The Prince Pretentious Poposal

Eleven

Eleven

Ken spent the next couple of days in a state of happiness... So much that his father noticed and knew that something must have happened to put that smile on Ken face and it must've related to his beloved because everything was the same in the palace. At meal time, Fallon will try to claim Ken attention and Ken always shrug her off then Ken goes about doing his duties and then writing notes upon notes which Jared always seemed to hold for him then Jared leaves and returns with notes which Ken leaves the palace and goes to the fields behind it to read the notes and come back in an even better mood than the one he woke up from.

"my king is something troubling you. " the queen asks her husband as her husband stares off into space but she could tell that something was on his mind.

" yes. " the king firmly says. He refused to shy away from some subjects including talking about his son with his wife.

" what is on your mind. " the queen asks

" Ken. " the king gave one worded reply.

" Kendall is okay right. "the queen said as she quickly sat up and looked at the king with worry swimming in her eyes.

The king curses himself, sometimes he forgets that the queen is a mother but he always remember when they talk about their son. He brought up the issue with Ken like he would have brought up any other topic, by saying one word and the queen will instantly know but with Ken, she worries about him first before she tries to think about what her husband is trying to pass across.

" he is alright my love. I was just referring to the mood he is in. "the king calms his wife.

The queen glared at him. " I keep telling you not to bring up any discussion concerning our son like that. It is like you want me to have a heart attack with worry first. "

" I am sorry " the king apologizes as the queen nodded.

" what is wrong with our son mood. "

" he is... happy, sickly so. " the king concluded when he couldn't find another word to describe the mood that Ken was portraying.

" so. " the queen shrugs. " you were like that when we were younger. It used to annoy your father to no end. He eventually stopped complaining when I gave birth to Ken. "

" I know but at least, everybody saw the source of my happiness, they all knew about you. Nobody knows about this girl. " the king agrues but when the queen avoided his eyes. His gaze narrowed into a glare. " what are you not telling me. "

The queen sighed in defeat, she could never really keep anything away from him. It saved her from a forced marriage when they were younger but now it is annoying when she is trying to plan a surprise or keep their son secret from him. Kendall knew how she is like so that could have been a reason why he refused to tell her anything about the girl. " her name is Annabelle. "

" and. " the king trailed off expecting her to continue with telling him everything she knows about this Annabelle of a girl.

" that is all I know about her. " the queen said quickly. Too quickly.

" Patricia. " the king called.

" Jasmine has been creating distraction every night so that Kendall can sneak out of the palace and to see her. Apparently it has been going on for months but the meetings increased to every night since Fallon was driving Ken insane... "

" how can a good girl like that be driving my son crazy. He must... " the king started to rant but quickly shut his mouth when he saw the glare his wife was giving him.

" do you want me to continue or not. "

" sorry. " the king offers.

" any way, Kendall visits her every evening. Jared also let slip to Jasmine that she works in a jewelry shop by making jewelries. She has a passion for it. That's all I know. "

" she is a working elite. " distaste is clear in the king voice when he spoke

" as if your son will fall for a girl that doesn't challenge him. " the queen rolled her eyes.

" Fallon should challenge him. " the king said but the queen just shook her head like he was missing an important piece of the puzzle.

" the only thing Fallon challenges about him is his patience. " the queen told him as she kissed his cheek then left the room.

The king thought about the subject more. He won't conduct a search for this Annabelle. It would be futile and Annabelle was a common name and he was sure that he would see a lot of the elites bearing the name Annabelle. He even knows about two or so who are the daughters of his councilors. No, it was time to force his son to produce this girl he is in love with.

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When Jared told Ken that his father had called for him, he knew that he should be worried but he was still in that happy place that Annabelle letters always sent him to. They talk about everything under the sun in their daily letters while they concocted the prefect romance story when they meet at night and got used to each other presence. She calls him Kendall and he calls her beloved when he is talking about her and when he talks to her, he uses the shortened version of her name, Belle.

Now he is in his father office and he can't help but feel apprehensive.

" son. How is your beloved. " the king asked with his voice devoid of emotions.

" fine. She sent her greetings. "ken said with a beam smile as he remembers that part of their conversation last night, they had to continue the story that she doesn't want to show herself to the public for them to gossip about her. He started that story so they had to continue, the only part she might have trouble playing is the shy part. It was a good thing he said he was helping her to face new people because Annabelle is not a shy person. She is the direct opposite, she is bold and not afraid to tell others about her opinions.

The king looked surprised at that tidbit of information but he schooled his features again. " I think it to time to invite her to the palace. "

" but father, if she comes here, she cannot go back to her life. She will be in danger. "

" then she stays. " the king offers.

" but she isn't ready . " Ken spluttered.

" well, Fallon is. It is either she comes to the palace for evaluation so that we can see if she can be the future queen or your engagement to Fallon will go on as planned. " the king said with final tone in his voice that killed all the protests from Ken.