Chapter 86

Danica’s POV

“You wouldn’t know that, because you have never been there,” he said with a little raise of his left brow.

I frowned.

“Then that library wasn’t like… the study you were talking about?” I asked, and he shook his head.

“No, it wasn’t. The one you saw when you first came to the palace was the public library for those who need it and have earned access to it,” he explained and my jaw literally dropped into my chest.

“Everyone has to earn an access to make use of the library? The same one you dragged me into the other day? Was annoying you the ticket to get in?” I asked, not for the purpose of being a tease, but because I just couldn’t think of anything I had done on my first day here except annoying the hell out of him.

“You’ve always been an exception to so many things, I don’t expect you to still be surprised,” he muttered casually and my heart skipped a beat, or maybe two.

“And here we are,” he muttered as he pushed the co