"Go, but take care of yourself."
Elena's eyebrows rose at her father's unexpected permission, and she stared at him as though she hadn't quite heard him correctly.
"Are you sure?"
Seraph grumbled in response. "Go before I change my mind." Shaking his head, he added, "Just make sure you return by tomorrow. And when your mother starts scolding you, don't you dare talk back to her."
Elena's face immediately lit up with a smile that stretched from ear to ear. She threw her arms around her father and hugged him tightly.
"I promise! I'll come back as soon as I can."
With that, she hurried out of the house, practically sprinting through the door with an irrepressible smile on her face.
Finally, she was going to see him.
...
"You arrived early."
Ethan spoke without turning around, his gaze fixed downstairs where maids were moving around, arranging things.
"I had nothing else to do, so I thought I might as well help you get things ready," Arthur replied as he approached the window.
