Lance already knew he was going to get an earful from Patrick before he even opened the door to his office. He touched his ears with both hands like a kid ready to face his dad after doing something wrong, the crazy man can be scary sometimes. Once he opened the door, the first thing that greeted him was a dead glare. “Look who finally showed up,”Patrick said as he got up and clapped. “Why are you acting like I did something wrong?”He asked and went to take his seat, he was so tired. He imagined and more tried Sophie would be, she was the one who went through all the emotional stress. “You didn’t do anything wrong?”“No, I didn’t, I took my woman to the hospital as she was doing fine. How is that doing something wrong,”He asked. “Right, I wish that was all you did, I gave a simple and clear instruction and you just had to do what you wanted at the moment without thinking, I am sure if you listened to me, your woman would still have gotten the medical aid that she needed. I made
“I can actually walk on my own and I am not in pain,”She said in protest. “Whatever,”He responded and walked to the bed with her in his arms. He dropped her on the bed and got in next to her. She got out of bed immediately after he got in. “I got to shower,”She told him and walked towards his restroom, at least she didn’t try to go back to the emerald house. “Can I join you?”He called after her. “No,”She replied firmly. He smiled and let her do her thing. He freshened up too after she was done and before long, they were back together in bed. “So? What happened? Are we going to be on the news?”She asked as they laid on the bed. “Not really, Patrick will fix everything, don’t worry about it,”He said. he was sure Patrick would make sure none of the photos taken earlier would be published. The press would only be getting a statement and that’s it. Even if someone ends up uploading photos, they will be taken down before they go viral, he had people for those kinds of things so
Sophie stood in front of the huge mirror in the king’s chamber looking hell of pregnant, it had been two months since she almost lost her baby, or thought she did, now she looked a lot bigger at five months pregnant with a very visible baby bump. It had been two months of utter bliss with Lance, the man had been nothing but sweet and amazing to her, and every new day, Sophie fell for him a little deeper. Their relationship has grown in the last two months and Sophie could finally see and refer to him as her boyfriend because he left no room for doubt. Unexpectedly, there wasn’t any uproar about them dating or at least none has been brought to her attention, these days, she spends more time in the king’s chamber than the emerald house, she barely spent time there and almost all of her personal stuff has been moved to the king’s room by the king himself. Crazy man but she loved him a little more each day. He made it so easy for her to love him. He took care of her like no one has ever
Lance broke the kiss to stare at her lovingly, he had been stalling for over two months and she finally beat him to it, not like he didn’t have the courage to tell her, he just didn’t want to scare her away with a love declaration so early into their relationship. He loved the fact that she didn’t have to worry about that and was able to tell him how she felt. It was so easy to fall in love with her and it was something that he couldn’t stop himself from doing because he didn’t let him, she pushed her way into his life, his bed, and then his heart, each and every step of the way, she found him. “Why are you smiling and not saying anything?”Sophie asked and he realized that he had been looking at her for so long without saying anything. “I am just in awe, I actually didn’t expect you to be the first to say those words, I didn’t think you would ever be so comfortable with me since you keep telling me not to cross the line,”he reminded her and she gave him a look. “Well, you made it
“Believe me when I tell you that our time together is not a borrowed time, you love me, I love you, and I am going to make it work,” He continued as he stood in front of her. Now there was not much space between them. “There is no line to cross, Sophie, the line faded that day in the emerald house when I kissed you, whatever it was that was the barricade faded that day, when we kissed, I knew, even though I tried to tell myself that it was just sex, tried to lie that I wasn’t feeling anything, it didn’t work. Patrick, Roseline? they both saw through me; the first time I slept in the dungeon with you? Patrick gave me an earful, and asked me if I was in love with you and all. I told him he had nothing to worry about but Patrick was right to have been worried because even though I didn’t know it then, I already felt something for you,”Lance confessed and paused to just look at her and admire the beauty of the woman who stole his heart. “Why would I, a king, go as far as sleeping in t
“You can be a happy man, but right now, you look too happy and I am afraid to ask what the reason is,”“Patrick, don’t worry,”“Oh, but I am worried, I am worried that I already know why and your happiness might make me lose more brain cells than I have already lost.”Patrick was such a killjoy, the man needed to fall in love so that he too would know what it feels like. “I don’t know why my happiness means you lose brain cells,”“Cut to the chase and tell me what happened,”Patrick persuaded. Even though he knew telling him would mean hearing another earful as to why he and Sophie couldn’t be together, Lance still told him. “Well, if you must know, I told her that I love her, well, she said it first and I said it too,”he announced. Patrick didn’t even look surprised. “I saw this coming, aha, it has been over since that day, I should have done better,”Patrick said. he was talking more to himself. “What day?”Lance asked. “The day you slept in the dungeon with her, you swore tha
Sophie felt her heart almost explode with love when she saw her baby moving and being all healthy. She was so thankful that she got to see her baby like this, it wasn’t the first time she did a scan but it was always so fascinating to see her baby, and every time they checked, she got bigger. “Aha, it is a she,”The sonographer confirmed what Sophie already knew, she had always known that she was having a daughter, and she felt the connection. She smiled knowing at the sonographer who continued her work while pointing out things for her. “She is an active baby, you are doing so well and everything is fine with her, the doctor will speak to you more,”The sonographer said as she concluded what she was doing and removed the controller from her bump, she gave Sophie tissues to wipe the gel off her stomach, after which she helped Sophie out of the bed. “Thank you for today,”Sophie thanked her as she walked out of the room, she still had a few things to do. Her next stop was the labora
“Is that question too hard to answer? You just have to give a yes or no, is the king really expecting an heir soon?”She asked again.“I don’t have to answer any of your questions and you have no right to come sit with me and ask me such questions,”Sophie fired at the woman, it was clear that she thought her to be a fool. She must think she has no sense of her own that she can just question her and she would willingly give her all the answers. She would be a fool to do that while knowing that could expose the king and herself to so many bullshits that she wasn’t ready to deal with just yet. The fact that the woman approached her knowing she was pregnant means she knew some details and wanted to find out if her baby belonged to the king. “I just asked a simple question, there have been a lot of talks going around the kingdom about the king having a woman and the both of them expecting a baby”“And that concerns me how?”Sophie let out. She knew people knew about her relationship with