Her Unwanted Mate On The Throne

#Chapter 16 Simple words

Doris barely left her room while William was in meetings all week with the Eldon rulers. He came to their room later, sometimes drunk from socializing or so exhausted that he barely kissed his baby goodnight before he passed out.

She tried to ignore the ache inside her that longed for him. She tried to remember that he was busy—of course he was busy. He was a king and he had better things to do than spend all of his time with them. Or at least some of his time with them.

Still, she knew her baby missed him as much as she did. Sometimes when she couldn’t quiet him down, Doris wondered if it was because he wanted to be held by his father.
Or perhaps she was a failure at everything.

Her nights and days blurred together, she rarely got sleep and when she did —it was pure bliss.

It was a rare morning when she woke up and found William was still sound asleep next to her. She carefully slid out of bed and fed Alec as quietly as she could. The last thing she wanted was for him to wake and run out of here to his next meeting.

Alec fell right back asleep after he was fed. She sighed at his peaceful face and dressed for the day in a simple cream day dress.

Doris almost flinched when she felt William’s arms wrap around her from behind. She hadn’t heard the bed creak or his steps tap across the wooded floors when he approached her. His scent filled her up and made her lean back against his strong chest just to linger in the moment.

His lips pressed against her neck and made her shiver. Doris closed her eyes as his mouth moved up to her temple. She didn’t dare breathe too loud in fear it might ruin the moment for them both.

with Alec.” He said against her ear. Doris felt her

Alec? I could go down to the kitchens and get

alone time with him since I haven’t seen him all week. Perhaps tonight we can have a dinner together as a family.” William kissed her head before he

back a bit of warmth as she watched William disappear into the bathroom. The distance between them thickened daily and she didn’t know how to

him some space. He will come around when he misses

said quietly. Doris went and kissed her baby

off. He hasn’t touched me since I gave birth—perhaps he just isn’t attracted to me anymore.” Doris said inside her mind to Cordelia.

realize it? Perhaps he just wasn’t attracted to mothers and he was done

he doesn’t want to get married. He used to be all over me to the point where I couldn’t walk in a room without his hands on me.

are hard to keep hands to themselves but that does pass. He’s busy now and has a lot more on his

shake the feeling that he would do exactly as she

he grew tired of her. Once he found her used up and old news. Doris always felt that it would happen, that was why she fought her

down that path like a fool? He swore to her every night that he would never leave her and how much he loved her—perhaps that changed. She knew what she agreed to the moment he

more that we don’t know of yet. He might be dealing with something that he can’t take his mind off of and he’s worried you will ask