I sat and stared at the duke as he fumbled with his napkin, I had never seen him look so rattled and awkward before. Whatever he had to tell me, must have been quite the revelation. It was almost although he was prepared for rejection.
“Sebastian?” He looked up at me, like I had broken him out of a long sleep. His eyes blinked as he looked back at me, immediately softening when they met mine. We both stayed that way for a few seconds, just staring into each other’s eyes and breathing. “Are you alright?”
He flattened his napkin on his lap and looked back at me. “Yes, quite well actually. Better than that, I am very well. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I can breathe freely.”
I felt confused, if this was such a good thing for Sebastian, why was he nervous about how I would
