The Knight's Mysterious Maid
Chapter 122: A woman’s attention (1)

Chapter 122: A woman’s attention (1)

Annalise sat on a large rock in the yard watching Rafael train the knights. There were two good reasons why she did not mind being outside watching them. One, she got to see how they trained so she could repeat their style. Two, she got to witness the shirtless men running around.

The knights were much better when they were serious and could not annoy her. She could consider this payback for the times they stare at her because of her beauty. Now she got to stare at them.

She smiled each time Rafael threatened to fight someone one on one for slacking off. She made the mistake of cheering for someone to mess up so she could finally see Rafael fighting and when he looked her way she had to look up to the sky to avoid being questioned by him.

"I see why the women go crazy for him," Annalise muttered, keeping her eyes on Rafael as he stood at the front.

His hair was tied into a long ponytail and she was curious how it would look if he were to cut it. He had to be blessed by someone since his hair did not blow around as he moved as it would do with her.

Her eyes lingered on his chest as she explored how fit he was. He made her want to run around the yard to get back in shape and make up for all the time she missed training. She tapped her fingers on her cheeks as she continued to watch him.

"You should try not to make it obvious that you are eye fucking your employer."

Annalise frowned. It wasn’t Logan here to annoy her, but it did not mean the man named Christian was any better. Annalise refused to look his way and hoped he would take it as a sign she did not want to speak with him.

"You don’t need to answer me since I have already caught you. The way you are watching him, I must place you as the person who keeps sneaking glances at us when we are bathing in the river. I hear Logan calling you bush girl and now I am starting to wonder if you are the pervert we have been looking for," said Christian. It would explain her strange ways.

"Ah! You scared me!" Annalise exclaimed, causing Rafael to stop and look her way.

"Christian, grab your sword and come. It is four laps around the yard for being late and an extra lap for every two minutes you take to finally join us," Rafael said, turning his attention back to his group of knights.

Annalise smiled and looked up at Christian who frowned. "That is sending me to serve Giselle. I will never forget the people who cross me. Think carefully about assuming that I am sneaking around looking at any of you. You specifically," she said, giving him a look over. "There is nothing worth sneaking around for regarding you."

Christian scoffed, not believing her words for a second since she was sort of calling him ugly. How could she possibly take one look at him and not be interested? He thought she had good taste in men since she was turning down Logan and seemed interested in Rafael, but he was wrong. Her head was full of water from the day they were all in the river.

Annalise looked in the corner of her eye at Christian still standing beside her under the cool shade of the tree Rafael told her that she could sit under. She wondered if he was stupid or just couldn’t hear. "You’re about to add another lap around the yard if you do not move and I will yell to get his attention if you say something I do not like," she said.

"I have no idea what Logan sees in you," Christian said, still lost about what made her so special to have Logan becoming acting like a puppy who finally found its master. Then there was Rafael who he clearly remembered staring at her without taking his eyes away.

There should be a concern for the knights since the commander and some of the knights were either turning blind or losing their minds. As much as he would like to see Logan lose to Rafael, he was starting not to want Annalise to be with Rafael.

"Me neither. When you find out exactly what it is he likes about me, tell me so that I can change it right away," Annalise replied.

Annalise went back to watching Rafael just as she was before Christain interrupted her. He must enjoy running laps since she still felt him beside her. As long as he did not continue to speak, they could share the shade under the tree, and she would be happy to watch him suffer running around the yard.

Christain peered down at Annalise who ignored his existence. There was something odd about the woman. Before Rafael could yell at him to get dressed and give him laps to turn, he left to join Rafael and the other knights.

"Now that he is gone if I hear bush girl I am going to lose my mind," Annalise muttered.

While Annalise sat under the tree watching the men and memorising how they trained, Rafael stood at the front of the knights, moving his sword for them to mimic him.

Rafael occasionally glanced at Annalise to see if she was bored or up to something. He was surprised to see that she looked interested in what they were doing. After a few minutes out here, he was planning to let her go back inside to do whatever she wanted, but seeing that she was enjoying being outside, he let her stay.

Rafael wondered if it was seeing the knights train up close that was making her look so excited since many like to be present to see the Callahan knights or if it was because there were half-naked men standing before her.

Judging by the way she tilted her head and smiled in their direction, he was starting to feel that it was the latter. For a moment, he thought her gaze was on him.

"Stop. We’re going to do one on one fights. Grab a wooden sword and pick the person you want to compete against. This will be practice for the competition and I might give those who do well today a reward. We will be ready in five minutes so drink water if you need it while you are getting the swords and be back here quickly or I will be your opponent," Rafael said, earning a few groans from the men.

Annalise became excited to hear they would be fighting against each other. She crossed her fingers and hoped that Rafael would also be fighting against someone.

"You can go back inside if you wish-"

"No!" Annalise exclaimed, but then covered her mouth with her hand as she realised it was Rafael speaking to her.

Rafael disliked her unwillingness to leave from watching the men train. "You seem quite energetic. For someone who could not stand in the same room as me when I got dressed, you are having a good time staring now. Do your rules only apply when you are actually inside the manor?"

She did not look the slightest bit uncomfortable as he stood before her and he considered this a worse sight for a lady.

"There is a difference between seeing you without a shirt as you get dressed and seeing you without a shirt because you are training under the hot sun. It is more appropriate for me to look here," Annalise replied.

"I see," Rafael said, turning around to leave her be.

"Will you be fighting against someone too, Rafael? I would love to see it," said Annalise.

Rafael stopped before he went back to the knights and looked at her once more. Since he told her to stop calling him young master, this was the first time she said his name with so much confidence.

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