I'm ready.

Clover blinks his eyes open and groans softly against the harsh sunlight coming through the window, he rolls over and grabs Evangeline's naked body pulling it closer to his enjoying the feeling of her smooth skin. She slowly stirs awake but makes no move to move away from him which surprises him a lot, he half expected her to run away this morning and pretend that nothing of the previous night happened. "Morning"

"Good morning." he murmurs before pressing his nose in her hair and inhaling the scent of her shampoo like a drug addict who finally got his fix, he rubs her back "Did you sleep well, wife?"

She laughs softly and her breath tickles his neck slightly "I did. How about you, husband?"

"I slept amazing" his hand moves from her back down to her ass cheek and he gives it a soft squeeze, again surprised when she doesn't bite his head off. "Are you quite alright?"

"A bit sore down there"

He hums before trying to see how far she'll let him go before she gets irritated with him. "I may have a way to soothe the pain away"

"Oh, no" she shakes her head "I can't do another round after last night"

"No one said anything about another round" he wiggles his eyebrows before pushing the sheets away from their bodies and a shiver runs through her body at the cool air hitting her naked skin, he settles between her legs with his face close to her most intimate area, his wide shoulders making her legs spread wider to accommodate him which in turn opens her up further for him. 

Her eyes widen and her cheeks heat up when she realises

 his intention "No, Clover. That's disgusting."

He scowls "There's nothing disgusting about it, my tongue can give you just as much pleasure as my fingers and cock"

"Don't say it like that."

He grins. "What? You don't like the word 'cock'?"

"Oh, fuck off!" She huffs and he laughs loudly, she stares down at him in this mesmerizing kind of way.

His laugh slowly dies down "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Your laugh. It's rather nice." she admits softly

He smiles "Do you know what else is nice?"

And he shows her exactly how his tongue can bring her pleasure and sooth her pain.

When they finally join the others for breakfast, Evangeline tries to keep the smile off her face but fails miserably. She feels weird knowing that her entire family knows what her and Clover did the previous night but she tries not to think too much into it. Everyone watches in disbelief, surprise and approval as Clover dishes a plate of breakfast for Evangeline first then one for himself.

King Henry and Queen Charlotte share a knowing look and after a while she asks "Have you informed the maids to change your sheets?"

Evangeline cringes, so much for not trying to think too much into it. Clover gives his mother a sideways glance "Can we please not discuss my marriage bed while we're having breakfast?"

"Of course. I just wanted to make sure the maids tend to your bedchamber."

King Lucien pipes up "The tiny brunette should change your sheets, she does a decent job at changing ours."

Evangeline takes a long sip of her juice, really wishing it was wine and Clover glares at her father across the table "Mia will not be changing our sheets. Ever."

"Oh?" Lucien has the audacity to look around in mock confusion and the table suddenly goes quiet when he says "I'm sure Evangeline won't mind your slut seeing her virginity blood." 

She inhales a sharp breath as she resists the urge to puke at his disgusting words and she startles when Clover suddenly slams his hand on the table "Mia is not a fucking slut. She is the love of my life and you better do well to address her by her name."

Evangeline should be surprised that he would rather cover up for Mia behind her back than cover up for Evangeline right in front of her. But she's not.

Before Lucien can jump down Clover's throat for speaking to him like that, Edward says "Father. Enough"

Everyone turns to him in surprise and Evangeline frowns when she sees his hands clenched into tight fists next to his plate on the table "Ed-"

"No, Eva. He needs to hear this." Edwards turns to Lucien with a glare so full of anger "Are you not ashamed to speak of your own daughter like she is nothing more than property?"

Lucien clenches his jaw tightly before letting out a laugh that is void of any humour and turns to Henry and Charlotte who tries their best not to make eye contact with him "It seems our time in Harmpton has come to an end. We thank you for your hospitality but it's time we head back to Dunstead"

Everyone seems confused by his change in behavior but Evangeline knows better and King Henry nods once "It's been a pleasure."

King Lucien nods back before standing up and Evangeline says "I'll walk you guys to your carriage"

Most of the wedding guests left the previous night, the ones who stayed the night left already at first light. When it's just Clover and his parents, he lets out a scoff "I can't believe the nerve of him."

Henry runs a frustrated hand down his face "Son, I do agree that King Lucien was out of line but you're not at all innocent."

"I didn't do anything wrong!"

His father stares at him in disbelief and his mother pipes up "What your father is trying to say is that you know sleeping around with Mia would eventually come bite you in the ass."

He shakes his head "This is not just about sex. Mia and my relationship is so much more than that. I love her."

"You don't know the first thing about love, you're a spoiled brat."

"Henry!" Charlotte says in outrage and Henry gives her a pointed look. A muscle tics in Clover jaw and he rakes a hand through his hair, Charlotte takes a deep breath before saying "Your father and I think it's time we discuss your coronation"

He immediately sits up straighter "What?"

The two of them share a look and Henry says "We're thinking of making you King after your twenty-fifth birthday"

That's in four years.

He nods "I'm ready"

"No, you're not." Henry says "If we thought you were ready then we would've made you King already. You have so much more to learn, starting with keeping your pants up"

Clover tenses and his father and him have a stare off for a moment before Clover leans forward in his seat and snarls "I am not leaving Mia."

Henry raises an eyebrow "Even if it cost you your crown?"

"Even then."

He pushes away from the table before storming out of the dining hall, heading straight to the kitchen where he finds Mia wiping off the counters. She smiles when she sees him and he returns her smile before grabbing her arm and pulling her into the first empty room they find. He tries not to think too much about the fact that he practically told his father to shove his crown where the sun doesn't shine.

He wraps his arms around her in a hug the minute they're alone "Gods, I missed you."

She giggles and wraps her arms around him too "I saw you yesterday before the wedding."

"Twenty-four hours. That's how long I went without seeing you"

He tries kissing her but she holds a hand up and asks "Are we not going to address the elephant in the room?"

He frowns "What are you talking about?"

"The fact that you're a married man now. And you had sex with Princess Evangeline last night"

His eyes narrow "How would you know we had sex?"

Her brown eyes narrow right back "Luna changed your sheets and mentioned the…mess."

He grimaced, he really hoped the staff wouldn't gossip about it because he didn't want it to reach Mia's ears. "Okay so we had to bed, you know it's tradition."

Her eyes searches his "And?"

He shrugs, "It meant nothing. And I told you that being married to her won't change anything between us."

She immediately relaxes "Good, because you're mine remember?"

"All yours." he forces a smile and presses a kiss to her lips

She reaches for his pants "Do you think they'll notice if we are quick?"

He makes a sound low in his throat as he gently grabs her wrist, halting the movements of undoing his pants "I can't right now, Mimi"

"What? Why not?"

He rakes his brain real quick for something to say "I need to open the wedding gifts with Evangeline. You know how she'll get if she has to do it alone"

She lets out a chuckle and wraps her arms around his neck. "Yeah, she can be a cunt."

He stiffens at her words which is confusing to him, because in the past he didn't give a shit what names people were calling Evangeline. Hell at times even he called her something not so…nice. Mia's eyes search his once again and he forces himself to relax and lets out a chuckle "She definitely can be one yeah"

She smiles "I'll come to your chamber tonight after dinner." She stands on her toes and kisses him, he wraps an arm around her waist before kissing her back. He can't help but compare that her lips are so much fuller than Evangeline's. 

Five minutes later he walks into Evangeline's bedchamber without knocking and she lets out a shriek of surprise before covering her face with the pillow. Clover's brows furrow "What the hell are you doing?"

"Why the hell are you walking in here without knocking?" her words are muffled by the pillow but he manages to make out what she said.

He closes the door behind him and steps closer to the bed, taking a seat in front of her "What's wrong?"

She's quiet before saying softly "Everything." 

He hums before reaching a hesitant hand out and gently taking hold of her wrist but he doesn't move the pillow away from her though. He leaves it entirely up to her. After a while of her debating with herself, she removes the pillow and he immediately stiffens. Not at the sight of her freckles though, last night was the first time he got a good look at her without makeup on and he was pleasantly surprised when he found she has one hundred and thirty four freckles. Not that he was counting of course. No, he stiffens at the sight of her bruised cheek and split lip.