Chapter 57. Closer to Him

"What is it?" King Zed lifted his eyes to look at Serena, who returned to his room.

Serena stood with her hands folded behind her.

She looked around speechlessly; not knowing what to say made her nervous.

"I… I… your Highness," she stuttered.

King Zed stared at her nervous self for a while before returning to his meal.

Serena kept staring at the floor.

"You don’t know why you came back?" King Zed groaned out the question after 15 minutes of awkward silence between them.

She nodded.

"Yes… yes, your Highness. I am so sorry." She apologized.

"Have your seat." He ordered.

Serena quickly went to sit at one of the sofas in his room.

Again, silence took over for few minutes before King Zed spoke up again.

"I’m done. You can take the dishes to the kitchen then return." King Zed said.

Serena got up and cleared the dishes, and she went out from his room and