"Wura, what is wrong with you?? Why would you ask him such a question" said Wura as she scolded herself, she had just made a fool out of herself in front of Liam, why did she just have to ask him that sort of question??
Why did she care anyway?? It was none of her business if Liam had a lover outside, why did she just have to open her big mouth? Now she knew that Liam must have seen her as an unserious woman with no reason to be jealous at all.
"*Sigh*, Oh Diwura, just why did you have to go that far?" asked Wura to herself as she sighed and she tapped herself lightly on the her cheeks, she was too forward, too forward, she did not know how she got the courage to ask him such a sensitive question??
"Of all the things… why did I have to ask him that?" asked Wura.
"And then…the way he looked at me, and he smile, *Ugh*, Wura what is wrong with you?" asked Wura as she groaned, she could not understand herself, she was the one who said that she was fine with the way their relationship was now, but now she had to overstep her boundary by asking him a personal question that did not concern her at all, she was just too much.
"I do not even know what is wrong with me" said Wura to herself as she sighed, every ounce of sleepiness had disappeared like it was never there in the first place, she no longer felt sleepy, no not at all, not after what had just happened.
She did not know if Liam knew that what he just said sounded more like a declaration of love for her, but she knew that it was not so, he was just a man dedicated to his promises, he had said so for himself, she knew that it would be wrong of her to think that, besides, she did not know her feelings for him anyway, she respected him, she was fond of him when he was not annoying, but she was sure that she did not love him.
"Oh Wura, your mind is a mess right now" said Wura to herself as she sighed, her mind was raging with thoughts, many thoughts, some good, some bad, and some uncertain, why did she have to go and be the one to mess it up? Just why.
She was always the one laying clear boundaries between them, but now, she went too far, Liam seemed fine with everything, and now she wanted to come and ruin it, she just felt so angry at herself right now.
"Alright, calm down Wura… calm down" said Wura as she sighed and she took deep breaths, she wondered if Liam would come back to his room, well she doubted that since he had bade her goodnight, and he had also told her to have sweet dreams, she doubted that she would since her heart was in a mess right now.
It was already very late, and Wura could not stay up all night just because she was thinking on this matter, she was actually very tired, and what just happened added to her tiredness, she was just so confused, her thoughts were muddled.
"Alright fine, just… calm down Wura" said Wura to herself and she closed her eyes as she rested her head on the back of the couch.
She could tell you that she had experienced so much stress in these past few months, especially when it came to things that involved Liam.
Wura closed her eyes as she took a deep breath, she still had to wake up early tomorrow, and she still had so many things to do, and she could not wait for morning so she could see Nora and as her for her opinion, because right now she could not think straight.
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Wura was woken up by the sound of the door opening as natural sunlight entered the room through the open window, Wura scrunched her face as she opened her eyes, she did not know when she had dozed off.
"Good Morrow Wura" said Liam as he smiled.
"You are finally awake" said Liam as he smiled as Wura rubbed her eyes, she was still sleepy, it was then that Wura looked around and she noticed that she was not in her own room, and in her own bed, but rather she had fallen asleep.
The memories from last night all came flooding back, and suddenly Wura became nervous, she remembered what she had asked Liam last night, and now she was ashamed to face him.
"Good Morrow your Majesty" said Wura as she refused to make eye contact with him.
"How was your night?" asked Liam as he smiled as and he walked to his desk as he placed a tray on his desk.
"It was… good, your Majesty… and how was yours?" asked Wura as she did not know what else to say.
"It was good as well" said Liam as he smiled.
"Well your Majesty, I will take my leave now" said Wura as she cleared her throat, she did not think that she could be here for another second, she was already embarrassed enough as it was.
"Are you not going to eat breakfast?" asked Liam as he smiled.
"Ahh… well yes of course, but first I need to go to my room" said Wura as she looked at Liam.
"Well Wura, you woke up late, and breakfast has already been served" said Liam as he smiled.
"Really now?" asked Wura in surprise as she did not know how she could have slept for so long, she was an early riser, now it made sense why the sun's ray were so sharp.
"Yes" said Liam as he smiled.
"But the kitchen staff were more than kind enough to bring us breakfast" said Liam as he smiled.
"It would seem that they want us to stay up here forever" said Liam as he laughed.
"Hmm" said Wura as that was all she could say, she noticed that Liam had changed his clothes, which meant that be had probably already had his bath, she wondered if he bathed here or somewhere else, it was clear that the answer was somewhere else, or she would have woken up from all the noise, and well if that was not so, and she did not wake up, then she was really scared of how she could sleep so deeply.
"Will you join me for breakfast?" asked Liam as he smiled and he sat down at his desk.
"Sure your Majesty…" said Wura as she felt like she owed it to him to at least be nice to him after she had accused him of having a lover, she did not accuse him per se, but she did insinuate it, which was the same as accusing.
"Great" said Liam as he smiled.
Wura wondered why he did not seem to be upset, far from it, he looked very cheerful, she wondered if he remembered what she had asked him last night.
"You can take what you want from the tray, I have some things to look through first before I eat" said Liam as he smiled and he picked up some documents on his desk.
"Alright your Majesty" said Wura as she stood up from the couch and she took a plate from the tray as she sat back down.
She watched Liam out of the corner of her eye as he had a small smile on his face, she wondered if something had happened for him to be this happy.
"Your Majesty are you alright?" asked Wura as she needed to know.
"Yes I am, and why do you ask?" asked Liam as he smiled and he looked at Wura.
"No reason… you just seem… very happy this morning" said Wura.
"Am I not happy every morning?" asked Liam as he smiled.
"Well no… you seem happier than usual your Majesty" said Wura.
"Well some days you just need to be happy do you not think so?" asked Liam as he smiled.
"Well I guess so your Majesty" said Wura.
"Well then, let me leave you to eat with I sort this out" said Liam as he smiled and he looked back at what he was doing.
"Alright your Majesty" said Wura as she focused her attention on her food as Liam smiled.
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Nora was pacing up and down in Wura's room, she was troubled, it was already morning and Wura had yet to return, this was too long for her to be in Liam's room.
Nora did not know what to do, she could not go and knock on Liam's door asking where her lady was, and yet she felt so helpless she could not help her lady when she needed her the most.
While Nora was in the middle of all her pacing panicking, the door of the room suddenly opened as Nora gasped, she was taken off guard.
"My Queen, you have returned" said Nora in surprise as she saw Wura walk into the room as she closed the door behind her.
"Good Morrow Nora" said Wura with a slight smile.
"Good Morrow my Queen, please forgive me for my impoliteness" said Nora as she bowed her head.
"That is alright Nora" said Wura as she sighed and she removed her cloak and she placed it on her dressing table.
"My Queen… are you… alright?" asked Nora carefully as she could see that Wura was tired, and she did spend the entire night in Liam's room, she wondered if they did what everyone was expecting them to do.
"I am alright, but I am also extremely confused" said Wura as she looked at Nora.
"And why is that my Queen?" asked Nora in surprise.
"Well Nora, I want to tell you why, and I will, but I would like to have my bath first" said Wura as she needed to relax herself first.
"Ahhh, as you wish my Queen" said Nora.
"I have already prepared your bath my Queen" said Nora as she bowed her head, and the water was still warm.
"Thank you Nora" said Wura as she smiled and she walked into the bathing room.
Nora stood there feeling confused, she wondered what happened last night, Wura did not look sad, but she did look tired.
Nora just pushed away all her thoughts as she knew that Wura would tell her what happened later, but for now, she had to do her duties as Wura's personal maid.
"My Queen, do you require any assistance?" asked Nora as she called out to Wura.
"No Nora, I am alright, thank you" came Wura's reply from inside the bathing room.
"Alright my Queen" said Nora as she decided to go and prepare Wura's clothing for the day.
…
"My Queen, have you eaten breakfast yet?" asked Nora as she finished lacing up Wura's dress as Wura walked to sit down on her bed.
"Yes I have Nora" said Wura as Nora looked surprised.
"I ate in his Majesty's room" said Wura as she noticed just how weird that sounded when she said it out loud.
"Ahh, I see, alright my Queen" said Nora as she did not ask any questions.
"Yes" replied Wura.
"My Queen, how was your night?" asked Nora as she looked at Wura, she had been worried all night that even she could not sleep, she had woken up, got dressed and came to Wura's room to wait for her, but she ended up waiting for such a long time that she wondered if everything was alright.
"It was good Nora" replied Wura as she knew that Nora had something else to ask.
"You can speak freely Nora" said Wura.
"Ahh, thank you my Queen" said Nora as she bowed her head.
"My Queen did you and his Majesty…" said Nora as she paused.
"No Nora, we did not" replied Wura as she smiled and Nora sighed a breath or relief as she did not want Wura to be forced to do anything that she did not want to do.
"His Majesty did not touch me at all" said Wura.
"He told me that as per what I said to him on our wedding night, he will not touch me till Spring" said Wura as Nora looked surprised, but she felt relieved.
"You do not look glad my Queen" said Nora.
"No Nora, I am, it is just that…" said Wura as she paused and she looked at Nora.
"I was surprised when his Majesty told me so… so I asked him if he had a lover" said Wura as Nora almost left her mouth open.
"Oh Nora, please do not look at me that way, I was also shocked by how I could have asked his Majesty such a question" said Wura as she sighed.
"I am sorry my Queen" said Nora as she quickly got a hold of herself, she could not say that she was not surprised, but she still had to compose herself.
"I could not bring myself to face him after I said that" said Wura as she sighed.
"And what did his Majesty say my Queen?" asked Nora.
"Well he told me that he does not have another woman, and that I am the only woman in his life, and that he does not break his promises" said Wura as she sighed, she just felt so stupid for asking him such a question.
"Nora, I was so embarrassed, I asked him if he had a lover so shamelessly and he replies to me with innocence, I felt so bad" said Wura.
"I do not know why that thought even crossed my mind, because even if he had a lover, that would be none of my business" said Wura.
"My Queen, are you sure of that?" asked Nora.
"Of course I am Nora, even if he had a lover, it is his life, and he is a man, I would… understand" said Wura as she herself did not sound sure.
"My Queen, may I speak freely?" asked Nora.
"Of course you may Nora" said Wura as she needed to hear someone else's opinion and not her own.
"My Queen, are you sure that you would understand?" asked Nora.
"Well of course… we do not have a relationship" said Wura.
"But you are still his Wife my Queen, I doubt that any wife would be happy with her husband having a lover" said Nora.
"Oh Nora, I guess you are right, but I sincerely do not know why" said Wura as she sighed.
"I am just so confused" said Wura.
"My Queen, maybe you have feelings for his Majesty" said Nora in carefulness.
"Oh I do not have feelings for him Nora, believe me" said Wura as she laughed, she was sure of it, if she had feelings for him, she would know.
"Alright my Queen, if you say so" said Nora as she would keep her words to herself, after she did not know how Wura felt about his Majesty.
"Yes Nora" said Wura as she sighed and she forced a smile.