Madeline wiped her cheeks and sniffled quietly when she heard a knock at the door, she tried blinking back the tears in her eyes to clear her vision before walking to the door. She opened it expecting to see one of the guards there as usual but found Alvise standing there looking as captivating as he always was. She realized he had changed his outfit to a more casual one; black slacks, a black jacket with a gray shirt underneath. His eyes softened on seeing how red and puffy her face was.
“I thought you’d be ready by now”. He said. “Or did you change your mind about going out?”.
She cleared her throat quietly. She had forgotten about that, or at least she had assumed that they wouldn’t be going, Eloisa’s words had gotten into her head and messed it up.
“I…I don’t know”. She said quietly
