A Night With The King

Lance broke the kiss to stare at her lovingly, he had been stalling for over two months and she finally beat him to it, not like he didn’t have the courage to tell her, he just didn’t want to scare her away with a love declaration so early into their relationship. He loved the fact that she didn’t have to worry about that and was able to tell him how she felt. It was so easy to fall in love with her and it was something that he couldn’t stop himself from doing because he didn’t let him, she pushed her way into his life, his bed, and then his heart, each and every step of the way, she found him.

“Why are you smiling and not saying anything?”

Sophie asked and he realized that he had been looking at her for so long without saying anything.

“I am just in awe, I actually didn’t expect you to be the first to say those words, I didn’t think you would ever be so comfortable with me since you keep telling me not to cross the line,”

he reminded her and she gave him a look.

“Well, you made it so hard not to love you,”

She responded so shyly, that he almost didn’t hear her. He smiled and pulled her into a warm hug, she needed to go for her appointment but he wanted to let her know just how much he loved her too. He still couldn’t believe that he found love, found someone who he was so into that when he was with her, everything else would not matter.

“You know I love you too, right?”

He asked. Her smile widened.

“I hoped so,”

“Hoped so? Woman, you have me wrapped around your fingers, I can’t go a day without being with you, I used to not be able to sleep except I drink but now, I just need to have you next to me and everything will be okay, you hoped? I am sure I loved you first,”

He told her. She removed herself from the hug and regarded him with a look that suggested that he must be kidding her.

“That’s a lie, my king, respectfully, I had a crush on you the moment I saw you, do you know how almost everyone who works in the palace at one point falls for you? I mean we talk about it a lot and not a single one of us didn’t have a crush on you even the ones that were already engaged, you are every woman’s dream, I still don’t know how I got so lucky,”

She said. he felt so honored that she could be so open with him and at the same time, his ego was at an all-time high.

“What to say, I am quite the catch,”

He bragged.

“Yes, you are,”

Lance reached out for her hands again.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Even though you think I am quite the catch, I can tell you I am also very lucky to have found you, you are one in a million and it was so easy to fall in love with you Soph, I don’t care that you are not from this kingdom or if you are not royalty, I want to be with you and I love you so much, you complete me and brighten my world, I want you to be with me for every moment that walks this earth,”

He had so much that he wanted to tell her but the words just failed him. He wasn’t poetic and couldn’t tell her all the sweet words that she deserved to hear from him but he hoped that she saw his heart and knew that he loves her so much.

“That’s taking it to a whole new level, Lance, I love you and I know now that you love me too but we both know that love is not enough to keep us together, it is a reality that we can’t change,”

She looked so sad saying those words, she just didn’t have enough faith in him yet, he was going to prove her wrong, he would show her that they could be together forever.

“I am not taking anything too far with you, Soph, I am telling you how I feel, I can’t picture myself with anyone who isn’t you, Soph, so you have to stay with me now,”

“Do I have to? I can just take back what I said,”

He hoped she was joking because no way was he going to let her take it back, she would not even think of doing that.

“You told me you love me; you can’t take it back and I am not going to let you go, keep that in mind,”

He warned. If she thinks he is going to let anything keep him away from making a home with her and being with her for the rest of their lives, then she needs to think again because he is going to use his power and get the happy ending that he wanted for them.

“Why do you sound so sure?”

Okay, she was teasing him.

“I am sure, have you seen the way you look at me?”

He bragged and she laughed but that laugh didn’t last because her expression grew serious again.

“On a serious note, though, I wish I could be as confident as you are, Lancelot, I love you, and that’s not going to change but I also know that loving you is not enough to keep us together, there are so many reasons why we won’t be together, I just need to accept that and I think you should too,”

He didn’t like how serious she sounded. Didn’t like the tone of her voice and the little crack at the end. It was as if she was trying not to cry, to make it worse, she put a distance between them as if she was trying to make her point clear. She was drawing a line and he didn’t want that. He reached out for her but she moved further away from him.

“Sophie, stop moving,”

He told her, she did stop and lift her hand to prevent him from going closer to her.

“This, this is our reality, there is always going to be a line between us, I don’t fit in your world, Lancelot, I am here on borrowed time and no matter how much I love you, that’s not going to change,”

He shook his head. He didn’t want that kind of reality.

“Soph, I am not going to accept any other kind of reality; any reality that you are not in is not for me,”

He said walking close to her.