Called Out To Heal

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The slap had stunned both of them. Renai breathed heavily as she processed what her hand had done in a fit of haste and exasperation. She couldn’t keep it to herself. Her eyes welled up as she begged him for something she wasn’t quite sure of by shaking her head.

“I..am..just leave me alone, I don’t want this,” She tried to push him off her but he was too fixated in his position. For the moment, she had forgotten this man was a king, not her friend anymore. Renai snivelled. She was never supposed to be under him again. She wasn’t a whore like his father’s sword of honour said. But what made a tear drop from her eyes was the fact he had also called her ‘whore’ during the pleasures of the flesh.

Zebian stared at her without betraying any ounce of emotion. Instead of hurting her for slapping him, he was stunned to his spot. His gaze was set on her. As if his world had ceased and only she was left before him. As if she would disappear in the air if he even dare to bat an eyelash. The t