He not only had strong martial arts skills, but also had excellent medical skills. He had learned all the skills of our mentor and even surpassed him.

He was so powerful.

"Get away, don't touch me!" I struggled to move my weak body and hid inside.

I hated him now as much as I loved him in those years.

He extended his hand halfway and froze it in the air.

"Don't you even want to look at me?"

I could detect a hint of humility in his tone.

But after three years in the royal palace, I am no longer the naive Riley Hunter I used to be.

I sneered and replied indifferently, "Well, you'd better disappear in front of me forever."

"Impossible," he immediately refused me resolutely.

"Then we have nothing to talk about. My martial arts have all been scattered by you, and now I am very weak and need to rest. Please leave." I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.

"Sorry, Rie, I can't rest assured without personally examining you." After saying that, he ignored my words and gently stroked my hair, just like countless times when we were young. I was about to protest, but he controlled me and I couldn't move.

Then he bent down and turned my body over. With such proximity, I was enveloped by his breath and felt his breathing and heartbeat.

"You!" I stared at him angrily. Although I had admired him before, we had never crossed any boundaries between men and women.

He checked my body without paying attention to my anger. During the diagnosis, his brows never relaxed.

After a long time, he withdrew his hand and released me.

"I'll go and prepare medicine for you. Rest well."

I snorted and turned my head away from him.

Before leaving, he gently reminded me, "Rie, my name is Liam Payne. Remember my name."

I was stunned. It turned out that Liam Ford was his alias.

But this was normal. If he used his real name, his identity would easily be exposed. In the Southern Radiant Kingdom, almost everyone knew the surname of their mortal enemy, the Northern Borderland Kingdom.

I lay on the bed, staring at the canopy above, lost in thought.

After half a month of careful recuperation, my body had been fine, and my complexion had returned to normal.

That morning, I dressed up for the first time. The handmaid who dressed me up couldn't help but stare at me in the mirror and sighed, "Miss, you are so beautiful."