Chapter 20

Kaysan remained silent in her embrace, his eyes on the ground while her fingers caressed his hair.

'Soft,' she thought quietly while looking at him warmly.

They remained there for a few minutes with only the sounds of the cold breeze in their ears.

The prince slowly raised his head, and his hand ran to hold hers, pushing it away from him.

"You should go, your father will be worried."

From his coarse voice, she noticed he was too tired to even utter such words.

"I will leave in a few," she softly spoke.

He breathed out heavily as he raised his head. "Why not now?"

Laila met his eyes without saying a word for a moment.

Her right hand once again reached out to him while he remained calm.