Bab 158: "Stay,"

"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be busy or something?" Alicia asked him curiously. 

Harold raised his head to look at her and was quiet for a moment as he looked at her with serious eyes, "Why do you think I'm here instead of outside doing something else?" He asked, and she looked away from him as she answered. 

"Uhm... I don't know?" Alicia avoided his gaze and rubbed the back of her neck. 

"You are a smart girl, Princess." He said quietly before reaching for her chin and turning her to face him. "You know why," he murmured lazily, and Alicia's heart skipped a beat. 

'Oh, no! This isn't happening right now.' Alicia cried in her head. 

He just stared at her for a little longer before he let go of her with a shake of his head. "You are not as brave as I thought you were," he said with a smirk.