His Hidden Mate

Nine

Chapter Nine:

How do I answer that question? It was just a situation that I really had no idea how to tackle and it just felt like the one thing that I had to do was run away for my life and save myself. I felt like dashing for the wind and just running away as far as possible from him. But that was really not an option. I could not do that. He was right in front of me and the lies were not coming quick enough.

“What is the meaning of this?” Ona’s Voice suddenly startles me and I feel like I can finally breathe when she makes an appearance and he moves back a bit. He clears his throat, looking away from me before he runs his fingers through his hair.

“ Find a different room.” He says to me before walking away and I just feel so relieved. I cannot believe how close that was. Ona has no idea how much she saved me right now.

“What is his problem? Oh my goodness!”. She questions and I am not even focusing on what she is saying. I'm just staring at him walking away. How did he look this good walking away? This was absolutely uncalled for. Since when am I able to check anyone out?

“Oh my goodness, you are totally checking him out right now!” Ona suddenly exclaimed and I widened my eyes in shock. “ what are you talking abou?. I'm not checking him out, I'm just- he scares me.” I say to her, lying immediately and she starts laughing.

“Oh you are definitely checking him out.” She yells even louder and I see him turning around to look at us before I have to put my hand over her mouth to make her stay quiet.

“Stop it. Why are you doing that? You are going to make him think that I have a crush on him or something!” I say to her and she arches her eyebrow.

“Don't you? It does look not like you do”. She says to me and I just shake my head at her.

“You are unbelievable, I just made a mistake and that is why he was here to scold me. He was scolding me. What do you mean something was happening?” I asked her. I'm getting very defensive, I'm feeling like I have to explain myself right now and that is definitely not good because the first sign of field is over explanation so I had to keep it shorter.

“Why, what did you do? What exactly did you do that has him treating me like that?” She asks me and I just shrug my shoulders.

“Nothing major, I just chose his room on accident.” I say to her and she widens her eyes at me.

“How on earth did you do that? How could you not tell it was his room?” She asked me and I just shrugged my shoulders again.

“I do not know. It did not look like it should be his room. It looked like the most simple room in the house”

“ and I'll just call it destiny then!” she says to me and I just roll my eyes at her.

“ I have to get my things out of there anyway”, I say to her, taking in a deep breath just thinking about meeting him in there.

“There's no time for that”. She suddenly grabs my wrist before pulling me away. “We have to get to reach right now before it gets dark”, she says. And before we do that, we go shopping. She has one of the drivers take us to the malls nearby and it is very beautiful in this part of the Kingdom. I cannot believe that I had never been to this area before.

“You see, I love coming here every single time. I've always wanted to be here with you. And after it is revealed that you are a Princess and that you should be having the life that we are having, I cannot wait to bring you here.” Ona says to me and I just smiled at her softly. It still felt like she was being too optimistic, still sounded like what she was thinking. But I was not going to deflate her. I was not going to bring her down and tell her that the chances of that happening are definitely very slim. Because I could not see Queen Kate and King Owen just sitting around and waiting for me to claim that status and letting their names be tracked into the mud.

It was definitely not going to happen. Not without a very long battle at least. A battle was something I felt like I could not fight right now. It was definitely some flatmate. My head goes thicker sometimes. I thought about it. After we shopped for new dresses and swimwear, we change our outfits and head down to the beach. The weather is very beautiful and the sunset is extra stunning at the beach. I've always wanted to just sit here and feel peaceful.

“Thank you for bringing me here”, I say to Ona and she just nods before smiling.

“ Jade!Oh my goodness, you're getting cheesy on me. You're going to make me cry”, she says before hugging me and I just take in a deep breath, really imagining what it Would be like to actually be able to live like this the whole time without having to worry about what someone was going to say about what I'm doing, knowing that I had some kind of a authority and right to do as I please and get away with disobedience, and people would respect me.

“What do you think it will be like if they confirm that I am your sister and everyone just acknowledges me as a Princess?” I ask her, really wondering because I really could not imagine it. I could not imagine myself strutting around in a gown. I could only see myself in a maid outfit for as long as I was in that palace. So perhaps she could have better insight on how things would turn out to happen, because I could not even imagine it.

“It will be amazing. What are you talking about? Everything will be really, really great. I can finally do all the things that I've wanted to do with you because there'll be no restrictions for you.” She says to me, smiling, and I just smile back at her. I guess that was the best part about that. I guess that was the one thing that I had to remember to look forward to.

“ But you will be getting married, remember that?” I ask her and she just arches her eyebrows.

“Oh no, I am not getting married. Maybe you will.” She winks at me and I just shake my head at her.

“ Don't even start.” I say to her and she starts laughing.

“ I mean it's the two of you that look like they have some kind of chemistry in the air. What am I supposed to say?” She asks me and I just shake my head at her.

“ I don't know what you was seeing because if one thing he scares me OKay? and the reason I'm always trembling around him and feeling like I do not know what to say is because of that.” I defend myself.

“Wait, do you tremble around him?” She asks me and I just sigh burying my face in my palms.

“Oh my goodness, you totally have a crush and honestly he is very attractive so I do approve.” She says to me and I look at her with confusion in my eyes.

“ Well, if you think he's so handsome, then what do you have a problem with? Why don't you want to marry him?” I ask her and she just shakes her head.

“He's my age. Like seriously, that is revolting”. She says to me and I just shake my head at her

“. I just think he's perfect for you. Actually, you would be more suited to him. He does not intimidate you at all. He intimidates the living daylights out of me”. I say to her. And I realized that I'm admitting it because it is so true. I don't want to believe it. I just wanted to hope that I could possibly get over it. But it was not true. I was definitely not going to get rid of this. Definitely wasn't going to be easy.

“ I'm only turning 18 in a week. Okay?”

“Uh-uh! Six days now. That is just how we're going to count that”. She interjects, crossing her arms over her chest.

“That is not a century away, by the way. You might as well be 18 already!” , she says to me, and I just shake my head at her.

“ I'm kind of scared of turning 18, it seems all too daunting.” I let her know a sound comes from inside her handbag and she takes out her phone soon after before rolling her eyes.

“Oh look, the mother decided to send a message”. She shows me the screen and I read the text from Queen Kate, who is currently saved as “ the conniving witch that gave me life” in Ona's phone. She was truly hilarious.

“When are you returning? Has Jade settled down at her new home?”

That is the question. That is all she's concerned about. She's probably just making sure that her plan has succeeded. Oh, she had no idea.

“I will just keep it very short.” She says before she starts typing.

“ I …do …not.. want.. to.. talk.. to.. you!” , she says, before putting her phone back in her bag and shrugging her shoulders.

“Now that that’s done with, what else do you want to ask me, dear princess to be?” . Definitely very fierce and definitely not afraid to stand up to her parents, even if they had a lot of authority and a lot of power. We head back to the. House soon after when it starts getting dark and we join everyone for food. Everyone is there apart from Prince Ethan and I could not be more delighted. I do not think I was going to be able to eat around him.

So we have to take DNA samples from you now. Says one of the maids in the house and I just nod my head, feeling very nervous. I already knew what the truth was. I already knew that she was my mother and I just had the biggest feeling that this was not going to end well. I just had it deeply engraved in my mind. But if the truth comes out, things are just going to start going terribly bad or hell, it's going to break loose.

I wait for them to collect the DNA samples. They collect one from both me and Ona and soon enough that is done and over with and we are exhausted in our bedrooms. It has definitely been a very long day. If you told me one that I started that this is how the night would be ending, I definitely would not have believed you. But I was beyond tired which is why I was surprised by my lack of sleepiness. I should have been very tired and sleepy, but I just could not be sleepy enough to fall asleep.

I kept tossing and turning and thinking about him. I do not even want to mention his name because then it was like that was an admission to having some kind of crush. I feel I was already feeling it, what Ona was accusing me of. Did I really have some kind of childish crush on him?

What was that all about? Why on earth did I feel like I could not sleep? Why was I thinking about him right now instead of going to sleep? I had changed rooms and I decided that I would collect my things in the morning, but somehow I wanted to use it as an excuse to go to the room and see if he's around. Why was I thinking about his whereabouts? I turn my night light on and check the clock on the wall. It is 1:00 AM and I feel like if I did not get enough sleep soon, I definitely would have not slept enough By the time the morning comes.

I still had no idea what was going to be happening in the morning or when we're going to leave this place. Everything was also confusing and he had not given us enough information. Of course, Ona was ruling with that. She did not bother at all to find out more information. But I was daunted by this idea of being here for an stated amount of time.

Perhaps a glass of milk will help me fall asleep. I had heard that it could help with insomniac. I'm not one to usually struggle to fall asleep because by the time that I get to bed I'm truly exhausted and the only thing I want to do is close my eyes and fall asleep. But right now it seemed like there were too many possibilities and my mind was crowded with several thoughts. Several thoughts that centered around one thing.

Him.

His interest in me.

Why was he that interested in me? I was not used to having that much attention. I was not used to anyone of his high status treating me like that, like he cared about what was happening with me. I just had a hard time making up my mind on what to think about him. I get out of the bed and crawl and tiptoe my way to the kitchen to get myself a glass of milk.

I do so and instinctively I start to grieve something sweet. I definitely had too much of a sweet tooth. I'm pretty sure there had to be something in this house. I immersed with the cupboard and eventually find the perfect cupboard where it is just an abundance of snacks. I locate a bar of chocolate and immediately my mouth salivates. I could not wait to dig into it. I am greedy enough to open it and start eating it before I even get back to my room and hide myself, but it does not sound like anyone is coming anytime soon so the guilt can barely affect me even slightly.

The chocolate smells very good, really really good. I almost moan inhaling it’s scent.

Just as I take in a whiff, I realize that the chocolate smells nothing like the scent that had me feeling excitement . The scent that had me tilting my head, moaning like I am getting the best massage of my life did not smell like the chocolate.

Something tells me it smells like his hair.

Wait…what?

I snapped out of it quickly. His hair does not smell like the chocolate I am eating right now and why would I be thinking about his hair right now? The more I paid attention to it was the stronger it got and the more enticing it got.

I nibbled on my lower lip as the scent filled my nostrils. This was weird. It was like I was inhaling some kind of drug. And what was even weirder was what the drug reminded me of. It reminded me of Prince Ethan's hair. There I was again with that.

What was it about me and the smell of his hair? It was absolutely weird. He would definitely think of some kind of creep if I ever told him that I have thought of the scent of his hair in an excited way. Definitely had to be something I had to keep to myself.

“Don't follow it, don't follow it”

I kept trying to tell myself. But definitely I was not going to listen to myself right now. And I was I I felt too tempted by the scent. I had to follow it!

And so I did, holding on to the chocolate bar and taking one more bite from it. I kept tiptoeing towards that smell. It was truly amazing, something I could not even describe. All I knew was that it had me high. High on something that turned me into someone else.

I danced on my tiptoes, Twirling around as the scent intoxicated me even more. I dance all the way to the door bedroom that I had decided to abandon today. That means it is his bedroom.

Why was I here? Was I really sure that this is where the smell I was smelling was coming from? It could not be… this is not where I had to be at all. It could not be. I leaned my head against the door, trying to get a whiff even more. The smell was even more powerful, like the source was closer to me, and it had me excited.

“ Oh my God!” I moaned out loud, my head falling back as I kept my eyes closed, just inhaling the scent.

“ Oh that's so good!” I let out, smiling. Why on earth was the scent such a drug to me? I enjoyed it for a few more seconds before deciding I was done acting like a maniac.

As my eyes fluttered open, I almost twisted my neck, realizing that there's a person behind me.

I gasped loudly, turning around before my chocolate dropped the floor. His eyes move down to the chocolate that I had just dropped and I'm more than embarrassed. Embarrassed.

It's definitely an understatement right now. How could he walk into me doing such a thing?

“Oh my God, I am…, I am.. my Prince, I'm so sorry.” I start trying to reach for the chocolate but he grabs it before I do.

“This is your favorite bar?” He asks And I am absolutely stunned. Why does he not want to ask me what I'm doing here? Why is he choosing to talk about the chocolate instead?

“I know you are angry, Prince Ethan, I know you are angry that I'm standing here right now, but I was…. I just wanted to know if you were around and if I can come get my things” . I say and it's just an excuse.

“You do not look like anyone that was in a rush to get anything.” He says to me, narrowing his eyes and I just bite my lips, my fingernails gnawing on the wood of the door behind me, trying to feel something and let my embarrassment out. I could not believe this, how on earth had this happened to me?

I had been caught in the most embarrassing way possible!

“ What are you looking for then? What is so urgent that you had to dance your way to my room in the middle of the night? go ahead and tell me. I don't even have to ask do I?” He asks and I just shake my head.

“ No, no but my clothes… just my… nightwear. I had not taken my nightwear” I say to him before I immediately remember that Ona had got some nightwear for us and I had it on currently. That was definitely the worst lie of the century. Stupid!

I still felt that scent feeling my nostrils and I could not yet myself to stop feeling intoxicated by it. My eyes were nearly shutting themselves shut, the closer that he got to me.

“Wait, please don't.” I said to him as he tried to reach above me and open the door.

“Please don't get close to me”, I say to him and I suddenly feel like there's a word getting stuck in my throat the more that I look at him.

“This is my room, move out of the way.” He says to me and I find myself doing something that I definitely should not be doing. My hands reach for his arms and I cling on to him.

“Mate, you are my…, my mate!”, I suddenly blurt out. It feels like I have absolutely no control over my words and immediately after I realized what I just said to him, when he is staring at me like he's beyond bewildered by my words. My hands fly to cover my mouth and I'm absolutely shocked that I had actually just said that to him.

Why on earth was I saying that? Why on earth was something possessing me to do all these things right now?

Mate, Mate

it was just being chanted in my head. What was this? There was no way this was not possible. It was not my birthday yet and he could not be my mate, it was impossible.

“What did you just say to me?” He asks and I swallow heart, my palm sweating, my heart pounding hard against my chest, feeling like it might just fly straight out of me right now. I had no words. There was nothing that I could say right now to erase what I had just said to him.

He looked very confused right now. He was staring at me with those intimidating eyes again and I just felt like I had to find a good excuse, even though I couldn't. The only thing that I was feeling was excitement and desire towards him. Since when do I feel like this? An overwhelming amount of desire was taking over me.

“You're my mate.” I blurt out yet again before covering my mouth.

“Please don't listen to anything I say”. I suddenly excuse myself before running away and going straight to the bedroom that I had decided to take after abandoning his.

My heart!y lungs. I couldn’t breathe.

What on earth has gotten into me?. I do not even waste time as soon as I get to the bedroom. I run straight for the bed that I had left openI cover myself in the blankets, deeply embarrassed by what I had said and I just want to disappear. I just wanted to evaporate out of this room and just hope that he does not come back and question anything.

Why on earth was this happening to me? Why did I feel all sorts of weird sensations around him? Things that I had never felt before? And why did they feel so good and forbidden?

A knock on the doors startled me deeply and I had no time to prepare before the door opened. My eyes just opened widely as I started chewing on the duvet. What else could I do? Eating the blanket to keep myself from screaming surely sounded like the perfect solution!

It was of no use, I soon realised. I had to spit it out as I tried to listen to my surroundings. . I was buried underneath the blankets, but my shame was still escaping. Somehow, I still felt deeply embarrassed.

“ Please do not… rub it in, please. I meant it, my Prince, I did not mean what I said. I did not mean to tell you what I just said to you! Such a crazy claim, could you believe how audacious I was to say that to you? Forgive me for being so crazy, my prince! ” . I start explaining to him, rambling at this point.

“Right now I'm just losing my mind. I have not gotten a great amount of sleep in days and I just, I can't. I'm so sorry”. I add before I have to gasp when the covers come flying off my body.