A Night With The King

“I am not pestering you. I just don’t want you to do anything that you might end up regretting, you have a lot going on already.”

“Yes, I know, thank you for your concern, Patrick but aside from the diamonds that are missing, Sophie isn’t much of a problem and I have reasons to believe that she is saying the truth about not taking it or having anything to do with it being missing,”

He disclosed. He wasn’t so sure yet but he just couldn’t help but think that she was innocent, aside from her being pregnant, he really had nothing else to tie her to the supposed theft, because he had the guards search the disgraced queen’s house to be sure she didn’t hide it there and there was nothing there. She would not have hidden it somewhere else. Except, her baby daddy had been able to go there but the disgraced queen said there was no one with her. Lance knew he shouldn’t believe everything so blindly but Sophie has worked close to him for two years and she has never stolen from him even though she had a lot of opportunities each time he was drunk.

“I don’t even know what to say anymore, you are right, you are the king so I am just going to let you have it as long as you promise to keep your hands to yourself and also get the truth out of her so that this will be over,”

Patrick said in a defected voice.

“Patrick? Are you the one she is seeing? Are you the father of her child? Is that why you don’t want me near her?”

Lance asked. It didn’t sound like it but he just had to know. Clearly, the one who got her pregnant was within the palace so it can be anyone. Sophie was a pretty woman and anyone would desire her, even his trusted special adviser.

“The things I want to say to you right now but you are the king so I can’t,”

Patrick let out.

“By all means say what’s on your mind Patrick, I don’t mind and no one will hear about it except the two of us,”

Lance responded.

“Right, fuck you, Lancelot! You think I have time to be eyeing the maids in the palace? Did you remember that it is prohibited for any relationship to happen amongst the palace workers?”

He let out. not what Lance had been expecting him to say but at least it shows he is not the one that got Sophie pregnant.

“You are different from the others, you are not just a palace worker Patrick, you are my special adviser and my best friend, there is a huge difference between you and the others,”

He pointed out.

“Whatever you say, Lancelot, I damn well wasn’t sneaking around with a maid, I can’t say the same for you though seeing how you are all too comfortable spending the night with her in a damn dungeon, who knows, you might be the father, all those late nights you call her in to tend to you and sometimes when you are drunk,”

Patrick accused. Lance paused for a moment. Yes, he always asks for Sophie whenever he is drunk, the reason being that he was more comfortable with her than anyone else but he was sure he never slept with her, even if he doesn’t remember, he would have known if something happened the next morning, no way he would sleep with her and not know.

“I didn’t touch her, Patrick. I am sure of it.”

He told Patrick.

“How are you so sure? You can barely remember anything once you get drunk,”

Patrick accused.

“I am sure of what I am saying Parick.”

He let out, feeling defensive.

“Hm,”

“Enough of that talk, I assure you that I haven’t slept with her and I am not taking her as my mistress, I have no need for a mistress, not right now, I just don’t want her alone in that dark place nor do I want her where anyone can get free access to her until I can resolve the issue of the missing diamonds, after that I will let her go, if she is innocent. She can’t stay in the palace with a kid anyway,”

He shared.

“I am just going to take your word for it, I will let you rest now, good night,”

Patrick said and left. Lance let out a weary sigh after Patrick left and tried to close his eyes to sleep but his mind went to Sophie, he was sure she would be having different thoughts now as to why she was moved. He was damn tired and needed to rest since he has to be up early tomorrow as he had a meeting with some elites from a neighboring kingdom. He closed his eyes to force himself to sleep but gave up after trying and failing for thirty minutes. He didn’t want to drink tonight as the hangover would be bad for him by morning but the alcohol in his chamber kept calling for him. He decided to take a walk to see Sophie, that way he won’t have to drink.

Lance got off the bed and walked to the door that connected the house to his chamber, he hasn’t been there in a long time.

“I should go back and sleep,”

He tried to stop himself but, in the end, he opened the door and closed it behind him. He took a short walk and came to the living room, of course, she would be asleep. It was way past ten pm already. He wanted to leave but the door to one of the rooms opened and she stood there in surprise, she was wearing a rather revealing nightie and he couldn’t take his eyes off her.