MAYA’S POV
“Couldn’t sleep?”
It seemed everyone had taken it as their job to startle me tonight. My heart skipped a beat the second I heard his deep, husky voice. I didn’t expect him to be around at this time of the night.
I stepped out of the room because I assumed he would be in bed by now. I had no idea he would be seated in the living room by the time I was on my way back to the room he calls mine.
There he was, seated on his throne. I stood close to the dining area, and I watched him from there. My sight must disgust him at the moment, so it wouldn’t be okay for me to move closer to him.
Minutes ago, I thought about asking him what my punishment was and when I would start serving it, but I ended up discarding the thought. I realized I didn’t have what it takes to ask him question
