Rion still hadn’t given up on making Odette’s mood get better. After an attempt to show love through the food failed, he tried another way.
He bought a lot of lanterns and hung them in various places in the backyard of the inn, including on the twigs and the branches of trees that had no leaves.
He then took the table and chairs on the terrace and placed them in the middle of the backyard. After that, he arranged the food that he had bought with the lanterns.
“Perfect,” Rion said while clapping his hands together. He had just made the backyard of the inn the perfect place to have a candlelight dinner.
Next, he should take Odette down to have dinner with him.
If the normal way didn’t work, he would use brute force. He promised!
“Odette.” He opened the door and saw Odette sitting in a chair while reading a book.
“Odette, come with me,” he said, holding out his hand.
“Where to?” asked Odette, not taking her eyes off the book.
“To the backyard. I….”
