Stand By Me Darling
Chapter 175: Short Meeting

Chapter 175: Short Meeting

"Your Highness, you cannot..."

Mr. Ed sighed seeing Talia who was waiting for the arrival of King Louis and Queen Consort Cordelia at the waiting room, disappearing in the hallways.

The guests for the State Dinner were arriving one by one. They are already brought to the Rotham Hall where the dinner was arranged with many round tables. Since they are the chief guest, the Rosandale Royal would be expected to arrive at the right time. With just ten minutes for the start of the Dinner, the King will arrive any minute now.

Everyone knows, the King is never late!

And at this crucial time, the Princess cannot disappear. She should be led to her seat by the Vice President to the main table that seats ten people where the King, Queen Consort, President, First Lady, Vice President, Second Lady and some other people with ranks to join in Dinner.

Mr. Ed tried to follow Talia but he felt like she just disappeared in a whisp of smoke right in front of his eyes.

Who told him to relax thinking that taking care of this Princess is a stress-free job? She just disappeared at the crutial moment!

Talia on the other hand with her furrowed brows looked very cross in the small powder room in the hallway.

"Are you wearing a clip-on?" she was fuming as her fingers pulled at the tie Arthur was wearing.

"You are wearing a clip-on... Darn you Fred! Who wears a clip-on bow tie for a black tie formal event? Who wears a clip-on, period? Are you a savage? Have you no class? Didn’t the Boswell family raise you well? What are you going to wear next? That awful trousers that shows your ankles? " Talia went on a rant.

" Whoa, Iris! "Arthur placed his hand on Talia’s shoulders to stop her from chewing his ears off. "Those ’awful trousers’ you mention are called Capri pants and they are the trending fashion now-"

"You dare to wear those trousers? No man should be wearing a suit showing his ankles off! It’s.... Blasphemous! If I ever see you wear those trousers, I’ll divorce you, no questions asked! I might forgive you for cheating but I will never forgive you if you wear those sanctimonious abominations... " she went on with her ramble as she pulled the black clip-on bow tie from his shirt.

Arthur could only chuckle. His little wife gets too riled up for the unusual things. Does she hate those pants that much? Every other man in the city she lived wore it. But not me?

She’d forgive me if I cheat, she says... What a silly thing to say!

But he knew this woman who can sniff out a clip-on tie like a hound, will be able to spot him before the dinner starts if he wore it.

He left Bear in the care of Jordan since he got mad at Jordan for letting that psycho woman contact him.

Sophia called him and he didn’t answer the call and so she spammed his inbox with her messages. She must be not happy to see his pictures together with Talia in the press meet.

Like he cares!

Arthur wanted to take a peek at Talia before she leaves for the dinner, but he was told she already left and so he purposefully wore this clip-on knowing his Iris will find him before the dinner started.

She never breaks his trust and here she is... In front of him, complaining about the clip-on tie.

She did go too far by invoking his Boswell family, calling him a savage... But it is all okay... As long as she came to him.

" Do you have a tie? " she asked looking at Arthur who was grinning like a fool. "You..." she gritted her teeth realising she was played by him. She wanted to give him a surprise by showing herself at the Dinner, but this guy won her audience even before the dinner.

This scheming rascal!

"You are pretty," he said looking at her and put his hand inside his trouser pocket, pulled out a tie and handed it to her. Talia got the tie from his hands with a snort.

She was not pleased that she got played.

Arthur trained his glance on Talia head to toe.

She really looked stunning. The icy blue sheath dress with beaded lace bodice and cap sleeves, shimmering in the lighting gave a glamorous effect and fitted her curves perfectly. It had a V-shaped neckline, but it wasn’t too deep and made her look dignified and youthful. Her hair was done in a half up and down updo and there were some hair veins used on her hair that were designed as roses and laurel leaves in silver and diamonds. Her usual straight hair was curled to give a more princessy look and with her dark hair contrasting her pale skin, she looked so pure.

She was shimmering like a diamond statue, top to bottom.

Her face looked fresh and pure like a freshly bloomed English rose. She didn’t look different as she wore minimal makeup and yet she looked so pretty; like a flower.

Arthur couldn’t help but wrap his arms around her waist and hugged her. And as he hugged, he noticed his hands touching her bare skin and he let his hands feel her back.

Her back is bare?

He turned her and took a look at her back. It had a deep V cut and her perfectly sculpted back, looked stunning. It wasn’t too much skin, but it was enough for him to get warmed up.

He was in a way not pleased to let others see her perfect figure. He wanted to kidnap her and keep her somewhere where only he could see her.

"It’s getting late... Come here..." Talia who was internally screaming in delight knowing Arthur is stunned by her looks, tried to change the subject. She could see in his eyes that sleeping monster awakening with provocation.

She really didn’t have the time to deal with his lust now.

Talia pulled up his collar and slightly biting her lower lip, helped Arthur tie the bow tie.

"Hmm... Perfect..." she was pleased with her work.

She fixed his hair a little and checked if his cufflinks are fastened perfectly. She knew this guy is prone to lose his cufflinks and often wear mismatched cufflinks.

"You are so handsome, Fred," she stood on her tiptoes and gave a small peck on his lips. She couldn’t help it. He looked like a sculpted marble statue.

Arthur who was otherwise engaged, trying to peek through her neckline for some lewd view was brought back to reality by that smooch.

"I am?" he grinned ear to ear. "You should dance with me today." he added. He will not let go of this chance to dance with her in public. This would be their first dance in public. She taught him to dance, but never danced with him before. Even in the school dance, she refused to be seen with him and so he ended up not dancing. She didn’t dance with others too.

But he wasn’t willing to let go of this chance to dance today.

"Ah... My lipstick..." Talia tried to wipe that little smudge of lipstick on his lips. She heard him. She wanted to dance with him too.

But seeing Arthur licking his lips as he removed the stain, she felt hot.

This guy is too sexy!

"Dance with me tonight, Iris" he held her chin up and said as his deep voice rumbled in her ears.

"Gee! Must you ask this in here? You know if you ask me in the dance hall, I won’t be able to refuse you right?" Talia said and her eyes couldn’t help but look at her silver coloured shoes, shining with the crystals affixed in them. Her face was blushing red. She could feel it.

Ah, Talia! Why are you getting this shy for a dance! It’s just a dance!

As she was looking down, she saw a finger infringing her personal space and went straight for her dress and pulled her neckline. She then felt his hair tingling on her forehead and his breath fell on her nose.

"You really can’t see anything through here... You can’t even pull it, huh? It is tailored that way? Iris...What colour underwear are you wearing?" Arthur said calmly and he still wasn’t letting go of her clothes.

"You pervert, let go!" Talia kicked him in the leg and with her face blushing like a tomato opened the door and ran out.

That lecher! Of course this dress is fitted for me personally. How can he pull out and see inside? Idiot! Shameless trying to peek inside my clothes! Scoundrel! I won’t dance with him!

The time Talia got out of the room, got perfectly synchronised with the arrival of King Louis and Cordelia. Mr. Ed who was standing out of the powder room, sighed in relief seeing Talia leaving the room at the right time.

Talia was lead through the red carpeted hallway and that led to the room where there were a lot of photographers flashing with their cameras. The photographers were behind the rope barricade, trying to interact with her to get a good picture of Talia and she felt like she was a circus animal. She didn’t feel like she was how Rebecca put it - a show pony.

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