The Dragon Prince’s Forbidden Affair
CHAPTER 5: I Refuse

CHAPTER 5: I Refuse

I took a few steps away from him. “I just got here… I don’t want to make any trouble for the sake of fun.Apparently, I might have to work for you for most of my life so let’s not make it weird…” I’d have to workfor Sadia too when they get married so that’d make it even worse.

Lexus walked back in front of me, and we were practically pressed against each other. “You’ll have towork for me for a long time, a part of that is doing whatever I say.” He seemed like the type to abuse hispower and position which was disappointing.

I was going to agree because it was the easier thing to do, but my ex’s words ran through my head.‘You’re just too submissive and that’s not really what I’m looking for.’ “And what if I let the king andqueen know?” I didn’t want Lexus viewing me the same way and getting bored of me. I also didn’t wantto be the woman he cheated on his fiancée with.

Lexus grabbed my face by my jaw but surprisingly gently. “Fair enough.” He let go of my face andbacked away. Something told me that he didn’t actually care if I told his parents, he was humoring me.“Let me know when you change your mind Aqua.” Hearing him say my name sent a chill through mybody. “No one will notice we’re mates. We used to be able to tell when two people were mates bysensing it but it’s so rare now, they won’t really realize it.”

I watched him leave and I replayed everything in my head but in the scenario where I would have lethim do whatever he wanted to me. I was fine with my choice not to because I had so much to thinkabout and so much I didn’t know.

I got on my bed and stared out the window at the dragons flying in the sky. I bounced my leg aroundagainst the bed as I watched. This was all really happening. Now that I knew Lexus I didn’t miss my exin a weird way. My heartbreak is almost nonexistent. I might have had a new heart break because it’snot like I could be with Lexus. The more I thought about it the more I questioned why I couldn’t. Maybehe loved Sadia and I’m not worth leaving her for. I had only just got here and there was already drama.

Ugh I didn’t know Lexus well so why did I feel like this? It had to solely be the mate bond. I can’t reallyfeel like this about someone I just met. As time went on, I paced, stared out the window, and laid in bedthinking. I concluded that I could hate Lexus instead. It’s a strong emotion too although the problem isthat it would get in the way of work. Maybe I wasn’t the holder, and I could live the rest of my life in thiskingdom not working in the castle.

The only thing I was really scared of was this place being worse than the human world. I didn’t belongthere and now I know it was more than the fact that my brain was differently wired. It was also becauseI was an entirely different species. The only thing I could be sure about was that I was going to workhard for a better life here. That’s why I took the risk in the first place.

I still had my phone on me, so I took it out and turned it on. I didn’t have service here, but it was stillnice to look at the pictures. I had three younger siblings and there were in a lot of my pictures. I put myphone away because my sisters and brother might have hated me now. I was adopted anyways.

I needed to get rest now that the sun was down. That didn’t stop Lexus from coming back. This time Isensed he was outside of the door. Since he was my mate, I could feel he was close. He must havebeen standing around, but I wasn’t sure if he was going to try to come in or not.

After thirty minutes of knowing he was outside my room I got up and walked to the door. I stood therefor a little while then opened it to see him walking away. He was already pretty far down the hallwayand didn’t bother turning around. I looked at a worker who was wiping down picture frames. “Was hestanding around?” I had to ask.

The worker turned to me and looked away as if he weren’t supposed to say anything. “He was justtalking with me…” It wasn't hard to tell when someone was lying. I guess it was half true but that’s notthe main reason Lexus was out here.

“I didn’t take him as the kind of person to chat with his employees.” Because employees were exactlywhat we were so why did my head keep trying to convince me I’m different?

“It was work related.” He turned away from me to continue wiping down the frame. “It’s nice to meetyou, you’re Konn’s daughter, right? There were rumors all throughout the castle about a debate to bringyou here.” He looked young to be a worker here, but I had no idea how things worked in this world. “I’mStewart.” He had straight short gray hair.

I leaned against the door frame of my room. “It’s nice to meet you, I guess I am Konn’s daughter. Doyou know anything about him?”

Stewart let out a light laugh. “Maybe some basic things I’ve picked up in the last few years. Everyonehere has their secrets so it’s hard to really get to know each other unless you’ve known them yourwhole life.” He stood up and put the painting back into the frame he had cleaned. “You shouldn’t lookaround for secrets, instead you should just spend time with your Father. Then you’ll know exactly whatkind of person he is.”

“Yeah…”

Konn and Lexus just seemed out of my reach, I wanted to get to know both but how could I if theyweren’t open to it?