Her sharp eyes shot daggers into Prince Sehun's back, hurtfully digging her own fingers into the skin of her palms, almost causing blood to seep out of the wounds blemishing her fair complexion.

"You dared to disobey and manipulate me." His voice was dangerously growling with a low tone, never changing his position or bothering to look at her.

"I didn't manipulate you, your highness, you are the one who manipulated and exploited me." After a moment of silence to take in what she just said and how rudely she had talked back to the prince, a loud gasp escaped the prince's manservant and he took quick, large steps towards her, and without a second thought or a permission of the prince, he slapped her vehemently across her right cheek. The slap was so ferocious that her head almost flew to the other side of the room as the sound filled the silence the room fell into seconds ago.

The crown prince, after hearing the slap, turned to the two to find one who stood proudly after he slapped the fragile girl, and the second shocked and paralyzed of the sudden, unexpected slap.

"Did I ever allow you to touch a single hair of her before?" Anger was hearable in the prince's voice, as he dangerously glared at Kolta, his manservant, who got to experience t