His highness, the crown prince Alexandre-
As I had been working for more than two hours in my office, I heard the door open violently.
"Her majesty , the Queen–"
"Alexander, you need to take a wife. The council won't let this slide this time, they have been pushing me and threatening us for too long now." Mother said. She seemed rather angry and surprisingly anxious, something that almost never happened with her. She was always so sure of herself, and well composed; it was quite out of character. They must have gone hard on her.
" Mother, I am happy to see you too–" she came behind my desk and knelt in front of me. The smile previously plastered on my face fell. She had never knelt in front of me, not even as a child.
"I have had enough of your childish behavior! You are to be the next emperor, good heavens!!!" She took my hands and squeezed them hard.
"For the sake of our lineage you shall give us an heir. Otherwise, these men will steal the throne from you. " She put her hand on my cheek, and I gave her a rolled eye. I wouldn’t get married to one of the many doves they presented. They were only a tool of control, there to give me an heir and stab me in the back. Mother glared with her sharp eyes.
"Stop with the attitude, it is your duty. You rejected countless women that I introduced to you, then it wasn't so urgent but now it was, we needed an heir as fast as possible. The council was frightened by the idea of you suddenly dying and someone, like your brother or your cousins or the regent permanently taking your place, causing chaos to our beautiful empire. Our people saw you as a great and considerate crown prince , they wanted you as their ruler. Don't make them doubt, or they'd just get rid of both of us. " She lightly slapped my cheek as a threat, got up and wiped the nonexistent dirt off of her dress. She glared at me once more, before opening her fan and leaving the room.
"Fuck." I sighed.
Marriage.
An unavoidable problem for someone of my status. The council, the regent and now my mother...
It was finally time to act.
"Let the plan begin." I smirked.
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Once I arrived at the castle of Earlton, I started running toward his office but when I saw no one inside the room, I didn’t need to search that much. The bedroom, I thought.
I barged into the room without announcing myself, interrupting the moaning of the women, who turned around shocked to see me. I got suddenly overwhelmed by all the pheromones contained in the room and ran toward the windows to get some fresh air. As I usually came to his house unannounced when I needed his help or when I needed to talk, I was used to interrupting this type of session.
“I need your help.” I told him. He didn’t bother looking at me and just kissed the women before he let them out of the room. He then stood up from the bed to pour himself some alcohol.
“What is it, your highness?” he finally turned around, and looked me straight in the eyes. He didn’t wear any shirts and his pants were hanging dangerously low on his hips, showing his well sculpted chest with his dark curly hair let loose, his V-line, his hard defined abs and huge bulge down there. I just acted natural, and went to sit down on a nearby chair.
“Marry me.” I proposed. The mix of shock and amusement could be seen on the captain's face. He put the glass on his lips.
“I want you to marry me and give me an heir to access the throne without murdering any member of my family or the council.” He put down his drink on the chair across from me.
"Oh, what an interesting way of proposing. After all these years I spent trying to convince you to come only to my parties and to enjoy yourself, you randomly stopped by during my session to ask for my hand in marriage, never thought you were such a romantic, your highness." I raised my hand and he shut his mouth. He leaned on the back of his chair and crossed his arms with a smile that suddenly irritated me on his handsome face.
"You know me too well, Captain Morlon. I'm not doing this for you and the weird desires you harbored for my body, this would be an arranged marriage. You would sign a contract with me and once this was all done you would be rewarded for contributing to the expansion of the royal family. After you gave me what I needed we would divorce. " He smirked; I knew he didn't take my statement seriously.
"What would I gain from this contract, your highness, I'm intrigued?" I started thinking about what he could possibly want from me but before the answers even came to me he started speaking.
"You don't need to try and find the answer, once you get your heir I'll just ask you what I want." I didn’t really think this was a good idea but it wasn't my main problem just now so I instead nodded.
"How were you supposed to get pregnant, you were an alpha, right? Why me? I might have been one of your closest friends, I was still not fit to be your partner, I'm a sex addict right your highness ? " I frowned at his sarcasm. He then took his shirt from the bed and finally covered himself up. He tied his long curly hair in a bun.
"While, yes you were certainly not fit to be my husband and the future father of my child, you still were a trustworthy, caring and honest person who never once wronged me or used me for your own benefits. This was the kind of example I would have liked for my child." He straightened up and came back to sit down.
He stared at me, his eyes locked with mine like he tried to enthrall me. I could smell his pheromones; his scent always had a sort of calming effect on me, which was weird as I was an alpha. He smelled like a forest, it reminded me of the little lake I had in the back of my manor, my favorite place in the world. I shook my head to get back to the topic.
“As for the doctor, your sister was the best gynecologist of Ulayïserin. She told me that like your parents, she would find a way to make my body create a womb to help us conceive. “ There were a few seconds of silence.
He seemed to be deep in thoughts but he, at the same time, looked at me bizarrely.
“Alright, I'll do it.” I exhaled, relieved.
"And I forgot to tell you that your ladies would have to wait as well as your parties would have to stop until the end of the contract." He stood up shocked and clearly displeased.
"But why not, your highness please. I need my women!" His reaction made me scowl.
"Yes, and I needed a 'faithful husband' and 'good father'. Don't you dare fuck one of your prostitutes during this contract, I didn't want to hear any rumors of the husband of the crown prince screwing one of the maids, am I making myself clear?" I saw a shift in his gaze, like a kid who found his birthday gifts. Weird.
" Very clear, your highness." He bowed before me in a comical way, I just rolled my eyes.
"Then the case was closed, you would have to inform your family but only them. The wedding ceremony needed to take place this week. Also I needed you to come to my manor to sign the contract and get a check from the doctor. Once the baby was here we would appear as a married couple for two years before getting a divorce to set you free. " I stated. He nodded and extended his hand. We shook hands, and that made him smile.
"Don't forget to come." I got up and left the room. Once the door was closed, I leaned against a door to let my heart beat calm down.
"Everything would be fine, I just needed to follow the plan." I tried to convince myself.
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To be continued…
