Chapter 0206

But I was my father’s first born son. I had responsibilities to the throne and to the kingdom over myself.

The expectations on me made it impossible to lash out in the rebellious way Julian, as the second son,

was allowed to.

So I gritted my teeth, and I agreed.

When I arrived at the meeting place, on the patio just outside the dining room, Lilliana was already

there, waiting for me. She walked right up to me, no preamble or greeting, and kissed me full on the

mouth.

It was an awkward kiss. Her lips were too firm, not malleable at all. Her body was stiff against mine. Her hands sat on my shoulders with no grip. No pulling, or clawing. No passion at all.

This kiss was miles away from the spark I had shared with Piper, when I had pulled her to me in that hallway and we ravaged each other’s mouths. Piper had clung to me like she wanted me inside of her. I

had totally lost control of myself to the flames, ready to burn with her in that moment.

Whatever she wanted. Whatever she needed. I would be the one to deliver it and have her screaming

name. Not Julian’s. Mine.

with Lilliana in comparison was

to have them dangling at my sides. Maybe this was what she was thinking of too: what we might look like for the

try to deepen the kiss. Nor

there, two statues, pressed together at the lips. And we’d stay

seconds until this nightmare would end. It felt like centuries.

bustle of the

they

Finally.

embarrassed, covering her mouth with her hand and lowering

a world–class

was certain I looked unhappy, because that was how I felt. I wanted

the producer jamming a microphone toward

the producer said with glee. “Does this mean Lilliana is your

Do the other girls

I didn’t answer with more than a sigh, Lilliana stepped in front of me,

microphone.

way he kisses…” She pretended to be

be sick after this. There was no other

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