Chapter 29. Rain

So the first four steps didn’t go exactly as he planned they would, he’d expected a romantic breakfast, but all he got was a silent one. Dinner was going to be better, he promised.

Step five was to buy her things she liked… women liked flowers, but what they liked even more was clothes and jewelry… and he was going out to get her just that. In the city on the neutral lands, he could find plenty of those stuffs and more.

Gripping onto the staircase, he walked his way downstairs, meeting Delilah who stood at the bottom. He licked his lips, still feeling embarrassed about what happened a couple minutes ago in the dining room. Sexy eyes? Yeah right, he’d never do it again. “I’m going out for a while… I probably won’t be back til sun down.”

“Okay.”

“You can, however, go wherever you want while I’m gone… I don’t want you cooped up here with nothing to do. I also don’t want you to feel like I lied when I told you that you still have your freedom, but please, don’t c