A Night With The King

Sophie felt her heart almost explode with love when she saw her baby moving and being all healthy. She was so thankful that she got to see her baby like this, it wasn’t the first time she did a scan but it was always so fascinating to see her baby, and every time they checked, she got bigger.

“Aha, it is a she,”

The sonographer confirmed what Sophie already knew, she had always known that she was having a daughter, and she felt the connection. She smiled knowing at the sonographer who continued her work while pointing out things for her.

“She is an active baby, you are doing so well and everything is fine with her, the doctor will speak to you more,”

The sonographer said as she concluded what she was doing and removed the controller from her bump, she gave Sophie tissues to wipe the gel off her stomach, after which she helped Sophie out of the bed.

“Thank you for today,”

Sophie thanked her as she walked out of the room, she still had a few things to do. Her next stop was the laboratory, she hated that she had to have her blood drowned and honestly wanted to skip that part but she couldn’t see the doctor if what he asked for wasn’t complete so she had to, after getting her blood drowned, she walked to the hospital café to get something to eat as she was famished. Usually, Riley would come with her but she had cramps and Sophie didn’t want her to walk around while in so much pain so she had asked her to go back to the maid quarter and get a break which was why she was on her own.

Sophie was still seated just taking a break before she had to see the doctor when a woman who would be around her age walked to her.

“Hi, can I sit with you, please?”

She asked and Sophie nodded because she didn’t see a reason not to, in her mind, she thought maybe the woman was in the hospital for antenatal like most of the other women in the café and didn’t want to sit on her own.

“You are so beautiful, if you don’t mind me saying,”

The woman complimented.

“Thank you, I can say the same for you, is this your first time here?”

Sophie asked just to keep the conversation with her so as not to appear self-absorbed.

“No, I had my baby here but this is the first time I am here for work,”

The woman. Sophie just nodded even though she wanted to ask her what kind of a job she does, she decided not to ask because it was none of her business and she would most certainly not see her again.

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The woman asked; even though Sophie didn’t feel comfortable anymore, she agreed.

“Yes, you can ask,”

She said, hoping that whatever the woman wanted to know was something she could tell her.

“I noticed you came in with a vehicle from the palace and you even have a driver waiting for you,”

The woman said and Sophie wondered how she knew she came in with a vehicle from the palace, that made it sound like she had been watching her and might have approached her on purpose. Sophie suddenly wanted to get up and leave, she wasn’t ready to answer such questions if that’s what she wanted to ask.

“Do you perhaps work in the palace?”

She asked. Sophie couldn’t outrightly deny working in the palace as the woman already knew that she had come in with a vehicle from the palace. It was easy to identify anyway because of the signature black color and also the palace logo.

“Yes, I work in the palace, how did you know what vehicle I came in with? Were you watching me?”

Sophie asked her.

“You can say I was watching or just believe me when I saw I happen to see you get out of the car,”

“And you just remembered my face and decided to approach me?”

Sophie questioned.

“Yeah, you have a face that can’t be easily forgotten, anyway, now that I know you work in the palace, might I ask you a few questions about our king?”

She asked. Sophie didn’t like the direction that their conversation was going and she honestly wasn’t feeling good anymore, she needed to see the doctor so that she could go back to the palace, that was the only place she felt safe, not just safe, she felt loved, she almost smiled when she remembered what happened between her and the king before she came to the hospital but she didn’t want the weird woman sitting with her to ask her stupid questions. Sophie couldn’t wait to go back to the palace, she already knew he would be waiting for her to return, he told her he loved her too and that was the best thing she had heard since she came to Otano. She never knew she could pull the king and never for once thought that he could fall in love with her but he did, she believed everything that he told her because she saw the way he looked at her, she had not read those feelings wrong and she was so happy that she finally got to tell him how she felt and was even happier when he said those words back, their future together might not look it best right at the moment, but she wasn’t going to think about that, what would do is enjoy every moment that they still had together so that when that horrible future comes, she would have many happy memories to keep her going.

“I am going to take your silence as a yes and just ask,”

The woman said and Sophie was brought back to the reality that she was asking her questions.

“Is it true that the king has a woman? Wait, I am sure he does but is it true that the said woman is carrying the heir to the throne?”

The woman asked. Sophie’s eyes widened at her questions, she finally realized which kind of work the woman was doing even without her asking. Sophie didn’t even look at her properly before, if she did, she would have seen that she had her phone on the table and was recording their conversation. All the friendliness she felt disappeared completely.