Episode 4

His eyes as brown as they were when she met him earlier but the only difference was he looked more handsome than he ever was, his light brown hair were longer and tied up and his eyes had a sparkle which could blind anyone.

"Prince Eros",Sophie said along with a bow.

"Her highness wouldn't understand how much pleasure she gave me by calling my name",he bowed back with a sly smile

"I wouldn't dare",Sophie said as she realised that he took it as flirting but Sophie didn't have any intention like that, she wanted to go home.

"You may leave us",he said by gesturing the old man who had followed Sophie all the way to the hall.

Old man left without another word along with a bow.

Nothing was uttered for minute or two and then he came nearer and nearer to her, she turned around to calm her heartbeat which was already going crazy by Prince's handsome face which even though belonged to her Boss but it had made her lose her mind.

"Your....",Prince turned Sophie's face with his fingertips which had given Sophie warmth for a minute, "Highness",he said leaning all over Sophie, even though this Prince was such a flirt and wanted to capture Sophie's throne, it was impossible to get away from his charm at that stage.

Sophie tried to manipulate her emotions and swiftly got away with a long breath of relief, she asked herself what was she doing just now? she was never like that, was she? She was never so amused by a guy before, perhaps.....

Prince Eros was Princess Caroline's love interest but he betrayed her.

"Prince Eros, I appreciate your visit to France, I hope we can become allies in the future. Both our empires would cherish,"Sophie acted.

"Allies? There is only one way for it",he said and turned his face around to hide his face from Sophie so that she wouldn't be able to read his mind through his face.

"What is that?",Sophie took two steps towards him to see what he was hiding.

"Marry me", he said turning around and lifting Sophie's face so near to him like he was going to kiss her any moment, world might have freezed for a second to see how lovely they both looked in that position.

"No, Prince. We can be allies by other methods only, pardon me",Sophie said as she removed Prince Eros's hand from her chin.

After hearing Sophie, Kai's eyes had changed from the lovely look to a terrific look, which was so cold, had he felt betrayal at that moment? No.

All he cared for was to capture the Empire and rule over it, he would have killed the princess after taking over the Empire.

He didn't say a word, his hatred reflected clearly from his eyes but he still had kissed princess's forehead which was damp with sweat by his terrible look.

He left that place right away, leaving the princess alone, he hadn't thought that princess wouldn't agree, he was sure enough that princess was well trapped in his trick but now, has he been caught so easily.

*Tring* *Tring*

A familiar sound of alarm clock woke him up, was that a dream? he had asked himself but he wasn't able to forget the look he saw over Sophie Capone, had he not known that it was Sophie but her innocent eyes were telling it all.

Why would he see her as a princess and what was strange enough was that he was in his body but he wasn't able to control it, his words, his actions were lot different from what he usually did.

He picked up his phone to look what time it was, 4:10 am, it said. It wasn't usual for him to wake up this early but the dream he saw was more interesting and had made him restless.

"Master Terrel, should I arrange the breakfast if you are awake?",his personal servant asked him, always ready to serve his master.

"No, Mr. Levard. I don't feel like eating yet",Kai told the old man and stepped out in his long balcony, which was decorated much more than it should be, plants all around along with the gorgeous glass floor, which was not transparent but translucent.

Sophie Capone, was the only name his mind screamed again and again, was it really only a dream?

He saw Mr. Levard standing about ten steps away from him, he suddenly got a vision in front of his eyes, he saw this old man in his dream as well, he was there standing behind Sophie Capone, he remembers he sent him off in his dream.

"Mr......Levard",he said without turning towards the old man.

"Yes, Master. Could I help you with something?",old man said bowing in his formal attire which was specifically designed for servants of Kai's house.

"um....just.....bring me breakfast",Kai said.

Without another word, Mr. Levard went inside along with a bow, like he had appeared in Kai's dream, when Kai told that old man to leave, he left in the same way.

Having strange dreams wasn't new for Kai but today's dream was not just strange, in that dream he wasn't able to control his body though he was in it, looking at everything that was happening.

Kai moved his hair back by running his fingers through them which already seemed colourless to him, his hair was shorter than it was in his dream.

He thought about Sophie's appearance in his dream, so close, he was so close to her, his face had never ever been blushing like that before, she looked so beautiful , he had thought.

"Hey, you are gonna have another tattoo?", Derry's American friend, Max asked him, looking at the tattoo machine in Derry's hand along with red and black ink kept beside him.

"Yeah, so what?",Derry said, arranging the machinery needle.

"Did you go to your home?",Max said with a deep sigh, knowing that Derry never liked to go to his home and live his rich life, in he had to be disciplined by his big brother.

Derry didn't reply him, he had indulge himself in his work, poking needles in his fore arm.

"You know what, you shouldn't hate your brother",Max continued without waiting for his answer.

"I don't hate him. I just don't like his...way of living,"Derry replied and he hadn't noticed that he had got struck too deep with the needle, soon his blood mixed with the red ink, he hadn't felt the pain.

"Boy, be careful. Look, blood is flowing",Max said, observing Derry's arm which seemed more red than before, a different shade of red had appeared.

"Doesn't matter",Derry said without looking at the region of unnoticeable pain.

"So, ya got another girl?",Max asked Derry, leaning over him a bit, showing a curiousity gesture.

"She was just an intern in Kai's company. He asked me for some help related to her,"Derry said, glancing at Max, who wasn't that happy with Derry's reply.

"Ya know she is a gangster's daughter? Auric Capone is his father and Alec Capone is his brother and she is a "normal" intern?",Max replied, who had been related to the gangster world from the time he was born.

"It's nothing. She is kinda....sweet, I guess",Derry said, cleansing his arm on which tattoo was already made, Roses, his blood was mixed in it.

"Like these rose? Heh?",Max had expected Derry to chuckle along with him but instead a cold smirk approached Derry's face and Max's chuckle was burried in the surrounding.

"Indeed",Derry said.

Sophie stood there trembling by seeing Prince's eyes full of hatred, this was the man she was going to kill?

Sophie turned around and tried to calm down, she might have skipped a heartbeat. She stood there, thinking what she should do next and then a figure appeared in front of her, a similar one again, Derry Terrel, who was dressed in some kind of soldier clothes which Sophie wasn't aware of.

"I am the new captain of your army, your highness. My name is Nourik Hasen. I will rescue you till the very end of my life, your highness,"he took a long bow in front of Sophie, Derry's height had made the situation a bit funny. So tall muscular guy bowing in front of a girl who has a rather timid body.

"Rise. I hope I won't be disappointed from your actions, Captain Nourik,"she said and then took a pause before saying, "take over the army right away, have a talk with the General and by the way...nice roses on your arm",she smiled on this and she wasn't acting about that, those roses really suited him but she somehow controlled her thoughts as she saw that Derry was blushing a bit and he had already removed

"but I prefer my soldiers to be well dressed,"she raised her eyebrows, she was acting this time.

She started leaving him from there, she had laughed at the look Derry have her when she had told him to be well dressed but she burried it since she couldn't make Derry find out about that, she turned from halfway and said, "Leave now, Captain Nourik,"she said, her look rather chasing cold.

But Derry wasn't able to control his blushing when he saw her that standing there as the sun rays reflected her eyes, he had nearly forgot to bow but then coming to the world he said, "Yes....yes, your highness", he left the hall and so did Sophie, who was now clueless of what to do next since the Prince ran away and which familiar face she was about to see next.

"Hey",Kenny popped out in front of her, out of nowhere, she startled Sophie.

"Kenny, Ghosh, please don't startle me like that in the name of God!",Sophie said catching a breath.

Sophie told Kenny about how Prince Eros left her and how she had seen Captain Nourik and how they were her CEO and CEO's younger brother. Kenny stood there thinking of what Sophie had told her and after the long pause she spoke.

"So, your Boss is Prince Eros and Captain Nourik is his brother?",Kenny asked, her eyes gazing Sophie for a while now, Sophie just simply nodded her head, she was too tired to speak with words.

"In my time, my ex was Prince Eros and my best friend was Captain Nourik",she said, "Nice. You may have some romantic relationship with your boss, right?",she chuckled.

"NO!!!,"Sophie said screaming as loud as she could, her eyes popping out of her head.

"Okay, okay, I got it. Don't scream, my dear,"Kenny said, calming her down.

Few metres away only was a guy hiding there, listening to both of them though he wasn't able to see Kenny, he had presumed that princess was seeing ghosts. He was Sophie's real brother, Alec Capone, he had same eyes of his sister, his skin tone a bit darker than Sophie's original skin tone, he had said to himself so that no one was able to see him, Afterall he was the spy from the court of Evil Queen, Kristen.

"So, the young princess is encountering ghosts?,"he said slowly, inaudible, "something worth telling my Queen,"he smirked.

And then he vanished in the thin air, heading towards Queen Kristen's empire.

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