I don't know how I returned to my seat, but I managed. After the revelation that just unfolded before me, I don't think I had an appetite anymore.
The Duke that had been asleep for hundreds of years was now in my home. It felt like I was in a nightmare... This couldn't be real, right?
"Wake up, Lilou," I whispered my thoughts unconsciously as I tried to wake myself up from this never-ending nightmare.
I only snapped back from my thoughts when Samael sassed. "Sorry to burst your bubble, princess, but you're wide awake." I watched him slightly roll his eyes and click his tongue in annoyance.
He's real…
I'm not dreaming…
"What's so bad about being with me?" He asked, arching his right brow.
What's so bad? Everything!
"If this is a dream, then you should be wishing not to wake up from this very beautiful dream. Reality is bloody cruel," he added nonchalantly before sipping a tiny portion of the soup from his bowl.
