chapter 10

I didn’t stop until I was behind the closed doors of my room and I let out a sigh as I leaned against the wall. What the hell was I thinking? What the hell was I doing? How did I end up almost kissing Jaxon? I was supposed to be pissed off at him; I was pissed off at him.

I blamed it on the stupid mate bond between us. I had never rejected him and he had never rejected me. In fact, he had never even acknowledged the fact that we were mates but there I was, about to kiss him like a bitch in heat.

I let out a groan of frustration and walked over to my bed so I could bury my face into the pillows. I heard footsteps outside my door and even without the person speaking, I knew it was Jaxon. I held my breath and waited for him to leave. He stood at the door for a while. I could see his footsteps through the gap in the floor but after a few minutes, he turned on his heels and walked away.

Even though I knew he was gone, I couldn’t bring myself to move. I just sat there on the bed until sleep took me and the next thing I knew, it was morning.

I was not eager to leave the room and neither was I eager to meet Jaxon. I knew that something dramatic had shifted between us yesterday because now he knew that I was attracted to him. He knew that I wanted to kiss him and I wasn’t sure what he would use that piece of information for.

I was still thinking about what going to happen and what I was doing when I heard a slight knock on my door. I was so confused as to who it was that I couldn’t even tell the person to come in. Thankfully, the person opened the door themselves and I was shocked to see a maid walking in with a bouquet of flowers in her hands.

I stared at her and the flowers suspiciously and she walked over to my bed and placed them in the jug that was by my bed. She didn’t say a word while she doing all those things and it was when she made to leave that I realized that if I didn’t stop her, she was not going to say a thing.

“What is this?” I asked and she froze by the doorway. “I didn’t ask for these flowers. Why did you bring them here?

“His majesty asked me to bring them,” she said as if it was the simplest thing in the world and I raised a brow. “li that is all-”

“When did he give that order?” I knew my questions probably sounded stupid but I couldn’t help myself. I was curious I was shocked and overall I was covered in disbelief. I would have never expected this kind of gesture from Jaxon of allpeople.

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Chapter 10

“Last night,” she said simply. “He instructed that you should always have fresh flowers in your room.”

I could see that she was fidgeting because she wanted to leave so I nodded and waved her off. No sooner than I made the gesture, she was out of the room. She didn’t even bother shutting the door behind her.

I got and closed the door and I couldn’t help but stare at the flowers. They were beautiful, I didn’t know what type they were but they were small and white and they smelled really nice too. I forced myself to look away from them and get changed and once I was dressed for the day, I made my way out of the room.

I got to the dining room and saw that both Jaxon and Kiara were there. They had their plates piled up in front of them but neither of them had touched their food. Once Kiara saw me, she let out a loud sigh as if she had been waiting for a long time.

“I was waiting forever mummy,” she drawled. “Daddy said that you were going to cut my .”

I turned to Jaxon with a raised brow wondering why he didn’t do it for her but instead, he picked up her plate and dropped it in front of me.

“I thought you had started doing it for her,” I began almost dismissively as I began slicing up her sandwich. “What changed today?”

“It’s your thing with her,” he said without even looking up at me. “I should never have interfered.”

I was so shocked by his words that the knife fell out of my eyes. Both of them turned to me and I covered it up b clearing my throat and going back to the food but Jaxon already caught my eyes and he knew.

I ignored him for the rest of breakfast. Or at least, I tried to but it was hard considering that he was sitting right. next to me and Kiara kept trying to strike up a conversation between the three of us. She was completely oblivious to what was going on and all she cared about was the new doll house that Jaxon had built for her.

I was very relieved when she was done eating because it meant that we could leave the table. I made to leave with her when Jaxon’s arm wrapped around my wrist. I turned to face him and I could tell he wanted to speak to me. Somehow, I knew it was about last night on the terrace and I was not ready to admit it out loud so I jerked my wrist out of his grip and turned to Kiara.

“Come let’s go check out your doll house,” I said and she practically squealed as she grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the dining room.

I regret to say I couldn’t focus on anything. Kiara told me about the doll house and how she built it with Jaxon’s help. She told me about dolls all their names but all I could do was stare at the pink walls of her room and see how excited she .

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She was finally living the kind of life that she deserved, the life that was befitting of a princess. She had wardrobe filled with clothes that I didn’t even know when Jaxon had the time to get for her. She had a vanity and a bed of her own which was twice the size of the one we had in our apartment. She was smiling without a care in the world and I couldn’t help but think of how it would be to force her to endure the kind of life we did

before.

“Mummy,” she said and my eyes snapped back to hers. “Are you listening to me?”

“Yes I am,” I lied and I plastered on the fakest smile I could muster. “Your doll house is really pretty and it is very big

It was larger than I thought it would be. Sitting on the floor, it taller than I was. Kiara was enamored by it and she continued to point out various things.

“Kiara,” I began and she turned to me. I softly tapped the space beside me and she wasted no time before she took a seat. “Do you like it here? Would you ever want to go back to that town?”

“No way,” she wasted no time before responding. “I love daddy’s castle. He told me that I’m his princess and that one day I’m going to be Queen. I don’t want to go back to the town. Is daddy taking us back there? Please don’t

let him take us.”

“He’s not taking us back,” I said and I saw her let out a sigh of relief. I felt my chest clench inside me and I forced myself to my feet. “I have to go talk to your dad, I’ll be right back.”

She practically waved me off as she went back to her doll house. I walked away from the room slowly and I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going because I bumped into Jaxon. The force of our collision forced me backwards and I would have fallen on my a*s if not for his hand that wrapped around my waist and kept me steady.

I could feel the heat of his skin on mine and I swallowed deeply as I gazed up into his dark eyes that were staring into me. There was something hidden beneath his gaze and I couldn’t figure it out.

“Are you okay?” he asked, his voice huskier than usual and I nodded as I slowly detangled myself from him.

“We need to talk,” I said and he opened his m*uth to speak but I held out a hand to stop him. “Let me talk and allow me finish before you say a word.”

He looked like he wanted to protest but then he sighed, nodded and crossed his arms over his chest. Before I could lose my courage and forget everything that I wanted to say, I opened my m*uth.

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