When Mila finds out she's pregnant from a one-night stand with a reluctant prince, she is thrust into a fake romance with him; are her feelings that grow for him genuine or for his way of life that ensures her baby stability?|| Down-on-her-luck Mila...
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A Week Later
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Kai leads me up towards the palace, the awkwardness of last week still stagnant in the air between us every day since we nearly kissed in the kitchen. Yet somehow we're still carrying on with life as, well, our normal. We've been out in public, doing a couple of small local public engagements for the local town so people can get used to seeing us around. There's been a couple more interviews and photoshoots with the media, and the public seems to be not shutting up about us.
As I walk behind him in a navy blue dress with a Peter Pan collar and black pumps, Kai beams from ear to ear.
"How amazing was it, though?" Kai turns to me, showing me his excited demeanour. If he was let loose and wasn't about to meet his parents and mine in the same room, he'd probably be on par with Tom Cruise's infamous sofa-jumping scene right now.
"It was... amazing to be fair," I add, but even my biggest smile probably wouldn't meet his mood right now.
He looks at his phone's home screen again, which is a scan photo. We have a ton of scan images from the twelve-week scan this morning, and he's already taken photos and sent them to his parents and sister while I didn't so my family can see it in a minute with the copies we bought for them.
He kisses the back of my hand. "Our baby is healthy and waved at us, Peach! Our baby! Did you see it waving at us? Little Mini-Peach or Mini-Kai squirming around in there!"
I can't help the laugh that comes out of my mouth at those nicknames. "I mean, yeah, I saw it, Kai, I was there too. And what are those nicknames?"
"Well, it's a mini boy or girl, right? Peach for girl, Kai for boy. Duh!"
I snort and shake my head. "You're cute when you're excited. Did anyone ever tell you that?"
He stops and meets my gaze; that chemical reaction starts fizzing between us like a bath bomb hitting the water. We have said nothing about the almost kiss between us last week, nor have we even discussed feelings or had any moments like it since, but this feels like one of those moments. We're walking through the brick and ancient corridors of Windsor Castle on our way to meet both sets of parents as they meet for the first time, and the gardens are on our left. No one is around as I back up a little until I meet the brick wall behind me. Kai's face is inches from mine when he steps forward again.
I've never felt heat like this since that night.
His lips meet mine in such a small yet quick move, it takes me a moment to really understand that it's happening. It's so light and tentative to start with. It's like a weird apology and sadness at the same time. That is until I kiss him back in the same manner; it acts as permission for him to unleash his hunger on me. His tongue opens my mouth and starts lapping up all the unsaid words and emotions. The lust burns between us like wildfire as he flushes against me, pushing me further into the wall.
