Chapter 40: The King’s Love 

Warren was playing the part of the king! 

I could hardly believe what I was seeing, and I was certain I was gawking at him. 

“Ah, I’m glad you’re here,” he said as he turned and walked toward me. His hands were folded behind his back, and he looked quite regal and important, much like he did in real life, but with an air of arrogance about him I’d never seen with Warren before. 

“I brought you your favorite dessert,” I purred, trying to sound, um, seductive, I guess? That was hard for me. 

“Put it down,” he said. “That’s kind of you, but I’m afraid I’m not in the mood for dessert.” 

I set the cake down on a side table, along with the two plates and two forks I’d managed to bring along with me. I could tell by his expression that whatever it was he was going to say to me, I wasn’t going to like it. “What’s wrong?” 

I asked him. 

I hadn’t talked to him about the other woman yet, but as he walked toward me, the graveness of his expression told me he was going to reveal his decision to me. I was so nervous, my hands were shaking. 

It was strange. I could tell that those emotions were not mine, yet, I was still controlled by them. On one hand, I knew this was all just an illusion that the Moonlit Crystal created, on the other hand, it was so real that I almost  thought I was her, the king’s mistress. 

I bet without knowing their own identities, Brook, Jake and even Warren would truly think they were the people from  this world. 

He didn’t answer me, so with my nerves getting the best of me, I continued to speak. “I took a lot of time making this cake for you, Your Majesty.” 

He shook his head. “You didn’t need to go to any trouble for me. I’ve appreciated how well you’ve treated me these past three years, how you’ve always been there for me, but that  time has ended now.” 

“What?” My voice trembled with emotion as I spoke. “You can’t be serious?” 

“I’m afraid so. It seems… I don’t love you after all. I am in love with someone else, and I plan to marry her. Again, I thank you for your service, but that’s in the past now, and I will move forward with my fiancée, the love of my life.” 

to think of a way to salvage the situation. “Even if you love someone more, I can still be of service to you. I can

shook his head. “No, no. That won’t be necessary. My partner will be here with me every step of the way. In fact, the only reason I ever chose for you to accompany me to begin with is because you remind me so much of

that, he gestured to the open door behind me, and when I saw who was walking inside, with a triumphant smirk on her face, my first thought was to grab the cake  and shove it in

Sophia! 

up sure had an interesting sense of

to glare at her. I wouldn’t be able to convince the king that

seductively. She paused beside him, placing her hand on his chest and leaning forward to kiss him on the cheek, leaving a faint smear of

her waist and pulled her close, and I tasted bile in the back of my throat. the king had been someone else, I would have been fine, but… why Warren? This entire situation was making me

hand to brush her hair back away from her face, and when he did so, his sleeve moved back, exposing to the light

and I noticed her eyes going wide. “Ooh, what’s this?” she

couldn’t quite read. I assumed it was part of our true history mingling in with what was going on in this magical place. But Warren certainly didn’t remember who he was or he wouldn’t be treating me

absolutely love it!” Sophia gushed. “Oh! May I have it, pretty please?” She made some

think not,” he said. “I’m sorry, precious, but this bracelet is extremely important to me. I can’t just

it so important?”

come up with the answer. He pressed his temples

important one to you,” Sophia begged. “And you said you

that doesn’t mean I can just hand it

beauty, even when she was crying, but the entire scene was so ridiculous, I could hardly believe what

we came from. Spoiled. Entitled. Bratty. That was the

it onto hers. Immediately, her tears dried up, and she began to smile as bright as the sun. “I’m

you so much! I’ll forgive you!” She leaned over and

just important to him, it was important to me! Yet, he’d just slid it

as if my heart was pulled out from my chest, thrown on the ground by the person I longed for years, and shuttered in thousands

I understood, he didn’t know who

hoisted myself up to sit next to my creation. The two of them continued to make lovey

put more in it? “Well, if no one else wants to eat this cake, I guess I’ll eat it myself,” I

it was pretty good. It wasn’t the tastiest thing I’d ever eaten, but considering I’d made

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