Chapter 202 - Two Hundred And Two.

Dinner was done and Alexis felt more sleepy than before. She wanted to sleep and preferably, never wake up again. Changing into a woollen pair of nightwear she placed her phone in charge and bundled herself up in the blankets as she continued to shiver. It was so damn cold.

Sleep came upon her and she snuggled into the blankets and the warmth crept in only for her to groan out.

Her phone rang.

She ignored it. She could, couldn't she?

Sighing, she aggressively pulled herself, took her phone and once again buried herself underneath the covers.

She read the name on the screen flashing as it rang. It was her husband calling.

She sighed and clicked on it.

"Hello." She muttered in a sad and tired voice. Maybe he would understand that she was in no position to talk and would delay it till tomorrow.

"I hope that you had a nice day so far," smooth voice flooded in, "because I have to talk to you about something."

She rolled her eyes. Why would he ever want to talk pleasantries if it was not up to His Highness?

"I am tired, Angelo." She murmured once more. "I would appreciate it if you try and call me tomorrow."

"Who was he?" He hissed.

"Who?" She drawled.

"The man that you fucking hugged in front of the entire world." He hissed.

"Angelo there are only five people or so around us and I am not counting the guards." She sighed. "He was my cousin. if you look into my mother's side you would find out that her sister, real sister, had a son Elijah." Alexis did not care to stop saying 'if' when she said the word if he looked into his family history because she was sure that he would.

"Cousin here?" He was frowning a little or for at least what they could tell.

She snorted. "Why? Did you research a destination where anyone related to me won't be?"

He didn't say anything to that.

"Oh my god!" She gasped. "You did, didn't you?!" She accused.

"what I did was simply make sure that there would be nothing to make you feel overwhelmed." He explained.

"Please!" She said. 'Take a look in the mirror.'

And then it clicked.

"Angelo," she whimpered almost in tears. "I.."

"What? What's wrong?" He immediately sprang into action and Alexis felt relieved a bit? It was working. 

"I..just feel so alone.."

"Do you want me to come there, sweetie?" He immediately offered.

'If anything, not you.'

"No, I didn't mean you...I mean.." she took in a deep sigh. "Why can't he live with us? I mean Elijah, my cousin." She blurted out the words finally.

Her heart pounded loudly in her chest as she waited for his answer. Even his breathing couldn't be heard.

"Do you want that?" He asked in a calm and steady voice. His tone betrayed nothing about how he felt about the whole matter.

"Yes, I do." Then she decided to take a huge leap forward and confess the feelings that she self sometimes. "It's just... I feel like I am surrounded by your family and I have no one from mine and it makes me conscious. Like, I agree that your family is mine and they do think about my well being but I want someone that I have a known from the beginning as well."

"I understand." He said after some time. "I do and if that is what you want then you can take it up with him."

As he said yes a huge smile came upon Alexis face who was still covering herself with all the blankets. A sudden gush of warmth ran throughout her body and she grinned ear to ear.

"Thank you." She said with genuine happiness after a long time. This might seem like a small win but she knew it was something that could be called as a winning the battle.

"Alexis," she immediately stopped the grinning as his voice held a tone of warning underneath it. "I don't know what you have told him about me or what I do yet but if you decide to do so, I would like to remind you of what happened before you left for your vacation."

Shivers went down her spine as she remembered the scenario. as far as Alexis knew she would never forget how those three people were changed together and left to burn. They had done nothing wrong in fact, they were doing everything right. they were helping abused domestic victims. Their only fault was to underestimate and not research on what they were doing or who they were up against.

"Yes I remember and I will keep that in mind." She muttered in a low voice, her mood suddenly dampened because of it and then frowned as she remembered something. "Angelo do the guard's report back to you?"

"Why?"

"How did you know about me hugging Elijah?" She countered for her point.

"Yes to report back to me. The report everything back to me."

"But I am on a vacation!"

"It does not matter if you are on a vacation or not, you are still the same person and you're still my wife."

And how she wanted to undo that.

"You were spying on your wife all this time?" She whispered in shock as she figured out the after all this time why had she know about this.

"I was not 'spying', as you put it, on my wife before but now you have lost my trust." He said in all seriousness.

She sprang up and the blankets fell as she talked. "Lost your trust? All I said was to talk to them personally so that they would leave quickly."

He sighed, "I wonder What kind of idiot do you think I am. Do you think that I am not aware of the fact that the thought of escape crossed your mind? Once again I would tell you to stop underestimating me because I know what you are thinking about."

"Oh so great, his Highness, can do whatever he wants, can he not?" She taunted him being unable to hold herself back any further. "you can do whatever you want but everyone including me has to be down in front of you and your wishes!"

"Not what it is." He muttered sounding nonchalant. "Why don't you rest? I think you are very tired to think straight. Good night, love."

He hung up after that and left her in the fog of despair surrounding her.