no, stop this" he said before she kissed him and moved back from her.
"You can't be serious, you sure you don't want this?" she said to him.
"This is not the right place or the right time for that, my father can walk on us any moment. Do you have no respect for the king?" he said to her angrily.
"don't act like this won't happen eventually," she said to him but he was still not interested in being with her.
"Let it happen at the right time then, now get out and get some clothes on," he said to her but she stood there fuming with anger.
"what's preventing you, you said you are not dating her, why don't you want to be with me then?" she said, getting emotional.
"because it is not the right way to do things we are supposed to follow traditions," he said to her looking around for anything to cover her and he picked up one of the towels handing her to cover herself.
"stop acting like people are even following these rules, you know it everyone now does what they want, it's a modern world and the traditions are no longer valid," she said to him even more emotionally.
"Get out of my face before I charge you with blasphemy to our traditions!" he said angrily at her.
"then you might well charge all the young mermaids and mermans, your majesty!!" she said annoyed at him before walking away from him.
He threw himself in the pool after she walked away and transformed Into a very handsome merman, his hair turned to its original colour white and covered his ears while the rest moved with the water flow around him. There was some movement In the water as huge waves from below came up.
It was his father who was coming from the depths of the sea, unlike other days today he had come alone.
"What a mighty way to arrive, dad," Lukas said to his father as he relaxed on one of the corners of the pool.
"You only come by the pool to relax, is the investigation weighing heavy on you," he asked him while flapping his tail.
"I need to also ask something father, is there a way I can be betrothed to someone else, Sandra is becoming a pain in the ass," he said to his father who laughed out hardly.
"I have seen her as my son, but you can be married to many other women after being married first. Women are so hard to understand but easily manipulated and they lose value so fast" his father said to him reminding him he was the future king and he would marry other women who would bring him peace but just like how he respects his mother who Is the first Queen of the ocean that will also be required of him.
"How far are you with the search," he asked him after they had gotten into a serious conversation.
"We may need more time," he said to his father who was not pleased with that.
"We don't have much time, what are you still waiting for?" his father asked him. He would pressure someone to the core whenever he wanted something done.
"I am yet to gain her trust, she is a very disclosed woman who can't speak up unless she wants or gives her trust to someone that easily," he said to his father.
"then move to the next stepson," he said to him and he looked at him confused at what he meant.
"get even closer show her to trust you like a man," he said wiggling his tail and he knew what he meant, but that sounded too extreme his father was after this gem so bad he would ask his son to break the rules and mate with a human being before mating with his first wife.
"What about Sandra, she may not be happy about that" asked his father even though he was shocked at how far his father would go for this.
"No one has to know what you are doing, at this rate we have to act fast and get into that house," he said to him.
"But dad… I don't know what should be done" he said feeling embarrassed and his dad turned to look at him and held him by his head.
"You are a king like your father, even better my son, you will always know how it should be done. It's in you because you are a man, and not just any ordinary man. The man with it all.!!" He emphasized it to him, reminding him who he was and he nodded in agreement.
"Now I should return but make sure the next time I return you have something," he said to him before swimming away and he was left there thinking about what his father had said.
His mind went about thinking about Salma, her eyes and her smile, he missed her and didn't realise he had just begun to like the woman he is supposed to be after. He swam to where his clothes were and took out his phone to call her, after what his father had said he felt like he had even more confidence.
"What a perfect time to call my parents just left for an urgent meeting across the meeting. I was wondering if we could hang out at your place" she said to him over the phone after she had picked it up and had had some chatting.
"That's great, can I come to pick you up?" he asked to see if he could get the chance to get into the white house.
"no, there are guards all around, I will just sneak out and come over," she said before ending the call.
He hurriedly got out of the water to get ready and make sure nothing suspicious was around the house, he tried calling out to his team but he found a note placed on the diner table written with bad handwriting, which was JB. They were saying they had left for the party invited by Sandra and he has some explaining to do once they get back.
"Strange," he said to himself but was also happy they were not going to be around that night.