Chapter 245: Right Match
“Not at all, it’s just not often that people talk to me so freely. I don’t dislike it, so just be yourself,” the prince replied with a smile.
Asana’s eyes widened in slight surprise as she took in Darius’s facial features and the calm yet slightly sharp look in his grey eyes before her lips curved up into a smile that wasn’t just for show. The more she had a closer look at the prince, the more she liked what she was seeing. Although she had heard many things here and there about Prince Darius before as a result of living in the Sacred Chambers, she had no idea how to separate the truth from the rumors and so it came as a slight pleasant surprise to her that the prince seemed to be more easygoing and openminded than she had anticipated.
“I guess you’re just as kind as they say that you are. Thank you, Prince Darius,” she said before she smiled at him again.
“Your words are too kind and there’s no need to thank me. Call me Darius. At least for tonight, we’re supposed to be lovers,” the prince replied as he observed the small woman in front of him.
“Lovers...” she mumbled as if she wasn’t sure what that word really meant.
“That’s right. Tonight, you’re my lover,” Prince Darius said before he offered Asana a smile that she thought looked genuine.
The words that she heard from the other women before came back to her, and for a moment, it almost seemed that she was slightly bothered by them. Her eyes cast downward at her hands as they laid limply on her lap before her gaze returned to the prince’s face just to see him observing her closely.
“I’ve heard that you never choose your own lovers. What do you think of the choice that the committee has made for you tonight?” she asked before she could stop her curiosity and those words from escaping from her lips.
Her direct question and the way that she had asked it seemingly without any hesitation surprised Darius and captured his attention and interest. He couldn’t remember the last time that his lover for the night was this straightforward and bold with him. His gray eyes narrowed slightly at the woman in front of him before a smile naturally appeared on his lips.