Mia
He stayed still for a moment longer, the air still thick between us, before he finally stood up and wore his clothes.
Without another word, he turned toward the door.
Just before leaving my room, he paused and said coolly, “Get ready. You’ll soon enter the palace.”
And then he was gone.
The door clicked shut behind him.
For a few seconds, I didn’t move.
I just stood there naked, staring at the empty space he had left behind, like my mind was trying to catch up with what he had just said.
My heart skipped a beat.
I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to feel.
There was a strange thrill rising in my chest, because everything seemed to be moving exactly the way I wanted it to. My plans were working.
Slowly, deliberately… I was becoming indispensable to Jesse.
And Jesse was on th
