"I don't know what you're implying, Your Highness. I never stepped out of the harem last night. I was sick. If you are that doubtful about me telling the truth you can ask my maid, Your Highness. She will tell you about my innocence in this claim." Celeste says, squaring her shoulder and trying to seem confident.
"Sick? What happened to you?" His Highness asks, his facade slipping and letting a glimpse of concern flash through his face.
The satisfaction of knowing that His Highness truly cares for her well-being coursed through her veins. "I had a fever, it's Kia who tended to me all night long, it's when I told her to go have some sleep that she left, it was really late into the night that time. I was tired to my bones, then how would I be able to walk out in the dead of the night, Your Highness?" She asks.
And His Highness stays mum, having no words to offer Celeste as if he doesn't know how to utter words at all.