Chapter 20

Lia pushed away Ian's hand from her chin and expressed her discomfort as courteously as she could. She told him that it was rude, almost insulting, to disrespect the Crown Prince by ignoring his request for them to join him—especially when they were in the Cayen Empire.

Regardless, Ian seemed unfazed by her warning; it did not stop him from kissing the back of her hand before heading into Kieran's apartment.

In a daze, she stood still in the middle of the garden. It all felt surreal to Lia—as if she were caught in a storm or pulled from the depths of the water. If it weren't for Pipi, who had come to find her, she wouldn't have been able to move at all.