CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

"I can see, close your eyes, am about to pull my trousers" he said and she shut her eyes and a smile appeared in the corner of his lips. He pulled his trousers and put on his night wear and went back to sit on the bed, beside Eliza. "you can open them now" he said and she opened her eyes to see him smiling

"you seem to be having a nice time" she said sarcastically

"hm" he said and she frowned

"should I pull my clothes and see how you will react?"

"please do" he replied and she gulped down her own spit, "it would be a sight to behold" he said and a mischievous smile appeared on his face

"Pervert" she muttured under her breath and he threw a questioning look at her"what did you say" he asked , his expression was blank

"Nothing" she hurriedly said

"I guess you need to be given a good lesson on how to talk to royalties, did you lost your manners alongside your memory" he smirked, "you suggested to pull your clothes and I welcomed the idea"

"am sorry" she mummured.

"you should go to sleep now, you need to rest" he said to her and she nodded her head.

"according to what have seen and heard about royal family, it isn't always peaceful but your is" she spoke and he chuckled

"you think we are peaceful?" he asked

"hmmm, the queens are loving, there is no beef, and you get along well with your siblings, Shewa is excluded" she said to hear him chuckle

"you will know whether there is peace in the palace or not when the king passes" he said and laid on his back on the bed beside her

"try being positive" she said to receive a deadly look from him and she puffed her cheek

"I want to sleep and if you ain't feeling sleepy, count the ceilings" he said and nudged his head at the ceilings. She frowned at his statement and he smirked. Before she could utter a word, he had shut his eyes and she couldn't help but look at him, he was the cutest thing she is ever seen, his dark features glittered in the dark and she resisted the urge to run her hand through his hair...She leaned closer to have a good look at him when his thick voice vibrated in her ear, "you will leave a hole on my face, stop staring and go to bed" he said and she hastily turned to the other side of the bed, her back turned against him. She bit her lips to hold back the cry that was about to escape her lips due to the sharp pain she felt in her back.

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Her dream was interrupted by the sharp pain she felt in her back and she whimpered before opening her eyes, she slowly turned around and Araromi was gone, he wasn't in the room, she pulled herself up to a sitting position and slowly climbed down from the bed, she walked to the door and opened the door a little. She saw to maids cleaning the surroundings and she greeted them but instead of receiving a reply she received a deadly glare from them but that didn't stop her from asking them the question she has for them. "Do you know where prince Aratomi is?" she asked and they shook their head"thank you" she said and shut the door and went to sit on the bed, waiting impatiently for him. Few minutes later a maid came to attend to her, meeting her needs. The maid was different from the other maids she had seen around the palace, she was older and treated her well, she didn't give her attitude or give her deadly looks.

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Rumors that Eliza passed the night at Araromi's room and was still there spread in the palace like wind fire and it became the talk of the palace. Araromi who just got back to the palace after his morning training was told that the king requested his presence, he noticed the maids whispering as he passed by but chose to ignore them,his mood is a bit good this morning, if not, he would have made a scape goat out of one of them this morning and the fellow would be really unfortunate. He got to the throne room and met the king with the queens and the chiefs discussing. He bowed his head and greeted, "long live the king. You summoned me" he said

"yes I did, a strange rumor has been going round the palace that you camped Ewa in your room and I confirmed it, that lady is a stranger"

"I had my reasons"

"what reason do you have to keep a woman in your room, a stranger at that, I allowed her in the palace and she crossed her line, she had the audacity to spread her legs and sleep with a prince

"nothing of such happened, I won't appreciate you badmouthing her, I asked her to stay in my room for a reason"

"Quiet, get out" he bowed and when he turned around to leave he heard his father say"you won't meet her inside,I have already have her locked up, she will be interrogated"

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