Damian stared at her for a moment before nodding his head slightly, allowing her to turn around to look at the children playing around in the playground.

The rest of the day passed by uneventfully, without much incident. Both Damian and Celine tried to keep themselves distracted throughout the day, doing whatever they could to distract themselves from their problems. However, after spending most of the day sitting outside of the castle, the two of them finally began to succumb to the temptation to go inside and spend some quality time alone with one another.

Unfortunately, when they finally reached the door to the apartment, neither of them could bring...