Chapter 433. Was It Because of Morgana?

Apphia POV

Nicholas and I enter the luxurious suite. “I’ll fix myself a drink,” he murmurs. He is brooding, probably because I’ve been keeping a distance from him, and my mental shields are up, so he can’t read my mind- thanks to Ziora, who taught me to do that. I grab the shopping bags from his hands and go to the bedroom. I exhale and lay my back on the king-sized bed facing the ceiling. Nicholas enters the bedroom and sits at the edge. His eyes fondly look at me.

“Are you alright?” he asks.

“Am I?” I mutter.

“You’re mad at me. I don’t know what I’ve done,” his eyes are wary. I sit up, gazing at him.

“Where do I start… Nicholas, you fired the construction company I hired and replaced them with your chosen company without informing me. Do you know how disrespectful that is to me and the people who spent weeks working on this?”

“I’m sorry about that. It slipped my mind. I had wanted to tell you,” his voice is low and careful.

“Why did