Chapter 655

Cleo pressed her lips together briefly before lowering her gaze toward the steam curling from the bronze kettle nearby.

"So this is Your Highness's punishment for me?"

The question seemed to catch Ronan slightly off guard, though after a moment he laughed softly beneath his breath.

"Yeah," he admitted without much effort. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little hurt."

The answer made Cleo's hear