Chapter 78. Because of You

Chantel Raven

"Look at the Beauty Who Sleeps! She is finally awake," the king calls out.

"As if she slept at all," Veronica says it out loud.

When I smile, I say, "Actually, I did." I sneak a peek at the king, who is already looking at me.

We do nothing. We only sleep in the same bed. It helps me sleep in some way.

Well, I do not know what he gets out of it, but I think he likes having someone with him.

That makes me think he feels safe, even though he will not say it.

"Take a look at that! The times have changed," Zave makes fun of it.

He and the king do not seem to hate each other as much as they used to. I do not know what happened.

"Yeah, they are," Laurence says something and looks at me suspiciously. He then looks at the king the same way.

I do not care about what he thinks and sit down on the ground.

Zave says, "Open up here."

When he is about to