Elysia was alone in her room. All the day, she was scared that Trustin would come back anytime and might lash out at her for what she had done.
She was not sure what was the thing she had done wrong? Joseph was the family member and his cousin; If Eithan could know about their marriage, then why not him? Why he excluded Joseph?
Afraid of Trustin's wrath, she did not even go for dinner, but what she did not know was that he did not return last night and had been drinking the whole night with Eithan, celebrating his return after a long time.
But there was someone who waited for her at the dining table; that person was Joseph.
He even asked Hannah about her and why she was not there, to which he was told that she was not feeling well and was tired of going around, so she needed rest. But he knew that was not the case. Something must have happened between Elysia and Trustin.
He wanted to go to her bedroom and ask her if she was fine. He felt strange that he was worried for someone. His own thoughts confused him and he gave up on the idea to go and see her.
Even in the morning, Trustin was nowhere to be seen, which made Elysia heave a sigh of relief. However, she wanted to see Eithan. She wanted to know the reason why she could not tell anything about their marriage to Joseph. What was wrong with him?
Due to hunger, she slept late, and because of that, she woke up late in the morning. Even when Hannah sent maids to invite her for breakfast, she didn't wake up. But when Hannah got to know that Elysia was still sleeping, she told everyone not to disturb her and to serve her the best food she needed when she would wake up.
When Joseph overheard all of those things at the breakfast, he decided not to go see her because he didn't want to get involved and what she did was none of his business. However, when he heard that even at the breakfast she had not arrived, he became concerned and made the decision to wait for her.
Elysia left the bed around noon, mentally and physically exhausted. Hunger had made her even more exhausted. She was more upset with the fact that Trustin did not even bothered to find if she was doing good. It was good though. She was not interested in fulfilling marital duties with him.
She dragged her weak body to the washroom, took a shower and decided to go out. After all, she could not go hungry all her life and locked herself in this room.
She did not bother to call the maids and went directly to the kitchen, where she found Joseph. Seeing Elysia Joseph got excited and smiled at her.
"Elysia, are you good?" Joseph asked worriedly, and made a spell to hide his scent around her. He knew last time it was because of his scent Trustin had caught him and came running to them. But he wanted it to intentionally happen last time. Currently, he wanted to talk to her and asked her why she had been skipping her meals.
"Hmm, I am alive somehow." Her answer puzzled Jospeh and he asked her if Trustin had a fight with her. Elysia stayed quiet as she did not know if she would share her another worry about what would happen.
"I will cook lunch for us," Joseph said.
Again, he had skipped his work and made an excuse that he had to go meet some clients.
"You did not even have the dinner last night. Trustin said that you are not feeling well." Joseph stated.
Elysia froze to hear those words. "Trustin was here? I thought he did not come home," she said in a low voice.
Joseph realized that Trustin said another lie last night. He could not help but wonder how Trustin could do these such things to a pure and innocent woman like Elysia.
"Where is Eithan? Why can't I see him?" She asked. She did not want to do anything about Trustin anymore.
She learned from Joseph, who arrived at the table carrying two sets of serving and sat down on the chair in front of her, that the Hunter brothers had a reunion party all the night after having dinner and had left for some business.
Elysia heard this and felt silent.
She felt lonely the moment she entered the kitchen, but thankfully he was there.
She took a spoonful of soup and asked in a low voice, "Can I ask you something?
"Hm, you can!" He replied and waited for her question to which she asked about why Turstin thought that she had made a mess by telling him about their marriage and what she had done wrong since they were brothers?
Joseph almost dropped his spoon as he asked, "What?" He looked into her eyes to see if she was playing a joke on him or if she was sincere.
"I apologize. I know now that I shouldn't have asked given that he had previously warned me not to meddle in his family's affairs, and—" Elysia said as she quickly let go of the spoon and covered her mouth with both hands; he had told her not to interfere and she did the same.
She panicked and stood up to leave, but Joseph called her from behind, "Sit down, he won't know." But Elysia was too scared to stay.
"I... I know, but I want to leave," she said and took a step to leave, but Joseph interrupted. "You may, but please eat; I do not want my food to go to waste," he said, smiling. Elysia turned to face him and found what he said reasonable, so she sat back.
They stay there in silence. After a while Joseph said, "Don't worry, even If I and Trustin, we both do not like each other, but I promise, I would never let you be in any trouble, as long as you are here in the Hunter mansion," He said and stood up with his dishes and walked away.
Elysia looked at his moments and found him more approachable than Trustin and even easier than Eithan.
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