CHAPTER 7: Do you like me?

XYNETH'S POV

"You're sleepy, right? Let's go to sleep," I said, but he shook his head.

"I won't..."

"But you just said earlier that you were sleepy, right? So let's go to your room and let's sleep," I softly said to him while he was still clinging onto me, and Yves was just staring at us doing nothing.

The two maids were busy cleaning the table.

"I'm sleepy, but I won't sleep," he insisted, making me sigh.

"And why is that? It's already late at night, and you have to sleep so that you will grow fast," I told him, but he just pouted and kept insisting not to.

"Can you tell me why you won't go to sleep, dear cutie?" I said sweetly to him, making him grin cheekily, but then his face suddenly turned sad.

"Because I'm afraid that this might be a dream created in my mind. I'm afraid to wake up feeling empty, and I'm afraid to wake up without you," he sadly said.

I couldn't help but pinch his cute, adorable cheeks. "Silly. Where did you learn to be so sweet? Don't worry, I won't go a