"Is it warm enough?"
After he dipped two fingers in the water, it instantly turned warm.
Feeling the change in the water's temperature, Lauren nodded and was quick to submerge her body inside the tub. But despite the water being warm enough and her long hair covering her neck and shoulders, for some reason, she still felt cold somewhere.
Alec could hear the unsteady pace of her heartbeat and as he thought of a possible reason, his eyes squinted darkly at her.
"Scared of me?" he asked, assuming that she was feeling uneasy because of his reputation as a vicious warlord and not because she had never been this intimate with a man.
As the whole town knew how the princess was straying far from the principles of a proper lady, Alec assumed that Lauren had her fair share of experience when it came to men. The thought somehow hit on his nerves, but then there was no point in dwelling on something that he had no control over.
