Prince Zod pulled her close and whispered into her ears. "Would you like us to take this inside?" he asked.
Chloe smiled, "You are the one with the authority here, anything you want to do to me or with me, I accept."
Prince Zod was satisfied with the answer she gave, he was about to kiss her when the door opened, revealing Xenia with a shock expression on her face. Chloe quickly composed herself but Xenia already saw what she needed to see.
"Chloe, her majesty wants you..." she sends her a disgusting look. "...after you through with whatever it is you are doing." she didn't need to look at the Prince to know he was smirking. She bowed her head and left.
"I hate that girl."
I like her. Prince Zod thought with a smile on his face. "I see you have to leave." He touches her face with his fingers then stroked it down to her jaw and lifted up her jaw to get a clearer look at her eyes and lips. "We will do this later?" he asked and Chloe nodded. Chloe closed her eyes, expecting a kiss on her lips but she opened her eyes when she felt his fingers leaving her face. "You should get going."
Awkwardly, she bowed her head and left while the Prince settled down to enjoy his meal.
Xenia was in the garden tending to the flowers when a thought of her encounter with Lucas surfaced and she couldn't help but smile. "How I miss you so much." She plucked his favorite flower and sniffed it.
"Anyone seeing you like that would think you are thinking of someone dear to you."
She turned and saw it was Lucas. She didn't know when the flower fell from her hand. He walked slowly to meet her and grabbed her by the hand and gave a light kiss on her knuckles. Xenia couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality but she wished it never comes to an end.
This is a perfect time to tell him how she really felt, she thought. "Lucas, there's something I need to tell you," she began. "I don't know what this is and I have never experienced this before but I don't understand why my heart flutters when I am near you and why my stomach churns with excitement when I think about you. You make me feel something I have never felt before and it's a beautiful thing. I wish this never ends. If this is what people call love then I..."
"Someone seeing you like this would think you are in love."
She closed her eyes and opened it only to find Prince Zod standing in front of her.
Was she day dreaming? She asked herself. She pinched herself several times and when she saw it was Prince Zod in front of her, she became disappointed and went back to tending the flowers.
"I guess I am not the person you are expecting." Prince Zod told her.
Xenia ignored his presence. She knew it was rude too but the little respect she might have had for him, he lost it by trying to be intimate with Chloe. She wondered if it was someone else and not Chloe, would the respect still be there?
"I am sure I am talking to someone?"
Xenia turned to him and asked, "Is there particular flower you are looking for?"
She was in the garden and from what she remembers, she doesn't recall them having a meeting so it's obvious that if he visited the garden, he needs flowers.
"Yes actually and that's why I came here." He answered.
"What type of flower do you want?" Xenia asked.
"Xenia flower."
His answer made Xenia turn to look at him, "What kind of flower is that?"
"It's um, a beautiful and delicate flower. An example of one is..." he tried to pick a flower which Xenia's eyes moved to but instead, he grabbed her hand and kissed it. "...you."
Xenia quickly removed her hand, plucked the flower she needed and left the garden.
Prince Zod turned to watch her leave and so many times, Xenia had to turn back to make sure she wasn't being followed.
Chloe was helping the Queen dress her hair when she saw everything that transpired between Xenia and Prince Zod. She wondered why the Prince never treated her like that. He was this close to kissing but he didn't and she didn't know why.
"Chloe, do you realize you are tying my hair into knots?" The queen said which made her concentrate on the hair.
"I apologize your majesty." She quickly loosed the knots and dressed the hair properly after she was done, she begged to take her leave.
"You can leave."
Chloe quickly left the room and when she met Xenia on the way, she blocked her path.
Xenia sighed. "I am not in the mood for this, Chloe."
"After the kiss, how would you be in the mood?"
Xenia bit her lips. She was getting pissed off but she decided not to lose her cool. "You can keep your Prince. In fact if you can tie him down with your body, I'll be glad you do 'cos I don't have any interest in having him around me. Use your body to hold him down since that's what you know how to do best." she was about to leave when Chloe pulled her by the hair causing her to drop the bouquet of flower on the floor.
"Who are you to talk to me in that manner?" Chloe asked, still pulling her hair.
"Let go, Chloe!" Xenia warned.
"And if I don't, what will you do?"
"Chloe, let go of my hair." Xenia warned again.
"I won't."
Xenia grabbed Chloe's hand that was pulling her hair and twisted it behind her back, making her grunt in pain and she pushed her almost making her to hit her head on the wall in front of her.
"Thank your stars I didn't aim at the wall." she picked her flowers and went to the Queen 's room.