Chapter 173

• As silence stretched between them, the king tilted his head to the side again, “Didn't you hear me? I said you should leave,” he repeated and walked to his table, where he got seated and began going through the official reports that had been submitted to him.
• Odessa blinked back her tears. She took slow steps towards him and knelt beside him, her palms resting on his thighs. “Your majesty, did you forget who I am? Did you lose your memory of us? I am your mate, and I always go through the official reports with you.”
• He spared her a glance and didn't say a thing.