40. Messy Palace

Meanwhile in the Diamond Kingdom, things were still in chaos. Things are still scattered, messy and not tidied up at all. Jackson's troops tended to just have fun, eat and drink a lot, and things were very messy there.

Jackson, that man is now only sitting on King Arthur's throne. He was wearing a king's clothing and was chewing grapes one by one. Occasionally he laughed because he saw the beautiful singers dancing in front of him.

The singers numbered five and they were invited from other areas to come and entertain Jackson. Bella was also there. The woman sat sweetly beside Jackson. Bella sat on Queen Georgiana's throne.

But Bella's face looked unhappy. And during the four days that succeeded in controlling the kingdom, Bella had not granted Jackson's request.

Yes, Jackson's request in the form of wanting to sleep with her. Bella had not complied with the request because she was very annoyed. She thought Jackson understood how to organize the royal system and the inside of the palace. Bella thought Jackson could start leading the kingdom well and gallantly. And Bella thought, Jackson would divide the task equally among his troops and make new, stricter rules.

But apparently until now Jackson was just busy having fun enjoying lots of food and trying on the king's luxurious clothes. Jackson didn't care at all about the situation inside the palace which was still a mess. Even Jackson let his troops touch other stuff to their heart's content.

It was really very disturbing for Bella. Then the woman immediately stood up from her seat. She left Jackson just like that.

Bella is nothing like Jackson. She was still wearing her usual clothes, just a simple dress. However, she started wearing some of the jewelery belonging to the late Queen Georgiana, in the form of bracelets and earrings.

Seeing his lover who just walked away with an annoyed expression on her face, Jackson stopped laughing and stopped chewing his food. He also immediately ordered the singers to stop dancing after two hours. And he ordered the singers to leave the palace rather than the singers would be seduced by Jackson's troops.

"Bella! Bella, wait!! Hey, what's wrong with you?" asked Jackson. His wide steps caught up with Bella quickly and the man had managed to grab Bella's wrist. So the woman stopped going any further.

Bella turned and shook Jackson's hand roughly. "What do you care about me?? Just look at those singers and let them satisfy you!!!"

Hearing those words, Jackson grinned and chuckled softly. Then he held Bella's chin gently. "Honey, they just dance for me and I just enjoy their dance. Are you jealous? I'm not even mad that you always refuse my wishes every day."

"It's true that you're not angry and you're just enjoying the singers' dance!! But I'm not angry because of that!!" Bella said angrily.

"Then what? Talk to me. Come here, we'd better sit down." Jackson said softly. He also led Bella and they sat on a long sofa which was located in the part of the palace room that was used to welcome guests.

With a sense of annoyance that still bursts into her mind, Bella sat beside Jackson. "Are you blind? You don't see how chaotic this palace is?" she asked. Her face looks so angry.

Jackson frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Look at how the condition of this palace is. Everything hasn't been tidied up yet. All palace items are free to be touched and used by your troops. They are your troops and they should start training to become royal guards and soldiers!! They don't deserve to relax like this. We already have this kingdom, Jackson. So we use this kingdom well. Can't you actually be king and lead this kingdom? If it goes on like this, you'd better live alone with your troops!!"

Bella crossed her arms and her face turned to stare in another direction. Some of Jackson's troops saw her attitude and they gave very indifferent expressions.

Hearing Bella's passionate words, Jackson finally saw the state of the palace which still looked chaotic. And the man became self-conscious that he had to be a firm leader. Just as Bella wanted.

"I'm purposely staying quiet and just having fun enjoying the many things that are out here, honey."

"Why did you purposely do that?"

"Because you haven't accepted my wishes. Have all my efforts that I've done for you yielded no results? I am indeed loyal to you, but you also have to compensate for that. And you should understand what your duty is." Jackson said.

Bella immediately swallowed her saliva. Actually she was not ready to sleep with Jackson. Because she still remembers the old days, Jackson is very rude to her every time he wants to have it. Even when he was kissing the woman was very rough.

"Don't you love me?" asked Jackson.

Bella immediately turned around. "If I didn't love you, I wouldn't be willing to accompany you to this day, Jackson!"

"Then why won't you sleep with me?"

"Prove to me that you can be a strict leader in this palace! Order all your troops to hold their respective positions so this kingdom is seen as a true kingdom again. Get them all to tidy up the messy things, start organizing the security forces and train well. Tell them to eat in a neat manner and don't touch the inside of the palace carelessly!!" she said.

"But all of that can't be done by my troops alone, honey. We also need maidservants. You can see for yourself, can't you? My troops are all men, there are no women here except you. So, I'm going to send Thomas out to find the rest of the citizens who are still on this island and make them as servants in this palace. That way, everything will look neat again, right?"

Bella took a deep breath. "Just do it if you can. I'll give you two days. And I want you to keep your distance from me, until this palace looks like a proper palace!"

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