"Are you alright?" Archie looked at Eve with worry. He did not understand but he knew there was something wrong with Eve these days and others might feel lucky but he felt that she was trapped by all the attention she was getting.
"We have gotten the contract without presenting our report. I do not think you will need my help anymore." He whispered with a grim smile on his face when she finally looked at him.
"Do you think Harold would accept it so easily?" She turned to follow Harold. He had returned as if nothing had happened between them. His smile and his costly gifts had silenced all the lower nobles as he roamned between them and whispered words of praise and confirmation. He radiated liveliness, trained with sweet lies and compliments that brought many over the moon. They smiled at him, leaning to get more compliments from him. He was thriving while she was sitting in the corner with a glass of wine in her hands.
