Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 519

As soon as Stephan finished speaking, Felicia felt a sharp smack on her backside.

It wasn’t playful. It had real torce behind it.

She yelped, jumping up in pain. She nearly lost her balance on the massive boulder. Before she could tumble off, Stephan quickly caught her.

Fuming. Felicia snapped, “Fine! Don’t marry me, then! Who cares about marrying you anyway? And now, you’re even hitting me!”

Stephan’s expression darkened. His arm was still around her waist as he fixed her with an intense gaze, his usually charming eyes devoid of warmth. His deep, magnetic veke carried a hint of coarseness as he enunciated each syllable of her name, “Felicia!”

He added, “You sure are brave, huh? Wandering alone through the rainforest at night? Do you have any idea what could’ve happened to you?” Beneath his angry tone lay an unmistakable undercurrent of fear,

sped from a cliff over

When he saw her nearly entangled in the python’s deadly coil earlier, his heart had all but stopped. Without a second thought, he leaped 60 feet high. The palms of his hands had nearly caught fire from the friction against the jagged rocks as he scrambled to reach her in time His fury was palpable, his expression terrifyingly grim

Felicia was equally pissed, retorting without a second thought, “And why did I come here in the first place? It’s because I was worried about you! Your men said you were seriously injured and missing I was afraid that something might happen to you, so I ran over here without thinking!

sleep, and my feet are covered in blisters from walking non–stop! I’m exhausted!

spoke. Her frustration surfaced, and along with it was perhaps a touch of grievance. For some reason, her nose tingled, and her

leave, only to stop short. The boulder was too high to jump down from safely, and below

Stephan felt his frustration melt away. His anger had never truly been directed at her. It was the thought

had let him shaken

herself in danger,

our a soft sigh, he extended his hand toward her. “Does it still

sharp and piercing, tinged with

assage it for you”

was going to

on the verge of laughing from her exasperation. He hit her, then offered

retracted his hand and casually stuffed it into the pocket of his jacket. The movement was unremarkable, but

wrong with

“Nothing”

it out. Let me

your backside now?” Stephan’s lips curved Into a faint, teasing

sure knew

head away, Ignoring