Greedy Possession

I also wasn't sure what Prince Leonard's reaction would be if I were to make such a selfish request even though I had nothing to offer him in return. Even the one thing that I thought that I could offer him, I couldn't achieve no matter how hard I tried.

“What are you thinking about? You're suddenly so quiet,” the prince asked me while his large manly hands continued to stroke my back.

“It's nothing,” I murmured softly in reply.

“It's clearly not nothing, right?” The prince asked knowingly.

He was right that there were so many things going on in my head, but it was just so hard for me to put them into words in fear that my words might be used against me or that they may lead to some kind of misunderstanding between us.

“You know, you can trust me, Mila. Just go ahead and tell me what you're thinking,” the prince suggested.

I sucked in a deep breath as I told myself to remain calm while I made up my mind to be honest with the prince.

“I'm scared,” I confessed very softly.

“What