Husband With Benefits
Chapter 696: A Proposal

Chapter 696: A Proposal

Her Highness Crown Princess Isidora Rosalind Sterling was nothing if not practical. In fact, her friends had sometimes accused her of being too practical, even unemotional. Yet tonight, as she sat alone by the edge of the swimming pool, gazing up at the expanse of stars, she felt a rare wave of pensiveness and helplessness.

She was going to be twenty one soon. Which meant, it was time for her to become the Queen of Estania. She was ready and she knew it. But there were somethings that she needed to do, before doing that. The first thing she wanted to do was fall in love and know heartbreak. Becauase if she ever did fall in love, it would definitely end in heartbreak.

Even though they’d been able to change many things over time, her father and Evana9 as a minister had been unable to change the law for Royal marriage. All of them knew of course that the ministers believed that this would be the most effective way to control her. But she had no intention of letting them use that.

She smiled and played with the ring in her hand. It was a promisary ring that she’d brought for herself. To remember the promise she’d made to the young Dora. That she would snatch all happiness from the hands of these money grubbing politicians. Unknown to them, while they were focused on her, she had been gathering information about them. Information that would not just bring them to their knees in front of her but keep them there.

Her own thoughts befuddled her. On the one side was her innocent childish side, who still dreamt of her own lover and a happy marriage while the other was the one who had been taught to analyse things and approach everything pragmatically.

Her moment of silence was suddenly broken by the sound of hurried footsteps and noise. She straightened up and stared at the door as a man suddenly burst on to the terrace. Suddenly, there were security personnal blocking the entrance and closing the door as the man walked towards her. Isidora watched as the man hurried towards where she stood, probably not even realising that someone was here other than him.

As he paused to take a breath, Isidora could not help but admire the man’s beauty. And he was beautiful, at least by the moonlight. His jaw looked so chiseled, that it might as well have been sculpted and his slightly tousled hair... it made her wonder if he’d been in bed, sleepig soundly before he just jumped up, wore a suit and decided he was going to...the admiration however, disappeared when she realized who the man was...

Prince Kael Ignis. The youngest son of the royal house of Ignis. So, the rumors that she’d been hearing were true. Prince Kael Ignis had been exiled from the small island Petravi. Presumably to study but the consensus was that he was too much of a playboy, had even seduced his own older brother’s ex fiance, which meant that his parents wanted him out of the way, while they searched a wife for the crown prince. One who would not fall for his younger brother’s charms.

"Are you staring at me?"

Isidora widened her eyes as she realized that while she’d been shocked by the man’s identity, he’d realized that he was not alone. She narrowed her eyes," Staring? More like glaring. You just ruined my peace with your entrance."

She watched as the man’s lips kicked up in a smile and he said," Aww. I’m sorry." As he said this, he walked closer to her, opening his arms for a casual hug," Here, let me help you with a hug...Oh my, you are such a beauty..."

Isidora stepped back as the man smiled at her. No wonder he was known as the Pied Piper. He had a killer smile...As she stepped back to escape him, however, she lost her footing and slipped backwards...

Prince Kael reacted quickly with a reflexive dive. His hands caught her by the waist, pulling her back from falling into the water. However, as she flailed about to catch her balance, the ring in her hand, slipped from her grasp, falling into the water with a soft splash.

For a moment, she could only hold onto the man as she flailed about before pulling herself away from the man as she stared into the pool," Oh gosh! Look what have you done! My ring!"

Hurriedly, Dora started to march towards the door determined to get her own security personnel so that she could ask them to bring her ring out. However, her path was blocked by the man," Where are you going?"

"My ring dropped in the water. I need to ask someone to get it."

"No no. You can’t go outside."

"Why not?"

"Because.. just because. Wait a minute."

The next moment, Isidora found her senses blocked. Because on her face was the man’s suit jacket. As she pulled it down, from her face, the man had already jumped into the water.

Isidora’s eyes widened as she realized what had happened and she hurriedly walked back towards the pool. Within a moment, the man jumped out, dripping warer all over as he walked towards her. She blinked. Well. There was another reason he was so popular with the girls. The man did not just have a God like face. He even had a God- like body.

He shook out his har then, and water spraying in all directions should have made him look like a shaggy dog but somehow looked even more attractive. Her heart fluttered as she took in his soaked appearance, the sheer audacity of his actions leaving her impressed.

He reached her side and as she extended her hand for the ring, he knelt down dramatically on one, and raised the ring," Will you do me the honour of giving me your hand?"

Isidora’s eyes widened as her caught her fingers and brought them to his lips.

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