Chapter 10


    I didn’t stop until I was behind the closed doors of my room and I let out a sigh as I leaned against


    the wall. What the hell was I thinking? What the hell was I doing? How did I end up almost kissing


    Jaxon? I was supposed to be pissed off at him; I was pissed off at him.


    I med it on the stupid mate bond between us. I had never rejected him and he had never rejected


    me. In fact, he had never even acknowledged the fact that we were mates but there I was, about to


    kiss him like a bitch in heat.


    I let out a groan of frustration and walked over to my bed so I could bury my face into the pillows. I


    heard footsteps outside my door and even without the person speaking, I knew it was Jaxon. I held


    my breath and waited for him to leave. He stood at the door for a while. I could see his footsteps


    through the gap in the floor but after a few minutes, he turned on his heels and walked away.


    Even though I knew he was gone, I couldn’t bring myself to move. I just sat there on the bed until


    sleep took me and the next thing I knew, it was morning.


    I was not eager to leave the room and neither was I eager to meet Jaxon. I knew that something


    dramatic had shifted between us yesterday because now he knew that I was attracted to him. He


    knew that I wanted to kiss him and I wasn’t sure what he would use that piece of information for.


    I was still thinking about what was going to happen and what I was doing when I heard a slight


    knock on my door. I was so confused as to who it was that I couldn’t even tell the person toe


    in. Thankfully, the person opened the door themselves and I was shocked to see a maid walking in


    with a bouquet of flowers in her hands.


    I stared at her and the flowers suspiciously and she walked over to my bed and ced them in the


    jug that was by my bed. She didn’t say a word while she was doing all those things and it was when


    she made to leave that I realized that if I didn’t stop her, she was not going to say a thing.


    “What is this?” I asked and she froze by the doorway. “I didn’t ask for these flowers. Why did you


    bring them here?”


    “His majesty asked me to bring them,” she said as if it was the simplest thing in the world and I


    raised a brow. “li that is all-”


    “When did he give that order?” I knew my questions probably sounded stupid but I couldn’t help


    myself. I was curious, I was shocked and overall I was covered in disbelief. I would have never


    expected this kind of gesture from Jaxon of allpeople.


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    “Last night,” she said simply. “He instructed that you should always have fresh flowers in your


    room.”


    I could see that she was fidgeting because she wanted to leave so I nodded and waved her off. No


    sooner than I made the gesture, she was out of the room. She didn’t even bother shutting the door


    behind her.


    I got up and closed the door and I couldn’t help but stare at the flowers. They were beautiful, I didn’t


    know what type they were but they were small and white and they smelled really nice too. I forced


    myself to look away from them and get changed and once I was dressed for the day, I made my


    way out of the room.


    I got to the dining room and saw that both Jaxon and Kiara were there. They had their tes piled


    up in front of them but neither of them had touched their food. Once Kiara saw me, she let out a


    loud sigh as if she had been waiting for a long time.


    “I was waiting forever mummy,” she drawled. “Daddy said that you were going to cut my food.”


    I turned to Jaxon with a raised brow wondering why he didn’t do it for her but instead, he picked up


    her te and dropped it in front of me.


    “I thought you had started doing it for her,” I began almost dismissively as I began slicing up her


    sandwich. “What changed today?”


    “It’s your thing with her,” he said without even looking up at me. “I should never have interfered.”


    I was so shocked by his words that the knife fell out of my eyes. Both of them turned to me and I


    covered it up b clearing my throat and going back to the food but Jaxon already caught my eyes


    and he knew.


    I ignored him for the rest of breakfast. Or at least, I tried to but it was hard considering that he was


    sitting right. next to me and Kiara kept trying to strike up a conversation between the three of us.


    She waspletely oblivious to what was going on and all she cared about was the new doll house


    that Jaxon had built for her.


    I was very relieved when she was done eating because it meant that we could leave the table. I


    made to leave with her when Jaxon’s arm wrapped around my wrist. I turned to face him and I could


    tell he wanted to speak to me. Somehow, I knew it was aboutst night on the terrace and I was not


    ready to admit it out loud so I jerked my wrist out of his grip and turned to Kiara.


    “Come, let’s go check out your doll house,” I said and she practically squealed as she grabbed my


    arm and pulled me out of the dining room.


    I regret to say that I couldn’t focus on anything. Kiara told me about the doll house and how she


    built it with Jaxon’s help. She told me about the dolls and all their names but all I could do was


    stare at the pink walls of her room and see how excited she was.


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    She was finally living the kind of life that she deserved, the life that was befitting of a princess. She


    had a wardrobe filled with clothes that I didn’t even know when Jaxon had the time to get for her.


    She had a vanity and a bed of her own which was twice the size of the one we had in our


    apartment. She was smiling without a care in the world and I couldn’t help but think of how cruel it


    would be to force her to endure the kind of life we did


    before.


    “Mummy,” she said and my eyes snapped back to hers. “Are you listening to me?”


    “Yes I am,” I lied and I stered on the fakest smile I could muster. “Your doll house is really pretty


    and it is very big.”


    It wasrger than I thought it would be. Sitting on the floor, it was taller than I was. Kiara was


    enamored by it and she continued to point out various things.


    “Kiara,” I began and she turned to me. I softly tapped the space beside me and she wasted no time


    before she took a seat. “Do you like it here? Would you ever want to go back to that town?”


    “No way,” she wasted no time before responding. “I love daddy’s castle. He told me that I’m his


    princess and that one day I’m going to be Queen. I don’t want to go back to the town. Is daddy


    taking us back there? Please don’t


    let him take us.”


    “He’s not taking us back,” I said and I saw her let out a sigh of relief. I felt my chest clench inside me


    and I forced myself to my feet. “I have to go talk to your dad, I’ll be right back.”


    She practically waved me off as she went back to her doll house. I walked away from the room


    slowly and I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going because I bumped into Jaxon. The force


    of our collision forced me backwards and I would have fallen on my a*s if not for his hand that


    wrapped around my waist and kept me steady.


    I could feel the heat of his skin on mine and I swallowed deeply as I gazed up into his dark eyes that


    were staring into me. There was something hidden beneath his gaze and I couldn’t figure it out.


    “Are you okay?” he asked, his voice huskier than usual and I nodded as I slowly detangled myself


    from him.


    “We need to talk,” I said and he opened his m*uth to speak but I held out a hand to stop him. “Let


    me talk and allow me finish before you say a word.”


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    He looked like he wanted to protest but then he sighed, nodded and crossed his arms over his


    chest. Before I could lose my courage and forget everything that I wanted to say, I opened my


    m*uth.


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