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Besides that, Flynn had been constantly thinking about Astrid. He was no longer denying the fact that he did indeed love her, and when he had met with Murray today, he had wished to ask him for Astrid’s hand in marriage in truth this time.
While Murray would have vehemently declined such a request, Flynn was still hopeful. Most of his hopes were simply based on the fact that Astrid did wish to marry him. Despite everything that had happened in the past days, he still needed to confirm this from her, or else there was a possibility that he had been mistaking her affection for nothing.
“Could I be mistaken?” he whispered to himself, continuing to pace back and forth in his study.
Although, his heart told him otherwise. She had been immensely affectionate towards him since the day in the library and would often, even during the day, come into his study while he was absorbed in work and ask him to kiss her.
He had been enjoying the attention she had been giving him and the growing closeness between them. He would go wish good night to her and Bannock every night and would often just sneak in the middle of the night to take away Bannock and watch Astrid sleep. He knew that she was aware of what he had been doing and had never once objected. Instead, the smile on her face every time he was around was enough to tell him that she was enjoying it all.
“Nay, I cannae be mistaken about this. It isnae possible,” he consoled himself, knowing that he needed to do something about it. “I need to ask Astrid to marry me immediately. If she says yes and agrees to it, I will go talk to Murray and convince him.”
As the idea settled into his mind, he knew the only person who could help him through it was Keira.
Flynn quickly stepped out of his study and rushed towards Keira’s bedchamber, hoping she was there alone. As he knocked on the door softly, he waited patiently and continued to silently pray that Astrid would say yes.
“Flynn?” Keira looked at him with a confused expression as she opened the door.
“Are ye alone?” He knew his question must have sounded suspicious because she raised an eyebrow at him and folded both her arms across her chest.
“Why are ye asking?” she questioned defensively as if she would attack him if he said one inappropriate word.
He knew how protective Keira was of Astrid and vice versa. The love between these sisters was unlike anything he had ever seen.
“I needed to talk to ye about somethin’ related to Astrid,” he assured her and watched as her body relaxed, and she finally smiled at him.
“I am alone. Ye can come in,” she replied, allowing him inside.
He walked inside the bedchamber and noticed how everything was clean and kept in perfect order, completely unlike Astrid’s bedchamber. He laughed to himself as he remembered the first time he had entered her bedchamber and found it in chaos. Now, whenever he went there, he was no longer surprised and simply went about cleaning it himself. It was evident Keira was the more organized of the two and must have kept Astrid’s chambers in order as well when they had been back home.
“Well?” Keira asked him, sounding impatient.
“I wish to marry yer sister,” he said plainly, not planning to talk in riddles.
He knew he did not have much time, since it would be quite difficult to convince Murray about it already. He needed to go about it as soon as possible before Murray thought of a clever idea to break the betrothal.
“Ye mean, ye wish to marry her for real? Nay longer a fake betrothal?” Keira asked, her eyes widening in excitement as her lips turned up into an infectious grin. It was apparent she was ecstatic about the news, and Flynn was glad to see someone was on his side.
“Precisely. I have realized I am in love with her and need to ask her to marry me in reality,” he explained, and Keira jumped up and down, acting as if she was five. Her giddiness certainly worked to make Flynn feel more confident about his decision, and he felt positive about Astrid accepting his proposal.
“About time, Flynn. Laila and I have been hoping for this day to come for such a long time now,” she said, and Flynn rolled his eyes at the mention of his grandmother.
He knew Laila too had been hoping for just this for quite some time now, and the fact that Keira and her shared similar sentiments was no surprise to him after the incident in the library.
“Now, I will need yer help,” he told her, holding both her arms to make sure she was calm.
“Of course, anythin’ for me future brother-in-law.” She beamed. “What do ye need me to do?” she asked, immediately straightening up.
“Well, first of all, I need ye to tell me if ye have any idea how Astrid feels. Do ye think she will agree?” he asked hopefully, not knowing what to expect.
“From how much I ken my sister, I think she is just as equally in love with ye as yer in love with her, and she will never deny ye,” Keira assured him, increasing his hope.
“Well, in that case, the only problem will be yer faither,” Flynn said, and Keira nodded immediately.
“I still dinnae ken how are ye going to convince Faither, but if someone can do it, it is ye.” Her confidence in him was certainly comforting, and Flynn smiled at her.
“Thank ye, Keira,” he replied, swallowing. “Now, all I want ye to do is somehow find a stray kitten and attach a note onto it saying ‘take me to the courtyard’ and place it in front of Astrid wherever she might be. I will handle the rest of it.”
“Where am I supposed to find a kitten?”
