“I’ve waited so long to kiss you. When I kissed you at our wedding since then I’ve been desperately waiting to kiss you again,” Arkin murmured against my lips when he finally stopped kissing me.
I tried to understand what he was saying because his words and actions didn’t make sense to me. Since I’d married him he made me believe he hated me. He ordered me to stay away from everyone; to never show my face in public as he didn’t want the reputation of his Kingdom to be ruined. And I understood his reasoning, that’s why I never tried to argue. I was all too aware of the effect my face had on people. And now he was telling me something I never imagined him to say but always dreamed he would.
“Your Majesty—” I tried to say but he cut me off.
“Can you stop addressing me in such a formal w
