His demeanor changed for the worse when she arrived?
What did that mean?
Eve backed away from the tree and turned towards him.
"I want to go back… and I don't have a horse."
Theodore turned to one of the nearby groundsmen.
"Let the lady ride back to the house with you, then return immediately after."
Having said that, Theodore turned and left her standing there.
Cold.
Very cold.
But his actions didn't strike her as jealousy…
People often 'reacted' when they were envious. He just…
"My lady? Are you not coming?"
Oh, right.
Faint colour stained her cheeks as she turned to follow the man.
She hurried after the man, glancing back only once. And when she did, she had found him looking at her with that expressionless face of his.
The ride back to the house was quiet. The man hardly spoke a word to her, hurrying around with faint colour in his tanned cheeks.
She could suppose that he was overwhelmed by the fact that he had ridden with a Lady.
