"Huh?"

Emily looked at him in confusion as her mind still was busy processing the awkward and embarrassing situation in which she succeeded in landing herself.

She had no idea what kind of answer he was waiting for which resulted in her current confused state.

As soon as she saw the light that was shining in his eyes as he looked at her with a small smile visible on his lips, she immediately looked away.

"I asked you if I'm good-looking enough for you to gaze at me with such emotions in your eyes."

Kaiden not only repeated his question but also took the chance to elaborate on it.

"What? I mean....h-how was I looking?"

Emily found herself asking but soon regretted it as she realized that her question was not going to help her current embarrassing situation.

"Well...it was like....like - I'm the only person who existed in your world at that moment. The way your eyes were taking me in, sure made me experience something new today."

Kaiden's words only added to her embarrassment. She just wanted to immediately vanish from the sight of that man.

"This...I...I-this...."

Since her brain was barely in a state where it could function properly, she had no idea what she wanted to say or what she should say.

Realizing that she would only increase her embarrassment by opening her mouth, she decided to keep her mouth tightly shut.

However, Kaiden was still not ready to let go of the situation.

"Since you are not answering my question, I will just consider your silence as an agreement."

Emily almost dropped the nearly empty teacup as she stared at the silver-haired man with a horrified look on her face.

"B-but...I never agreed!" She hurriedly defended herself.

"Ah? So.....does that mean you don't consider me good-looking? Am I that ugly?"

If Secretary Kim would have been present there, he sure would have watched the level of shamelessness and wickedness of his boss.

Unfortunately, no one was there to witness it, except Emily.

"No! Wait....I m-mean that you are handsome. No, not handsome...Wait! That's not right....what I'm trying to say is that y...you are.....y-you are good looking but I....butiwasnotstaringatyou!"

All the confidence that she had been carrying around for the past month melted away as she felt completely embarrassed.

She did not even dare to look at the man who was probably confused about her weird behavior.

For a moment, Emily felt her eyes getting blurred as her emotions reached the peak of the roller coaster ride on which they had hopped on.

And it took all her energy and self-control to not let those tears slip from the barrier of her eyes.

She felt the chair beside her moving and she knew that it was the Young CEO, but she was not in the state where she dared to look at exactly what he was doing.

She just kept her eyes fixed on her hands which were resting on her lap.

It was not until two large hands covered her little ones in their warmth, did she realize that the Supernatural Prince was kneeling in front of her.

Her eyes moved up a little but still did not dare to look up any further than his collar.

His hair was left loose and the silver silky strands were draped over his shoulders, making her eyes stick to them as her hands itched to run through those silky soft strands.

"Did I cross my line?"

Kaiden asked her in a soft tender voice as he looked at her bent head. All that he wanted to do at that moment was to pull the girl in his arms and shower her with the care and affection that she deserved.

However, he was aware that he could not just do what he wanted. All that he could do was to ask for her forgiveness and make her beautiful smile return to her face.

Therefore, he patiently waited for the girl to answer his question.

Emily did not dare to speak. She just shook her head softly and was rewarded with a soft sigh from the man.

"I know that you are already aware of this, but I'm still gonna say. I was teasing you and I'm aware that I should not have done that. As compensation for my rudeness, I'm ready to offer you my lifelong friendship. What do you think?"

The ending lines finally made Emily move her head up to look at the man. Her eyes looked directly into his as she gave him a bewildered look.

"I know my offer sounds a little weird but I think it's a good one. As the only sister of the Alessandro Brothers, there's barely anything in the world that your brothers won't be able to get for you. Seeing that, I'm sure my offer makes good sense. But if you have some other requests, feel free to present them. I promise to fulfill them as long as I can. Just that....I'm pretty sure that your brothers won't appreciate me gifting you things behind their back."

As he looked into her eyes, all that he saw was the wicked image that he succeeded in creating for himself in front of her.

"And you think that my brothers will appreciate you offering your friendship to me behind their backs?"

Emily asked as she observed the man closely.

"Of course, they won't. But at least, my friendship is far more valuable than the other material luxuries of this world. And...I don't want to lose the chance of having you as my friend."

The last line was whispered in a soft tone as he gazed at her with warmth-filled eyes.

Emily could barely understand exactly what was going on between the two of them.

It did not felt wrong but at the same time, it felt weird because she was not aware of the sensations that the man succeeded in bringing out of her every single time they met.

"You are still not allowed to tease me like this in the future."

Emily finally spoke after the silence of a few precious minutes.

Kaiden pulled one of her hands up to the level of his eyes before tightening his hold on her hand a little as he replied, "As you wish, Princess."