The Alpha Prince's Purchased Maid
Chapter 168: Gentle and Warm

Chapter 168: Gentle and Warm

Just when I thought that his interrogation was over, Prince Leonard leaned over closer to me. Instinctively, I backed away from him until my back hit against the headboard of the bed. The way his sharp blue eyes gazed at me told me that things were not yet over. My heart started racing in my chest for no good reason at all.

“Did it feel good?” he asked.

“...huh?” I made a questioning sound after a moment of completely silence.

His sudden and extremely direct question truly caught me off-guard, and I didn’t know how to answer him. My face suddenly felt hot, and I knew that I had started to blush like a fool.

“Sex. Did having sex with me feel good?” he asked bluntly.

It wasn’t like I didn’t know what he was asking me the first time around, it was precisely because I knew exactly what he was referring to that I was too stunned to reply to him.

“Yes or no, Mila...” the prince pressed as I continued to hesitate.

He’s going to drive me insane someday very soon if he hasn’t managed to do that already...

“...Yes,” I whispered.

“What did you just say?” he asked teasingly.

“I said...that it felt good...” I said a lot louder this time.

Why was he making me say it and not just once at that...

The moment that the prince burst out laughing was the moment that I remembered that due to his heightened sense of hearing, he must have heard me since the first time that I answered him no matter how softly I whispered.

“You’re just playing with me...” I muttered darkly.

“It’s not my fault that you fell for it,” he replied after he had managed to control his laughter.

I looked away from him and rolled my eyes while sighing silently. Truthfully, I wanted to let out a loud growl of frustration. No matter how much time I spent with him, it still seemed like I didn’t know how to handle the prince.

“I can see that you’re feeling much more cheerful than before and you look a lot less dead than before too...” he said before he chuckled.

“I looked dead?” I muttered as my hands flew to cover my cheeks.

His words made me want to stare at myself in the mirror and then hide away for good. He was right about me feeling better than when I had just woken up. At least, the pain in my body felt a lot more bearable now.

“Sort of. Yes, I know that it’s my fault...” he said before I could point that out to him.

“Prince Leonard...” I called his name softly.

“What is it?” he replied immediately.

“Did it...feel good for you too?” I asked very hesitantly.

“Of course. I want to mate with you again now but I’m doing a very good job of holding myself back,” he replied like it was to be expected.

“I see...” I murmured while thinking if one day I would be able to speak my mind so openly about anything just like the prince could.

He grinned over at me before he reached out a hand and patted the top of my head. I glared at him and he started laughing at my reaction before his hand ruffled my hair playfully.

“You should get some rest. Go to sleep. After you’ve rested, I’ll take you back to the palace,” he said before he showed me one of his warmest smiles.

I hated how my heart skipped a beat just at the sight of his smile and how heat crept up into my cheeks as I blushed. In an attempt to hide that away from him, I pulled up the blanket and covered half of my face until only my eyes were visible.

“What are you doing?” I asked in a panic when he suddenly came closer to my side on the bed.

My eyes widened at him, and he ended up laughing lightly at me. He laid down onto the bed and rested his head leisurely on the pillow before he pulled me down with him.

“Go to sleep, Mila...” he ordered.

“Wait...” I murmured.

It was no use. I felt the weight of his arm around my waist as he hugged me to him. My heart leapt in my chest and sleep was the last thing on my mind at that moment. Prince Leonard’s hand stroked my hair before pushing the back of my head towards his chest. I could hear his steady heartbeat next to my ear as he pressed the side of my face against his hard chest.

Does he honestly think that I can fall asleep in this position with him?

“Can’t sleep?” he asked knowingly.

“Yeah...” I murmured in reply.

“Mila, when we watched the fireworks together, what did you wish for?” he asked softly.

I couldn’t tell him what I wished for even if I wanted to. He would probably think that it didn’t make any sense and he would probably laugh at me.

“From where I come from, if you tell other people what you wish for then your wish won’t come true. So, I’m sorry but I can’t tell you,” I replied honestly with the common belief that I had heard many times before.

“Is that so?” he murmured from above me.

“Yes, I’m not just making this up. Well, it’s just a belief, though...” I quickly said.

“Should I tell you what I wished for?” he asked teasingly.

My eyes widened at his suggestion. After all, I wished that whatever the prince wished for would come true. I felt excited as my curiosity started taking over. I wanted so badly to know what he wished for.

However...

“No, you shouldn’t tell me. If you do, then your wish won’t come true...” I replied hastily.

...and neither will mine...

Before it could get a hold of me, I killed off the curiosity that had grown inside my mind.

“Well then, you better go to sleep now before I’m forced to tell you my wish,” he whispered as his hand began stroking my naked back comfortingly.

Everything felt so magical, and it didn’t take long for my eyelids to feel so heavy.

--To be continued...