Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56 He Isn’t Interested in Me

Cassian paused. “You chose me.”

Elowen gave a soft, affirmative hum.

Cassian raised an eyebrow. “So, by your logic… that means you have feelings for me?”

Elowen stiffened, instinctively starting to turn her head.

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But she had forgotten her upper garments were down, and her chemise long since removed.

The sudden movement presented a breathtaking, unintended view directly to Cassian.

Elowen realized first. A short, sharp gasp escaped her.

She yanked her robes up to cover herself, her face flaming crimson, and fled back into the bath chamber without a backward glance.

Behind her, Cassian remained momentarily stunned.

Who would have thought, beneath that slender frame…

As the memory replayed, a slow, warm trickle began under his nose.

He reached up a moment later, his fingers coming away stained red.

Elowen stayed in the bath chamber for a long time, waiting for the heat in her cheeks to fully subside before stepping out with heavy steps.

Cassian had composed himself. He held a book, reading slowly under the lamplight.

The soft glow cast shadows across the sharp lines of his face, his expression now cool and detached, as if nothing at all had happened.

Elowen breathed an internal sigh of relief.

So, he isn’t interested in me.

She wasn’t surprised. Cassian had surely seen countless beauties. And he had someone else in his heart.

In her past life, Alaric had often called her dull and uninteresting.

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At first, it had hurt. Everyone wants to be desired.

For a long time, she had even avoided mirrors.

But eventually, she had understood. No one can be liked by everyone.

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When she had written Tales of Luminara as Azure, many had loved it, but many had not.

Such was the way of the world.

Besides, a person’s life wasn’t lived solely to please others.

Being content with oneself was enough.

In the royal palace, lamplight flickered.

When Isla arrived, the maids began to curtsy, but she waved them to silence.

“Has Maerwyn retired?” she asked softly.

A maid bowed her head. “She is preparing to, Your Majesty.”

Isla gave a faint nod and entered the inner chamber.

Maerwyn was sitting on her bed, a book in her hands. Even with her eyes still red and swollen from crying, she stubbornly tried to read by the candlelight at her bedside.

Hearing footsteps, she glanced up at her mother, then looked away, sullen and silent.

Isla sighed, “How are your knees? Do they still hurt?”

Maerwyn huffed. “Thought you didn’t care about me at all.”

“How could I?”

Isla took a small jar of salve from her attendant. “Your father was simply too angry earlier. He forbade the physicians and forbade me from intervening. But it’s late now. His heart will soften. You are his daughter. He has always doted on you.”

The words stirred a flicker of emotion in Maerwyn.

“Come, let me apply this,” Isla said gently.

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Maerwyn obediently closed her book, set it aside, and lifted the hem of her nightgown.

She had knelt for a long time without padding. Both knees were badly swollen and red.

Isla’s heart ached. Her gaze strayed to the book’s cover-Tales of Luminara.

Her daughter truly adored that book.

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