He couldn’t fault her logic at least. It was hard to see more than a foot or so in front of you in this fog even with the copious amount of lanterns that had been set up throughout the village. Shrugging in response to her comments regarding meeting him being scandalous however, Charles decided to ignore that. He doubted any rumours would start – it wasn’t as if people could see them, as Emmeline had said and on top of that; it could easily be played off as if he was on a job. Not that he really cared about rumours too much. But it was quite worrying – would they affect his chance at promotion?
Dismissing that thought fairly quickly, Charles smiled, “I’m glad you’re comfortable,” he said and shuffled to make himself comfortable, “So how are you, Ems?”
Dismissing that thought fairly quickly, Charles smiled, “I’m glad you’re comfortable,” he said and shuffled to make himself comfortable, “So how are you, Ems?”