บท 156: Unopportune confession

Just walking the short distance from the estate's main gate to its actual entrance was a massive pain in the bottom. 

At every step, I felt like all the servants just happened to be working around, keeping us under close watch as we stumbled home. 

Even getting past the doors didn't help, as only more staff appeared around, pretty much escorting us with knowing smiles all the way back to the private part of the mansion. 

'Honestly, I can hardly fault them,' I thought when I finally hid in our bedroom and helped Claire to get down to the bed. 

Escorting her all this way, under all those curious and mischievous smiles of the staff took a much greater tool than I ever expected it to. And it was all because of how Claire, for some unknown reason, just couldn't stop stupidly grinning!