Chapter 193: Just This Once

They went out of the throne room and Prince Qui opened the first balcony doors that he found. Tianshi Xue entered it gratefully. The cold wind struck her lungs but she was glad that the feeling there was back. She placed her hands on the railing, needing something solid under her.

"You okay?" the prince asked, carrying two glasses of water with his long fingers.

"Yeah," she breathed out. "I was just surprised." She took the glass from him and took a sip. "I didn't think that you danced really well."

"We already danced! Remember?"

It had been on the seventh day of their marriage. "I could not really pay attention to it because you were trying to dig out the truth about my identity all throughout. It was like I was on auto-pilot that time."