Chapter 51. Negotiation

Aria’s POV

“Walk in with your head high,” I mumbled repeatedly in my head.

“I… 2… 3,” with my hands at my back, I counted with a puff before taking a step inside.

“Good day, my king, you called,” I bared my neck in submission.

I could feel his aura in the room.

“Sit,” He promptly said when rifling through the files on his desk.

My hands seemed shaky, but I maintained myself and pulled out the chair and sat with my legs crossed.

He raised his eyebrow at me, staring at my crossed legs and then at me.

But I retained my posture with a lingering smile, he smirked back before relaxing back on his chair with the files on his desk forgotten.

“I know that you’re wondering why I called you,” he said with a wicked smirk, the expression giving him the look of a demon.

Despite how much I was shrinking inside, I maintained a blank expression as I stared back at him. But under the weight of his aura, I couldn’t hold his g