Avery's POV
I could feel my body tense and my heart threatening to jump out of my chest as the King pulled me closer to him. I could smell his musky and manly scent as I buried my head closer to his chest.
I blushed in embarrassment as I pulled myself out of his arms realising that Max and Princess Diana were also present in the room. The King frowned at my action as he stared at his arms that were slightly open, where I used to lay.
He sighed and turned to Max and Princess Diana, "Explain" he said in a clipped tone and I noticed how his demeanor changed when he was talking to other people.
When he talks to me, it was soft, as if he was afraid of hurting me. Well, he did talked to me coldly in the past but now, he talks to me as if I was someone significant to him.
I wondered what
