Stand By Me Darling
Chapter 345: A Repented Prince

Chapter 345: A Repented Prince

Leaning on Arthur’s chest, Talia listened to his heartbeat using her left ear. That rhythmic sound made her feel tired once more.

"I met the janitor myself and I don’t see any resemblance between him and Ralph, Iris." Arthur ran his fingers through her hair. He decided to investigate the janitor himself and that guy had nothing on him that suggested he is connected to Ralph.

"Maybe he really is dead," Talia placed her hand above his abdomen. It was hard as a rock and she could feel the defined ridges of his muscles.

Her mind skipped to the feeling of those ripped muscles on her and she felt butterflies in her stomach.

Ah...how horny am I? I’m here, sitting on the floor in his home office, beside a giant teddy bear and getting all excited with just touching his abdomen.

She wanted to take her hand back, but her hand was enveloped by Arthur’s big hand. He then laid o her lap and Talia felt a joyous feeling in her heart by his little childish act. It only shows how comfortable he is with her and how much he trusts her. She gently caressed his hair as he seemed to be in deep thoughts.

Arthur met with Prince Edward too. Apparently Cyril, Archibald and other next generation nobles received the invite to meet him personally too.

Arthur didn’t want to meet him, but he was caught in the hallways of the hospital by one of the Royal aides and he had to meet him.

Prince Edward looked entirely defeated and he had lost half his weight and was skin and bones. If not for the royal guards by his side, addressing him as ’Your Royal Highness’, he never would have believed the tanned, skinny guy who looked broken as the same haughty Prince Edward he knew.

’They kept me in an 8x8 room and gave a little basin for chamber pot. I lived with my stinky excrements by my side which would be cleaned once a day. I was given a single dried loaf of bread for a day and the man who was in charge of me wouldn’t even give me that loaf of bread if I demand anything. Also I could not say ’I’, ’me’, ’my’ or ’Prince’, ’Royal’, ’dad’, ’King’ and I was locked in darkness for unknown days for demanding my release.

Being locked up there, I learnt that even I, a Prince, can’t demand anything and I don’t deserve anything unless the ones who give me are gracious enough to give me what I need and I have to earn what I need by being respectful. Only if I give respect, I will get respect.

And that’s why, as a fellow human, Arthur, I wanted to apologise to you for the way I treated you with scorn just because of your surname.

And, as a future monarch, I requested your presence here, Lord Ashwood for requesting your support. As the future heir of the throne I, will be depending on you – the future heir of the most loyal and prestigious Noble family of Esteria. I ask for your support in the future in guiding me to make the best decisions for the welfare of the people whom I serve.’

Prince Edward bowed his head and Arthur was stupefied by the changes in him. In the end, even if he didn’t give any promises, he gave assurance that he will work together with him if it involves the welfare of the nation.

Arthur’s lips curved to a smile feeling her hand over his abdomen. He placed his hand over her hand. Her small hand had nice warmth to it and it gave him a comfortable peace. He rested his head on her lap with no second thoughts. And as expected, she started caressing his hair. He loved it when she did that. Lying on the floor, resting his head on her lap, he felt like he’s the happiest person on earth.

"I met with Prince Edward today," he couldn’t open his eyes as he liked the sensations her fingers left on his scalp.

"Oh?" Talia’s lips curled to an unsightly shape. Must we ruin our time speaking about that hypocrite?

"He has changed a lot. He apologised to me and asked for my support for the future. He has invited Cyril, Archie and others for a talk, probably requesting for their support too."

Talia looked at Arthur who was having a pleased smile in his face. "Of course that hypocrite has a reason to apologise. He is in the verge of losing the throne if he’s not careful." Talia scoffed. He must have gotten scared now that people are pushing for a republic.

"He was honest, Iris. Those people, who kidnapped him, stripped him off his arrogance and made him a decent human."

"It’s all for good then," Talia shrugged. She believed Arthur. He is not a bad judge of character and if he feels that way, it must be the truth.

"He was kept in bad conditions as he told me and as a result, he learnt valuable lessons. So I guess it ended up good. I guess your grandfather asked Belfauger to teach good manners to the Prince? Wow! Now I’m more scared of your grandfather" Arthur held her hand.

"He should have learnt good manners when his father taught him with patience. Too bad he needed to be kidnapped and tortured to learn basic manners like apologising and requesting. But Fred, what are you planning to do to make my grandpa resort to such means to discipline you?" she pinched his cheek and he grinned.

"Nothing! Nothing! I will never dare!" he stood up and ran towards the door and Talia followed.

After dinner, Arthur received a call from Archibald Wallace while Talia and he were in bed. Arthur answered the call. Talia was about to get down from the bed to pack her bags, but was stopped by Arthur’s hand around her waist.

Talia looked at Arthur discussing something seriously with Archie. His side profile was so mesmerising and his hand was gently drawing circles on her back. Talia moved closer to his ear and gently blew in his earlobe.

"Haaa," Arthur let out a sigh reflexively and he turned and glared at Talia threatening her to back off.

"NO, not now." Arthur was still answering Archie and it was also a warning for Talia.

Talia was not fazed by his glare and straddled on his lap. She started grinding herself on his crotch and watching Arthur gritting his teeth, she smirked. Her hands started to fell around his chest and she leaned closer to his ear where his sensitive spot is.

"Just wait for a week," he held her waist with his free hand and tried to stop her grinding. HE couldn’t hold back himself and knew he is going to let out an ambiguous sound while on call with a man.

He didn’t know how she got better at it, but the woman on top of him right now looked like a femme fatale. HE wanted to kneel and beg her to stop teasing him.

The thin strap of that pink slip, slipped her shoulder leaving a titillating view of her soft mounds. On one ear he was hearing Archie and on the other, he heard the soft moans of his woman.

Archie was talking to him about an important issue and he wanted to get his point across before ending the call. Apparently someone had taken pictures of them holding hands and they were going to publish articles about the start of their relationship. But Arthur didn’t want the news of the blast being overshadowed by this news.

People always want to forget sad and scary news with beautiful and happy news. Truly the horror of the blast will be turned to joyous news about the blossoming relationship between the Brunton Princess and the next Brunton heir. But he wanted there to be more pushback against the Clairemont family and how they have hurt Talia and the McAllister sisters.

Ugh! I shouldn’t have disturbed her when she was on call. And now she’s doing it better than me!

He slipped his fingers at the back of her head and grabbed her hair. Yanking her away from him, he bent and licked her neck. Talia who was happy that she was successful in teasing him, shuddered by the sudden sensations of his velvety tongue on her neck. She couldn’t move her head as his grip on her hair was tight and she felt herself getting more excited as his lips started nibbling on her neck.

What is he doing while he is still connected in a call?

Talia wanted to scream. And why is he the one teasing me?

"Keep this news at bay until I get the McAllister family in the High Council," Arthur said and Talia widened her eyes.

She was not the only one who got surprised as she could clearly hear Archie shouting through the phone.

"You’re going to replace the Clairmont family with the McAllister family?"

"Yes," Arthur ended the call without expecting his reply.

Didn’t he say he’d get back at Jordan? What is this about?

Talia couldn’t find the answers as she started to drown in the passionate kisses from the man above her.