Ilya gave a brisk nod before walking forward. Adele's heart was beating crazy wild as she was pulled after him. Even now, they were holding hands, and she was trying so hard not to pay any attention to his large and warm hand that was holding hers, but it was just impossible not to.
They had won the event! Every other pair was disqualified except them. But somehow she could feel bitterness in the air surrounding Ilya.
When they were in the hallway, hidden from the crowd or anyone by the large trees and shrubs, they stopped by the massive pillar at the corridor.
Pinning her against the pillar, he grabbed her chin and made her look up at him. Not that she was not already with their height difference.
"Why in the world were you on that dirt? Hmm?"
When she noticed the icy glint in his irises that started swirling in those dark red eyes of his, she whispered, "I-I fell on my own and—"
"You know very well that isn't what I meant, Miss Royalty."
