As we continued walking to Becca's room, most of the staff that was working nearby would recognize Becca and come to say hi.
One maid came running up when she saw Becca. "My lady! You're back so soon? I hope it's not for some bad reason…were you not appreciated over there?"
This maid obviously assumed that Becca would be treated badly in the Duke's mansion. I can't say I blame her with how badly the original Nicolas treated her while they were engaged. Before I could speak up and explain she was being treated fairly, Becca quickly corrected the maid.
"You don't have to worry about me anymore, Helen. I have been treated with the utmost respect and care at the Duke's estate. I am only here because my husband wanted to stop by and spend some quality time with his new in-laws."
Becca waved her hand to bring the maid's attention to me. When Helen's eyes locked onto mine, they instantly filled with fear. I'm sure she is assuming I will get mad at her for her statement, but she wasn't really bad mouthing me, so I couldn't care less. I smiled at her and confirmed, "yes, Becca is my Duchess. I'll make sure to treat her right. Thanks for worrying about my wife though."
Helen quickly bowed. "I need to get going. Goodbye, my Lady and Duke Harrison!"
She scurried away before we could say anything more. I turned my head to Becca. She had her head in her hands, but she was smiling. "Sorry about that Nick. Helen was the maid who helped me get ready in the mornings everyday, so we were pretty close. I used to complain about having to get married, so she probably does not have a good impression of you."
"Haha, I see. It just means I have to treat my lovely wife extra nicely this week to help convince everyone that I'm a changed man. Now come on, I can't wait to check out your room."
"Yeah, let's quickly change everyone's mind! As for my room, don't expect too much. It is pretty plain."
We entered the room and the first thing I noticed was that the bed was pushed to the very corner of the room. Her room was big, but not as big as the room we shared at the mansion. Most likely because it was not the master room and because our mansion was bigger in general. However, the fact that the bed was in the corner and our bed in the mansion was in the center meant that Becca's room actually felt like it had a more open space to use.
The bed itself had fluffy yellow bedsheets. Something I could expect from Becca since she loved yellow. The bed dresser next to the bed was pretty empty. There was not any pieces of jewelry or makeup left out and only a single jewelry box on top of the dresser. Becca was right when she said it was plain in the sense that it was devoid of many things. It seemed that Becca preferred a minimalist lifestyle.
After I soaked everything in, I pointed to the bed in the corner. "Why did you put your bed there? Almost like it was in the way?"
Becca smiled at me. "What do you think? It's because I wanted as much space as possible to practice my water magic! This way I had enough room to practice my target training! Also later on, I was able to have enough room to try creating objects with my ice. I spent so much time here, but usually I would be sitting in the middle of the room on the floor instead of actually sitting on my bed haha."
She quickly flopped onto the middle of the floor and started kicking her feet in the air like it was second nature.
"I used to lay here reading magic textbooks. Trying to figure out the best way to maximize my training and understand more about my powers. I would only go up to my bed at the very end of the night. Something about the soft warm bed would make me too sleepy if I tried to lay there will studying or training. I needed to be on the hard floor to stay awake and focused."
I had plenty of friends in college who also couldn't study on their beds because it would be too distracting. Seeing Becca laying on the floor happily, I decided to join her. I wasn't usually one to lay on the floor because I thought it was dirty, but I wanted to join in Becca's little world.
I lay next to her. I put my arm around her back and placed my hand on her waist. "I can see how much fun you could have down here. Next time, you should grab some steel plates and we can have a shooting contest. Even though I know you will be way better than me at it haha."
Becca smiled up at me and snuggled in closer to my body. "I have a secret stash of them that is probably still here. We can try it out when we have some free time. Right now, we should start heading to bed. I can see the tiredness in your eyes. I'm worried about you…"
Becca was right, the moment I laid down, a wave of drowsiness took over me. "You are right. I'm exhausted…don't get startled, I'll bring us up. Instant transmission."
I teleported both of us on top of Becca's bed. I was so tired that I didn't even want to open my eyes anymore. However, I felt and heard Becca rustling beside me. When I opened my eyes to see what she was doing, she was on her back with her arms open like she was asking me to embrace her.
She invited me shyly, "come here…I said you could use me as your pillow today."
She had a small smirk on her face and she was blushing intensely. I didn't have the energy to think too much so I accepted her offer and climbed on top of her. As I got close to her, she put her hands on the back on my head and place my head on top of her chest. My cheek was skin to skin with the top of her chest. I could even feel the start of her cleavage. If I wasn't so exhausted, this would have been a dangerous position for me. However, the moment I felt the warmth and softness of Becca's body, I couldn't resist the urge to fall into a deep sleep. I wrapped my arms around her torso and snuggled myself into her cleavage. Quickly giving myself up to my fatigue.
"Thanks, Honey".
"Sleep tight, Nick."