After Harold’s Return: A New Normal Between Ethan and Me

Since Harold’s return, things between Ethan and me settled into a more typical relationship—not as master and maid, but as though I were truly another noble lady who had married into the Blackwood family.

After days of addressing him by his name alone, I had grown accustomed to calling him simply "Ethan." The title "Father" for Harold was also beginning to feel less strange.

…It was time to start tackling the things I had put off.

"Lilith, what are you up to?"

"I'm writing some letters."

"…Letters?"

Ethan looked …