If Ferdinand was being honest, he had been nervous every single day even after marrying Arabella.
He feared losing her to someone else. He got jealous and envious of the people she spent time with.
If it was up to him, he wanted her all for himself to adore. He would not allow her to mingle with other people and have her holed up here in his palace in Estrella. He would not even let anyone else lay their eyes on her nor get a single whiff of her scent.
But he felt that doing so would not make her happy. Thus, he had to live the way everyone does and observe what makes her happy.
Earlier, he was so relieved that marking her as his mate was finally completed. He felt so much bliss and pleasure from finally consummating with her that he ended up falling asleep so soundly for about two hours.
He didn't hear a single sound even though he should have heard the twittering of birds or the moving about of other people in the palace.
