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Chapter 16 Have A Baby with This Woman
*Theo*
I’d touched her.
I’d touched the girl, Ciana, and she hadn’t pulled away from me. She wasn’t afraid, nor did
she seem disgusted by me.
“Here you
are, Father,” I said, giving my dad the book that he‘ d requested. “If you would be more comfortable wor
king in your own office, I can have whatever books you require brought to you.”
“Nonsense,” the king said,
taking the book. “I am quite enjoying seeing my son with such a lovely young lady. The two of you are q
uite a match.” He chuckled, and my stomach twisted in a knot.
While I was happy my plan was working and we were able to fool him
into thinking that Ciana was a woman of interest to me, I didn’t appreciate having to pretend like this in
my own office.
And that coffee she’d brought me was dreadful! It was clear she’d grabbed that nasty banana creamer
Jake uses, rather than my own. And she obviously didn’t know what a “splash” of creamer meant!
As I walked back to my desk, I gave Ciana a look, hoping she could read it. I was somewhat regretful th
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtat I had come up with this idea now that my father was hanging around for so
long, but I was also hoping she would find some magical way of making him leave.
She must’ve read my expression, because she came over toward me, which made me stop in my track
s.
What was she planning on doing now?
“Might I have a hug, my prince?” she asked me.
“A… hug?” I asked her, swallowing hard. “Not right now,” I said, stepping away from her. “I think we sho
uld save that for when… we’re alone.”
“Oh, but it’s just your darling father who loves you so much who is present,” she reminded me, and I kn
ew what she was getting at. She wanted to hug me precisely because my father was there.
“Yes, let’s have a hug!” my father exclaimed.
I turned and gave him a pointed look, and he chuckled under his breath.
I glared at him for a few seconds, unable to
keep from doing so, and then turned back to the girl. “Really, I don’t think-”
Before I could finish
the sentence, her thin arms were wrapped around my shoulders, and she was pressing
herself against me.
My breath caught in my throat. But when I finally relaxed enough, I gently put my arms around her.
She was warm and soft, and I realized how small she was in my arms. This wasn’t the first time she ha
d been in them. I
remembered that night in the greenhouse… but this time, it
felt different.
When she pulled away from me after a brief moment, she was still smiling. The hug was obviously fake
, but it wasn’t painful as I thought it would be, not even a little bit.
It was quiet and peaceful.
I headed back to my desk, and Ciana reclaimed her chair.
Just then, my father cleared his throat and set his book aside. “That’s it, then. I’ve made up my
mind. Theodore, this is the one, the girl for you.”
“Father?” I said, looking at him with a look on my face that would certainly tell him I didn’t understand.
“I want you to have a baby with this woman,” he said, a delighted smile on his face.
My eyes went to Ciana, and I could tell she was even more shocked than I was, if that were possible, w
ith her mouth hanging open and her eyes wide.
“But… Your Majesty, sir,” she
said, tipping her head down in respect. “We’re not even betrothed, let alone married.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“So what?” he asked. “You don’t have to be married to bear an heir.” Turning his attention back to me, he
*Ciana*
King Sebastian’s proclamation rang in
my ears. I couldn’t stay there alone with Theo any more, so I asked to be excused. He must have felt as
Later that evening, I decided to go and check on Brook. It had been a few days since I’d seen my friend
As I walked down the hallway, I pondered what the king had said. Theo and I were ordered to have a ba
and that definitely wasn’t Prince Theo.
Images of my young man from the woods entered my thoughts, and then those visions morphed into a p
That was why when I saw the form of a woman being dragged outside through a window at the end of th
The man who had a small redheaded girl under his arm looked up at me, his jade green eyes nearly glo
“Hey!” I shouted, running after him. “What in the world are you doing?”
It was Brook! I would recognize her anywhere, and as she disappeared from my sight, I picked up speed
The man ran through the woods with Brook tossed over his shoulder. She was unconscious, or else I wa
free herself from him by beating on his back with her fists, but she just
lay there limply, bobbing up and down with each of his long strides.
My pace was
just quick enough to keep up with him as he twisted and turned through the gardens and nearby woods.
weight of the woman must have been slowing him down, or else I wouldn’t be able to keep up with him.
I was amazed by the size of the royal residence, because after almost half an hour of running, we were
still within the walls of the royal palace territory.
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