Chapter 26: Sealed

"Have you forgiven me already?" she asked with that innocent look on her face. Her voice was weak yet her eyes were glinting with hope. He was taken aback. She took him by surprise which left him speechless.

Seeing that the latter seemed unwilling to answer her, she sighed and rested her cheek on his bare, chiselled chest. She listened to his heartbeat and found it fascinating to listen to—like a symphony. It was pleasing to the ears. It only reminds that he was still a human after all.

Even though he nearly transformed into a demon earlier, he's still a man. A person with a beating heart. With life.

Margarette knew that she had made a mistake. She had angered him by talking to his brother. She's naive and doesn't understand that talking to another man may be inappropriate. She blamed herself for being stupid and clueless about the world.

She felt so stupid.

And so, she decided to talk to him and ask for forgiveness. She feared that he would throw her out. She doesn't have a place to