They left the ancestral hall shortly and returned to N&L Fairy Land.
Lucinda ignored Nathan throughout the way.
When she still said nothing after they entered the foyer, Nathan tugged at her dress and asked, “Are you mad at me?”
She didn’t even look at him, and just made her way up the stairs.
“No. How can I get mad when you almost got hurt because of me?” she said in a steady voice.
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“But you…” Nathan stared at her back and bit his lower lip.
“Why are you being so cold to me?”
Lucinda hadn’t acted so distant toward Nathan in a long time.
She remained silent the whole time.
Deep down, she was still trembling with a lingering fear over what could have happened.
If Luisa had told her a second too late, or if she hadn’t begged the driver to run countless headlights just to get to the Payne family manor in time…
If Nathan had really taken eighty lashings… Lucinda couldn’t even bring herself to imagine how badly he would have been injured.
The memory of Ronan’s misery when he had been punished was still fresh in her memory.
If she had come a moment too late to save Nathan, Lucinda knew her heart would break into a million pieces. Damn the man, why hadn’t he stood up for himself?
Had he forgotten his promise to her so soon?
If she didn’t teach him a lesson now, Nathan would probably just repeat the same mistake in the future.
With a serious look in her face, Lucinda whirled around, took Nathan’s hand, and pulled him to their bedroom.
Her anger was palpable in the air, and Nathan was smart enough to keep his silence.
“Stand there,” she ordered, pointing at the spot in the carpet just beyond the foot of the bed.
He had no idea what she was planning, but he obediently went over and stood in place.
Lucinda walked over to the nightstand and opened the first drawer.
Seeing this, Nathan presumed that she was taking out some tool to punish with him. He took a deep breath and lowered his head, silently waiting for the first blow.
Lucinda took the ferule out, but to his surprise, she didn’t approach him at all.
Instead, she stood a few paces from him and rolled up her sleeve, revealing her slender wrist and forearm.