Chapter 272

Torin's POV:

"Is this really necessary?" I asked seriously in the bathroom, then slowly turned and looked at Beatrix, who had her back towards me.

She was standing near the door, refusing to look at me just because I was bathing myself.

"It is," she answered simply.

For a few minutes, I deliberately tried to get her attention, yet she couldn't even glance at me. I had thought she would tend to