But His Highness simply let her hug him, his arms hanging at his waist, and never hugged her back.
The relief she had felt just moments before vanished without a trace, but she couldn't refute it. "I didn't intend to use Your Highness, you must believe me!"
She was already on the verge of emotional fragility, feeling anxious and insecure, afraid that he would fall for someone else in the future. Now, she was terrified by his indifference, and she couldn't stop the tears from falling.
"Your Highness, please hug me, okay?" She timidly looked up from his arms, her voice trembling with tears, to see his expression.
A tickling sensation rose in her throat, and she covered her pale lips, unable to resist coughing softly again.
Xiao Ziwu's face remained icy and expressionless, but his heart was already being eroded by waves of intense pain. His hands, hanging at his waist, clenched tightly as he desperately suppressed the urge to pull the young woman into his arms and wipe away her tears.
He's not stupid.
Looking into her pitiful yet loving eyes, he naturally no longer doubted her feelings for him.
But anger and fear still lingered in his heart.
How dare she!
Using herself as bait?!
If Lingqi hadn't found him in time that day, and had said that he was a few minutes late, she wouldn't have been able to save herself while under the influence of the drug!
Had she considered what might happen if Xiao Ziyan took her away like this?
Just thinking about this possibility filled Xiao Ziwu with shock and anger, and he couldn't suppress the murderous urge in his heart!
We absolutely cannot let this audacious little woman get away with this!
Xiao Ziwu coldly pulled her away from his embrace, made her step on the shoes and socks Ling Qi had given him, and then turned and left with a heavy heart.
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