While the Palace drowned in the rumours Cassian himself had started, a knock sounded on the door of his private quarters, and irritation flickered across his face at once.
Cixi had taken a rare day off, and he had planned to spend every hour of it alone with her. Yet the Palace never let her have enough time with Cixi.
'I need to move Cixi out of this Palace.'
"The sign outside is clearly not working," Cassian muttered irritably as he pulled the blanket away from himself. "I should install two snakes outside this floor to guard it."
If one expected Cixi to be stunned by his words, they would be wrong. Cixi had recently accepted that anything was possible around Cassian at his will. She already gave him a tired look from the bed while Cassian walked towards the wardrobe and pulled on a pair of track trousers. He did not bother with a shirt. Before leaving the bedroom, he turned to her and told her to stay in bed and rest, and that her feet should touch the floor.
