85 It's been five years (4)

''Sorry Isla. because of me, that maid does not put you in her eyes.'' Dante mumbled while walking to the exit of the castle. The servants who noticed him, immediately went to the side and tried to reduce their presence while paying their respects.

The duke of now was much scarier than the duke of then. Unlike Olivia, they were smart to keep their mouths shut around his presence.

Dante walked past the servants, without paying attention to their fearful faces. His footsteps hastened the more as he reached the outside and turned to the side, where the garden was in the compound of the duchy.

Seeing the familiar narrow path and many closed red petals on the green bushes, Dante slowed down his steps as the anger in his heart slowly floated away. Whenever he was feeling down or restless about his wife's absence, the garden has been his solace for happiness and peace.