When the maid had left Belle and Lucas, Belle couldn't stop but blush before she stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek, taking Lucas this time by surprise.
"Are you free today?" she asked him.
"Is there anything, in particular, you want to do?" he asked her noticing how the smile that was lost had returned on her lips and her eyes shined looking at him.
"I was thinking of going out to Isle Valley. Would you like to come with me?" she asked him, her words polite as she spoke.
Lucas could tell that it was something Belle had wanted to do for a while. The last time she had planned to go out with her parents to shop, the day never came, "Give me an hour. I will have the servants buried in enough work to keep them busy. Barron can look after the house at that time."
"How is he doing?" Belle inquired as last night when Lucas had taken Barron out of the room. The rabbit had not been pleased in sharing a room with Lucas.
