Future (1)
Rafael was puzzled by Annalise suddenly kissing him in the middle of the busy market, but he didn't dare stop the kiss to ask what had gotten into her. It had something to do with the women who would not go on their way and for the first time, Rafael liked that he had been surrounded by women trying to court him because of this outcome.
Rafael only wished that they could vanish to somewhere more private so he could kiss her as he wanted. A moment like that shouldn't be shared with the people around them. Especially with men now curious about who Annalise was watching them.
There was this strange thing among men to want a woman when she was already claimed by a well-known man.
Annalise stepped back, ending the kiss because it was enough to get the word around. She was not going to show off their kiss to fill the ladies' heads with fantasies of them being the ones kissed by Rafael.