Nineteen
"It wasn't an order, it was a request!" -He's rude.
— I don't think that my husband's "friend" has the right to make requests of me! - I'm sarcastic. -Excuse me, I'm going to have fun!
I walk away from him, blending into the crowd.
In an attempt to drown my anger, I have a few drinks and make small talk. I see my security guard in the corner of the room with his friends, enjoying his day off with a glass of wine in hand. That was the perfect occasion for me to approach him without having to worry about formalities.
- Our! - he commented as soon as he saw me approaching.
- Damn! - she commented.
- Good night boys!
"B-good night..." he replied looking at my legs.
— He cut his hair... -he notices fascinated.
- Did you like it?
— Did I like it? He looks at me with water in his mouth. -Rather not answer!
"He means you're hot as fuck, lady!"
"Girl?"
Piter turns red with rage, staring at his friend with a surreal look.
— I was going to ask you to keep me company, but it's better that you stay here with your friends... - I say embarrassed, turning my back.
— Mila! - He calls me, but I don't pay attention.
- Look look! - poked the other. -What ass is this...
- Our...
- What did you say?
I hear his irritated tone and turn to them, seeing my bodyguard face to face with the other guy.
"Repeat what you fucking said!"
"Shit, they're going to end up crashing my party!"
"What is it, crazy man?" -rebutted at the same level. -Didn't you like that I told you about your girl?
"She's not a girl!" - she replied. -She's so stupid that she doesn't even know who she is!
- I know! -he spoke. -She's a fucking hottie, it made my balls hurt just to see that ass!
"Fuck!"
The two imbeciles start laughing until I see Piter lose control. He shoves the other guy in the chest and I run up to the three of them grabbing my bouncer's wrist out of midair.
— Mila!
At these times I have to thank Benjamin, because if I were human, I certainly wouldn't have been able to hold that punch.
- Don't do that! I say still holding his hand.
“Ridiculous! - mocked. - Your little girlfriend had to come save you, did she?
"God, forgive me for wanting to kill these guys!"
"FUCKING RESPECT HER!" - he shouted out of control.
— Piter! - I try to calm him down, feeling his heart rate beat with hate. -It's not worth it, let them talk.
"Listen to her, you piece of shit!"
"Can you shut up?" I turn, starting to lose control of my body.
— Mila! - came out suddenly, causing the four of us to resume our posture. - I finally found you, my love!
Thomas circles my body in an intimate embrace, while Carl and Antony gape at us.
— I only managed to find you because Benjamin told me he had changed his look!
- I'm sorry, it was supposed to be a surprise, but I ended up getting involved...
"Is she the Queen?" -whispered.
"Yeah, fuck it!" - he mumbled.
"He also told me about your clothes..." he revealed, looking me up and down.
"I can't believe Benjamin had the nerve to go to Thomas just to talk about my clothes!"
"I didn't know it was a problem!"
- And it's not! - he replies surprising me.
- It is not?
"Wait, did I hear that right?"
— Everyone already knows you're mine, so there's no reason to mess with your clothes!
- License! -she said placing her hand between us. - Your Majesty, I want to say that it is a pleasure to meet you. He holds out his hand to Thomas, expecting a shake.
"Do I know you, boy?" - looked at him with disgust.
Piter, who doesn't miss the opportunity, covers his mouth in an attempt to cover his laughter.
— No sir, but I'm your fan! - she explained happily. -Too short the history of your family and all the macabre terror that happened with your parents.
This was neither the time nor the occasion to talk about Thomas's parents. It was a world-famous subject, but one that even I avoided asking. Anything took his patience, small details were already able to make him extremely irritated, so talking about Dastan Clifford and Serena Clifford was practically impossible. Thomas missed his parents very much and to make matters worse, his position as King made him remember every day that he took the place of the one who cannot say goodbye. No one would expect a five-year-old child to have to assume a throne, but he did just days after his parents were murdered and mysteriously taken away. No one knows for sure what happened, everyone was caught off guard when they announced the disappearance of the bodies and the coronation of their only son. what we know, it's just that since Dalnallia was built, only the Clifford's have ruled and when it came time for Thomas, Dastan and Serena's eldest son, he was too young, having to take on unbelievable responsibilities. It is said that the grandfather, the one who was King before his father, helped him rule until he was old enough, but after that, the old man was never heard from again.
"Shut up you idiot!" - scolded the friend. -How do you talk about the guy's parents like that?
— From the "guy"?
"What idiots. One worse than the other!"
"Piter, who are these two?"
— Y-are —
- Intruders! - I answer for my security guard who would obviously be fired if I told the truth.
"Yes, intruders!" she confirmed.
— The security guards were going to put them out, but Piter and I decided to be polite by accompanying them to the exit so as not to raise any gossip or agitation.
"You've done well, dear!"
"I did?"
"Guys, what's going on with my husband?"
— This is a big party, so anything would already be news in the newspaper!
"That's what I thought!" -I lie.
"I'm going to distract some people, and in the meantime I want you to get these two to the gates!"
"But already?" she complained.
- Now yes!
— Mila! -He's firm.
- Yes?
"I'm just letting you out there without an escort because you already know the terrain, but if I find out you went out the gates, I—"
- I will not leave! -I say.
“Don't break my trust. It's hard enough letting you ride that horse around.
“She will be with me, my King. I promise nothing will happen to her!
"Wow, it feels like I'm going to Narnia!"
'I'm just going to the gates, Thomas!'
— The distance between the gates and the palace is ideal for someone to take you away from me!
It's a shame he doesn't know that the only person capable of taking me away from him was himself.
"Okay, we'll be right back, I promise!"
His reaction made my brain freeze a thousand times. I didn't expect my "death" to make him so clingy and careful. It took me dying for him to show some kind of affection.
"Or some kind of regret!"
With the palace full, no one seems to notice the four of us leaving. My goal was actually to get away from all that temptation, which kept poking at my empty stomach.
Piter makes a point of staying by my side, while his "friends" were whispering a few steps ahead. He looked at me all the time, but he didn't say anything either, I could see that he was afraid of being corrected, or hurt by me. He might have his mature moments, but when it came to feelings he was way too sensitive.
“Why did you do that? - I try to break the silence.
“The push? -he understand.
- Yes!
- You know why!
"But was that for show, or because you were really jealous?"
- What do you think?
"As usual he never takes anything seriously!"
— I don't know, if I'm asking it's because I want to find out, huh!
“What do you want to know, Mila? -He's pretty pissed off.
— Nothing, Peter!
"Now you speak!" - ordered.
"It was stupid of me to come all this way!" -I regret.
- He arrives! -he stops suddenly in the middle of the path, out of sight of everyone. -Why don't you just say what you want?
— Peter...
We were facing each other and I watched his friends out of the corner of my eyes, trying to make him understand that we weren't alone.
"Fuck them!" he pointed out. -Say what we are to each other, because I can't stand being so close to you and not being able to touch you, and kiss your mouth...
"Did he get her yet?" -whispered.
— I doubt it, he's too soft for that!
- I do not know what to say...
I really didn't know, everything and especially Benjamin, left me very confused about what I felt and if I felt anything. My problem wasn't just this new phase, it was also these strange feelings that I was still getting to know. Whenever I come close to solving one problem, another one comes along and knocks me back to the ground. It feels like I'm always fighting on a battlefield, where the enemy never loses his weapons.
"Do you like me, Mila?"
- Of course I like!
"Do you really like it?"
"I...I don't know what it really is, Piter...
He grabs my face in both of his hands and fixes his eyes into mine.
"If I wanted to hold your hand, would you hold mine too?"
- Yes...
"And if I was really cold, would you be able to hold me and try to warm me up?"
- Of course!
"What if I kissed your mouth right now?"
"That boy always leaves me speechless, it's impressive!"
I've never known anyone who managed to have a perfect balance between their mature and immature sides.
"Go, go, go run!"
"Damn it!"
Carl and Antony run into the garden when they realize they have the opportunity. They run away in an attempt to cause more confusion, causing Piter and I to run after them.
- Hell!
"Why are you friends with these assholes?"
—CARL! -shouted. -ANTONY!
The direction has completely changed, two minutes ago we were near the gates and now we are in the middle of the garden, meters from the palace.
"We'd better go back and warn security!"
It was already dawn, it was very cold and scary.
— Don't leave here, I'll look for them! -she said pulling away from me.
- What? - I follow. -I will not be alone in this dark!
— Mila! -he turns to me boiling with accumulated hatred. -If you come with me and something happens, I'll never be able to forgive myself for that. Then stay here by this damn tree and wait for me to come back.
— There are two of them, Piter, if we go together it will be easier!
- Easy? -debated. -With that jump? - she said pointing to my foot.
I rip my heels off my feet, tossing them onto the icy grass.
"Put it back!" - he ordered.
"Wasn't the heels the problem?"
"Do you really think I'm going to let you walk all over this garden barefoot?" - she asked picking up my shoes on the floor. -Thomas kills me if you even smudge your foot polish!
"How unfair!"
- Stay here! - he ordered going towards the walls of vines.
I put my heels back on and sit by the tree, shivering in the wet leaves and icy wind. What was supposed to be a welcome home party turned into a dark and lonely night. Maybe if I had just followed the initial plan which was to kill my husband, things wouldn't have gone as wrong as they are going now.
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