A Night With The King

“My king, you can’t spend the night here and I can’t be your sleeping partner,”

Sophie let out. the man was out of his mind, he just told her a few minutes ago that he wasn’t about to make her his mistress and now he wants to spend the night with her? Makes no sense unless he lied earlier.

“Why not? I own this place and can sleep anywhere I want,”

He reprimanded.

“I know you are the king and can sleep anywhere but why would you choose here? You just said you have no intentions of making me your mistress but then you want to spend the night with me? It doesn’t add up,”

She let out but he ignored her and walked past her. She covered her face with her hands to calm herself.

“Aren’t you coming?”

He let out. she turned to him and shook her head.

“No, I am not,”

“You can’t say no to me, I am the king! Don’t worry all we are going to do is sleep, I just don’t think I will fall asleep alone,”

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“Okay, if you can’t fall asleep then you can get the future queen to move in so that you can have someone to sleep with, I think the best sleeping partner should be your spouse or a future spouse,”

She advised. He didn’t look pleased. Well, that makes two of them, she wished he would be offended to the point that he would leave. He wanted to get her in trouble, that was his plan.

“Don’t talk about any queen, there is no queen until I say so, are you coming or do you want me to drag you?”

He asked in a commanding voice that she couldn’t say no to. He was the king and wasn’t used to being told no. She so wanted to punch him back to his senses but that might lead to her untimely passing so she walked ahead of him into the room suddenly feeling stressed. She stood by the door not wanting to get close to the bed that had been comfy earlier.

“Come on,”

He let out and she reluctantly walked to him and took the hand he reached out. He led her to the bed and pulled her with him.

“See, not that hard,”

He let out. yeah, for him it was not that hard, he just needed company because he didn’t want to be alone, he didn’t think about anyone but himself. He didn’t stop to think that his actions were making her uncomfortable. Sophie let out a breath as he pulled her closer to him so that she was half laying on his chest, he wrapped his arms around her as if he didn’t want her to get away, as if she would.

“So much better, now go to sleep,”

He whispered. If only it was that easy for her to go asleep wrapped in his arms but it wasn’t. Her stomach was in nuts, her heart was beating ten times faster than normal and she was sweating even though it wasn’t hot in the room. Her heart was beating so fast for fear of what might happen in the next moment, fear that she might not be able to resist him if he tried anything.

“Relax Sophie, I am not going to do anything that you are thinking right now, I have two choices, go back to my room and get alcohol to help me fall asleep or stay here with you, sober. I chose the latter because I don’t want a hangover by morning, let’s just sleep, okay?”

He asked and she nodded. If he says that’s all there is, then she just has to believe him. She could always sleep later when he leaves, not like she had any work.

“Can I ask a favor in exchange for this?”

She let out. she expected him to rebuke her and tell her to shut up but he didn’t.

“Tell me,”

He said.

“Thank you, I get so bored and I would really love it if you can let the guards or the maids bring me books, it would help a lot,”

she requested politely, his arms around her tightened

“Sure, if that’s all you want, I will have them bring some books for you, romance, right?”

He asked and a thrill of cold sensations went through her whole body, he was so close that she could feel his breath on her hair and the fact that he was caressing her shoulders. How did he ever think it was a good idea for them to be like this? If someone were to walk in on them right now, they would never believe anything they say if they deny that they have a thing going on.

“Anything would do,”

She replied. She didn’t want romance specifically, she just wanted anything that would keep her busy.

“What else do you want? Anything else?”

He asked and she was tempted to request for her freedom. She knew he would never grant that request so she opted for something more realistic.

“I would be grateful if I get some knitting equipment, knitting is a good way to pass time,”

Sophie told him.

“Sure, I will get that too, is that enough?”

He asked.

“Yes, thank you,”

She whispered. She closed her eyes to try and sleep as there was nothing else that she could do. She decided not to overthink anything. He gave a clear reason as to why he was here with her and it would be better for her to not think about anything else for her mental health, sake. The fact that he still hasn’t asked her about the diamonds after that first time. Maybe he was taking his time. She wasn’t so sure but his silence must mean something. Also, the fact that he finds her comfortable enough to want to spend the night in her company should count for something. Like maybe he believed her or maybe he figured it out. His soft snores broke her train of thought.

“I can’t believe he can fall asleep so easily when I just here having a hard time,”

Sophie whispered and lifted her head slightly as she didn’t want to wake. He was fast asleep and she decided to take the opportunity and get away from him. Jokes on her because the minute she tried to remove his arms from around her, his grip on her tightened. It was clear he wasn’t going to let her go. She gave up and smuggled closer and closed her eyes hoping sleep would get her soon because there was no way out.