His head swung to the right leaving him stunned. Never in his life did he expect to be slapped by the lady he considered weak.
What shocked him the more was that he was not annoyed; no one could do that and be free from his torment.
He was amused; weakness was surely not part of her genes. He felt his cheek with his palm. It stung from her fingers.
“You are quite daring, Maleeka”, he said, holding her gaze.
“This may be entertaining to you, but it is important to me. If you don’t want to take our alliance seriously, we can call it off! ” Her eyes glazed over, tears threatened to fall. She held it in.
Eric watched her, she was falling apart. Tears were not his thing, he didn’t care. Her eyes held pain, and he couldn’t deal with it. Heck! He didn’t want her to cry.
He was uncanni
