her guard down around him she is always reserved with him. he thought that giving her time and the space that she needed it will make her change her feelings but what the Lord realized that the damage in her heart was far from healing by itself the one thing that he must do is make her trust him

" come here Althea let's sit down first " the Lord pointed to the sofa her and she took a seat without arguing his voice was so gentle as he was afraid to break her

" are you not going to ask me why I'm doing this " the Lord asked her looking at her face

" No " came her reply she paused before continuing " you can ask whatever you want my Lordalthough I know that you already know everything about me " she moved her gaze away as she finished speaking

" you are right " the Lord said " but there is one thing that I don't know or rather I don't understand it about you but you don't have to tell me I believe that everyone has their secrets " his words made Althea look at him she wanted to say something she wanted to say if you already know then why are you asking me but she decided to not say anything about it all she went right now to just leave this place

a knock on the door was heard before she could say anything the door opened revealing Takuma her savior came Althea thought in her mind " good evening Kaname. Althea " greeted them Althea greeted him back and without wasting time she ran out of the room saying that she had work to do the Lord chuckled seeing her ran like a frightened cat

Takuma looked at his friend suspiciously and asked " what's wrong with Althea? " the blonde haired vampire asked

getting up from the sofa the Lord replied " nothing at all she is completely fine " something in the Lord tone seemed off Takuma thought not asking him further about it and started to discuss the Senate issues

Althea was relieved that these days the Lord was occupied with his work that he rarely stays at the mansion or else god only knows how she will avoid him the way his behavior has changed with her it really scared her and what scared her more is her own self whenever she hears noises outside her window she peeks outside it to say if the Lord came back or not

without realising she started to missing him Althea thought that it's just that no one else has treated her with this kindness before that's why she is having these feelings but what if she already started to have feelings for him she doesn't have any kind of experience in this the only thing that she was assured of that she feels safe around him and she had feeling that it's not a good sign she needs someone to help her and for that she decided to pay a visit to her friend Jan

the next day Althea told the old lady that she needs to visit her friend saying that she didn't saw her for a long time and the old didn't object and give her the whole day she was glad that Althea finally having some time for herself. when Althea arrived at Jan's family house they were happy with her visit she was like a second daughter to them after the lunch and talking for sometime Jan took Althea to her room so they can have some privacy together

" you have been absent-minded the whole time what's wrong Althea," Jan asked her worried

Althea sighed tiredly before she spoke " I don't know how to start "

" start for whatever you want, " Jan said rubbing her friend back gently " you know you can tell me anything " she assured her.with her friend encouragement, she started to speak telling her everything in details which Jan listened to it closely not missing the fear that was clear in her voice

" after everything I heard from you I could see that he is really kind to you but " Jan spoke carefully knowing what will happen if Althea lost her temper

" Do you love him? " Althea looked at her friend feeling a little taking back by her question.