WINNING LALA'S HEART

ARIE'S TOP SECRET

Finally after the door had closed magically leaving Arie both trembled and confused as she didn't know what to do next, she realized king Gabera was coming close to where she stood with her hands shaking like never before. "Is he really going to do this?"she would wonder and soon, the king was answering her unspoken questions.

"Yes sweetheart, I'm sorry but I won't let this opportunity slip out of my hands now. You know I've been having a secret crush on you for some good time but Teddy's presence always enacted as an obstacle for me. I could've confessed my love for you long time ago but no, she always had to step in and ruin my timing.

I know what you must be thinking right now, that I'm a bad person, right? Maybe I'm because when it comes to loving you Arie, I'll break every rule that is against us being together. I don't care what others will say, I know they're going to bad mouth about you and call you a bad girl when the real fact is that I'm the only bad boy in this. I'm not saying that I'm always like this. No, you have to believe me when I say that loving you is making me do all these things and I don't think I'm being wrong. Tell me dear, do I not have the right to find what I want. Well, in this case I only want you and only you. Would you accept if I asked for your hand in marriage. I'm not asking you to be my mistress. All I want is to make you my second legal wife. You'll be my queen."

"Stop it Sir. Just... stop it!! I don't care whether you have feelings for me or not, all I want is you to open the door for me. I don't have time to listen to your nosense."she barked.

Wait a second! Did Arie forget she was talking to the king or? Of course she knew it but still she wasn't scared of losing her job after all she wanted to resign after all this.

"Am I talking nosense, like really?"

"You are. Seriously, I never thought you could ever stoop so low like this. I can't believe you're standing here proudly showing me your nakedness. What has gone into you sir. I swear I'm disappointed in you. This is not you "she was crying, thinking he would feel sympathy for her but no, the king was really on it! He wanted her no matter what.

"I also never thought I'd stoop this low just to share bed with you but what can I do, You're always busy with this and that. You always make yourself busy for no reason. Do you know why I promoted you to this position. When I realized I was secretly in love with you, I started to feel bad whenever I'd see you struggle with lots of work. I felt I should get you a bit little tiring job and that's when I came up with the Idea of making you my room's attendant and deep inside I knew I'd always get time and space to talk to you in private and maybe tell you about my feelings but you've been turning me down every day. You always showed up when you're aware that Teddy is with me inside. I always hurt me a lot but I couldn't share it out with anyone."

"Oh. Thank you so much for the favor Sir but unfortunately I no longer want to work for you anymore. I'm leaving your palace for good. I hate you Gabera!"she was cursing.

"I expected this from a nice girl like you. These are the small things that always get me attracted to you every single day. I love you Arie. You may hate me all you want but you won't deny me s*x today. You're all I want for breakfast and not that meal you've just brought in my room."

"What!"Arie couldn't believe it.

"Yes darling. You're all I need and I'm sure you know what it means. I won't force myself on you like your ex-boyfriend, Benn."

"What!" Mentioning about Benn, Arie's cheeks turned red right away. She didn't expect King Gabera to be knowing anything about her past relationship. "Have you been spying on me Sir?"she asked.

"What did you think. Do you remember the man who helped you escape from Benn's family rough that day? It's me."

"No!"

"Yes. I know it's shocking to you but it's the truth. I know everything. I know how it started, when and why. But I don't take you as a murderer. I know you killed him out of self defense, right?"

Hearing him talk about that incident that she had kept for some good time to herself thinking that nobody else knew about it, left Arie shivering in fear.. Yes, years ago she accidentally killed her fiance, Benn while he tried to take advantage of her in her house since she was a total orphan at eighteen years. After Benn's relatives got to know about it, all they wanted was to kill her in cold blood as well making it title for tat but luckily she was saved by a stranger who took her and hid her somewhere for three days before he brought her an appointment letter to work as a servant inside the Gabera palace.

Knowing that she'd be safe in there and Benn's family would never find her, Arie accepted and that's how she ended inside the palace.

"You're lying sir. The one who saved me had a different face. He looked innocent and lovely."

"Are you trying to say that I look horrible right now."

"That's not what I said but it wasn't you."

Knowing that they'd keep urging about that, King Gabera had no other choice but to transform himself and looked exactly as how he looked like when he saved that girl. "Did he look like this?"he asked after disguising himself.

"Oh...what...??"Arie's whole body went for a break on seeing that.

She always doubted that there was something amiss about those people but here, her doubts were getting proved right.

"So...y..y... you're indeed a vampire?"she suddenly asked not realizing what she was saying.

"Absolutely yes. I'm proud of my identity though I sometimes try to keep it private. You know it's not easy to hide the truth because someday, it will eventually come to light like how you've been thinking that nobody knows what you did in the past. We both keep secrets and it's only us to decide whom to share them with but as for your case, I'm sure you could never have wanted to get the third party involved and unfortunately I got involved when you least expected it. Imagine how difficult it must have been for me to keep your secret safe to the extent that you never suspected that I know anything about you. Don't you think I deserve a reward,huhh?"

"How dare you blackmail me! I won't fall for your tricks no matter what you do. Open the door for me or else I'm going to shout and before you know it, you'll be a talk of the town and I'm sure you know what it means.

You're ego, pride as well as your reputation would be shattered and I'm sure you don't want that to happen, do you? So, open it."she threatened him though he looked like he didn't care about anything anymore.

"Well then, go on. Shout out loud and let everybody come over and watch me f**k you like a hungry bird on a yellow banana.

Do you think I'm scared of anyone, no. I'm a vampire and everything happens as how I wish it to. If I were you, I'd be laying flatly on my back with my legs widely spread for the king."

"I will do that only in your dreams."

"Hey, don't forget that Benn's family is still looking for you. They aren't settled at all. Any slight mistake of yours would land you in their hands. They won't put you behind bars, they'll kill you without mercy. As your well wisher, I'm advising you not to step out of this castle if you still want to live and the only way to do that, you'll have to be submissive to your king both casually and sexually. I promise I won't tell anyone about our relationship if you think it's the best way. I know you're scared of my wife but don't worry cos I'll handle her and she will never get to know about our affair. All you need is to just accept my love and let me handle everything.

We're both in the same boat cos I can see love in your eyes for me now that you've found out that I rescued you few years ago. I'm still the one, I'm that man who saved you when you needed it the most."