Chapter 76

Ariel

We stared at each other longingly, none of us making a move even though we desired one thing—to be together.

"Are you no longer interested?" I asked shyly and shifted my weight to the other foot.

"There has never been a time that I haven't been interested in you. I've always been drawn to you from the first time you bumped into me in front of your father's study and splashed that hot coffee on my suit,"

A smile crept to my face and my cheeks heated up with a blush. "I thought you couldn't stand me,"

"True, I couldn't stand you because you acted spoilt, but...