BXBX NOVEL Chapter 105 - Royal Wedding [part 3]
Roselyn smiled, when she saw how everyone was interested in their private conversation.
"I love you," he whispered, in a low voice that only she could hear. Her eyes sparkled and her smile widened. Her glance dropped to meet his and she opened her mouth to say that she would reciprocate her feelings but John shushed her placing a finger on her lips.
"I know," he whispered, just to kiss her once more.
Abigail stood up and clapped her hand as she reached the happy couple. "You guys won\'t last much before honeymoon huh?" Abigail whispered after she got closer to them, giggling.
The couple paused their passionate kiss to laugh before they walked outside in the yard.
The guest followed them in the yard which was adorned with a branch floral arch and a carpet filled with sand just like the one from the beach they visited the first time. On the border of the sand carpet surrounded flowers like the ones in the park where they first kissed. The path headed to a ballroom.
"You weren\'t supposed to see it now." John whispered, glowering at the servant on the left who probably didn\'t execute properly his orders.
John placed his hand over his lady\'s back and pushed her in the nearly entrance. The guests followed them in the dining room, or better what was a whole hall dedicated to the bridal lunch. Two rooms were filled with food while the bigger one contained many tables. The guests invited all together could barely fill one table but John didn\'t mind since he didn\'t like big ceremonies.
The guests placed in two different table, on the just married couple table was Roselyn\'s family, Lord Victor and the woman who accompanied him to the altar while the rest of John\'s family was all placed in the nearly table.
"Nice to meet you," the unknow woman smiled to Roselyn.
Roselyn returned the smile as she sit down near to her husband, "it\'s a pleasure to meet you."
"I\'m, Jade. I worked for John\'s relatives to take care of him and to tutor him." She explained, hearing her statement Roselyn nodded even if she wondered how a tutor became that important to him to be invited to his marriage and be the only one to sit at his table beside Lord Victor.
"I\'ve never imagined him to marry someone." Surprisement filled Jade\'s voice as she continued.
"He\'d always been a lonely soul since his childhood."
Roselyn\'s eyebrow arched, John had a childhood? She was confused, he told her that he was born a vampire. Did he lie to her few days before they were going to marry?
John cleared his voice and the woman\'s expression changed, like if she just realized she said something she shouldn\'t have said.
"Oh I see." Roselyn said, her eyes darted between John and the woman. Recalling just now that she had been told two different versions of the story, he said before he wasn\'t born as a vampire and just few days ago he changed his version. However, Roselyn pretended she didn\'t recognize the lie she had been told. She didn\'t want to cause a scene or ruin such a special day.
"Nice to meet you. I am Roselyn\'s mother." Ginevra intervened, smiling to Jade.
The appetizers were brought to the tables from the maids and the servants.
"They are very similar in this, Roselyn refused the flatterying of every man in high society but King John dazzled her. I\'ve never seen her this happy before." She said causing Roselyn\'s cheeks to blush in embarassment.
Why didn\'t her mother keep that to herself? Maybe John would flatter himself after hearing that.
Roselyn began to eat the appateziers when her gaze fell on Abigail who was holding Lord Victor\'s hand under the table, while they laughed together. Roselyn smiled unconsciously seeing that sweet scene. She remembered when her sister confessed to her about her pregnancy before marrying and asked her tips. Roselyn guaranteed her blessing by saying that if anything bad happened, she would make sure to take her sister\'s side and do the best she could do to prevent her from any damage.
As a Queen, all the final decisions would be up to her so even if in case the new will come out she won\'t let Abigail alone.
"Why are you looking at Lord Victor smiling like an idiot? Shall I be concerned?" John whispered and Roselyn stifled a laugh. It was the first time he said something like that to her but she liked the way he sounded when jealous.
"Maybe." She replied, raising her eyebrow while she gazed at him.
"I will make you forget about him then, later." John replied with a smirk on his face. Roselyn was drinking and had to hold her breath not to choke on the water hearing that provocation.
"So, Sharon, is that your name?" Jade broke the silence scruptining Roselyn\'s sister upside down.
Sharon nodded, "yes, milady."
The woman stared right into his eyes when her gaze intensified, "you\'re very beautiful. May I ask why you haven\'t found a companion yet?"
Sharon\'s gaze lowered for a second before she glanced back to the lady offering the fakest smile she could offer, "because I have high standards and I don\'t like to adjust to a man not as good as me."
"It\'s a good value to have high standards nowadays and not jump into rushed forced marriages, right?" Jade asked, smiling in the same way Sharon did.
Sharon tilted her head, her fake smile turned into a more genuine one hearing that the lady shared her same opinion.
"Those are exactly my thoughts!" Sharon exclaimed and the woman nodded.
John\'s eyebrow knitted down as he whispered something near the woman\'s ear. Usually, to whisper something in the ear when there are other people around would be considered bad mannered. But if the King was the one doing that nobody dared to complain.
The lady smiled, as she exchanged knowing glaces with John before her gaze travelled back on Sharon.
"Do you fancy someone in particular? Because if not I can make you meet few of the best Lords in town.. They would be honored to get the acquaintance of such a exquisite lady like you."