Royal Princess: Doted On By The Mafia King

Rose felt her heart stop when she heard his question. She frowned and look at him from the fridge she about to open.

"What if I don't?" Rose asked as she looked at the state he was in and her heart felt hurt. That was one of the questions she was holding back from asking him.

Do you love me? Will you ever betray me? Do I mean more to you than the kingdom? And many more questions.

Liam sighed and slowly stood up from the stool. A part of him kept shouting out to him that he should wake up and stop this instant before it gets too late..

But the part of him who have waited for so many years and that part of him which keeps reminding him that his time is short acted as the fuel to his actions.

"You are so cold," he told her. The expressionless appearance she maintained only made him hurt more. "You are really so cold," he said repeated as he lifted his hand to her face.

Slowly he touched her cheeks in a gentle feathery touch with the back of his hand. He let his hand slide down very slowly from her checks to her chin and down to her neck.

She had frozen from the moment he got close to her. When he began touching her cheeks, she felt a cold current run from her head down her spine. She felt her heart beating fast and loud that she was scared that he might hear it and give him the answer to the question he asked her.

She did not want to appear simple and easily controlled to him. She wanted to be strong and the very moment she let a man into her heart, she will make crazy decisions like her mother did and whatever decision a Queen makes, will affect her people in every way.

"So cold," Liam murmured bitterly letting his hand slide down her neck to the neck of her cardigan. His other hand went to her waist and held it in a strong hold that made her hold her breath.

"Liam, you are drunk," she blurted out when he began leaning close to her. So close she could perceive the appetizing aroma of the very expensive wine he just had.

"No, I am not. I am not drunk. I want you to give me an answer," he said in an impatient tone as he leaned forward bending his head to her height and rested his chin on her shoulder. "Do you love me?" he whispered in her ears.

Rose shivered visibly when his warm breath blew against her neck and ear. She was unable to know how to react when her whole body was giving her very strange signals that she has not experienced in her life. He was so close to her and their bodies were touching at different parts and it felt very new, very foreign but not unpleasant in anyway.

His grip on her waist loosened and she released her breath when he walked away from her. He did not look back as he went upstairs. The lonely feeling his back view gave her made her look down at her fingers in guilt.

His touch on her cheek, neck, shoulder and waist still lingered and when fresh air came in contact with the place his chin once rested that gave warmth to that part, she could not hold back a shiver again.

Her cell phone ringing snapped her back to reality and shook her head. What the hell just happened? It was like she went into a trance and had no control. She pulled out her cellphone from her pocket and picked the call when she saw that the caller was Eric.

"Hey, how are you?" she asked trying to sound normal after clearing her throat but her voice still came out a little hoarse.

"Hey, are you okay?" Eric asked worriedly.

"I am okay. What about you?" she asked him.

"I am fine but are you really sure that you are okay?" he asked again his voice sounding even more worried. "I heard what happened. Where are you now?"

"I came to Star city. I will visit your mother once I have the chance to," she told him. "How is she now?"

"My mother is well enough to return home. She will be discharged tomorrow but she needs a lot of rest," Eric replied sincerely.

"I will come see her as soon as I can," she promised him.

"No, it's okay. I should visit you too. How are you? Hope you are not having a hard time?" he asked her carefully.

"No. I am definitely not having a hard time," she assured him sincerely.

"Oh. That is good then. Debby told me about it. She narrated all she said Anna told her. I know you will never have sent the video to them but what then is the motive of the person who did it?" Eric asked seriously. "Anna later got into the Royal University."

"Yes. That means the person's target was not Anna but me," Rose said as she sat down on the stool when her legs felt too weak to carry her any longer.

"You should really be careful. I don't think you deserved that at all. I also heard that they made it official and legalized," Eric said shaking his head. He was sad that his innocent friend had to go through all that.

"Yeah. I will survive and live don't worry. I only spent four years with them. I did not get too attached to them to that point," Rose assured him but it sounded more like she was trying to assure herself. It will be weird if she doesn't show that the incident affected her.

"That's is actually good news. Let's eat ice cream anytime you are free enough," Eric pleaded. He knew how much Anna meant to Rose and wanted to cheer her up with desert.

"That sounds great. I will call or send a text to you once I have the time," she promised him.

"Take care."

After hanging up, she felt like she was back to herself and the trance was over. She stood up steadily and opened the freezer. There was a bowl of ice cream she bought earlier. She took three scoops of the vanilla flavor ice cream and sat down once again on the stool to eat it.

The ice cream served as a pill for the reaction her body had with Liam. She needed something to cool down her whole being with.