[Bonus chapter] Pressing Her Nerves

"You have missed what?" the words left her mouth before she could control her emotions.

He raised a brow as her face cracked and anger seemed to be bubbling on her face. She looked like a volcano that could erupt anytime.

He had realized that she was not happy with his visit but all this time he had thought that either she was acting or it was because she was hiding something.

There was no way that she did not like his presence. Since she had cried and pleaded to meet him so many times but now he was sure that she was just irritated by looking at his face and wanted to get rid of his presence.

That was why he pressed further.

"Breakfast! What else?" he asked with a slight shrug of his shoulders with a blank face as it was only right for him to have a meal with them when he missed his meal because of them.

She felt all the nerves of her head snapped up and twitched. Did that shameless man really tell her that he had missed his breakfast!!!!!!

He was the emperor for christ sake. Would the chef be daring enough to tell him that you are late so you would not get any breakfast! How shameless!

She had never known that she had to see his shameless look ever in her life and then force a smile on her face..

"That.. I am sure if his majesty would ask, the chef of the central palace would prepare another set of breakfast for you." my lord, he would fill the whole table with delicacies. Her eyes shrieked as she looked at him with that smile that looked worse than hurling profanities at him,

"And I am afraid that our meal would not be at par with the meals his majesty served in his palace." so, please leave. Go! Shoo….!! Hurrrr! Just spare my eyes now….!

"Hmm, that is true too." Chris stood up with a nod on his face and he saw how the woman took a breath of relief. She was not even pretending anymore to give him respect the way she was showing her displeased look to him and felt like he should see why it was so.

"But I am not a fussy man! As your husband and the father, I would bear with the low quality food to spend time with my family."

"......" her teeth gnashed so hard that he was sure she would lose a tooth or two if she continued to apply so much pressure and the steam that was releasing her body was enough to keep the whole place warm.

She was no less than erupting lava with that red look on her face that a small smile escaped his lips unconsciously.

The maids who were looking at the scene from afar were shocked to see the turn of events.

They have seen a thousand times in the past how her majesty had tried to invite his majesty at her palace for a meal but was always disappointed with rejection.

And now that his majesty was having a meal for the first time here, he was looking pleased but her majesty was looking like she would pounce on him and strangle his neck for that smile on his face.

The scene made them baffled as their personalities had changed overnight. Where was the cold emperor who had no tears or blood. Why was she smiling like a teenager in front of his crush!

And what happened to the love seeking meek woman? She was standing like a wounded tigress that could attack any moment.

"You.." Katherine coughed trying to hide her anger. Not only was the man sticking to them, he was even insulting them blatantly! "You did not need to adjust, your majesty. I surely understand that we are undeserving and I am sure that Lucy and Len would understand that too." Luci and Len! She was calling the kids so amiably as if she was so close to them.

Only a week ago, she did not even know how the crown prince looked and now she was talking like she was their mother! What an act!

But the curiosity in him wanted to know why she had been a mother suddenly when she had never been inclined towards them.

"Oh, but since I am here, it would be a long walk back to the central palace. I should as well as meet my sons. And what would be a better way to share a conversation than a breakfast."

This time, he did not give her a chance to make another excuse as he titled his head and stared at the old maid standing behind her guessing that she would be the head maid of the palace with the proximity she was sharing with Katherine.

"I will have breakfast here. Make arrangements quickly.`` The maid bowed her head and left from there with hurried steps.

Katherine could only take a deep breath and bear with it. She had already refused so many times, if she would refuse further, it would be his insult. And though she was very tempted to do so, she did not want to make things difficult for her staff.

She knew that was the very reason the man had included them in their conversation or he had never talked to her staff directly in the past.

She noticed how the door of her room opened again but he did not leave. But then her eyes fell on her sons who were talking in a hushed manner in the corner.

Her eyes narrowed on how disappointed Len looked while Luci had a cold and knowing look on his face when they both turned to look at her and her nerves twitched again.

This brat! He must have judged things and even told all that nonsense to his brother and all because of this man.

"So, you both are here too. Come in, we are going to have breakfast together."