The Prince’s Unwilling mate by Mutya

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The fear I felt when I made the bad joke about Ayla rejecting me was almost as bad as the fear I had when I woke up. To find my personal wing empty and Ayla gone. My first thought was that she had left me. Only all her stuff was still here, my note from this morning tucked in the first edition copy of Pride and Prejudice my parents gave her. From then- on out I spiraled imagining the most horrible things to have happened to her. Never did I consider the idea that she was making me breakfast. Let alone that she would be sitting at the breakfast table hysterically laughing at my bad joke. After she had let me hug her and sniff her neck. to calm down. When she hadn’t even accepted me as her mate yet. All those little actions made me feel so much lighter. My father was right, I shouldn’t have tried to compete with the man who rejected her. I should have treated her like I would have my mate regardless of her past. She agrees to hear me out but I still get excited about that.

“We are going to sell the Porsche, but I want you to have a car. I want you to be able to always come to me whenever you want to. I realized I don’t have to spoil you like you are a sweet Princess. Even if I hope that someday you will be” I sigh up until now Ayla had just been listening and she is still smiling.

But if this plan doesn’t work, I might mess it up again and I just love that we are back to the easy–going, relaxed atmosphere we had last weekend.

“I’ll get you whatever car you want, and I will give the remaining money

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to an organization that helps children read?” I continued anyway and I am glad that I did.

She beams at me and before she even opens her mouth I knew this was the right thing to do. I need to thank Dad, as soon as I can. Maybe when Ayla goes shopping with my mother. Another thing that made met incredibly happy. Even better when she agreed to take my card to buy herself a dress. It took some convincing but that was okay. I need to get used to the fact that I had a stubborn independent mate.

isn’t just going to be a family

book instead of going to a party. Then again her childhood home was full of pictures of her at social events. In every single one of them, she seemed happy. For a second the worry about what her ex–mate had done to her and how that might have made her resent parties now creeps up again. Worries I cannot let decide how I react again. Instead, I just asked her about the pictures. And if she likes gatherings like that. Just getting to know her, without overcomplicating stuff. Suddenly I get a bit excited about going to a party with her. Not one of the grand balls or other royal parties we host. No a more private one just for the family. Where I can still walk around in a hoodie and jeans.

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not to call her my mate, not to call her by a nickname. Most of all I tried not to fall in love with her. I tried to not let the matebond get any stronger. No matter how much I hated the fights we had they helped with that. But every time things between us were relaxed just like they were now. I could not help but fall for her. She was amazing, like the real her the kind, funny, relaxed independent Ayla. She was

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the cheapest truck they have. A truck because that’s what her Grandpa drives he has been all his life. He taught her how to drive in one. The cheapest because she is a good person and she wants me to have the most money left to give to a good cause. After figuring out there was no chance he could talk her into getting a more expensive car as a trade–in for the brand–new Porsche. He told me I should be happy with my girlfriend. Like in the IKEA, I feel conflicted, this time though it’s not me who confirms that we

winks at the salesperson before standing up her

lift her off the ground so she can actually reach my cheek. Honestly, I love how small she is, I love being able to lift

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can go dress shopping before the party. Knowing my mother I won’t have Ayla back until right before the party. And I love the fact that Ayla is so willing to get to know my family. And how my parents love her. But I would miss her like crazy. Normally

do next, we have a few hours to kill?” I ask her still hoping that

she seemed more open to things like that today. Like she was more accepting

read Pride of Prejudice, but your couch is the

comfort. No. amount of throw pillows will make it comfortable enough. Still, the idea of gaming when she is reading next to me. Something that comes so close to

But I actually like gaming, and I have a