Sylvia's POV:

Richard shook away from my grip and raised his hand to slap me, but Rufus stopped him.

He firmly grabbed Richard's shoulder and with an ice-cold expression, he warned, "If you even lay a finger on her, I will make sure you do not leave this place unharmed."

For a brief moment, Richard winced and paled beneath the strength of Rufus' grip. "Let go of me. I'm not going to hurt her."

Rufus huffed. The air fell still around them.

Richard's knees buckled a little as he broke into a cold sweat. Seeing this, his guards raised their weapons and pointed them at Rufus. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Instantly, the atmosphere grew tense.

My body tensed up as well and prepared to fight.

But at this moment, Rufus simply let go of Richard's shoulder and shoved him away.

Holding his sore shoulder, Richard stumbled a few steps back and his guards had to hold him up to keep him from falling.

Richard spitefully shook off the guards' hands and glared at Rufus. "Cuff Prince Rufus now."

fist and wanted to punch him again, but Rufus took my hand and said in a comforting voice, "It doesn't matter. That arrogance

those guards are still loyal to Richard. Once you're handcuffed, you won't be able to resist anymore. You would be at the mercy of Richard and his minions." Frowning, I looked at Rufus with concern. "What if he plays even more

talked, the guards came

at a distance, Flora and Harry following suit and pulling away one

this now? Rufus himself said he wanted to come with me!" Richard raised his voice and motioned for more guards to hold

in front of Rufus and declared, "But we still haven't confirmed the truth yet. Rufus is

Rufus!" Flora cursed at him. "You might be a prince too, but

he snapped. "Get them all! Don't let any of them go!" Chaos had ensued. Just when the fight was about to begin, all of a sudden,

looked at each other in confusion. Before we could figure it out, the soldiers parted in

to Richard and looked at him sharply. "Who allowed you to make these

visibly shrank

deal with you when I get back." Ethan used his authority to

now too scared

was behind me,

a complicated expression on his face when he looked at Rufus. Finally, he

only pursed his lips. With an indifferent glance,

after, Rufus, Flora, Harry, and I got in Ethan's car

of the

tightly held Rufus' hand, refusing to let anyone

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