ELLIS felt like she needed to be pinched just to check if she's not inside a dream right now. No, a slap would probably be better.
"Astrid, can you slap me? I think I'm inside a dream. I need to wake up."
Astrid blinked at this. And then he had to stop himself from laughing. He didn't expect that out of all things, this would be Ellis' reaction. The other was such a realist that he truly thought that even in the face of such a situation, she would still calmly face it.
At first, that was indeed the case. She handled meeting Wulfric very well. She was very calm and composed, as if meeting the prince of the Empire was not such a big deal. But after Wulfric made that declaration about being in love with him, it seemed that Ellis finally lost it.
