She poured the last bucket into the tub and really looked at her Thane. She was looking much better, but worn out. She glanced at the Jarl and smirked, the man didn’t know how much of a stir he had just caused. Her Jarl wore a look that she never thought he could. It was well known in the castle that he was never faithful to his late wife. His eldest son was from a different mother, a maid if she believed the rumors. But now here was Melina carrying his child. From the look on Balgruuf face, he was happy about it. She hoped he didn’t shun her after the child was born.
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“You are not going to sit there while I have my bath,” Melina bit out.
“I wasn’t planning on it,” Balgruuf murmured with a smirk.
“And you can’t join me in the bath either,” Melina muttered with a shake of her head.
“Pity. Then perhaps another time I will get to enjoy you close to me,” Balgruuf murmured as he leaned down and brushed a light kiss on her forehead.
Melina watched him leave with butterflies fluttering around in her stomach. Her inner muscles clenched as she watched his broad back disappear. She let out a shaky sigh as her body throbbed with desire for the man walking away. She had been so close to giving into their needs, but she couldn’t. She couldn’t do a relationship now because her body wants it, now she had another to think of. Balgruuf was the Jarl, plus he already had three kids.
She already figured out why he asked her to marrying him. His own reputation could be ruined. With a desolate sigh she sank down into the steaming water. She hated the thought that Balgruuf reputation could be ruined; he was a good man and didn’t deserve that.
“Lydia bring parchment and a quill up here,” Melina ordered as she made up her mind. It wasn’t like she didn’t care for the man, and there was passion there so it wasn’t a bad decision, but it wasn’t love. In her mind, it didn’t matter, she was going to do it and be damned of the consequences.
She smirked as Lydia rushed into the room. “Here’s the parchment and quill,” Lydia murmured looking at her curiously.
Quickly she wrote out a note containing four simple words that he would understand. ‘I will do it.’ “Give this to Balgruuf and only him. He’ll understand what it means,” Melina told her passing her back the parchment.
Re: In My Time of Need Ch 4c/?
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“You are not going to sit there while I have my bath,” Melina bit out.
“I wasn’t planning on it,” Balgruuf murmured with a smirk.
“And you can’t join me in the bath either,” Melina muttered with a shake of her head.
“Pity. Then perhaps another time I will get to enjoy you close to me,” Balgruuf murmured as he leaned down and brushed a light kiss on her forehead.
Melina watched him leave with butterflies fluttering around in her stomach. Her inner muscles clenched as she watched his broad back disappear. She let out a shaky sigh as her body throbbed with desire for the man walking away. She had been so close to giving into their needs, but she couldn’t. She couldn’t do a relationship now because her body wants it, now she had another to think of. Balgruuf was the Jarl, plus he already had three kids.
She already figured out why he asked her to marrying him. His own reputation could be ruined. With a desolate sigh she sank down into the steaming water. She hated the thought that Balgruuf reputation could be ruined; he was a good man and didn’t deserve that.
“Lydia bring parchment and a quill up here,” Melina ordered as she made up her mind. It wasn’t like she didn’t care for the man, and there was passion there so it wasn’t a bad decision, but it wasn’t love. In her mind, it didn’t matter, she was going to do it and be damned of the consequences.
She smirked as Lydia rushed into the room. “Here’s the parchment and quill,” Lydia murmured looking at her curiously.
Quickly she wrote out a note containing four simple words that he would understand. ‘I will do it.’ “Give this to Balgruuf and only him. He’ll understand what it means,” Melina told her passing her back the parchment.