The Knight's Mysterious Maid-Chapter 321: A moment alone (2)

Annalise and Rafael rode to where they had gathered for her father to speak about their demands for a truce. They made their way there without anyone stopping them to ask about Rafael’s presence or following them. Annalise kept looking back to make sure they were not followed specifically by her father.

They only came across the men and women patrolling the area to make sure the guards were not sneaky to try coming on their land. Both sides still lacked trust so their guards were up and ready for a surprise attack.

Rafael was the first one to slow down his horse since he thought Annalise had taken him far enough. The sun was setting and though she was more familiar with the land than he was, he wanted to send her off here.

"This is far enough," Rafael said, turning to face her.

"It is far away from my father. Do you really plan on leaving me right away? I was looking forward to staying around each other for a moment before you go back to your knights. There is no one around to bother us. You won’t have to feel like my father would interrupt us at any second," Annalise said as she got down from her horse.

This was better than being in her bedroom where her parents were downstairs. The sound of her father returning home had interrupted their kiss earlier. Here they could not be disturbed.

Annalise stretched her arms, feeling like she could truly relax now that Rafael was away from her family. The evening air wasn’t too cold for them to need to seek a fire to stay warm. Unfortunately, it was a little windy so her hair was moving like it had a mind of its own.

"Why was I so foolish to not tie it?" She muttered, trying her best to keep her hair down. "Now I understand why you wish you could cut your hair. Should I cut my hair a little?"

She couldn’t remember the last time she had cut her hair shoulder length. Annalise looked at Rafael and slowly shook her head, getting rid of the thought of cutting her hair. She didn’t want to come off as a couple who did everything together.

"Maybe in a few years, I will cut it. It is my fault that I didn’t tie it up before we left," Annalise said, swooping her hair over her shoulder to braid it.

Rafael joined Annalise in getting off the horses. He placed the sack with his clothes and armour on the ground to help with going through it to change back into his clothes. He didn’t want to stay in Phillip’s clothes any longer and he was not going to return to camp with them on for the knights to say something stupid.

If not for the fact the pants he wore under his armour were short, he would have reasoned with Annalise to keep them on. His shirt was also padded so he would have looked strange at the table, sticking out like a sore thumb.

Annalise watched Rafael pull his shirt over his head, allowing her to see his bandaged wound. She tilted her head to get a good look at it to search for any signs of blood. "It is good to see you weren’t stubborn to deny getting that wound looked at. Does it hurt?" She asked.

Annalise drew closer to Rafael as he changed before her. "And should I look away? I honestly don’t want to, but I will try to respect your privacy."

Rafael turned to face Annalise as he replaced her father’s long pants with his short pants. "You are already staring," he said. He didn’t mind her gaze since he wasn’t shy with his body. He was quite confident with his body and her gaze stroked his ego.

"You are quite confident in yourself to strip here even if there is no one around. I will enjoy the show. If only there was a chair here for me to properly enjoy this," said Annalise, keeping her eyes on him.

Normally, she had terrible luck but her life was turning around since she was able to snag Rafael. She hoped this luck continued and shielded the two of them from anyone or anything looking to separate them.

Annalise closed the small gap between her and Rafael to pick up her father’s clothes to take back. "Were you that uncomfortable in his clothes for you to strip the moment we stopped? This calls for me to spoil you with new clothes so you won’t need to borrow some from my father. I can get you styles that are popular here. I will have a day of giving you gifts next time."

"I look forward to it. It is not every day that I am spoiled if not from my mother. I wonder how well Annalise Woods can court me. You have been wearing the necklace all day," Rafael said, hooking a finger on the neckline of her dress, and tugging it down to reveal the necklace he gave her. "If not for my plot to make you jealous, I would have been around to get your reaction to it."

Rafael kept the neckline of her dress in place with two fingers while he moved on to hook the necklace with his index finger.

For some reason Annalise did not understand, she held her breath as Rafael’s hands occasionally brushed against her skin. He was toying with her necklace right above her breasts and she had a feeling that he was not only toying with the necklace.

"Not seeing my reaction is a consequence you have to bear with for that foolish plan you had to make me jealous," Annalise said, looking up at Rafael. His eyes were still focused on the necklace and strangely, that made her more nervous than if he had been staring at her. "If you kept pulling at it, it might break."

"Do you think I was cheap when I bought your gifts? It will not easily break," Rafael said, letting go of the necklace which fell to sit perfectly on her chest. He didn’t move his two fingers from pulling down the neckline of her dress and placed his left hand on her waist.

The dress she wore had buttons to the front of it which he could easily drag his fingers down to pop each one open.

"Why are you so tense, Annalise? It is not the first time we have been this close or are you expecting something?" He asked, intently staring at her face.

The wind messed with the braid she put together by blowing some strands out of place. Some settled to the side of her face and though Annalise didn’t like it he loved it. He now understood her reaction to her not wanting his hair to be cut.

Rafael let go of her dress before he could start something he could not easily end without going all the way first. If he were to start what was on his mind right now, Annalise would surely follow him to end it. It didn’t matter where they were, Rafael was not shy to be intimate with her as long as they were alone.

Annalise lowered her head and bit her bottom lip. "I think this is more painful than getting stabbed. Wanting to do something but having to hold back. I would honestly love something more than a kiss right now, but once we are that close, I will find it hard to go back to my parents while you go with your knights so I will wait for the moment we won’t have to part with each other."

It was only two times, but she liked it when they shared a bed at night and when morning came, they were still lying next to each other.

Annalise slowly backed away from Rafael’s hold because she needed to get away from him before she started to crave him even more. "When we travel to Lockwood and we can share a bed again, you must show me what you meant by our first time being tame."