A Night With The King

“Sophie, you are not getting me, are you? You have to leave this kingdom before Lance returns, you don’t want to wait until he finds out before you leave because trust me when I say that it would be more humiliating and hard for you, if you follow my advice, I will help you leave before he finds out,”

Patrick said and Sophie stared at him in shock, yes, she was scared of what Lance might think of her when he found out but she wasn’t about to leave because of that, she would rather talk it out with him and leave if he still wants her to leave after hearing her out, not like she committed a big offense or even lied to him directly, she just didn’t tell him and knowing Lance, he might not even be mad at her. Now she regretted not telling him about her past life when she had the time to. If she had told him, she would not be here right now listening to this man who clearly hates her and has only been tolerating her because of Lance. Now that he wasn’t around, he was trying to send her away.

“I am not going to leave, I will talk it out with the king, I didn’t kill someone or anything like that, why should I leave? Why would he humiliate me because of my life that I chose not to tell him?”

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“You are asking me that? You lied to him, made him believe you are someone that you aren’t,”

Sophie stared at him wondering if he really thought what he said through, before saying them, lied to him? Made him believe she was who she wasn’t? those never happened.

“I don’t know what you are talking about right now, I didn’t lie to him, I never spoke about my life outside of the palace and he has never asked, what? Made him believe I was who I wasn’t? you make it sound as if I told him I was an heiress or a princess. I didn’t do anything, in case you have forgotten, I worked in the palace as a maid and I was practically a prisoner when we got together, I didn’t deceive him so you can’t gaslight me into thinking I did,”

Sophie let out, her voice increasing with each word and she was close to crying, damn pregnancy hormones making her emotional, she didn’t want the man standing before her to get the satisfaction of seeing her cry.

“You came to the palace under a false identity, Sophie, you deceived the king and everyone in Otano, you were let into the kingdom because you had a strong passport and did not need a visa to be Otano and you misused that by coming in under false names, you lied about everything to our officials, you haven’t been transparent and you can’t remain in the palace or even be seen with the king after your deceit, you think Lancelot would let that slide? I am doing you a favor by asking you to leave before anything happens; before this news gets out,”

Sophie shook her head, she wasn’t going to leave just because he wanted her to, she would rather wait and let Lance decide after he heard from her if he still wanted her around or if she should leave.

“I am not going to leave unless Lancelot tells me to, you can’t make me leave,”

Sophie fired at him.

“First of all, he is Your Majesty to you, secondly, you really don’t have much of a choice if you really care about him and his well-being.”

Sophie wanted to laugh in his face, Your Majesty? Yes, Lance was that but he was her lover and the father of her child, plus he gave her permission to call his name even before their relationship got serious.

“That’s my boyfriend, I can call him whatever I want, I don’t care what you say,”

Sophie told him firmly, she wished Lance would be back already but she knew that wasn’t going to happen and she had to find a way to get rid of Patrick by herself.

“You are funny, okay, let’s say he is indeed your boyfriend and you can call him whatever you want. Now what would you do if you found out that your boyfriend, who is the king, lost his throne because of you? How would you take that news? How would you stand knowing that you ruined his life?’

Patrick asked; Sophie stared at him in confusion, he was out of his mind, Lance wasn’t going to lose his throne because of her; he already assured her that they could be together and that he was going to change the rules and she believed him.

“Why will he lose his throne because of me? Is that a new way you derived to make me leave? I can assure you that it won’t work, I won’t leave,”

Sophie told him.

“You don’t see how he would lose the throne because of you? Well, let me list the reasons he could be kicked out because of you, one, you are a foreigner, not just a foreigner but one who entered Otano under a false identity, two, you have a criminal record, three you are pregnant with another man’s child,”

He let out. aside from the first point he gave, he was wrong about everything else and she decided she would correct him, she didn’t know why Lance hadn’t told him yet that he was the father of her child, seeing how they are best of friends; maybe, he didn’t want to do it until he knew she was ready, anyway, she decided to be the one to tell him.

“Your first point is accurate and I already told you I am going to come clean to Lance, I only changed a few things, and the name is still mine, I have my reasons for doing what I did, and I am not about to tell you, I will only talk to Lance, your second point is wrong, I was accused and found innocent, that’s not going to make Lance lose his place as the king,”

Sophie paused for breath before telling him the last part.

“Lastly, the child I carry belongs to the king, my child is the future queen of Otano so speak of my child in a respectful tone,”

Sophie warned. She had Lance’s backing, he told her he would make their child the heir and she believed him, he hadn’t done or said anything that would make her doubt his words; Patrick looked at her in disbelief, not like she expected him to believe her in the first place so his reaction wasn’t unexpected. He has never hidden the fact that he didn’t like her and doesn’t want her to be with the king so why would she expect him to believe her when he knew she was already pregnant before she started dating the king, only Lancelot would believe her, she once thought he won’t believe her either but he did and he was the only one important to her so she didn’t mind that his best friend doesn’t, maybe when he tells him with his own mouth he might or he might request for a DNA test once the child is born which she was no problem with.