No one except Dominic knew Yasmin had insomnia. In fact, she sometimes worked until midnight only because she couldn't sleep. Her condition was too unbearable for her. Worse, she had to guard against any attempts to seize her throne constantly.
Unable to share her agony with anyone, she could only keep it to herself.
Rick noticed the queen had stopped moving. He raised his brow but said nothing.
Yasmin thought for a moment and looked up at him, asking, "Rick, are you afraid of dying?"
Rick hesitated.
"Forget it. I'm sure you're going to say no."
Rick said, "It would be my honor to die for you, Your Majesty."
"Please. Fred also said that before." Waving it off, she had grown numb to such claims. After all, regardless of what people said, they were all selfish.
Rick fell silent, knowing how much Fred had hurt her. Although Yasmin had long guarded against the duke, what he did was cruel.
Rick still remembered how astonished he was when Yasmin asked him to spy on Fred. As he slowly gathered and handed bits of evidence to Yasmin, she grew from anger to calm in the end.
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