Eline_huntsmith

River and Lily have been, or rather had been, friends for almost all their lives until a one nightstand ruined any semblance of a friendship between them.

Lily would strongly like to blame the fact that she was foolish on that night and River, well, he doesn't look like he has a lot to say or think about the night in question.

Now, four years down the line, after one isolating the other and another still being bitter hurt over the events that succeeded that particular night, Lily is called in for a royal favor.

With River's coronation as king drawing near, she has to keep his rather, messy, to be lightly put, record on a clean squeaky plate. How to do that you ask? Well, obviously by avoiding him and being professional to a fault.

But the ignorant blind fool doesn't get the memo. In fact, to her, it looks like River is doing anything other than being professional and distant.

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"I was going to ruin you!" he shouts in exasperation and I eye him for a moment, watching his chest rise and fall rapidly until he calms down.

"I was already ruined. I fail to see any sort of damage that could have outdone what I've gone through." I shrug and pick up my folder from the bed.

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Lily has no much to think about during the summer but if there's something she's certain of, it's that she is not ready to be the reason River's crown topples off his head no matter how much he wants to be the problem in her course.

Another Royal Frog

I almost jump up and down in glee when the last statement on the budget form is done. I could literally cry right now.

I slowly stretch my hands out and lay my head on the bed, letting out a very unladylike groan as my cramped muscles lock in place.

Since I had previously laid on my stomach, legs kicking the air and a pillow tucked under my chin, I sit up and place the laptop onto my lap.

I scan the document one more time before I email it to Eva for final suggestions. Knowing it will take about four hours before she even checks her mail, I send her a quick text and then lay back on bed with a sigh.

I check the time on my phone and then let out a sigh. River and I didn't even get enough time to spend with each other because he received a reminder about a meeting he was to oversee with two rivaling political parties.

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