Chapter 197 – End
“K-Khal, what is this?!”
Startled, Lily’s eyes went wide, and Khal left her with a quiet remark.
“Rule Altair in my stead until I return. As my wife, Liliana Stark.”
Her face flushing at the sudden proposal, Lily cried out.
“I—I haven’t even accepted your proposal yet!”
Contrary to her hurried words, she clenched her fist as if she would never let it go, and even went so far as to cover the ring with her other hand.
Khal interlaced his fingers with hers and pulled her into a gentle embrace.
“?!”
Lily’s pupils trembled as Khal looked down at her with his crimson eyes.
“It has to be you.”
“…C-can’t you tell me you love me a bit more?”
“Give me a break. I’m already pushing my limits here.”
Khal gave a bitter smile at her request and held her tight.
In the warmth of his embrace, tears began to well up in Lily’s eyes.
“What if I wait and wait until I’m a withered old woman? How will you take responsibility then?”
To her question, asked through the haze of embarrassment, Khal replied with a confident expression.
“Should I cut off an arm?”
“….”
Stunned by his serious, humorless tone, Lily stared at him with an exasperated look.
Khal tilted his head belatedly, wondering, ‘Was that not it?’
Pinch!
Lily pinched Khal’s cheek and said,
“There’s a much simpler way, isn’t there?”
“What is it?”
As Khal wore a puzzled expression, a warm sensation pressed against his lips.
It was Lily’s lips. When she pulled away, her eyes were trembling with an endless, bashful anxiety.
She looked so pitiful and fragile that Khal pulled her into a sudden hug.
