Chapter 912

Hesper was there trying to draw the curtains. She looked up and into Rickard's eyes, then paused, and frowned. She asked Yves to arrange a room for Ricakrd but he chose this one out of so many. Hesper wouldn't believe it wasn't intentional. Now that Rickard had settled in, it would seem unkind to ask him to move. Even though Rickard was an uninvited 'guest', he was still a guest. Quickly drawing the curtains to avoid looking at him, Hesper turned around and remembered the weird things he said this afternoon. Even though someone was giving him ideas, Hesper still felt something rise in her heart. "Urgh, I should stop thinking." Hesper switched off the lights and forced herself to sleep. She finally solved some of the problems but now Rickard handed her new ones. Hesper didn't want to be distracted by that and just hoped that he would eventually give up. *** The night soon passed. When Hesper woke up again, it was from the knocking on her door by Dianthe. "Time to get up!"