Page 110 of In Love with a Ruthless Man

“Fawn, answer me. Are you alright?”

“I a-am.” And she was, even if all her eyes could see was the prince in the past.

She remembered the days she had used to desperately hide from him while working, and the day that he had caught her in the hallway outside his study—-

“That’s quite a frown you’ve there.”

She remembered the way she had tried so hard to smile—-

“You look like a clown.”

And when she had tried harder—-

“A psychopath now, but it will do.”

She remembered the day she had spewed water all over the prince’s shirt.

“You know I didn’t mean it. It’s j-just that I didn’t expect you to be here. I mean, everyone said you’d be away for another week—-”

Any other employer would have her fired on the spot, but instead the prince had actually apologized, albeit sarcastically.

“I apologize if I failed to inform you in advance about the change in my schedule.”

He was the Prince of Darkness, a man whom everyone thought was colder and crueler than most people, and yet all she could remember from him was kindness.

She looked at the prince.

And she remembered the day when she found out about Grant cheating on her—-

She remembered the prince using the darkness to protect her, covering her eyes as he asked—-

What do you want to do?

And it was such a simple question, but even then she had known.

The prince would have done anything she would ask of him.

Anything.

Because he was that kind of man.

The kind that could make her smile, laugh—-

The kind that could make her happy—-

The kind that could make the bitterness disappear, the sadness fade—-

And just like that, she knew.

She wanted to make him happy, too.

Because she loved him.

THE PRINCE’S GAZE NARROWEDwhen Fawn suddenly looked at him with determined, calculating eyes, almost the way a predator eyed its prey. It was a ludicrous idea, considering how he was much more powerful than her, but even so, the slightest frisson of unease ran down the prince’s spine.

When Fawn started leaning towards him, he almost leaned back to avoid her—-

Dammit, this was ridiculous.

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