The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 133

Chapter 133

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She raised an eyebrow. "You're telling me that after everything we've been through, you still want

more excitement?"

There was playful glint in her eyes. I couldn't help but lean closer.

"I never said I wanted more troubling excitement. Just the fun kind. The kind where you and I can run off somewhere, explore a part of the realm untouched by most, somewhere peaceful with just a few hidden gems that don't have massive importance to the realm." "... You want to go hunting for seashells."

"What?"

"It's something my father used to say," she said. "Apparently, Adele was from near the coast. he take her seashell hunting sometimes. It's harmless, like a treasure hunt."

I flinched at that.

"What?"

"Treasure hunting is dangerous," I said. "You have a good chance of encountering dragons who have lost themselves to their baser nature."

She sighed. "Not literal treasure. Just seashells."

"Some seashells are made out of pure diamonds. Treasure."

Her jaw dropped. "You have got to be kidding!"

"Afraid not."

"Fine. No seashells... Grasshoppers."

"A prized commodity for their music."

"Goldfish?"

"Never," I said, almost horrified. "They're blessed by the water fairies."

She narrowed her eyes. "Why does it seem like everything that would be normally just

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enough to be fun seemed to

the stories of what treasure is on this

What's no trouble at all

"Trouble's

and I couldn't help but join her. Our laughter mixed with the gentle rustling of the trees. We lay out beneath the trees, watching the clouds pass over her, and

still resting in mine, her thumb absentmindedly tracing circles against my skin. I could

she murmured, her voice almost lost to the

"Tempting as it is, I'm afraid our duties won't wait that long.

let out a mock groan. "Don't remind me, but you're probably

curling into

laughed. "We can't

of the entire royal family has

she turned to me, wrapping her arms around me an

a little

half asleep and half awake in the comfortable silence, the hum of the garden filling the gaps where words might have been. Every now and then, I would wake as she shifted a little. I'd look up at her, taking in the way the fading sunlight kissed her skin,

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my gaze because smiled

she said, not opening her

can hear

replied. "I'm always

opened then and met my

either very romantic

leaning in closer.

in protest until she stood and offered her hands to

"Come on."

"Where are we going?"

back to work," she said, her voice light. "The gardens are too beautiful not to enjoy them a little, and walking is good

as we strolled down the garden path. The scent of flowers mingled with the earthy undertones of the soil, and the sound of our footsteps was the only

blooms, their colors popping against the greenery. Morgan

her as

would've pegged you as a flower

a lot of remedies from herbs and flowers. Not to mention

a doctor? If you didn't have to be

didn't have the patience for it. And I knew there was never

parents could have

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