Elise flipped the box shut immediately with a little snap, then leaned over to stuff the box into the back of the nightstand drawer that she’d claimed as her own. She had a larger jewelry box in there where she kept her trinkets, and figured if she hid it amongst jewelry she already had then Astredian would be less likely to find it when he started panicking. The carved wooden box had a tray that lifted out, which is where she put the velvety box for now.
She was supposed to be romancing him! She’d already put her grand romantic plan into motion, knowing how much the paladin enjoyed spectacles, and here he was trying to jump the gun. The nerve of the man. Elise shook her head, snorting a little; her own internal annoyance was mostly feigned of course. She loved that he’d given her her en
