Chapter 1144 He Saved You

• Oakley
• “This is so kind of you, Prince Ian!” Mom refrains from pinching his cheeks, but I know it’s taking every fiber of her being to stop herself. “I’ll go find a vase.”
• He nods in acknowledgment but keeps his eyes locked on mine until the door snaps shut behind her, and a suffocating kind of stillness swallows my room whole. It’s so quiet, I can hear the hustle and bustle of the house below us. I swear I can hear the excited murmurs of my aunts and the gruff male voices of my uncles questioning why my mother closed me in with a boy.