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CHAPTER IX: ENCOUNTER PT.2

“ So did you find the herbs?”

Her whole body jumped in shock , her alarms going off.Without thinking, she pushed the body away with all her force, fuelled with adrenaline.

The body stumbled back and to her surprise a hand reached out and grabbed her waist.

“You! ” she screamed at the smirking man who was chest to chest to chest with her. Luckily she got her two hands between them.

“Yes?” the crown prince replied tauntingly

Bei Wei struggled from his hold and pushed back with all her force.

It was a bad decision.

As soon as he let go, she stumbled backwards and slipped on a stone.

Her body came falling to the pond and there was no way she can avoid it.

At the last minute a large hand clasped her own and pulled her back like she weighed nothing.

However when she was about to land on her two feet, she slipped on the same stone and went flying towards her saviour.

Bei Wei never hated a stone before as much as she wanted to pulverize the slippery thing that she can almost hear , laughing at her expense.

Her body crashed with the crown prince and now there was nothing separating them.

At the heat of it all, her hands involuntarily wrapped at the princes’ neck  like she was clinging for dear life.

She never felt so weak before. But right now she is ashamed of herself.

When their intertwined bodies fell to the ground. The prince used his body to break the fall so she ended up lying on top of him.

Her silver eyes locked with his black ones and they were held captive like a prisoner.

The both of them stayed still, breathing heavily at the series of events.

She can feel his warm breath , fan her face and it made her insides churn.

The prince was intensely focused on her and she couldn’t think straight at the attention.

It was a split second but her eyes like having a life of their own took a glance at his agape lips.

Realizing her mistake, she withdrew her gaze and went back to his eyes.But it was too late, an emotion she was unfamiliar with bloomed within the princes’ eyes and she couldn’t move at the sight of it.

Slowly the gap between them closed and unknowingly she shamelessly closed her eyes.

Just as she can feel a feather like touch to her lips.

Ling Hua’s mortified gasp filled the air.