Naroaika

Chapter 11

It has been some days since we came back to the Celeste Mansion in Gardenia. We only spent two days in Azalea but it felt like a long time.

Gardenia was still cold as ever but I was able to cope up with it a little.

I sat next to the fire place and thought about what Azlo had said:

"A wormhole will open in a few weeks."

'Will we be able to find it at the right time?' I asked myself as I gently tugged on the flower dangling from the necklace that Al gave me.

'Where would it open? Will we be able to return back?' As I sat back on the couch thinking, mother entered the room.

"Adline, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, mother. What about you? Everything alright?" I asked.

"Everything's alright for me. The problem's your father, he's been sulking in the room ever since you got here and he keeps on cursing Al." She said.

We both sighed.
Dads can be so problematic at times.

"So, did you do anything?" She asked. Her tone sounded as if she was excited.

"Did what?" I asked, confused.

"Come on, you may be a young adult now and tend to hide things but I'm your mother, and you're still my baby." She continued. "What else did you do with Al, back in Azalea?"

"What?!"

I couldn't believe what I just heard.

"There's nothing between Al and I."

She glanced at the necklace I was wearing.

"If you're wondering about this necklace, I didn't have money with me so he bought it for me." (I mean I really didn't have any money with me so I wasn't lying.)

"You can't lie to your mother, Adline. You're already calling him without his title."

I totally forgot to add his title before his name which led mother to believe that there really was something between Al and I.

"You don't need to hide anything, as your mother, I fully support your relationship with Duke Ezar's son. He's also a very handsome young man and he has bla bla bla..." she continued praising Al and talked about how many grandkids she wanted.

After thirty minutes of non-stop talk about Al, I managed to go out of the house for some fresh air.

I saw a carriage in front of the gates. The person that came down from it was the last person I wanted to see that day.

'Al Ascian.'

I wanted to shoo him off but mother would murder me if I did that, so I decided to run away and hide for sometime. Just as I turned around, a maid called out my name.

"Lady Jerinah! Lord Al is here to see you."

Me and my dumb luck! I turned around slowly and found Al standing there. 'Why did he have to come today?!'

"Lord Al, what a pleasant surprise. Welcome to the Celeste Mansion." I tried to smile as much as I could.

"Good afternoon, Lady Jerinah. I suppose you weren't trying to run away after you saw the carriage outside?"

He saw right through me!

"Ha ha.. quite funny jokes you crack up these days."

Right now I really wanted to run away from him. Adding to my bad luck, mother appeared from the front door.