Chapter 32: Rigid heart

Staring at the ornamental flowers and seeing their improvement made her smile  and feel contented. She used to grow them before because she was so fascinated with flowering and herbaceous plants. Gardening was one of her habits too beyond cooking. She was fond with garden plants because they give such  a soothing and relaxing feeling in the eye and  being at the mansion's garden again after almost two months felt so relaxing and soothing in the feeling. Nana Marcela told her that her favorite tulip plants made an improvement so she immediately rushed to the garden and checked it herself. She could remember how they were so tiny before and looking at them finally sprouted in full bloom after two months simply brings joy to her heart. She was at that brink of happiness when she suddenly got interrupted because her eyes caught something in her peripheral view. She was not aware Alec followed her and never even noticed he was now silently watching her from a far