#Chapter 74
Ever since I was dragged to the imperial palace and back, our relationship grew into something entirely different.
It appeared to be the same on the outside.
Neither of us brought up the conversation we had on our ride back home as if there had been an unspoken promise.
With all the dissonance swept under the rug, we hugged, kissed, and exchanged our usual banters.
Underneath the peaceful facades, however, I was evidently changing.
I had inadvertently come to realize that Zahid could kill me at any moment he found convenient.
My feelings for him remained untouched. Maybe because my feelings toward him started from the fear of him eating me alive. It was barely even shocking, as I had already been expecting it from the get-go.
But the unstoppable train wreck that was my feelings for him finally came to a halting stop.
Instead, it slowly began to retreat back to where it should have been.
The changes weren’t as painful as I thought they would be.
