"Have I been so lenient with you that you have the guts to ignore my orders?"
Marina swallowed as she took careful steps, he looked very angry, completely unapproachable but she found herself doing the exact opposite. All the warning signs were there and her body was resisting the urge, she could feel her palm getting sweaty and her heart beating faster but like every moment he was in front of her, rationality is nowhere to be found.
Without so much as her conscious agreement, her mouth opened and she heard herself say.
"I wouldn't call it leniency. I believe you have been benevolent with me and as for your orders, I just want to pick something I forgot."
That was a lie but watching his creased eyebrows soften a bit, she didn't regret her actions.
He turned away from her leaving her t
