His Queen From Two Worlds

CHAPTER 3: QUEEN LILLIAN

The kiss continued. The future king didn't stop. The future Queen couldn't stop him anymore. Even if she could, she was not willing to stop him.

He started prepping kisses all over her face, slowly going downwards, towards her neck and shoulders. Since it was a simple dress, he had access to her neck and chest area. Just when things looked like they were about to go out of control, they heard a familiar voice.

" Your Highness, any more delay and you will be half an hour late. "

Zelda, who was lost in pleasure, opened her emerald green eyes wide, not in shock or surprise, but in embarrassment.

" R-R-Ray— "

The interruption didn't seem to have any effect on the crown prince, who continued his job. Zelda tried to push him away, her hands on his chest. Feel the powerful heartbeats of her fiancée.

" Your–" but the prince cut him off before he could complete his sentence.

" I know, Ralph. Give us five minutes. "

Taking in the scent of his beloved, he finally let her go. Ray turned to see his security head s***h the personal assistant standing near the stairs with a deadpan expression on his face as if the scene he saw did not affect him.

Meanwhile, the naughty and teasing Zelda was still feeling the embarrassment of getting caught. She was confident and always showed her affection in public and even teased him many times, but, at times when someone caught them being intimate, she could never handle embarrassment like that.

Ralph understood and turned around. After working for the crown prince, he understood one thing. Stay somewhere near the crown Prince if he was with Lady Barclay when something was scheduled or planned because they might start another make-out session.

Ray didn't mind his personal security head. He straightened the redhead lady who was leaning on the wall. He helped her to stand straight. Zelda managed to compose herself properly. She started running her fingers in his hair, helping the crown Prince to fix his hair.

" Seriously, are you sure that he is not asexual? " Zelda asked the crown Prince, combing his hair with her fingers.

Ray amusedly raised his eyebrows when hearing the question. How many times has she asked this question?

" You know he had a fiancé before" he replied.

" How come he always has that Stoic look even when he sees us making out? I mean no embarrassment at all? " Zelda pouted, retracing her hand back when she felt his hair but not messy anymore.

Ray smiled at her. Taking her hand in his, he started walking towards the stairs.

" Let's go, Ralph "

Ralph made way for them. Ralph Hales had been trained to be the perfect assistant to the future heir of the kingdom since he was a child. For generations, the Hales family had been producing the perfect assistants and guards for the royal family.

After the sudden death of King Bruce and Queen Eliza, the retired Queen Lillian, Ray's grandmother, had to take over the throne to stabilize the country and the political world since the crown prince was just a baby.

After Queen Lillian stabilized the situation, she summoned Ralph for a talk. Ralph was only 10 years old at that time.

Many noble families and politicians who were jealous of the Hales family for having a close relationship with the royal family, blamed them for the former king's and queen's death, who died in an accident. They were accused of giving training to the guards and the security teams.

The Hales family physician was not stabilized at that time. The queen genuinely allowed him to choose another career if he wanted. But the young Ralph decided to continue the path that his family paved for him. He swore to protect the crown Prince with his life, who was almost a year old baby at that time. He officially started working for the crown prince when the prince turned 15.

Ralph had gone through so many difficulties in his career and personal life to reach where he was. His family was proud of him when he became the crown prince's assistant.

When Ray and Zelda reached the parking lot, the crown prince's security team along with her security team were already waiting for them.

Some of her bodyguards were showing traces of smiles while a few looked simply annoyed. She happily waved at them. The annoying ones felt the hand wave sassy rather than happy because she escaped from them again.

Only they know how the head assistant gave them a lecture.

The smiling ones were the guards who made the bet that his highness wouldn't get angry at Lady Barclay.

Ralph opens the Rolls-Royce door open for them. Ray helped her to enter and then he entered. The security head looked at the teams to enter their respective cars. They hurriedly went into their cars. Ralph entered the co-pilot seat and pressed the partition button. Like that, six expensive cars left for the royal palace.

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They reached the palace. Throughout many years, the royal palace has gone through many renovations, but it never lost its splendour. The beauty, the pride of royalty and the essence of rich culture and history still stay intact.

They enter into the palace grounds through the main gate, which is the northern gate. The northern gate was only used when someone officially announced their entry into the palace. After driving for another half an hour, they finally reached the palace.

The security team rushed out when the vehicles halted. Ralph went out and opened the car door.

Ray came out putting on his aviator sunglasses, the autumn sunshine enhancing his aura. He turned to the side, stretching out his hand.

A smooth slim hand took his hand and out came the most beautiful woman in his world. His fiancée.

Zelda gave a grateful smile at him. Ray smiled as well, holding her hand. Before they could enter the palace, they heard girlish squeals. The couple turned towards the group of tourists who had come to visit the palace. Some young ladies were squealing at the sight of Prince Charming helping his princess get out of the car. They felt like they were watching a modern royal romance drama given how handsome and beautiful they both looked.

Zelda giggled at the squealing tourists. Seeing how happy his woman looked, the crown prince's icy cold aura melted a little. The guide who was appointed by the royal family bowed in respect. Zelda nodded at the woman in her 30s with a smile.

" Kyaaaaa~~~ the prince looks so warm!!!! "

" OH MY GOD!!! IT'S ZELDA!!!! "

" ZELDA!!! "

Zelda waved at them, but unfortunately, she couldn't interact with them because of the meeting planned. The people also controlled themselves from running towards the singer to take pictures and autographs.

Zelda, a long time ago, announced that she couldn't attend to her fans if they ever met her in the palace. Even if they could, the guards in the palace were so scared that they wouldn't go anywhere near the people in the palace.

" Let's go," Ray said.

Ray and Zelda finally entered the palace.

Every four days a week, the western wing of the palace was open for tourists. As one of the biggest royal palaces in the world, many people around the world would love to visit the royal palace. The royal family appointed many guides for the tourists to not only exhibit the palace but also to explain the history, culture, relations, and everything about their country.

The huge royal palace was maintained by many servants and almost five managers under the queen's assistant, Madam Hales, who was the wife of the former king's security head, Luther Hales, Ralph Hale's elder cousin.

Throughout the many renovations in the palace, at some point, lifts were constructed in the palace for the upper floors of the palace. The queen did that, keeping in mind that people should at least work on the lower floors.

In the northern wing, the royal family stayed except for the king and queen. Other family members were allowed to stay there.

They came to a halt in front of the queen's study. Madame Hales knocked on the huge double doors before she opened them.

Five pairs of eyes looked at them as soon as they stepped in.

The room looked warm and comfy with everything in vintage. The walls were painted in beige colour with a huge chandler hanging on the roof. The room looked very spacious, but it didn't look like a queen's study, but more like a receiving room.

There were five people in the room, excluding two maids and an old butler.

Queen Lillian sat on the single seat having a cup of tea. Though she aged with time, her aura showed an unquestionable dominance and elegance. Wrinkles appeared on her once smooth skin. Her dark brown hair had turned gray. Facing the situations that fate threw at her, and handling the problems, her electric blue eyes held a sharp look even when she was relaxing.

On the right side of the queen's view sat a middle-aged couple on the large sofa along with another beautiful young lady who seemed around the same age as Zelda but slightly younger than her.

Finally, on a single-seater couch, a smaller one compared to the queen's sat another man who looked older than the couple. The young lady bore a strong resemblance to the man.

The old butler closed the door after Ray entered.

" Good morning, Your Majesty" both Ray and Zelda said in sync, while he bowed, and she gave a curtsy holding the side of the dress. They both straightened up after the greeting.

Queen Lillian gave a hearty smile, standing up. All of them stood up.

" Come here, sweethearts. "

Ray and Zelda smiled in return, walking towards the queen.

As soon as Zelda reached her, the queen hugged her. Zelda grinned, returning the hug.

" OH! I'm so glad that you are safe, my dear" the queen said, her voice old but powerful which she tried to tone down to sound soft.

" Sorry for making you worried, Grandma," Zelda said.

The couple, along with the man and the young lady, looked puzzled when they heard the exchange between the queen and the future queen. Why was the queen worried? Zelda seems to be all fine!

Lillian released Zelda, looking at her grandson. He stepped towards her, wrapping his arms around her.

" Welcome back, Raymond ", The queen patted her grandson's back just like how she did when he used to act fussy in his childhood.

" Hmmmmmmm I'm back, Grandmother" Ray said, stepping back, and giving her a meaningful smile.

Queen Lillian laughed again when she saw that her grandson understood her actions.

The talk they were going to have was going to be the night's incident. With her actions, the queen already showed whom she was going to support.