A Night With The King

After Lance left, Sophie felt lonely and wanted the car which he said would come to take her back to the palace to arrive soon so that she could leave, she didn’t feel comfortable anymore and wished she had just taken his first offer of dropping her first at the palace before going to where he needed to be but whatever happened sounded urgent and she had not want him to waste time going to the palace first before going to where he needed to be. She was curious but didn’t ask him because she knew he would tell her what happened once he got back.

Sophie smiled when she thought about what they shared the night before, she knew he loved her so much but his words last night and how he treated her in the last two days told her all she needed to know. The man loved her and their child so much and was willing to do everything to keep their family together, all she needed to do was believe in him which she already did.

Even though Lance told her it would not take long for someone to come for her, it wasn’t until afternoon that she heard the gate open and the arrival of a car which she assumed came to get her, she was ready to leave already. Lance had told her they would be coming back to the place often so she didn’t bother to pack the things that she had here as she already had everything she needed at the palace. She sat up and waited for whoever was sent to come in. She didn’t wait long, the door flew open a few minutes later and the king’s special advisor walked in, Sophie didn’t expect him to be the one to come for her.

“My lord,”

Sophie said in greeting as she stood up out of respect for his position, he didn’t look happy.

“I see you are ready to leave. Well, we have a few things to settle before anything else,”Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

He sounded harsh but it was nothing new to Sophie, he never liked her and never tried to hide it.

“My lord, what do we have to settle?”

Sophie asked politely, hoping that whatever he was going to talk to her about would not make her lose her last drop of respect for him. She couldn’t just tell him she had nothing to settle with him, he might not like her and vice versa but he was still a well-respected man in the kingdom and also the best friend of the man she loved. She had to listen to him even though that was the last thing she wanted to do, however, if he tries to talk her into leaving the king or ending their relationship, she would not give a fuck about his status or that he is friends with Lance, she would give him a piece of her mind and not in a very nice way.

“I want us to address the reason why you felt it was okay to deceive everyone for two straight years that you have been in Otano,”

He angrily let out.

“What are you talking about?”

Sophie asked, she didn’t like the direction that the conversation was going, all she wanted was to go back to the palace and wait for Lance to return, she wasn’t interested in conversing with his best friend who clearly hated her. She didn’t know why he was the one who came for her when there were a lot more people who should have.

“Don’t act ignorant, I know what you are, I know everything that you are hiding away, did you really think you can keep your real identity hidden forever while dreaming of being the future queen of this kingdom?”

He fired at her, Sophie didn’t want to panic but his words made her panic, she couldn’t rub off the fear that he might know something about the life she had before she came to Otano.

“You are not making it easy for me to understand you,”

Sophie let out.

“Are you for real? You lying bitch, you are so fake, as fake as your name and identity, everything about you is a lie and you had the mind to lie and deceive the king of Otano, how dare you try to act ignorant?”

He roared in anger. Sophie didn’t know how to respond to him, she never expected her cover to be blown so easily and of all the people to find out, it had to be the one person who hated her so much. She knew he must have done some kind of background search on her.

“You finally caught on? Did you really think you can lie your way into becoming the queen?”

He questioned.

‘I wasn’t lying my way anywhere, my lord, don’t accuse me of things I didn’t do,”

“So, you are saying I am lying on you? Sophie? You are trying to pretend you didn’t do anything wrong?”

that wasn’t what she was trying to do, he was making seem as if she had done something so huge and unforgivable when all she did was assume a new identity so that she could put her old ugly life behind her.

“No, that’s not what I am doing, I did what I did and I have my reasons for doing it, I am going to come clean to the king when he returns, is that okay? Can we leave now?”

Sophie asked.

“The hell we will, you are out of your mind if you think you can deceive everyone and suddenly act like you didn’t, come clean? No that’s not going to happen, do you really think Lancelot would listen to you and let it slide?”

He barked out. A few months ago, a few weeks ago, a couple of days ago Sophie would have had her doubts that he would believe her but he believed without questioning her that the baby she carried was his so she also believed that he would listen to her and let her tell him her reasons for coming into the kingdom under a false identity, he would listen to her and forgive her when he finds out why she had to do what she did.

“I am going to speak to him and I am sure he will listen to me and forgive me,”

“You must not know Lance at all, he hates being lied to and deceived, he would never forgive you once he finds out what you did, don’t get it twisted, no amount of love can make him forgive what you did,”

He sounded like he wanted her to believe what he was saying but she refused to do that, the Lancelot she knew and loved was compassionate and would listen to her side of the story. Okay, she kind of feared that he might not, for the pregnancy, it was understandable but keeping the big secret of her identity away from him after all they shared might be harder for him to forgive because she had all the time to tell him but she didn’t, now she regretted not telling him about it when it crossed her mind last night, she had wanted to tell him and now she wished she did.

“I will wait for him to come back and talk to him about it, is that okay? Can we leave now?”

Sophie asked. She honestly didn’t want to continue talking to him.