A Night With The King

“My lady , don’t underestimate yourself, every who knows you says you will be a good queen and I agree too, you are kind and compassionate; just what the kingdom needs, even the king became more open and friendly after you guys got together, I am pretty new here but the people that have been here from the beginning have been talking about how the king smile more now,”

Riley said; Sophie felt her heart swell with pride, she never thought of the effect that she could have on the king that would reflect to the outside world but she was glad that being with her made him a lot more open.

“That’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me,”

She didn’t know what else to say as she wasn’t so used to being complimented. Riley spent about an hour with her and they just talked about simple things like shared interests and other women-related stuff, after she left, Sophie picked up a book that she had yet to finish, it was still early in the day so she didn’t expect the king to come back yet even though she missed him already.

“Sophie? Baby?”

Sophie heard the king call and dropped the book she was holding. She turned around to see him walking into the living room with a big smile on his face, no way he hadn’t seen that magazine yet he was still smiling. The way he knew if she wasn’t in his room, he could find her in the emerald house.

“Hey, how have you been without me?”

He asked, coming over to her; leaning in to kiss her and also ruffle her hair and she had to fix it back with her fingers while glaring at him.

“You know messing with my hair isn’t cute right, your majesty?”

Sophie scolded even though she loved it when he did it.

“I will keep doing it for the rest of our lives so better get used to it,”

He told her, once again letting her know of his desire to keep her with him for the rest of their lives, the more he says something like that the easier it gets for her to believe his words.

“Whatever you say,”

She replied wondering why he was back early, it was Saturday but sometimes, he returned late even though it was Saturday.

“I came to get you,”

He announced and Sophie looked at him in confusion.

“For what?”

She asked. She wondered if he was taking her to see the elders, after her conversation with Riley earlier, she was sure it would happen soon and she wasn’t ready to face a group of wealthy old men who were major players in the affairs of the kingdom, she really wasn’t ready to stand in front of them and to be honest, she would never be ready to.

“Why do you look worried? I am not taking you anywhere that I won’t be, calm down,”

Lance said. She didn’t know whether to be happy or worried about the fact that he could easily read her mood.

“Where are you taking me to?”

She asked.

“Somewhere outside of the palace, a place where we can have fun,”

He said. okay, he wasn’t taking her to see the elders, which made her relax.

“Where would you take me outside the palace? Why would the king leave his palace? I am happy to stay here with you,”

Sophie told him; he shook his head as if he couldn’t believe her.

“You, my lady, are one of a kind. Yes, I am the king but that doesn’t mean I can’t leave the palace, I actually have a place I usually go to when I need some peace and quietness and I want to go there with you, what do you say?”

He asked, standing right in front of her.

“Do you think it is okay to bring me to your quiet place? I mean such a place should be for you alone, right?”

Sophie asked. She didn’t want to invade his private space even though he was the one asking her to go there with him.

“I am okay with it, I want to be with you, alone, It is just for two days, I just want it to be the two of us, what do you say?”

He asked, smiling at her. How did he expect her to say no to him when he was looking at her like that and she knew spending time alone with him would be amazing?

“You are the king, how are you going to be alone? Surely, Patrick will not let you out in the wild on your own,”

She said,

“Yeah, that’s why there are bodyguards but they stay at the entrance and we will be alone inside, please say yes,”

He pleaded sweetly.

“I wasn’t going to say no, when do we leave?”

Sophie asked, wondering how long she had to pack before they left.

“Right now,”

Well, not much time but she didn’t mind, all she needed was a few clothes and her medications, she excused herself and walked towards his chamber where almost all of her things were, at this point, it was their chamber and not just his.

“You don’t have to take a lot of things because we will be spending most of the time there in bed,”

He called out, walking behind her, Sophie’s face reddened at the thought of that; even though she had spent months sleeping and waking up in his arms, she still felt butterflies in her stomach each time he talked about them spending the whole time in bed together. She walked into the wardrobe, pulled out a few clothes, and also added the two-piece swimsuit that she had never felt the need to use. She hoped that there would be a pool there. After picking up all the stuff she needed, she turned to the king who was lying lazily on the bed.

“Aren’t you going to take anything?”

“No, I have what I need there,”

He responded and got out of the bed.

“Are you ready to go? Give me that,”Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

He requested for the bag that she carried, she stared at him like he had lost his mind, no way would she let him carry her bag, he was the king, and that would be crossing a line.

“My king, do you want me to be beheaded?”

She questioned.

“Why will you be beheaded?”

He asked as he walked up to her and collected the bag from her.

“You are the king,”

“So?”

He asked. He didn’t wait for her answer and just took her hand, she wordlessly followed him out of their chamber, they were met with a few palace guard and someone offered to take the bag from him but Lance refused and he also refused to let go of her hand while they walked to the car, Sophie could barely breathe when so many eyes were on her, she was finally able to breath when they got into the car.

“That was intense,”

She mouthed to herself while holding her chest to calm herself down, she heard Lance chuckle and turned to him.

“Are you driving us there by yourself?”

She asked and he nodded before starting the car. Sophie relaxed into the car seat when the car zoomed out of the palace, she never thought she needed to step out of the palace but now that she wasn’t within the walls anymore, she felt some kind of fresh feelings, not like she didn’t like living in the palace.

“You are happy I asked you out right?”

The king asked, Sophie knew he was talking about the date but when she nodded, it met a lot more than that; for her, she was grateful that he kissed her, made love to her, asked her to be his, and also fell in love with her.

“I love you,”

She mouthed, she was getting used to telling him she loved him and she never wanted to shut up about it.

“I love you too,”

He said and focused back on driving while she closed her eyes, she knew that wherever he was taking her, it would be fun as long as he was with her.