"Oh okay. I...give up. I am curious. I am curious to know why I have been sold to a monster like him. And why not to you?" She joked at the last sentence. She had not thought that such a word could come out of her mouth but she was grateful that it did help lighten the thick air around her.
"You prefer being a mistress to me, Milady?"
Now that he asked the question, she thought more of it. Wouldn't it be better to be a mistress of a crown prince than to be a mistress to a heartless soul? She mentally shook the thought off her head with another, what if he was just trying to be kind when he is worse at heart? "I don't know," she nervously chuckled, her hands already becoming sweaty in her gloves.
He took a step backwards and she took one forward, very anxious about the fact that she might clash with him due to her clumsiness.
