Chapter 120: Buried Deep In His Heart

His eyes flickered with a dark ray of light. Something dangerous passed through them.

"You want that, don't you?" she pulled her away just an inch so she could read his expression but he was still in her arms.

There was no hesitation on her face. She was so free to be an engaged woman.

"It does not matter what I want, darling. But I want to know what your motive is to inform me that you are going to kill my father. Do you know I can imprison you for treason and behead you? Not only that, I can drag Cassian and his son with you.

It would only take me a minute to prove it was his plan.'' His voice was so cold that the room started to freeze. Unfathomable darkness lay in his blue eyes when she smiled.

She touched his cheeks and pressed them hard.

"You do not need to scare me. I am not afraid of you. Well, I am. But not to the limit that you can control me, Nicholas." He blinked and rubbed his cheeks.