I am Reborn through Revenge

Odds on my favour.

***Anon's POV***

I watched Marie and the other girls followed the head maid. I never knew her name was Angie anyway.

It had been a long night. I couldn’t understand why I defended the girl, Marie. I still couldn’t understand why I put my life on the line for her. I didn’t know what the Queen would have done to me if the situation didn’t turn in my favour. The Queen will never seize to harness any slightest opportunity she would get to put my life on a hook or to end it. She might be all about laughs and smiles but I knew quite well that all that charade didn’t stem from the bottom of her heart.

She never had pure intentions for me.

If there is anyone who knew the Queen quite well and what she was capable of doing, that should be me. She was a good dangerous old lady—good on the outside but very deadly on the inside.

But I wouldn’t have done this alone if not for Vera who surprisingly intervened. My mind had almost skipped her. I was sunk in my thoughts and it made me forget that there was Vera who still stood by my side. It was until she made a walk outside the room that I noticed the sound of her footsteps.

I rushed to meet up with her. I wanted to thank her for what she did. I went through the door, just at the lobby that led to the waiting room, I saw Vera strolling down the lonely lobby. She moved her head back and forth aligning with the movement of her body with her hip. She struts further placing her perfect set of bowlegs in a fashion that made my brain think what it shouldn't think.

“Hey, Vera! Please wait up.” I had to shout.

She turned around and stopped. I made a quick walk until I was few feet away from her.

“Ah. . .Ehm!” I didn’t know what to say. Should I offer my gratitude for saving a girl I barely knew? What would that say of me? I was reminiscing over the thought. I felt like changing the topic.

“Have you come to say thank you?” she asked freely.

She didn't just stole the words from my thoughts but sent shivers down my marrow doing so.

“Yes. I actually wanted to say thank you. I wasn’t expecting to see you there nor was I expecting you to stand in her defense. That was a beautiful lie you told there.”

“Is that an indirect way of telling me that I am beautiful?” she smirked.

What? That’s not what I meant.

She gave me seductive smile as she bites her lower lip. I knew the angle she was driving at. I couldn’t continue looking at those eyes. No girl had ever given me that look before. I leaned back from her but my back rested on the wall behind me.

“You. . . I mean you are a pretty woman, Vera. That is undoubtedly true but that’s not what I implied to say.” I tried to evade her lustrous gaze.

She leaned closer and covered the small distance I had already given her.

“So what are you trying to say, Prince Anon?” she asked, her voice bold.

“What I am saying is, if there is a way I could return the favour. I would love to.” I mumbled out. She took advantage of the statement.

“Well, what if I tell you that there’s a way you could return the favour right here, right now?”

She positioned her hands on the wall, carefully placing me in between her two hands. Without giving me a breathing space, she leaned even closer raising her legs. I didn’t know what she had in mind when she did that but I thought she wanted to whisper something to me again.

“What could that be?” I asked, still raising my head to avoid hers.

“Are you sure you want to know, Prince Anon?”

I was curious to know what it is she wanted to tell me that made her lean that close to me like she had known me for ages.

“Sure, sure,” I muttered.

“Just close your eyes, Anon.” She instructed.

Just close my eyes? Is that all? I asked myself. Her eyes were almost on the same level as mine. Telling me to close my eyes was among the two wishes I yearned for that instant. I wanted someone to come and maybe get us distracted. Or maybe I would just close my eyes so she would go. I didn’t argue, I just did as she told me.

The next thing I felt was her lips engaging mine in a light brush and her soft hands circling my neck firmly.

It was a kiss.

My brain couldn’t believe it. I had never kissed a girl before and I had told myself that I wanted to make my first kiss memorable but with this? No!

I opened my eyes quickly, wanting to confirm if my brain was passing me the right message.

“I told you to close your eyes, Anon.”

Her voice was seductive. I couldn’t believe my body trembled at her touch. Just that light kiss, my spine was already feeling like there was a block of ice hiding in it. Her warm and smooth hands were still on my neck while her lips were hanging on mine while she was talking. I managed and pulled my face up.

“Vera" I called her, "Someone might see us and start thinking something is happening between us. Please stop.” I said.

I felt like removing the hands she placed on my neck but I just couldn’t find the right energy for it. I felt so weak. It was as if she sucked away energy from my hands.

“Do I look like I care, Anon?” she asked. She gave me that look again. Her dimmed eyes, her arched brows, looked beautiful. If only humans could create themselves, I would say Vera created herself and gave herself all the beauty she carried. Everything on her face was correctly placed in the right quantity. She twinkled her dark brown eyes often and she creased her lips aside. I tried to avoid her gaze because each time I looked at her eyes, I think dirty.

“Is this what you wanted in return?”

“Yes," she replied. "I wanted a kiss from you Anon. Just a kiss and nothing else. This is the only favour I want.”

“Can't you chose something else?”

“No!” her eyes widened. “Just a kiss. Is that too much to ask?” she tightened her grip further.

I couldn’t answer her. I didn’t know what to say. I have actually wanted to kiss someone, maybe a girl I desired with all my heart. But with Vera, I don’t feel anything for her. Though she was a pretty girl but...I think I fear her more than I liked her.

She was over-ambitious, I thought. And for that fact, I got blown away. I lost interest.

“Not like that Vera. What I am saying is, we are…”

“Are you seeing someone Anon?” she cuts me off.

Someone? I understand what she meant but the question came as a thud. What would be the perfect response to give her? I asked. I looked at her eyes again, it was flaming with desire. I wanted to give her an answer that I think would pull her off.

“No. Sorry, I mean yes! Yes, I am seeing someone Vera” I muttered.

“Oh!” she said. She immediately brought down her hands from my shoulders and relaxed her legs on the floor. I gasped and felt a little bit relaxed.

“Good night Prince Anon!” she said disappointedly as she began to stroll down the lobby.

“Good night Princess!” I said after she had almost exited the lobby. As I watched her walk away, I wished I had kissed her further. I wish I had given her what she wanted. It was just a kiss. I felt like a hypocrite. How could I need her kiss now when she begged me for it moments ago?

I stood in the wall as if I was pinned to it. She had already walked away but I stood there like a clown. I had to get useful to myself, I thought. I stood on my feet, I dusted my clothes as if they were filthy. I walked out of the lobby. The next person I had in mind was Brady. I needed to see him. I wanted to know where he got the dress from. My life was on the line today and he better has a good reason for me, I mumbled in between thoughts.