The Royals

Ch.7

Here I am sitting at the table that already reserved for us. Fancy restaurant with only a few people. Dahlia called before telling Sarah will be late a few minutes because there is something comes up and still not able to leave and I agreed to wait.
Who would know their version of few minutes is more than 60minutes? Damn. If only I knew it first I would not agree to wait. This is it, no more waiting. I'm leaving!

"You are leaving? Sorry, I am late. Urgent meeting" Sarah shows up with a girl tailing behind her who I guest is Dahlia.

"You know a few minutes is only like 5, 10, 15 or maybe 30 minutes but not 60 minutes!" I tell her tiredly and she looks at the girl behind her with a questioning look.

"I am sorry Miss. I must be forgotten to tell Mr. Arthur that you won't make it for the next hour. I am so sorry, Sir" that girl answered and Sarah is looking at me and my response is only 'what is done is done' face.

"Have you eat yet?" Sarah ask me.

"No. I thought you wanna have lunch together?"

"I am and I am starving. Let's order something"

"And this girl? I assume she is Dahlia?"

"Oh, yes. I still have some work to do but I don't wanna make you wait too long so I bring her here with me. Is that okay with you?"

"Sure. No problem" what else I can say? What is done is done.

After we order, they start to work. Thank God the paperwork is not that much and by the time the food is ready to serve they finished their work otherwise, I will have to move to another table.

"Oh, and Dahlia, before I forget please put Arthur in my guest list system after my family"

"Sure do. And the relationship is, Miss?" Dahlia grabs her notes book and starts to write

"Fiancee"

"Noted. Miss Sarah's fiancee. Wait. Oh my god. I didn't know. When? I mean I have work with you for six years now and I don't even know that you were dating. No offense Miss, but I saw you rejected every single man that approached you." she stops talking but then,

"Oh my! Oh my god. Oh my god! You rejected them because you already have a fiancee! Oh, Miss, I am so so happy for you and of course for you too Sir" for a little girl she sure know how to talk without breath

"Thank you." Sarah simply answers her.

"But why keep it as secret Miss?"

"No one is keeping it as a secret and I don't think sharing my personal life with publics is important. And Arthur just coming back from London"

Dahlia looking at me and back to Sarah after I nod and smile at her.

After finishing our food, Dahlia goes back to the office. It's only left me and Sarah. How I wish that little girl can come back here.
Seeing Sarah have no intention to start a conversation, I make a move to apologize for my attitude towards her in the past few years.

"I wanna apologize for all these years"

"No one's to be blamed. It's not all about you. I don't want to marry you in the first place. When you moved to London, I'm so great full because I don't have to deal with you. I even thought maybe I can find my own love."

"But you do love Andrew right?"

"To be honest, I was too young at that time. Not really understand what love is. All I know that he will be my husband and we have to be good to each other. That's what we do. And don't you think Andrew's death didn't affect me. It's like half of my life is got ripped off when he die"

"Then why you agreed marry me? You can easily choose whoever you want to like you wish for"

"Oh, I do. Three years after you moved out, I've learned what love is. But the reality is cruel. The person that I like is my college's boyfriend. But eventually, they broke up now"

"Still not answering my question. Why you agreed to marry me?"

"Why you want to marry me? Is it because of your promise to Andrew?"

"Would you answer my question if I answer yours?"

"Yes"

"Okay. Fair enough. Let's see. At first, it was because of Andrew and then maybe because of the traditions but lately, it is because of you. What can I say? You are a woman that every man wants. Well, I like you for who you are. Is that answering your question?"

"For now, yes"

"You really playing hard to pleasure don't you?"

"Not really, I have my own way to please my needs. And for your question, I do have a choice to choose with whom I want to marry and i choose you."

"And I'm sensing a but.."

"I know how your life back in London"

"What do you mean?"

"The way you lived your life, the girls, the party etc"

"Are you stalking on me?"

"Have no intentions but when I heard my friends saying they were sleeping with the same man it got me curious. Turns out that is you"

"It was just one timing and no feelings attached. Sorry for your friends, I always make it clear it just sex over the night but I can't say the same for some of them."

"Right. As you said, just sex so you can stop doing that if you really want to marry me right? I can offer you whatever you want in our relationship and hope that is enough for you to stop looking for another woman"

"I do sleeping around but I'm not a player. Is that why you avoiding me?"

"Yes. And whoever that giving you those hickeys I hope she didn't come up in the picture again and don't think we will have sex after this because I'm not that easy!"