You Have a Responsibility and Duty to Protect Me

Prince Gu smiled without saying a word.

Maya Summers's cheeks were tinged with red.

Grace said shamelessly, "Auntie, it's getting late. Let's go back and sleep!"

Who wants to go sleep with you!

But she couldn't exactly say in front of Prince Gu that she didn't want to go back, but wanted to keep getting intimate with him, could she?

So she could only bite her lip, holding back a thousand complaints against Grace, and stayed silent.

Prince Gu said, "Maya, since Grace is scared, why don't you accompany her back?"

Maya Summers shot Grace a sideways glance and nodded, feeling rather disappointed.

After they said their goodbyes, Maya Summers exploded, "Grace, what are you playing at?"

"Auntie, I'm really scared," Grace said. "I'm afraid someone will try to assassinate me. Please let me sleep with you!"

"Don't you have maids with you?"

"Neither of them are Spirit Practitioners, so they can't protect me!"

"You think I can protect you?"

"Of course!" Grace said with a grin. "Auntie, in my heart, you're the most powerful!"

"Grace! Are we really that close?" Maya Summers asked, grinding her teeth.

"Not close? I even know you have a red mole on your butt." When they were little, Maya Summers used to play with them all the time.

"Go back to your own tent!"

...Ahem, right now, we're the only two women in our family here. You're my aunt, so you have the responsibility and duty to protect me!

"Grace, what on earth did you eat? How did your skin get so thick?"

"Anyway, I'm sleeping with you tonight..."

......

In the end, Grace successfully ended up lying on Maya Summers's bed.

Maya Summers was fuming, shooting Grace sidelong glances every now and then. "What's up with you lately? I heard the Emperor summoned you to the palace, but you refused to go?"

"That's right!" Grace replied.

"Oh wow! It's practically raining red in the heavens!" Maya Summers rolled her eyes.

Grace turned to face her seriously. "Auntie, I have two reasons for not wanting to enter the palace. First, I don't like sharing a husband with other women. Second, when Cindy Zhu framed me, the Emperor didn't believe me. If a man can't trust you at a critical moment—especially a man who holds the power of life and death—marrying him means your life is at risk at any time."

Maya Summers was genuinely surprised. "Huh? I didn't expect you could actually say something so reasonable!"

Grace grinned, "All thanks to Auntie always reminding and teaching me!"

"Who taught you?" Maya Summers snorted.

"At home, besides my dad, you're the nicest person to me and my mom! Honestly, Auntie, you're my favorite!" Grace said.

Maya Summers raised an eyebrow, but the corners of her mouth curled up. "Did you run into a ghost? More like a candy ghost..."

Seeing the charming dimples at the corners of Maya Summers's mouth, Grace felt a warm current flow through her heart.

"Auntie, did you see Ethan Shen today? It seems like his cultivation has improved again," Grace asked.

"Yes, I saw him," Maya Summers replied blandly.

"His cultivation has improved, but he's gotten so much thinner... sigh..."

Maya Summers said nothing.

"Hey, Auntie, did you hear about him breaking off the engagement with Cecilia Chen from the General's Manor?"

Mm.

"Why do you think he broke off the engagement? Could it be... was it for you?" Grace actually knew the real reason, but Maya Summers didn't.

"Of course not!" Maya Summers suddenly looked at her suspiciously. "Grace, why did you suddenly come over tonight? Was it really because you were scared?"