A Night With The King

“You are selling yourself short again, you are not my assistant, you are my right-hand man, the princess or anyone else would be lucky to be with you even though you are sometimes a pain in the ass, you are a great catch too,”

Lance complimented.

“Yeah, words, I don’t want to have anything to do with the princess or any woman for that matter,”

“Wait? Are you into men? I can definitely find a willing partner for you,”

Lance said. The look that Patrick gave him could possibly make a weak man tremble.

“What? Why are you giving me dead glares? Did I lie?”

He asked; he knew he was trading on hot water and he might get burnt but he didn’t back out, this was his way of paying his best friend back for all the times he had taunted him about Sophie.

“Why would you think I am into men? Have you not known me long enough to know my sexuality?”

“Well, it does change though, you might have found your true self, things change,”

“Well, I didn’t,”

Patrick let out. He looked annoyed.

“Too bad, I have the perfect man in mind,”

“You can keep him, I don’t want him, even if I am into men, why will I let you find one for you?”

“Why? I am just looking out for you, you should get laid, you are acting grumpy because it has been a long time since you felt the intimate touch of someone special,”

“Like you are doing with your someone special?”

Patrick asked and Lance nodded.

“Yes, you should get laid, once you do, you will loosen up a little, you are too uptight these days and I think it is because you are sex deprived,”

“You and I both know that’s not real fucker, I think she got into your head too much that you are now saying anything that comes to your head, at least you finally agreed that she is your someone special,”

Patrick said as if he caught him.

“I never said she wasn’t, I mean even before I slept with her, she was already special, I could fall asleep and sleep peacefully when she is with me, even before that, I have always been comfortable with her around, she has been my favorite since I met her,”

Lance stated. Everything he said was the truth, thinking about it now, if he had not been blinded to his want for her, they would have ended up in bed together sooner and she might not have met her baby daddy, whoever that bastard was, Lance hated him for having his Sophie first, getting her pregnant and not taking responsibility for the child.

“Yeah, you are definitely going to fall for her, my guess is you already did but you just don’t know it yet,”

Patrick said. Once again, he was back to the love discussion.

“Let’s go back to Roseline, shall we? He asked.

“Sure,”

Patrick said.

“You can set up the meeting with her, I will hear what she has to say before I decide if she can do it in Otano, have you heard anything from her people?”

Lance asked. Her brother the king and her parents have been quiet since he called off the wedding, not like he needed their allegiance but he just wanted to know how they felt about what happened.

“Roseline said she spoke with them, told them she would find a man they would like, she promised them she would be married soon, that woman was and is too good to you even though you don’t deserve it, she literally supported you, you should be grateful that she is a good person, if I was in her shoes, I would make my people come for you,”

Patrick let out. knowing Roseline as he did now, he didn’t doubt for once that she would do what Patrick had said she did.

“Thankfully, you are not the princess,”

He said. Maybe he should call her again, she did say they were good and could be friends, he hoped the business she wanted to do in Otano was something that he could easily allow, he wanted to pay her back for not causing a scene and for not sending her people to do too.

“I still think you should meet up with her brother, out of respect for him, what happened should not just go by like that, it doesn’t have to be a physical meeting, I can set up the call,”

Patrick advised. For the first time in weeks, he finally gave advice that Lance could easily agree to.

“Sure, set it up and I will speak with him, but inform Roseline first, I don’t want to talk to her brother blindly,”

Lance responded with a yawn, he was tired, he barely got any sleep last night and he had been busy since he woke up, he wanted to retire now but he knew that once he went back to his chamber, he would not be sleeping. He already told Soph that he would be back for her.

“I will speak to her and set up the meeting,”

Patrick responded and Lance nodded. His mind suddenly became too occupied with the beautiful woman he had left in bed.

“The meeting with the group of specialists that you wanted to speak with concerning the permanent solution for the dam situation are already in the palace, should I ask for them to come here or are you going to use the bigger office?”

Patrick asked. Yeah, the reason he couldn’t be with Sophie just yet, he had to speak with the specialists, he gave them a week to find a permanent solution to prevent the dam from overflowing again and he had to hear back from them. He didn’t want a repeat of what happened, they were lucky this time and no one died but a lot of families lost their homes and personal belongings and he didn’t want that to happen again.

“It is just four of them? Let them in here,”

He answered. Patrick spoke on the phone and a couple of minutes later, the specialist showed up and Lance stood up to welcome them. They spent the next two hours going over the solutions they suggested and after a long deliberation, they came to a conclusion.

“Thank you, gentlemen men, and lady for honoring my invitation and also finding a suitable solution,”

Lance said when he followed them out of his office.

“Thank you for having us and for giving us the chance to do our jobs, Your Majesty,”

The only woman among them spoke, it was obvious that she was the spokesperson and she was smart too, he smiled with respect.

“Have a nice evening,”

He said and they all responded and left; he turned to Patrick who was standing behind him.

“So? Can I go and rest now? Today was stressful, I need to rest,”

Lance said but he didn’t like the look on Patrick’s face.

“What happened?”

He asked, hoping that whatever it was wasn’t that serious.

“There is an issue with where the goods for the people affected by the flooding were stored, it has been flooded and we need to move them or nothing can be saved,”

He disclosed. Lance let out a tired sigh, he should have known.

“Why are you standing there? Let’s go,”Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

He said already on his way out.

“My king, you don’t have to go there, there are people there who can take care of everything,”

Patrick said but Lance wasn’t having that.

“Patrick, my people are the reason I am king, why would I just sit in the palace when I can be out there helping? Don’t even try to talk me out of it, I am going there and I am not just going to stand and watch, I am going to help, I am not an old man. What’s the point of having a young king if I can’t work?”

he let out.

“I understand what you mean, I am just saying it is late, we might not return to the palace today if we leave now,”

“Is that a problem? Won’t there be a place where I can pass the night?”

He question.

Of course, there is, I am Sorry, Your Highness,”

Patrick apologized and they silently walked to the car which would take them to the place. He suddenly remembered Sophie and let out another sigh before bringing out his phone. Thankfully, he had thought of installing a house phone in her apartment. He dialed the number hoping that she would pick up.