Chapter 20—

He wouldn't punish her anymore? That was a blatant lie, one slip up and he'd tie her in the damn dungeons. Did he think her a fool? Well she practically was a fool, but she wasn't stupid enough to listen to his gibberish and really believe it. Sighing, she flung the sheets aside and despite her nakedness, she shuffled out of bed, knowing well enough that only her pair of eyes resided in the room. That trickster, Zheme left just minutes ago to cook, pretending to be the gentleman he definitely wasn't. That man was nothing close to gentle, he was a psycho who got off on his ability to control other people, and now he wanted her to act like she usually do? It was tempting, but she was sure he had a hidden agenda and Lexie would find it. Huffing with a begrudging scowl on her lips, she grabbed the neatly folded white dress she had taken from the closet last night off the bedside table and put it on. It was loose and a little exposing, the thin material only breaching low enough to touch he