Sylvia’s POV

In the following days, part of me felt happy to be in Rufus’ company, but a bigger part of me was in pain thanks to the grueling training While I saw Rufus in class every day, every night my dreams were filled with nightmares of me being tortured by Rufus in training Days passed by in the blink of an eye. Only two days were left before the parade.

That evening, Rufus and I practiced as usual in the martial arts gym. After a few rounds, Rufus loosened his grip on me and pulled me up from the ground “Not bad You’ve made a lot of progress. After this period of training, I think you’ll have a place in the finals.”

Hearing Rufus’ words of affirmation, I felt a surge of happiness. “Thank you.”

“There’s no need to thank me. You did this by your own efforts. I just happened to guide you and give you some direction.” Rufus gently dabbed the sweat on my forehead with a clean handkerchief.

“I hope you win the competition. That way, i’ll get to see you more often.” My face was flushed. I felt the same way as Rufus. I also wanted to see him more often, so I spared no effort to train these days, I rubbed by cheek against the palm of his hand, murmuring, “Rufus, I love you so much.”

eyes. Then he scooped me up and demanded, “What did you just

and lowered my head, leaning my forehead against his.

his lips against mine. His kiss was very gentle, and his tongue slipped into my mouth and intertwined with mine. I closed my eyes to feel his warmth and savor the moment, until my hands and feet began to feel weak “Breathe,” Rufus whispered, pulling away slightly, I took a deep breath but before I could say anything, he

grabbing at his clothes, as if this was the only way I could relieve the suffocation. The romantic kiss made our

one last kiss before finally letting

not coming to school tomorrow,” Rufus said

looked at him

sense of loss. During this period of time, I had gotten used to seeing him

forehead and explained, “As the eldest prince, I have to attend a parade with the soldiers in the city over the course of the next two days to prepare for the ceremony Children will present fowers and gifts and there will be other traditions. I’m going to

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