The Prince Pretentious Poposal

Twelve

Twelve.

" I don't understand why you are angry. You knew it would come down to this. " Jared pointed out to his friend whose face was a mask of anger as he pace the length of his room.

" I do but I don't like the thought of putting Belle in the clutches of the court, they might chew her up and spit her out. "

" Belle, you unconsciously call her that now. You got the story down to a pat and you are practically living it brother. " Jared cheers but Ken dark frown just went darker.

" I am not living the story, I just don't want Annabelle uncomfortable. " Ken protested but Jared just raised an eyebrow

" that means you have feelings for her to care about her comfort or discomfort. "

" no I don't. " Ken argues but Jared smirked at him.

" you have to chose one option. It can't be neither. "

" then I got the story down. " Ken deadpans as Jared let's out a booming laughter. " I hate you Jared. " Ken says with a shake of his head.

" me too brother. Me too. So what are you going to do. "

" I will stall for as long as possible. " Ken shrugs. He knew that if Annabelle enters the palace that it means two things to him.

One, he will reject the notion that he doesn't want to marry and marry her there by keeping her in his life forever or,

Two, he will get his half hearted wish and they won't force him to marry anybody and this means that Annabelle will have to leave his life for good. He is still having trouble with this option.

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Fallon threw away the vase besides her bed in anger. She will make sure that this girl no matter who she is, will be removed from Ken life. She had tried to get Ken attention for days now but he seems to be high in his beloved that he hardly notices her. This annoys the hell out of her.

" I hate her, I hate her, I hate her. " Fallon screams

" calm down sister or you will work yourself into a frenzy and make yourself sick. You know that I can't stay here so I will be sick with worry about you. " Flynn said as he offers his sister some tea to cool her nerves but she took the cup and use it to hit the wall.

" forget about tea now. Flynn you are a genius. " she beams at her brother.

" I am. " Flynn questions.

" of course, you just gave me the perfect idea ever. I will play sad, home sick and the best thing they can do is to make you move to the castle. The king wouldn't want to get another king angry that his daughter is sick so he will do whatever I asked and then you can move in. " Fallon concluded as she clapped her hands in glee.

" that is a very great idea sister. You are really smart. " Flynn praised his sister as she flips her hair.

" I know. " Fallon said with a dreamy sigh.

****

A week later Ken stormed passed Jared who was waiting for him outside his father office and just continued walking until he got to the archery field. He needed to release stress badly. Jared just followed him without saying anything and allowed him to calm himself down with the lull of the arrows hitting the targets.

When Ken has finally reduce the speed at which the arrows were sent flying, Jared asked. " what happened. "

" my father did, he said that if he doesn't see Belle within two days that he will announce my engagement with Fallon. " Ken replied lowly as Jared nodded in understanding.

" you knew this would happen. " Jared reminded his friend who by all reason, suppose not to be angry but Ken being angry certainly means that his emotions are already in play. Not that he will open his mouth and tell Ken that. Ken is the type of person that needs to realize his feelings on his own. And if someone tries to make him realize his feelings before he is ready to admit it. He draw back into his armor and denies the truth for far longer than the time he would eventually had told you about it... It is better if you let him figure it out on his own.

" yes but not so soon. " Ken gritted out.

" what do you want to do. "

" I want to send her the usual daily letters but I have to go bring her. " Ken sighed as if the weight of the world rests on his shoulders.

" you do. I will get the quarters closest to yours ready. " Jared informed Ken.

" isn't Fallon occupying that one. " Ken asked with his brows pulled towards his eyes.

" yes but not the one opposite yours " Jared winks as Ken grinned his reply. " let's get you ready. You need to carry her out there like a prince not a minister son like you have been pretending to be since. "

" I actually wanted to leave with her like that, I want to be free with her for one last time. "

" she needs to leave with all fanfare. You can't just ride off with her on a horse. What of her baggages. "

" they can be in the carriage. I want to ride with Belle today. "

" Ken are you sure you want to leave like that. "

" yes, my last chance of being free. I want to spend every second of it with Belle. "

" not even your best friend. I'm shocked " Jared said with a fake pout that made Ken to let loose a laughter.

After freshening up, Ken went to the stables to tell the grooms master to tell him of his need for a carriage and two separate horses different from the ones who will be pulling the carriage.

As he entered he saw servants with loads of properties that belongs looks like it belongs to Flynn . Chaos everywhere, just like the owner.

" what are you doing here. " Ken asked.

" I am moving in. " Flynn said not without a shrug.

" with whose permission . " Ken gritted out.

" your father wants me close to Fallon. " Flynn said it with a smile.

" why would he do that. " Ken asks Jared who shrugged.

" go get your girl, I will deal with this. " Jared returns and clasped Ken in a one arm hug.

" thanks man. " Ken said as he left the hug and saw Flynn eyes on him and he growled at him but Jared pointed to the stable master when he made a move in. Flynn direction, he let out a sigh as he continued his walk to the stable master.