Chapter 20

AUTHOR’S POV

“I am an asshole.”

“Yeah, no kidding.”

“She must hate me now.”

“Definitely.”

Kaiden stopped in his tracks and turned to look at his second-in-command. “I called you here to help me. Not to agree with every single thing I say.”

Elixir shrugged, “It's not my fault that everything you're saying is right. Why did you attack her like that?”

Kaiden sighed, his shoulders slumped forward as he buried his face in one palm, “I didn't attack her. I.. I just lost my cool.”

Elixir nodded, almost as if he was teaching the King the basics of wooing again. “Yeah, same thing. It's still an attack; at least, that's how she'll see it. You said so many wrong things that ended up in her blowing up in your face. The matters of the heart are the most complicated uncomplicated things in the world.”

“So?” Kaiden asked, looking perplexed, “You can't help me?”

Elixir shook his head, “Nope, but Sarai can. The mind of a woman can only be known by another woman. Don't worry your Majesty, you'