Earl and Fairy: Volume 4 [Complete] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

Lydia had suffered a light concussion. She gradually became aware of the fact that Edgar was carrying her back to the estate, but embarrassment left her feigning unconsciousness a while longer. Only when she was lying in a bed and it became clear that he wasn’t leaving did she open her eyes. He peered at her anxiously.

“Lydia, are you all right? Do you recognize me?”

“Yes...”

“Stay still for the time being. You hit your head.”

“I’m fine.” She felt too restless lying down, so she slowly sat up.

Edgar offered a hand to help her but withdrew it surprisingly readily when she stiffened. She had suddenly remembered how he had tried to kiss her. But rather than wariness, it was the memory of her willingness to be kissed that had disturbed her. The thought of locking lips with such a flippant man should have outraged her.

What if it happened again? Lydia took a deep breath to try and still her pounding heart.

“I’m deeply sorry, Miss Carlton.” Raven was loitering behind Edgar, his eyes glued to the floor. It was a remarkable display of sorrow from the servant who usually kept his feelings buried.

“It’s all right,” she replied. “I am at fault for coming too close.”

“I have committed a fatal mistake.”

“It is nothing so terrible.”

“I am ready to face my punishment, whatever it may be.”

It seemed that Lydia’s words were doing little to assuage him. “Your responsibility lies in protecting Edgar. Whatever happens to me should be of no concern to you.”

“You are to be my master’s wife. Causing you harm is utterly unforgivable.”

She frowned at the earl. “What exactly have you been telling Raven?”

“Precisely what he needed to know, seeing as he is my most trusted servant.”

“You are taking our arrangement far too seriously!”

“Naturally. It is very important to me.”

It seemed that Edgar would not let up on their engagement, even when it caused his servant such distress.

“You ought to tell Raven that there is no need for further concern.”

“It won’t make a difference. Would you, perhaps, strike him for me? That ought to put his mind at ease.”

“I couldn’t possibly do such a thing!”

“You seem to be on the verge of striking me on a regular basis.”

“That is only because you act so outrageously all the time!”

“Raven, perhaps you should do something outrageous. Then Lydia may be inclined to strike you,” Edgar said.

Lydia gawked at him.

“Outrageous, my lord?”

“Kiss her, for example.”

Lydia turned her tentative gaze toward Raven, scared to discover how seriously he might take his master’s nonsensical request. He was staring directly at her. Their eyes met. She braced herself but, after a period of fraught silence, he hung his head.

“I cannot do that, my lord. Please forgive me.”

“It’s all right. I trust you will now give up on this idea of needing to be punished.”

Raven sighed. “Yes, my lord.”

Lydia didn’t understand the logic, but she had to admit that Edgar did well to make his stubborn servant back down.

“Did you hurt yourself anywhere, Lydia?” the earl asked. “Are you in

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