Chapter 79. We're Getting Married

"We are getting married soon. Now, I will go," Bending, he placed his lips on her forehead. "Have some work to deal with." As he placed them on her nose, "Be on the best of your behavior." Stating, he planted a chaste kiss on her lips and straightened himself. "And Sheharzaad," he demanded her attention, yet her eyes were too lost to even look up at him.

"Shh, here, baby," he snapped his fingers twice in quick succession in front of her visage, which broke her trance. "With a sprained ankle, you can't run away, so get that thought out of your mind in case you are entertaining one. I swear, I won't spare you."

Her heart skipped a beat. "I was not thinking about running away," her tongue quickly explained. The wheels of her head would always stop spinning when she was alone with him. And at that moment, all she wanted was to somehow escape him.

Be it giving the response he desired.

"Good," he gave a nod before walking outside.

Sheharzaad stared at her ret