His Darling Rogue |18+ (His Darling Series #3)

Chapter 25

"Ah... haha." Hennesse awkwardly laughed.

'I was shameless enough to kiss his cheeks because I thought I wouldn't see him after that...' She thought, gazing upon Elhannes who looks to be waiting for a kiss.

"Ha..." She breathed lightly. Without uttering any more word, her gaze remained still on his face as she lightly tilted her head.

It only took a few seconds before Hennesse decided to lean closer to Elhannes. And in an instant, his heart fluttered as her face got closer and closer. He turned his face to the side, expecting her lips on him. But to his dismay, Hennesse leaned into his ear instead, with her hands now resting on his broad shoulders.

"How did you find me?" She asked.

Instead of a kiss, she went to whisper into his ear instead. "To be clear, why are you here?"

Elhannes remained quiet as he placed his hands above hers, holding her hands softly.

"Why did you come here?" She leaned back as she asked another question.

With her intensifying stare, Elhannes couldn't help but swallow the lump in his throat.

"If I..." He trailed, moving both his hands on her waist as he carefully pulled her closer. "-say that I came here to pursue you, would you believe me?"

"No." Came her immediate answer.

Upon hearing her response, his soothing voice immediately broke into a soft laughter.

"Then... I cannot do anything about it if you refuse to believe me." He smiled.

"I'm going to ask again. What is your purpose coming here and asking for me?" Hennesse asked more seriously.

Elhannes released a ragged breath, gazing into her eyes. "You do remember that we met in the temple, do you?" He spoke.

"My purpose asking for you is to repay you properly for helping me. After all, you are my benefactor."

Hennesse's brow unknowingly rose. "So you were that kid?" She was itching to ask how he grew so fast. But Hennesse kept it in.

"Yes." He answered as he looked down, his ears glowing red.

"Although... Right now, I'm quite ashamed that you saw me in such a hideous state..."

'How was that hideous? You were still beautiful from what I remember.'

Elhannes instantly raised his head, now looking at her with a delighted face. "You think I'm beautiful?" He spoke in a warm tone.

Without even realizing, Hennesse had spoken her thoughts out loud. After grasping what she had said, being put in such embarrassment, Hennesse quickly averted her gaze and cleared her throat.

"But if you were really that boy, how did you grow this much?" She asked, trying to redirect the subject.

He smiled. "You gave me that potion, do you still remember? My body had gotten better after the potion cleansed the poison in my body."

"Ah..." Hennesse finally recollected the vague memory of the very expensive potion that she had to give up to him.

Processing what he just said, she did not need any further explanation as she could very well tell that it was the doing of the crazy saintess. "I see."