She is beautiful

On the morning when Valerie woke up she found herself in an unfamiliar room but it then dawn on her all that happened yesterday not only is she staying at the royal palace but also getting married to the prince. Thinking about the made her blush a little, she remembered how he defended her yesterday and how his green eyes stared at her in concern while he held her close to him.

It was nice to be the only one he can get close to but some day when he gets better she won’t be able to be close to him anymore so she didn’t want to get her hopes up for nothing. Valerie decided to leave her negative thoughts and wash up before going down for breakfast, since it’s still early she took her time in the bathroom remembering that she doesn’t leave with her aunt anymore, she doesn’t have to do chores anymore.

After getting ready Valerie went downstairs and found Alex and Max already at the dinning table. Max was the first to see her and greeted her with a small smile which Valerie replied to with a smile as well, they were both getting a little more comfortable with each other since they would be getting married soon enough.

“ My day has been blessed with your presence my beloved princess, I have been leaving a life filled with dull mornings till this day but now after seeing you I know my mornings won’t be boring again” said Alex in a dramatic voice. This made Valerie giggle and also said in a dramatic voice “ oh dear prince I feel the same way in fact not only my mornings but my entire life has felt empty without you” they both laughed at their own antics, even the servants around were laughing at their performance.

Max also laughed since he was happy to see Valerie smile after what happened last night but also wished he was the one that made her smile like that, “ what am I thinking?. Maybe it’s because I feel sorry for her and think that she’s nice that’s why I want her to smile” Max was convincing himself . Alex offered Valerie a seat besides him but so did Max now Valerie was thrown between which seat she would take, is it that of her fiancé or that of her best friend.

Valerie decided to sit with her fiancé even if she might not be comfortable with him as she is with Alex, she found it all the more reason to get closer to him. Max smiled as she chose his seat, it was as if he won something which made him look at Alex with a small smirk but Alex only raised an eyebrow and had a knowing look on his face.

The dinning table was all set and different types of food were set on the table, the king soon arrived at the dinning table and the servants bowed their heads in greeting while Valerie and the boys stood from their seats and greeted him with a “good morning your highness”. “Yes good morning please seat down and Valerie my dear how was your night and I hope you weren’t troubled yesterday” the king asked Valerie.

“ I slept very well uncle and I didn’t have any trouble yesterday” Valerie and Max had already agreed not to tell the king about what happened last night even though Max refused at first after begging him, he finally agreed to it. “ I’m not your uncle anymore call me dad now since your going to be my daughter soon, you know me and Helen always wanted a sweet daughter like you but I was given these two unfaithful sons” the king playfully pointed at his sons.

“Father how could you call us unfaithful sons you’re hurting our feelings” Alex placed a hand on his chest pretending to be hurt. “ Yes father how am I unfaithful, I can understand Alex but not me too” Max said pointing at Alex who sat opposite him and Alex replied with “ hey” like he felt a little offended.

But the king said to Max “ oh don’t even get me started with you, some one who hardly visits his family I’m even starting to regret sending Valerie with you because you’re going to take her far away from us” everyone was laughing and having a good time while eating but the max suddenly held Valerie’s hand that was on the table making her stop eating and said to his father “don’t worry father I’ll make sure to protect her when we get there” this made Valerie blush and the king smile.

After breakfast they all went there different ways, Alexander went to pick up the queen who had gone on a trip to help with the women’s program that was organized in the next town and the king had an important meeting with some officials leaving Valerie and Max behind.

“Since we both don’t have plans for the afternoon why don’t we both go out and take a tour around since you promised to show me around” Max said to Valerie who was about to head upstairs. “Sure why not I’ll take you to some great spots I know” Valerie said to him and rushed atupstairs to change her outfit.

Never in Valerie’s life did she think she would face the crisis of what to wear, normally this wouldn’t be a problem but now he was going out with her future husband. After a minutes Valerie pick out a yellow Maxi dress with blue polka dot and a little puff sleeve she paired it with a straw hat and sandals, after she styled her brown hair to cover the burnt side of her face after looking at the mirror and satisfied with her self she went down to meet Max.

Max was already waiting for her outside in front of his car and on seeing Valerie he thought to himself how beautiful she looked, she looked great in the bright colored dress and you can see her nice figure even from her long dress her fair skin shined under the sun. Realizing what he was thinking he mentally slapped himself then when Valerie got to were he was he could help but complement her “ you look beautiful Valerie”.

Valerie blushed and said her thanks at his complement since it’s not everyday she gets a complement. Max opened the car but Valerie suggested that the go in a carriage instead since he might not know some of the routes to take and to attract less attention, after understanding what she was trying to say he agreed to go in a carriage.

It was a bumpy ride and a little uncomfortable but it wasn’t so bad even if Max still preferred to go by car he didn’t mind as he got to enjoy the view and saw as Valerie happily pointed out places she knew as they passed by. The first place they stopped by was a small restaurant it was simple but also had a homely feel to it.

“I heard you run the you are planning on opening a restaurant soon so I brought you here so you can maybe get some ideas” Valerie said to max, she actually heard that from Alex when he was bragging about his younger brother. This made Max impression of her grow even more “ thank you Valerie, you are a very thoughtful person I can see why my family fell in love with you, is this your way of winning my heart ?” Max asked Valerie wiggling his brow.

Valerie just laughed and answered with a whatever and led him into the restaurant. Inside the restaurant was filled with people but it wasn’t too noisy but also not quite, they were greeted and lead to a free table since Valerie was know by the workers and owner she would occasionally exchange small talks with them. It was a nice sight for Max to see and it also made him comfortable and the food was also good which gave him some ideas he could for his project.

They visited many other places and had fun, they bonded and shared some stories with each other which made them know more about each other. It was already late in the afternoon when Max said he wanted to make one last stop, so they took the carriage and arrived at a top class jewelry shop.

“ Do you want to buy a gift for her majesty as a welcome gift” the thought of it made Valerie excited but what Max said made open her mouth in surprise, he say “ well actually I came here to buy our wedding rings, if you don’t mind since our marriage was a bit unexpected I at least wanted to give you a ring” this really touched Valerie a lot and made her almost cry but she held it in and follow him inside the shop.

When they got in she was asked to take off her hat as it was part of the stores policies which she didn’t mind and did as she was told but when taking off her hat she accidentally reviled a bit of her burnt face making the sales girl look at her with a judgmental look. This made Valerie realize the reality she almost forgot about but Max on the other hand was angry and he made sure to show it.