Unexpected Rise of Leonard Storm

Chapter 187

Nasri blinked at Hassan .

The princess smiled, cold as a snake, and clarified, “It is not polite to only sit with your companion. We should have separated you two before now.”

Nasri glanced to him. Everyone watched. Leonard had no idea—absolutely none—what to say. Matilda seemed inclined to melt into the green marble floor.

Sartaq cleared his throat. “Join me here, Captain Faliq.”

Nasri stood quickly, and Hassan beamed up at her. The princess patted the back of the seat Nasri had vacated and crooned to Matilda , lingering a few feet away, “You sit here. In case you are needed.”

Matilda shot Leonard a look that might have been considered pleading, but he kept his face neutral and offered a close-lipped smile.

Nasri found her seat beside Sartaq, who had asked a vizier to move down the table, and Hassan , satisfied that the adjustments had been done to her liboss , deemed that her own usual seats were not to her taste and kicked out two viziers down by Arghun. The second seat w