She turned her face away again and he stared at her in disappointment.
"Are you scared of me?." He left her waist and sat still.
Seeing him remove his hand from her waist she looked at him in worry.
"The rumors are scary."She said.
"Do you believe I could hurt you?.He asked.
"You're rumored to be the Demon Your highness." She averted her gaze.
"In other words you believe I could hurt you? Cause of the stories you've heard about me?."He looked hurt but tried not to show it.
"That's not it Your Highness." She stared at his face.
"Thought your thoughts about me changed while I was away. Disappointed you see me as a beast." He looked away. "Just take your time." He rose and left the room.
It was time for Dinner and she went to the Dinning Room expecting Lorcan to be there but he wasn't. Was he maybe avoiding her?That was her thought.
"Where is his Highness?." She asked a guard standing.
"He's in the garden. He has a visitor and he wouldn't wish to be disturbed Your Highness." He bowed.
She looked into the garden and spotted a Man with a lady in Royal Robes. He was putting a strand of hair that fell on her face behind her ears and he looked deep into her eyes.
Seeing this she was fuming. She stood looking at them from a distance. She couldn't see their faces but The Guard Told her His Highness was the one seated with the lady.
She walked back to The Chambers and slept. She knew he wouldn't come. He was having fun so why would he? She forced herself to sleep.
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The Next Morning she woke up to see Lorcan standing looking out of the window.
She was already mad and promised herself not to talk to him for leaving her last night.
She climbed out of the bed and walked to the Closet just to get his attention. She made a lot of noises so he'd knew that she was awake.
He turned to look at her. "Good Morning Wife." He grinned and she just ignored and walked into the bathroom where the maids where already there waiting to bathe her.
He stood still for some time then went into the bathroom.
The maids were behind her washing her arms while the other washed her hair.
"I just don't understand His Highness Xenia. He treats me well but I feel I'm not at all good enough." She told.
"He's a Prince My Lady." She replied.
"Yes I know that. But still, he doesn't care about how I feel." She raised her arm letting the maid wash her properly.
"You should admit you like him My Lady otherwise where would the jealousy come from?." Xenia teased leaving Reina in her thoughts.
The maid at the side looked behind and her eyes widened. Xenia noticed it and turned to look behind to see His Highness standing there.
She wanted to greet but he put his finger on his lips asking her to be quiet.
He waved his hands and she smiled and left and the other maid followed.
"He's My husband I should feel jealous when I see him with another woman. I just don't like it when he leaves me alone at night. You already know I'm always scared staying alone at night. Not just that, I don't want any woman close to him." She sounded like a protective wife and Lorcan just smiled at her.
"You aren't saying anything Xenia."
Reina was completely naked but the soap water covered her breast and only her head to her chest were visible.
"Mmm.." that was what Lorcan could say.
Reina wondered why Xenia's hand became suddenly hard and why was she caressing her like that.
She was convinced that was the exact way Lorcan touched her but why would she have the exact touches?
"Why is your hand suddenly hard Xenia and you've got His Highness touches." She smiled at herself but then her smile varnished when she remembered seeing him with that woman last night.
"I don't even want to talk to him. You know why? I saw him with a woman yesterday at the Garden and he was caressing her." She said with a frown and it made Lorcan wondered when he left to the garden and with who was he with? He never went to the garden. He was in his chamber.
"I never went to the garden Wife." He whispered in her ears and her eyes widened then she quickly turned to look at him.
"Your highness?." She reached out to her Towel and covered her chest. She looked around to check for Xenia and the other maid but they weren't there. Then she turned at angrily at him
"What are you doing here? And why did you dismiss The Maids?." She glared.
"Are you angry with me?." He asked.
"I don't want to speak to you." She turned her face away.
"I did nothing to offend you but you always love getting angry with me Wife." He stared blankly at her.
"You don't know what you did?." She wanted to yell but some part of her was scared of him. He was her husband not some guard.
"I don't remember doing something wrong."
"You left me last night to go be with Some woman at the garden that was the wrong you made." She halted and glanced at him then she turned away again.
"You played with her hair but you've never played with mine. Isn't my hair beautiful? Or you just love blonde. What does she have that I don't?." She didn't know when these words came out of her mouth. It was just to much. She needed to end this now! He can't keep making her feel insecure.
"Well I'm sorry Wife but I don't remember doing that." This man was so calm. His voice alone was so melodic.
"I searched for you everywhere. A guard pointed to the garden saying that you had company and wouldn't want to be disturbed. You were with a blonde woman." Her eyes were a bit teary now but no she wouldn't let him know how hurt she was.
"I was in My Chamber the whole night." He said.
"I guess I'm blind then."
"No you're not Wife. I saw Lysander walking to the garden. Maybe he was the one you saw and not me. One of his Wives is blonde and I'm certain the guard said "His Highness" not Prince Lorcan. We all are Highnesses so I think you're mistaken Wife."
When he said that, that was when she had some thoughts. He might be right. She was just angry for no reason.
"Oh. So Why then did you leave me last night." She looked up at him.
"Well..." he caressed her face. "You said you didn't want me." He stopped.
"I never said that." She shook her head.
"You don't like me but still you're jealous and angry over nothing."
Yes he maybe is right. She was jealous so jealous that she boiled each time she saw a woman close to him.
"I was just being concerned." She looked away and before she knew it he was inside the pool looking at her. His hair was damp and it fell on his chest.
That was the first time they were in the pool together. She covered her chest with the towel leaving no little view of her chest for him to look at.
"What are you doing Wife?." He looked at the way she protected her chest from his eyes.
"I think I'm done bathing." She turned to get out of the pool when he held her waist and drew her to his chest maki in g her face him.
"Where do you think you're going?." He whispered. Her arm were around his neck as she let out a short gasp.
The way he held her made her feel really safe. She liked it. She liked how he held her like that.
"Your Highness." She tried to pull free.
"No Wife. You wanted this, you asked for it." He grinned.
"I.." she halted when he put a finger on her lips stopping her from talking. Then he stared at it and caressed it.
"Don't move Wife." He ordered with his eyes not leaving her lips. After a long stare he crawled his fingers to her hair and sniffed it with a smile.
"What is he doing?." She said to herself as the hairs on her body stood straight.
He gently pushed strands of hair that fell on her face behind her ears. The way he touched her made her want to ask him not to stop cause it made her whole body tingle.
"W..what are you doing?." She averted her gaze not wanting to look at his eyes.
"You complained that I don't play with your hair. So that's what I'm doing." He continued to play.
"Cause I thought it was you. I didn't know it was Prince Lysander." She struggled to speak.
"Well now you know. At least I now know you love when I play and touch you." His eyes studied her face.
Oh lord here comes the butterflies in her tummy again. She looked at him and creased her brow. "Your eyes are burning." She said in a whisper.
He grabbed the back of her neck, pulling her face close to his. She could feel his warm breath on her face as she tried to maintain eye contacts.
"Not only are my eyes burning. My entire body is burning with need Reina." He said as his gaze travelled down to her lips.
She wondered what he was going to do. She was so nervous that she heard her heart pound in her ears. He leaned in and pressed his lips on hers just when she was about kissing him back he pulled away and moved away from her avoiding her gaze.
She wondered what she did that made him react the way he did. Was her breath bad?
Her stomach growled and it interrupted her thought.
"You must be hungry, come eat I'll be waiting for you at the Dinning." He came out of the pool and left.
She smelled her breath but it wasn't bad so why didn't he let her kiss him?.