Subsequently, Canillas let his long fingers moved through Joanna's long, dark hair before he brushed the hair that was shiny under the gleam of the warm light.
His movement was gentle and slow, full of care as he was afraid to hurt Joanna's head if he applied more strength than what he minimally exerted at the moment.
"His Majesty sent a message for me to return as soon as possible," he said in the middle of his brushing movement-a movement that he imitated from her maid named Lucy when brushing her beautiful hair in the Powel Orphanage. "My presence is expected in the court by the end of the coming month," Canillas added, informing what was written in the letter that he received in the afternoon and failed to inform her soon afterward.
"How is it going with the thing that you need to verify?" Canillas asked a few seconds later amidst their intertwined gaze in the mirror.
Joanna was silent momentarily until she said, "I need a few more things to do."
