The shock on Ziven's face was clear to everyone present... the guards on their posts, the maids moving around, all of them pausing as they watched the scene unfold.
"Brother?" Ziven said through gritted teeth, the disbelief in his voice doing nothing to hide the anger building in him.
Kaive still held his hand unbothered. Until he finally let go, and Ziven pulled back with even more anger gathering in his eyes.
"You dare choose to humiliate me in public, over this little girl?" Ziven demanded, his voice louder now through the place.
"No." Kaive replied with a calm tone.
"I stopped you from humiliating yourself by hitting a vulnerable woman in public." He added.
Those words only pushed Ziven further, his pride already bruised and his temper rising without control. Before anyone could react, he swung his fist and punched Kaive in the face, the sound loud enough to make everybody flinch.
