Althea's gaze flickered towards the ornate mirror that adorned the wall, her cheeks flushing a deeper shade of crimson as she saw her reflection. "I can't see myself getting adorned while you..." Her eyes darted back to Julian, "While you look at me... like that." "Like what?" he chuckled as he placed the baskets of jewels over the table. "Like a lion... who hasn't eaten in days." Julian threw his head back in a laugh, his shoulders shaking as he did. "Mhm, then we need to do something..." he suggested, eyeing her with a thrill. "Something that would remove the mirror and... me from your sights, right?" "Yes," Althea responded eagerly, but the next moment, heat filled her cheeks, thinking what she had indirectly implied. And being the king Julian was, it didn't take him long to understand her. SEQUEL to Rendezvous in the Romanowskian Empire. *Can't be read as a Standalone*
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