He couldn't bear to imagine what would have happened if something had really gone wrong with Nina. The very thought sent chills down Nash's spine.

His heart was racing, and Nina, sensing his worry, felt her earlier frustration fade, replaced by forgiveness.

She reached out, hugging Nash and softly reassured him, "I'm fine. You know my skills. No ordinary person can trap me."

"I was really scared, honey. From now on, no matter how busy I am, I promise I won't leave your side," Nash vowed, holding her tightly.

"Look, I'm okay now, aren't I?" Nina noticed the worry still etched on his face and playfully pouted. "I'm hungry. I barely ate any of that Royal Feast earlier. Everyone was too busy talking and taking pictures. Since they weren't eating, I didn't either."

In truth, she had eaten well enough, but Nina wanted to distract Nash from what had happened. After all, it was over now, and dwelling on it wouldn't change anything.

Nash picked her up and started heading out. "Let's go get you a real meal. What do you feel like eating?"

"I haven't decided yet." Nina buried her head against his chest, giggling.

down, he

front of him with a nervous smile.

"If you can't handle it, we can go somewhere

need, this is fine," Nash insisted, trying to stay tough. He picked up a piece of shrimp, took a small

as she dropped another spicy bite onto

forced a

sensation in his mouth

Before he could recover, Nina kept piling more spicy food onto his plate-crawfish, corn, potatoes. The heat

Let's go get something else to eat,"

ice cream?" Nina suggested with a mischievous

Nina's face and sincerely apologized, "I'm sorry, honey. I shouldn't have ignored your calls, and shouldn't have convinced you to go to the

wasn't ready to let him off that easily. "Oh, is that enough? Either drink this spicy broth or take me

kept telling herself to let it go, that what happened was in the past, and not to hold it against Nash. But the more she thought about it, the more upset she became. Nash only rushed back after finding out what happened to her, and it was mostly because of the pressure from Pharaoh. It wasn't because he had left her behind and wanted to make amends. That was

he could stomach more of the spicy

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