Chapter 9

------Emma's PoV------

I knocked on his door with a tray in my one hand. It's a surprise my hands aren't trembling though my heart is racing at the top speed. 

He doesn't respond. 'Might be preparing to punish you.' 

I knock again but still no response. 'He really is.' Shut up!

He is not responding, that means I should leave!? But leaving without any command is against the rules. 

I place a knock again and stare at the door blankly. But neither I hear him nor the door opens! 

Then I should just leave the meal on his table and head back. I nodded to myself and opened the gate gently. 

I move in and take a look all around but he's nowhere seen.

I walk and place the tray on the side table and move to the bathroom, but he's not even here. Where did he go? 

I move out of the bathroom and start to explore his room. 

Well, his bedroom just has a King-sized bed, a medium-sized side table attached to it, a huge screen, I guess TV just in front of the bed, almost a wall sized window at the opposite side of the door which has a very beautiful frame. Just at it's right a long couch, which has a small table at it's end and a big shelf full of books at the corner of the window wall. Nothing impressive. 

But there's one thing that manages to catch my attention. His laptop on the bed!

I walk to the bed and sit on it, I take his laptop in my lap. It's open.

'It's unethical to look into someone's private things!' Ugh, please. It's so baiting right now!

But he's the King and he's already ready to punish me. Well, I'm sure my punishment would be doubled or maybe tripled if he'll see his laptop in my hands.

I sigh, and try all my best to place it at it's previous place without taking a glance at it. 

But,

It's me and I saw the screen.

I see 'مزارع وشان' written on the top centre in big bold letters. It's Arabic. 

It means 'Wushan Farms' in English. I guess this is the document he needs to translate and share. 

I look up, should I help him? But he doesn't need my help. 

I promptly look down and read a few lines of the file. It looks like a company's brochure. 

What should I do? He'll be back at any moment. Should I help him? Or should I pretend I never saw it? 

 'We'll decide about helping him later, let's share the file first.' 

I nodded to myself and quickly took my phone out and connected my phone to his laptop to share the file.

The sharing hardly took twenty seconds, but these twenty seconds were too long for me.

I swiftly unconnect my phone and placed the laptop back on it's spot. Phew!

"What are you doing?" I freeze at my place as I hear his voice. My core jolts in reaction. 

Shit! Shit! Shit!

"I… I was...umm" I stand up from his bed.

My god, think something Emma.

Playing a game on his laptop?

"Get out." He says as he comes and sits on the bed and takes the laptop in his hands. 

I breathe out before walking. Ass saved. Wait, isn't he punishing me? 

Woah, get out fast. I'm almost at the door when I hear him,

"Wait." My huge smile whips off.

Noo..!!

I turn around and see my phone in his hand. 

'How can you forget your phone?' 

I laugh nervously and approach him. I take my phone out of his hand and turn around but he grasps my hand.

He harshly pulls me to his direction making us inches apart.

I look at him with my wide eyes. My heartbeat immediately gears to the top speed.

I gulp, I hope I'm not looking like a tomato because this proximity is, unknowingly, making me nervous. 

"It's the last warning. Next time I won't spare you." He speaks looking directly into my eyes.

I instantly nodded in response, completely aware of what he's talking about.

He leaves my hand and I, in a split second, get out of his personal space. I smoothen my dress for no reason.

He turns his head to his laptop. He looks exhausted, maybe because of the translation work. 

Don't worry, I'll do it for you. 

Although he looks all dangerous and sadistic, but a tiny part of me just doesn't accept it. Like, he is dangerous and shouts all the time but still he doesn't let the wrong thing happen. 

He saved me from Royal Jack, not that I cannot do it, but still… he saw it and he didn't ignore it.

And he saved Miranda and gave her the life she wanted to live. A loving husband, a small child. I'm so happy for her.

But there's one thing I don't understand. 

"What? You want me to punish you?" King threw a shaft on my thoughts.

"What!? No. No." I reply. 

"THEN LEAVE!" He shouts.

Okay, let's just stick with him being an arrogant cocky creature. 

I turn around and leave his room.

I move to the hall where everyone already is.

"What did he do?" Miranda asks, approaching me. She looks nervous. 

"Nothing." I say with a smile.

I don't know how much time it will take me to complete the translation. I should go back early today. 

"Oh thank god. Everyone was so worried for you." 

"Miranda, I have to go now. Bella just called me, she is sick." I say to Miranda.

How long her name is. Mi-ran-da. Doesn't she have a nickname?

"Ok. Ok. You go take care of her. I'll see the rest here." She replies. 

"B-bye." I speak and she engulfs me into her arms. It's the first time she hugged me. How sweet.

She let me go and I left the Palace.

(~Next morning)

------King Xavier's PoV------

I think I need to extend the deadline, I couldn't get my work translated. I can't believe I'm saying this. Xavier Starkborns is saying this.

And that human translator is gone. I'll make sure to put him in dungeons. That's what humans are: sneaking out at the most crucial times. 

I sigh and throw my laptop aside.

'Just a glass of hot blood for breakfast.' I said in Miranda's head. How long her name is, Mi-ran-da. 

I really want to kick someone's ass right now. Never I'm my 1498 years of life, I postponed the deadline. It's truly an insult for me.

I'll inform King Edward after a quick bath.

I get up from my chair and move to my bedroom. I removed my clothes and went straight into the bathroom.

^^Flashback^^

"Xavier, open the gate." I hear her sweet voice.

"I'm under the shower, angel." I reply, a smile creeps on my face.

"I made something for you." She exclaims. 

How sweet she is, my little doll.

"I know, I can smell it." I speak as I turn off the shower. 

I wrap a towel around my waist and move out. I am welcomed with a bright smile on her face and a chocolate cake in her hands.

"Taste it and tell me how this is." She says.

I, with a lightning speed, placed the cake on the bed and sat beside it with her on my lap.

I cut a slice of it and carried it towards her mouth. Her body tenses up.

What's happening? Is she alright?

"First you, baby." She says by turning my hand towards my mouth. 

I smile before eating all of it. Ah, it's tasty.

"You like it?" She asks, looking extra nervous. How cute she looks when she's nervous. 

Just as I'm about to say yes, I feel my body heating up. It's like I'm burning from the core. I look at her, she's smiling differently.

I feel my head getting dizzy and a piercing pain in my heart.

"Was something in the cake?" I ask, despite the fact that speaking anything was making me choking.

"Oh, don't worry." She says, carsening my right cheek.

^^End of the Flashback^^

Even after two hundred years, I still can't get her out of mind. I sigh in defeat. 

I move out of the bathroom and wear my casuals.

My gaze moves to the side table, my breakfast isn't here yet. These servants are really getting lenient, and all thanks to that human.

I think leaving her yesterday was a mistake, she really needs a lesson. Just one more mistake and she would get what she deserves. 

Isn't she a little too much, I never thought that she would come up defending them. No one has ever done that. 

But my blood?!

'MY BREAKFAST?' I shout in Miranda's head. 

'King, Emma has taken it to your study room.' I hear her back.

I start to walk to my room. As I'm getting nearer to it, the smell of her blood is getting stronger. One thing I don't understand, why her blood smells so different from the others? So much different, so much tempting. 

'She's all different.' Yeah, she's a weird girl.

I open the gate only to see her doing something on my laptop.

Wait, What!?

"What are you doing?"

"I'm sharing the translated file." She says and immediately looks above as if she didn't mean to say it.

"WHAT?" I shout before, in a blink of an eye, taking my laptop out of her hands. 

I look down at the laptop, the file is shared.

 The translated file is shared!?

 Oh Satan!!

I can't believe this!! How DARE she? 

 What does she think of this? It's a baby book? 

What if the file is incomplete or wrong? I've never shared any file with even one mistake in it.

"How dare you?" I speak in utter shock. 

She's unbelievable. I look at the screen one more time to see if I'm dreaming, but no. 

The file is really shared and she did it!!

I place the laptop on the table, she's gone now.

"King, just have a look at it once. There's no mistak-" 

"WHO ASKED YOU TO DO IT?" I shouted by trapping her between me and the wall as she was stepping back.

"No one. But I did it because I really respect you and you are a very nice person,"

"No-no, you are not nice. You are always shouting on me and you are-" Huh!?

"Omg, what I'm saying. I just,"

 "IjustdiditcozyousavedMiranda'slife." She says in one breath. I can hear her heart is beating insanely. 

I narrow my eyes, she is really crazy. 'Adorable.' 

But who told her that I saved Miranda? Not Miranda for sure, she has never told this to anyone, she doesn't trust that easily. And what did she say, I'm always shouting!? 'She's right though' 

My phone buzzes. I see the screen, it's from king Edward's.

I pick up the call looking down at her. So short she is.

But I won't spare her if something goes wrong.

"King Xavier, we've received the file. King Edward will look into it and we'll update you soon." I hear from the other side of the phone.

All this time I was just hoping that the file won't be shared, but NO. 

I hung up after saying 'okay'. I put my phone back to my pocket.

"What am I gonna do with you?" I ask her but more to myself.

"I… King… at least read it first. I promise, you won't be disappointed." She speaks, her voice is shaking but she doesn't stutter. 

I don't know why, I should be angry right now but I'm not. My eyes are just glued to her pretty face. 

Did I just say her pretty!? 

Satan, what am I thinking!?

"YOU. YOU WILL BE PUNISHED IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG." I yell.

She closes her eyes promptly and opens them after a few seconds. She looks at me, her eyes are reflecting pure innocence. 

How brave she is, still got the nerve to look at me. Brave or a fool?

She blinks and only this time I notice how beautiful her brown eyes are. What the fuck am I thinking!? 

Can't help, she carries a very different aura around her, lovable and cheerful. And that's absolutely annoying. 

"Got it!?" I ask in a dangerously calm tone. Though I'm not any of it. 

She promptly nods in response and I let her go. 

She immediately moves away from me, which I kinda didn't like. 

She moves to my table and picks her phone up. She walks fast towards the door.

"Wait." I stop her, for no reason. 

'What's going on Xavier?'

"Where is my breakfast?" I ask her, although I can smell the hot blood. It's on the table.

"On the table." She says without looking at me and leaves. 

Did I scare her much? Okay, now I'm concerned if I scared her!? 

This girl is utterly a poison.