Chapter 378: Time To Act

The thoughts made her dizzy and she felt her head spinning. It has only been four times since they met, yet he was already asking her to be his wife.

And the proposal was completely different than she had expected.

"Well, I know that you are not my wife yet. But you can pretend for now since it is going to be the reality sooner or later." he had a smirk on his face as if he was saying, "you have already slept with me. Where can you run to now? You are mine." 

She just shook her head at his confident face.

"It is your decree. So you should go and participate. I trust that you will take care of her as much as I would." her eyes looked back at him with hopes but he shook his head with a sigh.

"I have a lot of things to manage here. I will not be able to leave. Even if I would, as a member of the council, I would never be able to support her. So you should go!