pretend to be innocent

"So do you want to justify your actions?" The crown prince asked in a rather playful tone.

"A-actions? What are you talking about?" Alora again started stuttering when she remembered the wrong things she did.

"You are stuttering. Of course, you did something that you shouldn't have," the crown prince said with a calculated look.

"Nothing like that. You are overthinking. I haven't done anything wrong. You should stop trying to make me guilty," Alora started blabbering.

"You are trying to justify your actions. Your reply is quite aggressive. You probably did something you shouldn't have."

"It's nothing like that. Stop already."

"When bad deeds are mentioned only a criminal aggressively replies. Don't forget that I know everything that happens inside of my areas."

Alora started sweating thinking that he got to know about how Alexander helped her in cleaning the library.