After making a couple of friends, the ball doesn't feel so tedious anymore. However, when it ends, all my energy abandons me as soon as I sit on the bed.
Oh, goodness! I should have changed out of the gown before sitting here. Now I don't want to get up!
«I'd just sleep three days straight,» I mutter.
«Three days is a bit too much, wife. But you can sleep in tomorrow. What do you think about getting up at midday?»
«Can I really do that?» I ask, hopeful.
«Of course,» Alexander shrugs.
Oh, being a duchess is so wonderful!
I smile happily to my Duke, and I ponder whether to ask him help for getting out of my clothes.
Before I have time to make a decision, though, Alexander sits by my side, and his hand reaches the buttons of the dress.
«Need help?» he inquires while starting to unbutton them one at a time.
So much of asking.
«I do,» I nod, and I let him undo all the buttons for me.
