Twenty-three • Questions

•Heather•

"There's nothing else to do today?" I asked before taking a sip of my afternoon tea.

"No. The King hasn't given any duties to you yet," Bridgette answered.

I sighed and put my cup down. "Do you think that he is doing this on purpose?"

"It's still the week of the festival so, work really dulls down during this period."

"I don't believe you."

And I really didn't. If work really dulled down, why did I not see Benjamin unless late at night? He looked busy while I had way too much time on my hands than I would have liked.

Benjamin has been behaving weird recently and I had no idea why. Our relationship was good enough and I thought that we were going to get even closer especially now that we slept in the same room, but I guess I thought wrong.

Ever since we slept together on my second night in his room, Benjamin hasn't touched me. We still slept on the same bed and even cuddled, but that was it.

I wasn't complaining but I did not think that he would let me be eve