A Night With The King

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 done and made sure she always felt safe and owned. She loved every single moment in his presence.

Unlike when she newly started living in the emerald house, now, she could leave the house and could take a stroll around the palace and no one would speak to her or question her. She always had Riley with her just so she would not be alone and Riley sort of became her friend.

Sophie smiled when she remembered what she had been able to do with her little power as the king’s girlfriend, about a month ago, she had talked Lance into reviewing the files of the women in the prison where she had been kept. That had helped in freeing some of the women there whose cases were minor and others who were falsely accused one of those was Leah who had helped her.

“I am so happy for her,”

Sophie said to herself. She felt so much joy knowing that she was able to get Leah out so that she could be with her daughter again. even though she might not find out she played a role in getting her out, Sophie was just happy that she could get the chance to pay her back for being kind to her. If only she could do the same for the woman that she later found out to be a former queen. She had tried to speak to Lance about her too but he had told her that was beyond him because he wasn’t the one that sent her away. He did assure her that she gets aid from the palace and is also under watch. She felt good knowing she was safe.

Sophie also found out that the king had been working on the case that made her a prisoner and he told her the driver had been trialed and set to jail because he confessed to stealing the diamonds which he had wanted to sell. The diamonds were recovered and Sophie felt at peace knowing her name had been cleared. Lance apologized to her for not believing her even though he didn’t have to. He even gifted her a beautiful gold chain which she currently had on as an apology gift; she had accepted with her whole heart.

“Baby? Why are you just standing there? You are going to be late for your appointment,”

Lance said as he came to stand behind her. She smiled when he wrapped his arms around her from behind and leaned into his embrace.

“I was just admiring myself a little,”

She told him.

“You should have asked me how you look; you know I am always ready to give you an answer,”

Lance said and kissed her neck. He had the habit of leaving kisses all over her body, at every opportunity he gets and she loved it.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to come with you?”

He asked and Sophie turned so that she was facing him, he didn’t let her go. The crazy man wanted to follow her to her appointment with the doctor, they talked about it, last night and she had told him no multiple times.

“I told you already that you can’t. not only will Patrick have a mental breakdown, he might send me out of the palace too and we don’t want that, right?”

Sophie told him. She was still certain that the king’s best friend and advisor didn’t like her but he tolerated her enough; she was sure that if she let him go with her to the hospital, he would have a breakdown and might send her out of the palace for good.

“Patrick won’t do nothing, just say you don’t want me there,”

He said with a pout, the way he becomes someone else with her. If she hadn’t been keeping up with the things he had been doing and how he became so powerful and authoritative when he addressed the public, she would have easily believed he was a cute little man who was so into her like she was with him.

“Don’t worry, if you want, we can be on call while I do the routine at the hospital, I don’t want the people to find me keeping their king away from them,”

Sophie tried but that didn’t work either.

“You know I have nothing planned out for today, I purposely made today free because I wanted to go with you,”

He let out. Sophie let out a sigh.

“My king, why are you so obsessed with me?”

She asked in a playful tone. He pulled away and regarded her with a look that made her fear that she might have gone a little too far but when she tried to apologize, he pulled her to him and covered her mouth with his, drowning out the apology. She let him kiss her, enjoying it a little too much even though she knew she needed to reapply her lipsticks.

“You are right, Soph, I am obsessed with you, you better know that and come back fast or I am going to come to you, stand outside the hospital, and yell your name until you come out,”

He said when they pulled apart. She smiled. He hasn’t outrightly told her he loved her, but she felt it in each of his words and actions, in the little things that he does for her, in the way he looks at her. She hadn’t said it to him too, she smiled at him again, wondering if he would accept her love if she told him she loved him right now.

She has been on the verge of telling him a couple of times, but each time, she held back because she didn’t want him to feel pressured into saying it back. This time was different, it just felt like the right time to finally tell him how she felt about him. Her heartbeat increased as she looked up into his beautiful eyes. She just had to tell him, she couldn’t keep it to herself anymore, her heart felt so full of love for him that she knew she couldn’t go a day more without letting him know how she felt. If those looks and everything he has done for her were to be taken as proof, he felt the same too, and even if he didn’t, she still wanted to tell him. She took a deep breath and let the words that had been on the tip of her lips for so long out.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

“I love you,”

She let out and watched him freeze. He let her go again and she got scared that she might have read him wrong and might have ruined what they had, she was starting to belittle herself and scold herself for opening her mouth and saying those words but then he smiled and she watched as his smile grow bigger,”

“I knew it, I knew I didn’t read those feelings wrong, I know you so well, Soph, oh my, baby, you beat me to it, fuck, I wanted to be the first to say those words,”

He said reaching out to take her hands in his, her smile grew too when his words sank into her head and heart, he didn’t need to say the words, the look he gave her, the way he smiled. She just knew he felt the same and it made her so happy that she wasn’t alone.

He pulled her to him and kissed her again, it was as if he was conveying all the feelings he had for her through the kiss, they had shared numerous kisses since they got together but this kiss was a lot more special.

“Can you say that again, I want you to hear you said those words to me again, baby,”

He said when they pulled apart. Of course, she was ready to say them over and over again.

“I love you, my king, I mean, the king of my heart, I love you so much,”

She repeated. He didn’t even let her finish the words before he kissed her again and she melted into his touch, she knew she would be late for her doctor’s appointment if they continued like this but she didn’t care, this moment was more important than anything for her. It felt so good being serenaded right now by one of the two people she loved the most in the world, the other being their child.