Chapter 17

Elara's POV

Rufus stared at me with a bewildered expression on his face, one that seemed so funny yet adorable at the same time that I could not stop myself from bursting into laughter.

“Are you okay, Elara?” He asked again.

“I’m fine, Rufus,” I replied to him as I wiped off some tears off my face.

“You know you can confide in me, Elara,” he said, sounding like an elder brother I never had. I nodded my head and then he asked me to continue eating my food. I glanced at him occasionally and saw that his attention was on me. He watched what I was eating, telling me the food to eat and not to eat.

I stuffed everything he gave me into my mouth and then I told him to eat as well.

“I will stop eating if you keep staring at me, Rufus,” I said.

He smiled at me and told me that he wanted to be sure that I was fine.

“I’m fine, Rufus,” I said curtly and then motioned for him to eat. I watched as he dug into his food and continued eating his food as well. I stopped eating when I was full and then