His Hidden Mate

Seven

Chapter Seven

My heart is just beating hard against my chest and I have this question that I'm asking myself, but I really cannot find it in me to actually bring the word on and ask him myself and ask him how does he know my name? Because if he made no sense. I definitely had perfect memories of yesterday and of the day's events, and I clearly remember that not once had Ona called me by my name.

She had never mentioned it. She had never called my name ought for him to hear, and he had left soon after, so how on earth would he know my name?

“Wait, how do you know her name?” Ona questions on my behalf. As though she had actually read my mind and realized that I could not have the gut to ask that question myself. She must know me so well. She must know that I'm dying to know, but I clearly cannot have the bravery to actually just ask the question.

“Are you seriously not going to answer my question?” He Doesn't even bother to look at her. He's just staring at me, pinning me to the car, and I just look around me, not so sure what to say to him.

I have to think of a lie, good life. Come on! just think on your feet!.

Getting the words out of my mouth is already a struggle, a huge one.

“ I have to, I have to”. I just stutter and it's just hard to think of things.

“ I have duties in a different district,” I suddenly say, and I realized that it is not actually so bad this decision that I went with to say that I have work in a different district. It definitely makes sense.

“Good to know, you're not going there.” He says before he walks away from that spot, leaving me feeling like I had not been beaten the whole time that he was near me. It just feels like my lungs are finally getting I'll after he's not that close to me. Why did he insist on making me nervous like this? Did he really enjoy this and why was he's so interested in me? Why did he want to know where I was going and why was he telling me that I was not going? And all that effort to get an answer for me only to tell me that I am not going there? What was that all about?

Then what was he talking about? I had to do as Queen. Kate had asked me if I did not want to be in trouble.

“What are you doing? What do you mean she's not going there? What's going on?” Ona questions and he just simply answers without saying anything else.

“ so the both of you are coming with me.”

Ona not just widens her eyes. Her jaw drops the floor and she gasps.

“What? What did you say? This is definitely beyond you. I have heard so many things about you, how you think you know what's best for everyone, where you stay. But I will tell you this. This is my home and this is my body. You will not force me to go with you. You cannot force me to marry you. I know that for sure!” She says to him, crossing her arms over her chest with so much attitude and he just smirks at her, laughing to himself.

“ You definitely love to flatter yourself. Come in or I will have my men abduct you” . He says to her and her stern face just turns into confusion.

“What are you talking about?” She questions.

“I'm not going to force you to marry me, just come with me.” He says and Ona just looks very shocked, very sneaky.

“Where do you think he's taking us?” She finally asked me and I just shrugged my shoulders.

I have no idea what on earth what's happening right now. I just wanted to get the clarification. I was not so sure if I should listen to him or listen to Queen Kate. He definitely had more authority, seeing as his Kingdom was more powerful, but still, it felt like he would leave me to deal with Queen Kate sooner or later if I decided to do something that she had not told me to do.

“I came here to collect the samples myself, make sure that they're clearly taken from her and from your parents, but it appears they have already schemed to hide it. They cannot be trusted anymore. Just come with me”. He says before he opens the doors of the car that he came out of, and I'm just surprised that he's doing it.

“ Hurry up.” He says and Ona just smiles at me.

“I love this, this is fun”. She whispers in my ear before getting into the car.

Easy for her to say when his eyes don’t make you feel like you are going to lose your mind!

I'm just looking around me just wondering if it's going to backfire. Of course it was easy for Ona to just get in and hope for the best, but I could not do that. I had to remember who I was. I remember that he did not met her. If I was with her I would definitely get the biggest punishment and she would get away with it.

“ Just come on in!”. She yells before pulling my hand and forcing me to get into the car with her. After I do so, Prince Ethan sits right next to me and closes the door before he leans forward to talk to his driver.

“Go talk to the driver, make sure he understands what's at stake.” He says to him and soon the driver walks out and heads to the driver that was supposed to be taking me back to my grandmother's house. They are talking for what appears to be a minute, and soon after the driver that was meant to be taking me to my grandmother's house goes back to the boot and brings my suitcase out, putting it in the car that we were in instead. What's actually happening?

What was this? Was this an escape or was this me just digging myself into a deep park rave? I just had no idea what to assume of the situation. But one thing was for sure, this was way too much for me to handle. I could not handle the fact that he was sitting next to me like that. I could not handle the fact that he was touching me. Even if it was not him intentionally touching me, the fact that a part of his thigh was touching mine. I really felt like I could not breathe right now.

“We have to hurry up before anyone sees us.” I suddenly blurt out as the fear overwhelms me.

“Exactly! Prince Ethan, do not get my best friend in trouble!” Ona yells, and soon the cars are out of the gate. It feels like it is very impossible that we have actually gotten away with this. It feels like there is definitely something that is going to happen, something very bad. I feel nervous, I feel like I can't breathe.

How was he doing this to me? And I still felt like I could almost throw up because of how nervous I was. He turned his head to the side to stare at the both of us, and that only killed me even more.

“Listen to me very carefully. You do not say a word about this until I tell you to. Until I give you the clear that you can. You will be staying at my designated house, the one your parents built for me, for when I visit your Kingdom. No one will bother you there. That is where you will be staying until I tell you that You can go back to the palace, back to your palace.” He says to the both of us.

And I am just staring at him in utter disbelief. It felt like instead of listening to what he was saying carefully, which I had to be doing, which I had to because it was definitely very important for me to do so, it felt like I was just staring at his features instead. How perfectly crafted his lips were. His nose, his eyes and his chiseled jaw. When did he get this handsome? I mean even yesterday when I was looking at him, he definitely was good looking, but not the way that he was looking right now. His voice was steep but soft, but still very intimidating. Everything that he spoke sounded like an instruction and one that you definitely had to follow and I had to be listening, So I did not go against them but it was hard to.

He made it so hard for me, he made it hard for my brain to function, for my ears to function, for me to feel like I was able to concentrate. It was just almost impossible to focus when this man was in front of me.

“ And why are you so invested, Prince Ethan? I really refuse to believe that the almighty Prince Tyrant is so interested in making sure that justice is served.” Ona says to him and he just smirks at her.

“Right. I think you got those very simple instructions engraved in your heads. You can be quiet now. I actually do not like the sound of people talking, especially if they are talking to me.” He says, and he just turns around again, looking out his window. Even his side view was so perfect. If he was not lucky enough to be born into royalty, he could have totally started modeling.

I want to be quiet and think about anything else but him, But I'm still bothered by one thing.

He still called me by my name, and he refused to answer when Ona asked him. And I feel like I cannot let it go. I feel like there's absolutely no way that I can actually be comfortable with him, that he knows my name and I don't know how he actually found it out.

“Prince Ethan, I know you said you don't want the sound of people talking to you, but I really have a question, if you will let me ask it.” I wait for his reply but he just stays quiet.

“how do you know my name?” I ask him when the silence becomes unbearable and he just laughs to himself, chuckles very slightly before he stares at me with a smirk on his face.

“I did not know your name, but he just confirmed it for me” . He says to me and I'm all so confused by that statement. What does that mean? What was that supposed to mean at all?

“What do you mean, my prince?” I ask him, and he just groans very deeply, very slightly before he turns to me again.

“Did I not tell you that the sound of people talking bothers me?” He asks, and immediately I feel my heart trying to skip straight out of my chest.

“I'm so sorry. I am I really I, I, I, I just wanted to know because you, you seem to know it and be so sure and I really just wanted to-“. I start not even sure where I'm going with this excuse of why I decided to speak even though he had told me not to but he just interjected

“You could do me a favor but just being quiet when I tell you that. Keep that in mind for next time”. He says to me and just nod my head before I bury my face in my hands. I was so embarrassed I really could not believe that I had done that. Ona on the other hand was a bit amused by the situation.

“Oh come on, don't be so harsh to her, don't you see how shy she is”? I can tell she is talking to him and I just lift my head slightly to the third side and widen my eyes at her to tell her to stop it.

“That's enough.” I whisper to her that is enough and she just seems to be very amused. We are driving for two hours,a very torturous 2 hours before we get to the house. It's a very beautiful modern looking mansion full of glass walls and very beautiful flowers outside. Has a very nice garden on either side of the main door. Very small one but beautiful looking one and I find myself in ore Sure the palace was very beautiful house but it was more ancient looking.

It had that kind of beauty that reminded you of the golden days. But this was a very modern looking house and it was truly a stunner.

“Wow this is beautiful.” I find myself staying without even thinking and I just hear Ona squealing besides me.

“I know right? It's like a vacation. My dream vacation with you has actually kind of started!”. She says before screaming and tapping our hands together. Prince Ethan was still behind us, almost like he was waiting for us to get in, but we're both hesitating for whatever reason, almost like we needed permission.