The Knight's Mysterious Maid-Chapter 237: Envy (1)

"You came up with this stupid plan to make me jealous and now you must see it through until the end. You know the people inside will be enjoying seeing her without you by her side. She might be working with your uncle, but don’t give those people something to laugh at," Annalise said.

Siena trying to make a mockery out of her not knowing how to dance wasn’t enough to make her petty to keep Rafael outside and show off that she was the woman he wanted to be with tonight. Rafael needed to be on good terms with Siena to get information out of her unless he planned to kidnap Siena and torture what she knew out of her.

"Is this your way of getting back at me?" Rafael asked, keeping her in his arms.

"The flip was my way of getting back at you, but this should also count. We have terrible timing with your mother so I think you should put me down now," Annalise said, looking around to make sure there was no one coming in this direction.

"You say that, but your hands are yet to be removed from under my shirt. Should you find yourself wanting to explore more of me, I will leave my door unlocked tonight. I will not do anything to you," Rafael said so she didn’t feel like anything more than kissing was going to happen between them so soon. The last thing she should feel is pressured to go further. "We will take this slow."

"The bulge in your pants tells me otherwise," Annalise joked. "I must admit that my fingers are quite comfortable as they are now," she added, pressing her fingers into his skin. She then followed the lines that proved how much he worked to stay in shape.

To have the man before her take off his armour to then be greeted by the sight of his body felt like a crime.

"It is truly a shame that you are without your armour," Annalise said as she was placed on the ground.

Rafael caged her with his hands placed on each side of her to stop her from leaving. The way that she was so casual in speaking about her desires and being calm about them kissing in the dark was torture for him.

Most of the women he had been with in the past were used to intimacy, but at balls, he was used to women blushing like fools over simple words. Siena, for example, blushed over the compliment that she looked pretty after he noticed she was waiting for a compliment. Here Annalise was having all sorts of fantasies about him in armour.

He had never worn his armour to seduce a woman and he already felt like a fool for considering getting armour from one of his knights to entice Annalise. If the knights or any of his other friends would see him now, they would laugh at him forever.

"It won’t be fun for me if you take armour from one of the knights here or buy one in town. I specifically love the armour you have at the manor. Tell me honestly, wouldn’t it be fun for you to see me wearing your armour? Perhaps only your armour?" Annalise said to get a rise out of him.

She planned to torture him for as long as she could since he made her angry at the sight of him with Siena and she ended up confessing that she liked him. She didn’t like to lose. It pained her to think that his plan had worked since he got what he wanted.

"You shouldn’t keep the lady waiting," Annalise said, taking her hands from under his shirt. She considered keeping him out here with her, but then the thought of Siena having to deal with people looking at her made it hard for her to change her mind. "I honestly shouldn’t care since she tried to shame me for not knowing how to dance. She is lucky childish jabs over men bore me."

"I will go to her as long as you visit my room tonight," Rafael proposed. One way or the other, he was going to continue getting to kiss her tonight without being interrupted or Siena being on her mind.

"Why would I have to do that when this is the consequence of your plan? That won’t work," Annalise replied, looking away from Rafael so his face wouldn’t change her mind.

"I will have food and drinks you won’t find anywhere but here prepared for us. I will not do something you are not comfortable with anytime soon."

Annalise believed him when he said he wouldn’t do something to her, but it was herself she was afraid of and Rafael should be too. She knew that he slept without a shirt and since she wanted to feel his abdomen again, there was no telling what else she would want to touch.

Annalise gave herself one rule which was she could not have sex with him. That created a chance of her having his child and there was no going back from that unless she used the herbs to get rid of the child should she become pregnant with one.

No matter what, she had to leave when Thomas returned. She would enjoy herself by only kissing even though there were other things she heard of that could satisfy someone without fearing a child would be made.

Annalise shook her head as she was getting ahead of herself. She just confessed to liking him. There shouldn’t be any thoughts about the two of them being naked and tangled up with each other. It was his body and the way he kissed her that did this to her. She could control herself.

"If there is not any food I have not seen before, I will walk out and nothing you say or do will convince me to stop. Now- Did you hear that?" Annalise whispered, looking in the direction she heard something.

Rafael pulled her to the other side of the tree and looked ahead at two men passing by, searching for something or someone. They weren’t dressed like guests or servants. Taking a guess since they were the only people besides him and Annalise to come where there was hardly light, there were up to no good.

Annalise also peeped at the two men. "Maybe they are in a hurry to be like us to kiss where no one is watching."

"Maybe. It is time to go as you said," Rafael replied, leading her back to where there was light in the garden. If they weren’t in the garden for some harmless reason, he didn’t want Annalise jumping to take part in a fight.

Annalise occasionally looked over her shoulder to make sure they were not being followed by the two men. When they were nearing where the other guests were taking walks, Annalise pulled her hand out of his grasp. If he was alone tonight, she would continue to walk with him, but she was not his date for the night.

"We shouldn’t be seen with each other from this point on. I will go back inside shortly after you. I promise not to wander off and have to flip someone else. Find Siena and try to get information about your uncle. That is more important," Annalise said, stepping back to put some space between them as an older couple started to walk in their direction.