When I came back to the living room, Kelly was eating in the dining room while discussing Elisabeth and Kingsley."Your mouth seems busy now," I commented and sat down.Kelly rolled her eyes but did not answer me."Alix, I have been asking after you. I came with pepper soup, chicken broth, fried eggs, and juice. Come and eat.""Have I told you how much I love you, dearest mother-in-law?"She shook her head. "No, I would love to hear it.""Well, you are the woman after my own heart, because you make amazing dishes that I love so much, so I love you too."She chuckled, then pushed a plate to me. I sat down and took some of the rice that Kingsley cooked."Woohoo, you must be really hungry," Kingsley said."I am," I answered, then scoped some of the pepper soup into the rice and filled my spoon, and then it went into my mouth."This is so good," I said to Elizabeth, and she smiled."Thank you. I made the dishes by myself.""You are a good cook, then, mama, which is unlike someone I know w
"No reason; the question just popped up in my mind, so I decided to just ask it, but I hope that we catch them."Elizabeth stood up and said, "Give me a minute; let me answer this call."She went outside, and Kelly turned back to me."Yeah, me too. Now tell me about your dinner with your little brother.""It was good, but we did not finish because Kingsley's call came in, but the ass has a mate now.""He does? What's her name?""Ashley and she from the frost wind pack, Zack said, He said that she got him to bend over his knees. Imagine that. She gets him to take things very seriously, which is unlike him."She started laughing. "No way. Do you think that it will work for Stephen? Maybe he just needs a hard woman who would straighten him up.""May that never happen; Stephen is the nightmare you wish on your worst enemy. Stephen won't change for anyone. Instead, he will torment the poor woman till she goes to the mental asylum or kills herself. Besides, Zack is not like Stephen.""I kno
Rosette pov"Of course, Brian. Also, I tried my hand at cooking today. It was amazing, and I still have some leftovers here with me. Wait, let me get it." She said that, placed the phone on the table, and turned on the loudspeaker."Was it really good?" He asked her."Yes, can't you hear me eating it?""Rosette, the truth?""No, it was not good; I already poured it away. This is the food I bought."He started to laugh. "You are a clown, but I have to go.""What? But we just started talking.""Sorry, Rosy, but we have a lot happening right now, and I am the head of the guards.""I know, but I miss you. I kind of wish that you were not the commander of guards or whatever, that you are just my Brian."He chuckled. "I am just your Brian, beautiful. Just yours; I will be back before you know.""That's what you say all the time, but still stay there for a long time," she said sadly."What would you have me do? Retire and come home, or what?""Nothing, just stay on the phone with me for a lit
After all the drinking and cursing, we were trashed, When I sat down to rest a bit, the door of the booth opened. Due to the light inside the booth, we did not notice that it was already dark."Kingsley" Kelly stood up and rushed to him. He grabbed her because she was swaying on her feet."Get the princess too," I heard him say to someone, and when the person moved to where I was, I recognized him as Dean."Dean, long time no see," I said, then grabbed his clothesHe pulled me into his arms, trying to carry me in bridal style, but I pushed his hands off."Reagan would not like you touching me."He smiled. "Yes, but he is not here, and you are trying too drunk to walk back home by yourself."For some reason, reminding my drunk self that my mate was not here and his cousin was the one taking care of me made me feel somehow, so the water dam in my eye opened."I know. He is so angry with me and is in New York, and he wouldn't let me explain."Dean hugged me again, rubbing my head."Alix,
Kingsley's povAfter he exited Alix's room that night, he walked to the kitchen instead of returning to his room because he wanted to speak to his brother and he could not risk walking his mate up.He called Reagan, who picked it up after it rang for a while."What?" He said, No greetings or anything. He has been cranky these days since he left for the business meeting that he could have come home from if he wanted, but because he did not need to be around Alix, he started using it as an excuse to run away from his problems.Kingsley pretended to be panicking. "Reagan, it's Alix, she... Oh my goodness.""What is wrong with her?" he asked immediately."She, she... Oh, my Reagan, Reagan."He cursed from the phone, "Out with it. Is she harmed?""No, but she is in a bad state because of... I can't bring myself to say it out loud.'"For f*ck sake, Kingsley, what is wrong with Alix? Do I need to call my father so he can be a man and tell me what the hell is wro
The next morning, before it was six o'clock, Rosette left to deliver the herb to the hospital. The woman, Shea, is a friend of Brian and had spotted the herb that helped heal wounds the day she visited them, but it had not been sun-dried, so she offered to bring it to her at the hospital.When she arrived, Shea was standing in front of the hospital. She rushed to her and tapped her."Rosette, good morning.""Good morning, Shea; here is the herb.""Thanks; I could have come to collect it."Rosette scoffed. "I told you that I will bring it, and it is already here. So take it already."She collected the herb and then hugged her. "Thank you. I feel so well knowing that Brian has someone like you. He used to be so cold and had no one and followed the prince everywhere, but now when he stops at the hospital for an errand or something, he will not stop talking about you, his mate, and also discuss it like a man in love."Rosette smiled shyly because she figured that it was what she wanted t
"Alix, pass me the chili," Kelly said and I handed it to her."Thanks," she replied, then put a little over her food."I can't believe that you are still putting pepper on top of the food," Kingsley said."And why is that?" She asked him."Because I am eating the food with you and the food is already so spicy, I do not understand why you are adding more pepper to it."She rolled her eyes and said, "Leave me alone, king; I just want more pepper. I do not see what is wrong with that. Or is there?"He shook his head. "No, baby. Sorry, my bad. Will you forgive me?"Kelly was just about to talk when I interrupted her."Can you both stop shoving your lovey-dovey shit in my face? I am trying to eat here.""No, we can't." She answered me and started kissing him."Disgusting. That shit is disgusting. Do you know how many bacteria can be spread through the mouth?"Kingsley scoffed. "I do not see you complain about bacteria when my brother is kissing you and filling you up."I shrugged. "That wa
What was Reagan doing here? And why is he looking at me like that?I thought that he was still in New York and had no hopes of coming back. That he was so mad at me that he would not mind staying over there forever.I held his gaze, trying to get him to lower his face but he being Reagan refused to do so, He just kept looking at me with a smirk, I hissed and turned to the other side but he came into my line of vision again but he was talking with someone, probably an elder and laughing. I rolled my eyes this time and leaned my head on the table, trying to calm my drumming heart that refused to be still even though I just downed a glass of juice beside me. When lying there, I kept throwing glances at him, but I did it discreetly so I would not be caughtHe had a stubble now; his stubble is usually shaved, and it took him a maximum of three days to shave again, but this time. It looks like he hasn't shaved in a week or something.He was wearing his usual black clothes, a back shirt and