They continued their walk while eating the cake. It was one of the best Lilith had ever tasted, so good that she devoured it within seconds. A bit of chocolate had smeared at the corner of her mouth, and Eldric gently wiped it off. The gesture caught her by surprise, but it didn't stir any butterflies in her stomach.
She thanked him softly and they kept walking. Yet, no matter how hard she tried, Lilith couldn't stop thinking about the prince. It frustrated her that she was spending time with another man, yet her mind kept drifting to someone who probably hadn't thought of her once.
Letting out a sigh, she tried to shake the thoughts away. She realized she hadn't heard a word Eldric had been saying—she saw his lips moving, but her mind had tuned out completely.
Her eyes wandered past him and landed on a building behind him. An idea lit up in her mind. "Let's go into that building," she said suddenly, unintentionally cutting him off.
