A big day

Once we got back to his room Kai noticed the bag of clothes for me on the bed and handed it to me

“James brought you the clothes why don’t you wash up and change and I’ll go get you some more fruit.”

“Ok.”

I took a bath then grabbed the bag of clothes I looked through them and they were all lingerie. I put on the one that seemed the least revealing as I got it on Kai knocked on the door

“Um yea.” I said quickly trying to cover myself with the towel as Kai walked in

“Are you ok?” He asked me

“Yea I’m uh fine.” I said fumbling with the towel

“Here I’ll take care of the towel for you and you can eat.” He went to grab the towel as he sat the food on the table

“Wait.” I tried to back away and tripped dropping the towel and Kai caught me. When he saw what I was wearing his face turned red and he looked away.

“I think James got the wrong impression when you asked for clothes.” I said covering my face in embarrassment

“His mother is a member of the romantic family.” He laughed and looked back at me moving my hands off my face. “You look beautiful.” He smiled as he looked at me. I sat on the couch and he put a blanket around me. I started eating while he took care of the towel. Then he joined me. He poured two glasses of wine and handed me one I took a sip even though I’d never drank before.

“So what’s tomorrow?” I asked drinking more. The wine was sweet and tasted like juice

“Your party.” He said refilling my glass

“My party?”

“Your coming home party.”

We ate, drank and talked for a long time. My face felt hot and as though I wasn’t in control. I leaned towards Kai to kiss him. We kissed for a while then he carried me to the bed, we continued kissing and I climbed on top of him. He pulled away

“You’re drunk. “ he said pushing my hair out of my face

“So.”

“So this isn’t a good idea. “

“Mmm okay.” I gave him a sad face. He smiled and kissed my forehead. I got off of him and started to crawl to my side of the bed when he grabbed my waist and pulled me back. I laid my head on his chest and traced his abs with my finger as he held me close and played with my hair.

He turned to his side and I looked up at him

“Do you think I’m evil?”

“No.” He kissed my head and smiled the warmth of his body made me fall into a deep sleep.

I woke up alone. I thought I had scared him away or something I don’t remember everything from last night. There was a note and water on the nightstand. I drank the water and read the note

“Good morning beautiful, I had to do some things this morning. I’ll see you later today, if you need me call for me.” I smiled reading the note Kai had left. After I showered and got ready I stood on the balcony for a little while enjoying the fresh air some butterflies were fluttering in the flowers. There was a knock on the door

“Come in.”

“Good afternoon miss Althea. The young master sent you these and I brought you some food.” The maid put a bag on the table along with some food ”would you like me to tidy up?”

“No that’s alright. Thank you madam.” I smiled at her and she bowed and left the room. I made the bed and looked in the bag Kai sent there was another note

“Hopefully you won’t feel embarrassed in these. Although you were beautiful in the others.” In the bag were normal clothes to sleep in. I put them away and began eating what the maid had brought me. Once I finished I gathered all the dishes and trash and left the room and headed for the kitchen.

“Hello sir where is the trash ?”

“Ma’am let me take care of this for you .” The man was shocked and tried to take them from me

“That’s all right I can take care of it.” He nodded and pointed to the trash I threw the trash away and began to wash the dishes. As I was drying them I heard someone laughing I looked up and saw Kai smiling at me.

“You know you don’t have to do that the maids will gladly do that for you.” He said as he leaned against the counter

“Yes but I don’t mind cleaning.” I put the last dish away “how’d you know I was here?”

“The maids were worried they were going to get into trouble letting the princess clean up after herself.”

“I don’t want to get anyone in trouble.”

“Don’t worry they won’t get into trouble. Come on.” He held out his hand and we went back to the room. A gorgeous dress hung from the closet door

“What’s this?” I examined the softness of the fabric

“It’s your dress for your party.”

“Thank you. “ I kissed him on the cheek

“Star will be in shortly to help you get ready.”

“Who’s star?” The sound of jealousy lingered in my question

“She’s your personal maid she’ll help you with dresses and hair and makeup.” He laughed at me being jealous. There was knocking on the door

“Come in star.” He kissed me and left as she came in. She was absolutely stunning, her hair was dark and shiny her skin was perfect her eyes were mysterious.

“Miss Althea are you ready to start ?”

“Yes.” I sighed thinking there’s no way I’ll even be close to her beauty.

She helped me tighten the dress and pinned up my hair and did my makeup.

“A golden goddess.”she smiled as she examined her work

“I’m not pretty enough to be a goddess.”

“Nonsense you’re beautiful. Come on it’s time to head down.”

“Wait, where’s Kai?” My nerves began to grow

“Don’t worry he’ll greet you at the stairs.” She chuckled and we headed out the door.

We got to the top of the stairs as I started down there was a loud voice

“Ladies and gentlemen the princess, Althea.” My cheeks flushed as I descended the stairs everyone’s eyes where on me. I saw Kai at the bottom of the stairs when our eyes met I instantly felt calm. He took my hand and kissed it.

“You’re a goddess my butterfly. “ he whispered to me as I blushed uncontrollably. He looked very nice in his suit and his tie matched my dress.

“My daughter you look stunning.” My father hugged me

I was introduced to a lot of people. It’ll take me forever to remember everyone.

“Would you like to dance?” Kai asked holding out his hand

“I’d love to .”

We danced for hours

“I’ll grab us some drinks why don’t you have a seat.”

“Ok.” I sat down near the window to cool off with the breeze when a bunch of little kids came over

“Will you dance with us princess? “

“Of course.” We all joined hands and danced around like no one was watching giggling and having fun.

one of the little girls fell down and started to tear up I stopped dancing and crouched down beside her

“Are you alright?”

“I’m too clumsy.” She said as a tear fell down her cheek

“You’re not clumsy. Trust me I fall all the time sometimes our feet don’t like each other and trip the other causing us to fall.”

“Really?” She smiled as I wiped the tear from her cheek

“Really. You’re a beautiful dancer.” I helped her up

“Thank you princess.”

“You’re welcome.” We went back to dancing with the others like nothing had happened

“She’ll make an incredible mother one day.” The king said approaching Kai as he smiled watching Althea dance with the children and help the little girl

“Sir, the party is beautiful.” Kai tried to avoid what the king had said knowing it was very soon to think of such things.

“A beautiful party for my beautiful daughter.” He laughed and headed off to speak to the other guests

I saw Kai coming over in the distance

“Do you mind if I borrow the princess for a while?” He asked the kids as they all sighed with sadness then shook their heads and danced away

“The children like you.” He laughed handing me a drink.

“They are very sweet kids.” I smiled. We walked outside, Kai put his jacket around me to keep me warm

“So tell me how many of those beautiful women asked you to dance?”

“Don’t worry none did.”

“But you’re not wearing your mask how is that possible?” I looked at him confused

“Well you seem to have broke my curse.”

“Maybe it was some other girl you’ve kissed.” I turned away and looked at the sky. Kai stopped walking and grabbed my hands and pulled me close and kissed me gently

“Since you there’s been no one else.” He held my face and kissed me again. It felt like there was a million butterflies in my stomach.

We spent the night chatting with guests and drinking and dancing.

“Kai could you help me?” Yelled a man from across the room. He left me to help and I wandered into the garden. The breeze was chilly as I stopped to pick a flower.

“Hello princess.” A man startled me from behind

“Hello?”

“I’m Julius it’s nice to meet you.” He handed me a glass of wine.

“It’s nice to meet you too.” I sipped on the wine. After a few minutes of chatting my body felt unusual, I was hot and everything started to spin

“Everything ok?” Julius asked as I grabbed onto him collapsing into darkness.

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