Chapter 231

“Go back to sleep, Danika.” His hand resumed scribbling. He had to finish writing this message tonight. The messenger will be delivering it to the twelve kingdoms tomorrow.

But instead of doing that, he heard the ruffles of the bedsheet that indicated that she must be getting out of bed. He also knew that she was naked under that bed sheet. He knew because he was the one that put her there. She’d fallen asleep in his arms in the middle of his administration.

He had been massaging the left side of her back with hot water when her body went lax, and her head fell against his chest.

He was almost done with the towel anyway, so he dropped it. And kept holding her. He lost track of time. He had no idea how long had passed while he stared at her sleeping body while the same kind of thoughts kept running through his head.

Now, she came up beside him, wrapping the bed sheet tightly around herself. He stopped writing and folded the scroll methodically.

What was