FULL NOVELXO Chapter 96
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The flower Micah sent her was the same yellow flower she came to love after coming to the capital city. Abby could still remember how she found the garden surprisingly pleasant in the entire palace just because it was filled with these small yet beautiful flowers.
She used to spend her time in the garden before the incident with Ruby and her friends happened, after which she fell sick and couldn’t go to the garden to enjoy them again. But then Micah noticed that she liked them and started sending her these flowers.
Now, he sent her the same flower and looking at it brought back all those memories, which in turn triggered the memory of what Ruby said to her in the very bedroom after their return to the capital, being summoned by the royal council.
Suddenly, the air around her felt suffocating as she felt the walls closing in on her. She needed to get away from here, or else, her longing for Micah’s embrace would only worsen and she would really run to him for comfort like she wanted to since dinner this evening.
“I want to take a walk,” Abby decided, as she threw the letter and flower from Micah on the table behind the sofa before sprinting out of the bedroom.
She even prevented Reyna from following her, because she wanted to be alone right
now.
Abby felt she did the right thing by coming here when she saw the half moon hanging beautifully in the star studded night sky. Even the night air was refreshingly cool.
And a smile, albeit a small one, finally formed on her lips after more than five hours.
However, her luck wasn’t really that great as her wishes weren’t heard by the Moon Goddess at all when she finally reached the garden.
Just when she was about to walk toward the bench she had been monopolizing for the past few days, she actually saw Ezgar walking toward the garden.
“There goes my alone time,” Abby whispered to herself, dejected.
She usually liked his company, but tonight, she really wanted to be alone. Even if she told him the same, with his personality, Ezgar would only try to stay behind and cheer her up.
So she wanted to slip away before he could see her. But it seemed her luck had
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abandoned her since the moment she finished writing that speech, literally nothing went as she wished.
Because the moment she turned around to make a beeline back to her bedroom in the exact way she ran toward this garden, she could hear his voice calling to her.
“Lady Abby!!!” Ezgar shouted as he approached her immediately, when he saw her walking in the garden, with his signature blinding smile in place. “I didn’t expect to see you at this hour. Seems like you really love walking in this garden.”
Ezgar blabbered, looking around the almost dark garden, save for the little light that was being cast by the half moon high above their heads.
The night sky was littered with stars as the clouds seemed to have gone on a vacation, leaving the view so clear, it was picturesque like a perfect spot for stargazing.
On the other hand, Abby couldn’t help but recall Alyssa and Reyna’s warning about how
nors would fly if she met Ezgar too often.
Her own maids didn’t hesitate to point out how odd it was for her to meet a man in the broad daylight. If someone were to see them in the dead of the night, how would it look in their eyes?
Abby didn’t even want to go there. So she wanted to bid good night to the man immediately. She knew it was the right thing to do, if she didn’t want additional problems.
“I just came for fresh air. I was about to leave when you came,” Abby said, wanting to leave without any awkward scenarios. “Good night, Mr. Ezgar!”
However, Ezgar seemed to have a different thought as he actually walked toward the bench at the far end of this garden.
“I thought you would, at least, talk a little since we already met,” Ezgar said, stopping right in front of the bench.
It was clear he was inviting her for a short conversation, although he didn’t directly pressure her to stay.
“I would have, if only it wasn’t so late,” Abby said, still standing in her spot.
“It’s as you said, it was already late. Just a few more minutes won’t make much difference,” Ezgar said, as he settled on the far right end of the bench while gesturing to the other end for her to take it.
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His eyes were dancing with mischief as if he was asking her to stay up late together like an older brother would with her sister when they wanted to play without their parents knowledge.
“I’m a little nervous,” Abby said, staring at her hands, which she rested in her own lap. She tried so hard but they wouldn’t stop shaking, until she had to wring them.
But Ezgar noticed her discomfort and when he asked, she could only tell him the truth, even though she had toned down her actual situation a lot.
“This is not little, Lady Abby,” Ezgar said, as he pointed at her hands, which turned red from all the abuse she inflicted on them.
Even though Abby tried to leave, Ezgar convinced her it was a good idea to stay behind and talk when he noticed that she looked a little sad.
So here she was, trying not to let out everything in front of Ezgar, who had become a brotherly figure in her mind.
She knew how comfortable she would get everytime they shared a conversation and the same happened now, making her stay rooted to her seat.
“What is bothering you?” Ezgar asked when she didn’t reply for a long time.
Abby shook her head a little, wanting to avoid the question, but Ezgar wasn’t having it.
“You clearly look anxious, is it about the ceremony?” Ezgar hit the nail on the head, leaving Abby speechless as she looked a little conflicted.
She was afraid that she would look weak if she admitted how terrified she was about making some mistake.
But then, Ezgar was not a person to jump to conclusions just like that. He didn’t judge her even once even though she gave him a lot of reasons to.
Be it refusing his help or not being able to contribute much to the speech she had to deliver in her own ceremony.,
Not once did he look at her differently, as the smile on his face always remained bright. Suddenly, Abby felt silly for overthinking when she was talking with Ezgar.
“Yes, I tried practicing the speech, but I can’t get a hang of it,” Abby admitted as she
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fisted her hands in her lap, preventing them from shaking.
She then explained how she never did something like talking in front of so many people, how she was afraid of embarrassing herself in front of thousands.
Ezgar stayed completely silent until Abby was done with her monologue, only when it seemed like she didn’t have anything more to add, did the man open his mouth again.
So the thought of their eyes on you was the main problem here, right?” Ezgar summarized as he fell into a deep thought, while Abby hummed in response.
“Why don’t you imagine them as flowers instead?” Ezgar suddenly said when his eyes fell on the flowers in front of them.
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Talking with Ezgar really helped push down her fears a lot as Abby could feel a bounce
her step while on her way back to her bedroom.
However, the moment she opened the doors, she could see both Alyssa and Reyna waiting for her, and the girl’s smile faltered a little.
They seemed anxious and when Alyssa opened her mouth, she understood why.
“Lady Abby, how could you go out alone at this hour?” Alyssa asked and Abby couldn’t help but scold Reyna in her heart for snitching on her.
Even though she was their master, sometimes, Alyssa could be so protective like a mother hen when it came to her safety. And right now, her maid was in her mother hen mode.
Abby couldn’t find her voice in the face of her worried expression, but her next question left her tongue tied for real.
“Where did you go?” Alyssa asked her. “What would we tell the King if something were to happen to you?”
“Nothing happened to me, right?” Abby only responded to her second question, wanting to dodge the first one,
However, Reyna wouldn’t leave it alone. “Where were you, Lady Abby? I couldn’t find you anywhere so I had to call Alyssa for help.”
From the looks of it, her maid seemed to have searched for her but couldn’t find her.
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Even though you could see the entire back yard from the bench Abby and Ezgar sat on, it wasn’t easy to spot if someone were using it from a distance, especially at night.
“I just took a walk, like I said,” Abby said before hurriedly walking to her bed.
Abby didn’t know what came over her, but she didn’t think telling either Alyssa or Reyna about her meeting with Ezgar was a good idea.
For one thing they would ‘scold’ her since they would see it as a s t u p i thing for herself to do before the ceremony.
And then they would overthink until it would leave herself second guessing everything and she didn’t want to go there, because it would only mean an extra headache for her.