As more days passed by, the servants noticed that the master of the house seemed more withdrawn than they had ever seen as he always spent his time in the study or his room and rarely came out. At first, his family members seemed to be unaffected by his behavior but when Eloise told her mother about the rumours spreading in the house, the old woman frowned and decided to pay him an unexpected visit in his study.
But then, Master Aidan was with Antoniette in the secret room lying on the bed as they intertwined their fingers and chatted like every other day since that kiss. She had been very shy and timid around him at first but after seeing him so acting so undisturbed about it, it made her feel comfortable and somewhat relieved that he hadn't asked for anything else like she had heard from the fellow maids. Day by day, her love for him grew stronger the more she spent time with him and it seemed like he couldn't bear to part from her either.
