"This..." Uncle looked embarrassed, scratching his salt-and-pepper hair, and didn't immediately promise Sienna. "It's too dangerous outside. It's not safe for me to take you out!"
"In that case, Uncle, just send me back to my Husband!" Sienna turned away abruptly, perfectly playing the part of a petulant young woman.
Adrian Desmond, as expected, looked completely smitten, as if he'd lost his mind. "Alright, alright, I'll go with you. Through hell or high water, to the ends of the earth, I'll go with you!"
"Uncle, you're so good to me." Sienna cast a flirtatious glance, her eyes shimmering, making Adrian Desmond's heart flutter. If only she were this well-behaved every day, he'd give her anything she wanted! But no, she just had to pick fights with him.
Adrian Desmond led Sienna out of Uncle's mansion, swaggering all the way. When Sienna saw the ordinary streets outside and the common Himakati folk in the marketplace, she felt a sense of having escaped to freedom.
