Melindana’s POVI was on my feet before I had fully processed what had happened, grabbing the cloth napkin from the table and moving toward him already saying the words before I had them form in my mouth properly.“I am so sorry, I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to, please I…..”“Didn’t I tell you,” Luca’s voice came from behind me, loud and sharp, and pointed entirely at my back, “to keep your clumsy self in check. Didn’t I say that specifically. Now you have embarrassed me, embarrassed yourself and caused trouble mostly for yourself, well done.”“Heyyyyy.”Aurelius’s voice cut across the room and I froze with the napkin still pressed against the front of his jacket. My whole body went still , absolutely certain for one full second that I was about to be removed from the face of the earth entirely and possibly from the palace to prison.Then I raised my head slowly and looked at him and realised his eyes were not on me at all.They were on Luca.“Don’t speak to a woman that way,” he said
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