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The panel hovered between of her and Ilios, too stunned to speak, she froze in her place and only shifted her gaze to Ilios.
He had managed to pull himself together and leans away to makes sure she was okay.
His handsome face and voice filled with worry. She could hear his concern as he checks her for any wounds.
" Are you hurt? " he asked and inspects her face.
Eve couldn't hear the vase breaking into pieces next to her ear when the modofied system had loudly warned her inside her head.
She didn't even noticed his arms had been pierced from protecting her when she was just filled with confusion and disbelief. All she did was looked at the man in front of her who had surprised her yet again.
Eve couldn't speak.
She was too shocked to be reunited with him when she had known it was impossible to even do it unless she had to infiltrate the base of her enemy and get his data by herself.
Her head had too many questions at the moment and answers that she wanted to hear.
Her eye's started to water and her heart was beating too fast, her breathing hitched as she looks at Ilios in front of her.
She had felt the familiarity of his touches during the time they were in the forest, how could she missed that?
After losing him, she tried to distract her throughs of him with helping Rosaria's life, she bottled all of her feelings and had no one to speak about her times with Alexander but to think this data had followed her to her next journey.
All she could do was burst into tears and covered her face behind her hands.
Ilios had frozen seeing her cry and he was immediately taking her off the ground and holding her body close. His serious face had scanned her arms and shoulder as he tries to calm her down.
" Rosa, please tell me where it hurts, don't cry... F*ck, please don't cry " he lifts her off the ground, he sets her on his lap and cradles her in his embrace.
Eve removes her hand and Ilios immediately looks at her face, eyes filled with worry as if his chest hurts while seeing her in tears and that made her cry even more.
" Rosa, please tell me what's wrong? " The tone of his voice sounded the same and even the way he rubs his thumbs on her waist was how he coax her before.
She was about to wipes her tears when Ilios takes a handcheif from her breast pocket and dries her face.
Eve watched his handsome face as he diligently helps her. His sharp brow where furrowed slightly as he concentrates and makes sure she was calmed now, his eyes filled with concern and warmth, and the lips thinned from displeasure from thinking he was the reason she slip and cried from in pain.
All Eve could think was to kiss him right now, to tell him how much she wanted to see him one last time before she leaves, how sorry she was for parting him with in such scene. Eve never wanted to see him cry and look weak, it was the first time Eve had seen him cry during their marriage.
She raises her hand and touched his face, lovingly touched his cheek and watched him closely, unable to comprehend of his arrival in this world.
When Ilios felt her touches, he watched those eyes looks at him in expectation and adoration that he was caught off guard, he was in so much pain when the look in her eyes showed fear and confusion as he was near, but now the pain was almost as if it was just his imagination that had never been there seeing her watch him with a serene and warm look.
Something inside him stirred and he lifts her chin and leans close.
Rosaria watched him as he moves in and stopped mudway. She was familiar with how their intimate acts works, he won't touched her intimately unless she was completely comfortable with it. He knows when she doesn't want it and when she needs it.
This ways her lover.
He was here now.
" It's okay Ilios, please touch me "
I miss you. I love you.
When their lips touched, Rosaria could almost cry again.
How could she forget the way he kiss and show his affection to her. He was a good kisser who always made her feel loved in her bones.
Ilios kissed her like he had been robbed of her lips for years, it was fierce and hot that Rosaria had to wrap her arms around his neck and matched his pace. He held her small figure closer and held her near his heart, not letting her go. His heated kisses keeps coming in and Rosaria was almost out of breath that she had to weakly pat his back and break free from him.
She leans away and he chuckles when she was red all over, he spares her lucious lips and kissed her cheeks and eyelids, then held her small face as he travel his lips on her neck. He smiles in between his kisses when he hears her moan in pleasure.
She suddenly grab the back of his neck and he was prepared of her demands.
" Ilios, kiss me more " she leans and intimately bites his lower lips, before prying it open and drives in to temp him into more, he was surprised of her bold move but didn't shy away from temptation, he didn't hesitate to obey his small princess.
Ilios almost wanted to strip her off that annoying dress and take her right there then, to ravish her completely and drown themselves in passionate heat of their bodies, but he held this desire within and calm his raging beast.
With his hands greedily holding her waist and the back of her head, he drinks her moans and caress his thumbs on her clothe covered skin. She smiles between kiss and happily bites his lower lip.
Ilios paused and leans away and groans.
" stop being so adorable " he leans his nose into the crook of her neck and inhales her scent, Rosaria chuckles and kissed his head affectionately.
Ilios felt her lips and gave another groan, as he calm himself from doing more.
Rosaria's heart felt full and she wanted to stay close to him and never let go again.
" Rosa " Hr calls her name affectionately as he lets their lips touch, their faces were so close that warm breath mingle, Rosaria could taste of wine mix in their tongue as Ilios gives in to their desire and the scent of citrus and smoke clings on his hard figure.
" my Rosa " he Rosaria had to hold his arms on each side for support as Ilios slowly and takes him time tasting her sweet lips.
" Let me be yours and yours only. Be your pillar of support, your light in the darkest times, and your lover for eternity" he leans back and cups her small face with large hands.
" and you will be mine and my alone. I hope you will give me the chance to become yours, as your man and you will become my woman. " Rosaria looks at his sincere eyes that had deeply looked into hers, gaze which held a degree of love that Alexander had and still has as he is now Ilios of Harthemr.
" Straight forward as always." Rosaria couldn't help but laugh as she remember how he had first confess to her before in her apartment where they finally saw eachother after a long time.
Ilios didn't know about the past world, where they fell in love and he gave her so much happiness for the first time in her life.
He was her one in a million.
And again, he had done the most impossible and now followed Eve to another world.
" I'll be yours " she smiles and then touched the hands holding her face, she kisses on of his palm and interwine their fingers.
" No one else but yours "
Ilios saw her tearful yet beautiful face. Her answer to his confession made him feel the joy of a man who had finally acquired what he had long been searching for.
The Harthemrian prince wipes her tears gently leaned his forehead unto hers, he couldn't belive it was happening. His usually serious face became soft and gaze filled with affection everytime he looks at her.
" Thank you Rosa, I'll treasure you dearly "
Rosaria had still intertwined her fingers together with his and she smiles hearing his words, ever since she came to this world and thought she had forever lost her lover she had found herself easily swept in her emotions.
Lying on the sofa, Rosaria brush his dark hair and smiled as he watches her fondly and hugs her, they stayed like that for a while until she hears a knock on the balcony window.
Rosaria looks at the person outside and saw it was the maid Ilios had dismissed.
" Ilios. Someone's outside."
She pats his shoulder and gesturing for him to properly sit up, but Ilios didn't care of the person at the moment, he would have continued stayed on top of his small princess and embraced her fully.
" Let's talk again, just the two of us later. " she laughs at his antics and pats his shoulder again.
Ilios had wtinkled his brow, like a little child, he wanted to ignore the maid but he didn't want Rosaria to be mad at him, so he sighs in defeat from being interrupted and sat up properly.
He lifts Rosaria up by her waits and settled her on his lap.
The princess ignored the Harthemrian prince's hand that wrapped around her with his head leaning on her shoulder. Nose burried on her neck and lips kissing her visible skin.
" Speak, what is it that made you disrupt my time with my lover " he spoke in their language and Rosaria was clueless on what they were talking.
" pardon my interruption your highness but Rosemond's crown prince is on his way to collect the lady " the maid replied as she lowered her head. Upon hearing this Ilios clicks his tongue in annoyance and relay the message to Rosaria.
Upon hearing it, Rosaria looks at Ilios, Who was now kissing her cheek.
" Don't want me to leave? " She asked and touched his face.
" Come on, people might start to get suspicious of my long absence " she tries to coax him, his displeasure with the interruptions made him furrow his sharp brows. Rosaria chuckles, even when his pissed he looked handsome.
He settles his chin on her shoulder and sighs.
Rosaria looks at the maid and gestures for her to fix her make-up.
When Christopher arrived in the drawing room, he saw his wife seated with her back facing him. She was with two knights who stood on each end of her seat, and one maid stood behind her.
He smiled seeing Rosaria turn her head and look at him.
She smile politely upon seeing him.
" Is there anything wrong your highness? " Rosaria asked Christopher and the maid and knights lowered their head towards him.
Christopher looks at the masked man who stood and lowered his head to greet him but the crown prince lifts his hand and spared him from the formalities. He was more eager to take Rosaria back to the ballroom and away from this person which he had a bad feeling about.
" No need for that " he told the unknown man and hurriedly grabs Rosaria's arm, which earned him a hostile look from the rest of the people inside, especially Ilios, who was already glaring coldly at the blonde man.
" You've been away for too long, the people needs to see your face " Christopher gave his excuses and pulls Rosaria up and drags her out of the room.
Rosaria couldn't say another word when she was interrupted by the blonde prince. She annoying glance at him, who was in a hurry to leave the room and forcefully removed her wrist from his hold.
" I can walk by myself your highness, I appreciate your concerns for our people " Rosaria manage to smile even though she was mentally rolling her eyes upon hearing his excuse to separate Ilios from her.
She looks back to the larger man who had his fist clenched, Rosaria could sense his anger even without seeing his expression behind the mask.
" Thank you for your offer, I'll see you around the palace " She smiled at him to calm him down, and Ilios managed to control his anger.
The man lowered his head towards her and Rosaria then turn to leave, before Christopher could say anything towards Ilios, whom he was not interested in knowing about.
The crown prince didn't care of his origins thinking none can even compete with his status when it comes to being a better match with Rosaria, who also should appreciate her husband's more since he is the only man who can give her the highest status a woman could dream of.
After leaving the room with the knights and maids, Christopher orders one knight and asked for the information of the man in room.
" What did he wants with the princess? What did they talk about? " he wanted immediate answers and the knights didn't hesitate to reply.
Of course, they made up a new answer.
" Your majesty, the man was a member of the noble family and came to sworn loyalty to the princess "
Rosaria walked in silence next to the crown prince of Rosemond as he converse with the knight who Christopher thinks is loyal to his family's blood.
His answer should have made the crown prince's suspicious, but his ego was too high and found nothing wrong with the knights reply as he trusted him that he was truthful to him.
He didn't find anything wrong with their meeting nor he thought Rosaria was with a lover, he either thought Rosaria would forever follow him and kiss his feet or had never imagine for her to fall out of interest in him.
She smiles and looked at Christopher.
" You can talk with the knights later, we don't want to keep the nobles waiting won't we? " She said and the crown prince easily forgotten of his intention to interrogate the knights.
He had spent almost half of the night with Caroline and couldn't shake her off rudely in front of the nobles, fearing Rosaria might hear from them about their relationship. He was annoyed all night but now calmed down as he walks he back to the dancehall, where he knew Rosaria would love being basked of the attention every woman desire.
The night of celebration was still long and he ought to keep her next to him the whole time.
The celebration lasted longer and Rosaria was dragged around by Christopher like a dog on a leash, as if he feared his favorite puppy was going to be taken away by anyone any minute of the night. Rosaria managed to hold her liquor thanks to the system reminding her to keep her drinks into a minimal volume, but Christopher was laughing and drinking wirh his acquaintances and most of them were also friends of Caroline.
He seems to have ignored his wife's existence as they talk as they never included her in the conversation, and Christopher feared that these people will mention Caroline if he ever let the princess converse along. So he purposely didn't introduce her them to her acting as if he had told her about their family names.
It was long night of her keeping her smile and acting like a piece of decorations next to him, until it was close to 1 am in the morning and Christopher was too drunk to even notice Caroline next to Rosaria and was forcing them apart.
" Your highness, it's already late, I've brought you your maids. It seemed that your already tired " she held Christopher's hand that was on Rosaria's back and pushes her to leave. It was done rather impressively, everyone was too drunk to notice their small conversation.
Rosaria sighs in relief and could almost thank Caroline for being smart during this time.
" Thank you, take care of Christopher for me " she says, she sounded sincere but truthfully she was just going by her own script and wanted to create more doubt between them.
Rosaria moves closer and wanted to act like she was going to speak to Christopher but she was just trying to tease Caroline.
The blonde woman's instinct was to keep this silver haired princess away from her lover and glares at her, she takes Christopher's hands and acts as if supporting him from leaning his weight on his side. The men were laughing and were in their own world.
Caroline did an awful job taking care of a drunk person but Rosaria didn't care if they both stumble to the ground together, she leaves the hall and never looked back.
Two familiar maids greeted her and she was escorted back to her room. Rosaria massages her brow and sighs tiredly, all she wanted right now was to change into a more comfortable attire and hesd straight to bed and sleep.
Feet hurting, she slowly walks towards her door and kept her eyes open. She greets two knights stationed outside her room and her maid opens the door.
When the ladies had entered, they immediately close the door and Rosaria was stripped of her articles, which she silently and obediently follow and ushered to bathe in the other room.
She enters the wash room and a warm bath was already waiting for her, the rest of the maids left and Rosaria noticed a new person inside, she was not familiar with was the one attending her. Rosaria was on guard with this maid but the woman was not showing any hint of hostility nor does she looked like she was sent by Caroline to drown her in her small tub.
" Are you attending me tonight?" Rosaria asked and the maid lowered her head and bowed.
" Yes my lady " she replies and Rosaria noticed she didn't call her by Rosaria' title.
The princess was skeptical at first but her tiredness was urging her to be soaked in the warm bath, Rosaria couldn't fight back the urge to settle in the tub.
She lets the maid wash her tired body and massages her sore feet, even unlossen the stiff shoulders and arms, it was honestly relaxing that she was drowsy the whole time she was taken cared off.
It took longer since Rosaria keeps dozing off to sleep and the maid didn't want to be rude and interrupt her. They stayed inside for half an hour before Rosaria decided to leave the tub and head to bed.
As she finished bathing and was dried and ready to bed, the maid stops her before entering her room. Rosaria looks back to her head lowered and she spoke.
" The prince is waiting for you in your bedroom my lady, have a good night "
Rosaria was confused at first, but thinking of her worlds, she didn't say crown prince nor did she address rosaria of title.
The gears in her head turned and she finally understand what the maid meant.
She opens her bedroom door and found no other than Ilios himself, laying on her bed and reading a book, boredly waiting for her arrival.