“So how was the cottage?” Nykka asked the moment Irabel sank on her bed back in the Crystal Castle.
“It is a lovely and comfortable home.” It was perfect and far from the man she did not wish to see. So then why was she so quick to return to the castle at his sister’s invitation? Even when she knew that he was probably behind Nykka showing up earlier than Irabel had intended to wake up and dragging her back to the one place she had refused to get back to with him. “Mother couldn’t stop gushing at how perfect it is.” Irabel quickly added when one of those reasons hit her, making her belly flutter. Bent on not lingering on how weirdly close she longed to be with Maxith this morning and her imagined parent’s disapproval on the matter, she dove back into her current conversation. “Mateo is ju
