Ishakan X Leah

Chapter 22-25

Chapter 22. Estia's Crown Prince (1)

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Her face turned red, but she replied with a bold tone. She wasn't used to this kind of conversation, causing her to pat her flushed cheeks with the back of her hands in order to cool it down. Ishakan proceeded to sit down on the fountain's edge.

"In public, I'll treat you like a princess. But when we're alone, can we just act comfortably?"

"Comfortably?"

"The cheeky attitude suits you better than acting like a prim and proper royal princess," He raised one elegant eyebrow, "Just like that night."

The words he added carried a significant meaning, but she chose to ignore it.

"If you choose to treat me as a princess, make sure to stay in your limits. Like how you laid your hands on me earlier today-"

Before she could finish speaking, Ishakan suddenly grabbed her wrist. Slyly, he replied as he looked into Leah's eyes.

"But we're alone now-so I don't have to treat you as a princess."

Are all beasts like this?

Tired of his insolent actions, Leah glared at him, not uttering a single word. But Ishakan's attention was on something else. He mumbled with a frown on his face.

"Darn it... You're thinner than before. Are you eating properly?"

Her skinny wrist was remarkably different from his large hand. As a part of the preparations for the welcome banquet for the Kurkans, she had been put on even stricter diet-making her thinner than before.

Instead of explaining, Leah took her hand out of his grasp. Upon noticing his now empty hands, Ishakan quickly dipped his hands in the fountain.

How odd... Suddenly, he started washing his hands. Did he find her hands dirty then?

She couldn't believe it. He was so hard to decipher. Why would he do something like that in the middle of their conversation? Leah bit her lip and reluctantly brought the issue plaguing her mind.

"The things that happened that night... Can you keep it to yourself?"

The thought of others knowing her plan scared her. She couldn't imagine how bad things would get if Ishakan told her secret to others.

Ishakan's eyes narrowed as he noticed Leah's desperation. He tilted his head sideways and laughed.

"I don't know."

Hearing his ambiguous reply, Leah felt her stomach drop. She couldn't bear it anymore and cried out.

"What do you want from me?! What-" She exclaimed, but was cut short upon his next course of action.

He'd shoved something inside her mouth, making the whites of her eyes widen. She didn't know what it was, but she still chewed on it. As she munched on the tender, sticky pulp, a sweet taste pervaded her mouth. Her body felt ecstatic as the sweet taste satisfied the deprivation she'd felt from not eating.

"You need to spit out the seeds."

His long, slender fingers pried her mouth open, and Ishakan took the seed lying on top of her tongue while he grinned at her.

"That was a dried date palm. Did you like it?"

"...!"

Her face flushed red as she finally realized what he'd just done. She was engrossed by the sweet taste of the fruit that she couldn't grasp his actions.