Swollen face

William pov

"We are not done yet, little bird." I jerked her hand and pulled her back towards me. She frowned and was about to fight, but turned silent looking at my face.

"So, what does this kiss mean?" I asked , looking at her face intensely.

"You are the one who started that!" she retorted and I fumed. 'Just because a man will start advancing towards her, would she reciprocate with that intensity!' 

That thought was boiling my blood! I could not believe that she just said so. My grip on her hand involuntarily tightened.

"So it means that whenever I start it, you will reciprocate it?" my voice was colder and she shivered in my arms. I knew that I was losing and I needed to hold on to my emotions but.. I was just losing it.

"I did not mean that. Your highness, you are hurting me." she replied as she looked at her arms that were in my hold tightly.

As if her words were like cold water dousing my emotions, I let her go.