I Knew It Was Him

"Yes," I said.

"My lady, where did you and his majesty meet?" she asked.

"Are you asking me this?" I asked.

"No offence, my lady," she said quickly.

"No, it's alright. Actually, Ash chose me as his bride. I didn't know him," I tell a lie. I decided not to tell too many things. Ash might not want me to tell too many things and besides, it was better if people did not know such things. The less they knew, the fewer questions there would be.

"That means his majesty proposed to you, my lady?" she asked, enthusiastically.

Of course, he did not propose to me. He just brought me here without even asking me to be his bride. He said that he wanted me as his bride and if I tried to run away, he would catch me anyway. 

  But I could not just tell them that. He was the king after all. I could not badmouth him. Or he might punish me.

"Kind of like that," I said, managing a smile.