"Umm, are you in a foul mood, my lady?" Alec asked with a look of hesitation in his eyes.
Since the time they had returned from dinner, Mary was sitting near the window and biting her nails while lost in her thoughts. Alec was worried that he had done something wrong and the lady was upset about it.
'That Duke was too troublesome to deal with! She was sure that he had not even started the investigation even when she had convinced him so hard that she was an Oracle and Alec was his child.'
"My lady." He tugged on her dress again and she finally looked at him and blinked.
"My lady, are you upset because of me?" he asked again when her brows furrowed.
"Why would I be upset because of a sweet child like you? You are my only source of joy!" and a rich future." she added in her heart as she pulled him onto her lap. "What made you think I was upset with you? I am just worried that your father is a muddlehead who does not know how to listen to others."
