Chapter 19 : Brotherly Love?

**Amber POV

I'd been a maid nearly my whole life. I'd taken care of others; that was my duty. But, I didn't know how to take care of him.

After that embarrassing night, I wasn't able to look at the prince again. Really, a nose bleed at that moment?!

I couldn't have let him see me so pathetic, so I ran off before the blood had flowed.

Yes, I was scared. I'd never experienced another man inside of me before. But, after being the simple maid–the 'good girl'– my entire life, I wanted to get a little taste of a darker side.

But, my body abandoned me.

I guess I wasn't ready. And maybe, I'm still not.

It had been three days since we last saw each other and I didn't care. Or so I thought.

Now, by day three, the loneliness was catching up to me.

Whether or not it was because he wasn't with me, I didn't know, but every time I thought of him, my body reacted excitedly.

To be touched so decisively, to be held so firmly, to feel protected, it was