#Chapter 21 To Care or Not to Care?

Eloise’s POV After Xavier left, I got out of bed and took a quick shower before getting dressed. I was worried about having to face him once he got back from his meeting. Especially since I had kicked him in the chest. I worked so hard to get close to him! I hope I didn’t mess things up too badly. I thought of different ways I would apologize and waited nervously all day but Xavier didn't return at all that night. It made me extremely uneasy and I had hoped I would be able to sleep it off until the next morning. Instead, I ended up staying up all night because of how anxious I felt. My feelings of worry only got worse when Nora came to the room with a letter. “My Lady, I have something for you from your family.” “A letter?” Nora nodded her head. “A messenger was sent and told me to deliver it to you urgently. I don’t know what it says but the way the messenger looked at me… it might not be good.” I opened the letter and began to read it. “El