Royal Princess: Doted On By The Mafia King

"Not anymore but I had one when I was much younger. I still follow the workout routine plan he made for me. What about you? Do you work out?"

"I used to but ever since I got back from the hospital I haven't tried it. I am scared that my might body break down.  I know soon, I will be able to but not now," She said seriously. "I do yoga. I guess that is enough although I am not consistent."

"Yeah. I think so too. What do you want for breakfast?" he asked as he lay down on the bench.

That was an answer to her unasked question. "For how long did I sleep?" she asked watching him in astonishment.. "It was lunch time when I fell asleep."

"It is a good thing that you are awake now looking very healthy. Yesterday, I had to invite a doctor to check you. You had high fever and kept sleep talking. I guess you don't remember what you said."

"No, I don't," she told him sincerely. She really hoped she did not say anything that she should be embarrassed of. "What did I say?"

"Don't bother, you only confessed your love to me," he teased her with a serious face.

"I don't believe you," she told him unwilling to believe him. "I had night mares, why should I confess when I was going through hell?" She glared at him playfully.

"I saved you from your nightmares and like a damsel in distress you confessed your love to me as the knight in shining amour. You are actually blushing," he told her when he noticed the cute pink color that tinted her smooth cheeks.

Rose rubbed her warm cheeks and avoided his gaze but she did not believe him. She felt like he was joking to hide the truth from her. "I don't mind knowing what I really said. So, what did I say?"

He turned away and looked at the high ceiling of the gym to avoid her gaze as he lifted the weight he now held with his two hands. "Some things are best not spoken of," he told her with a small smile as he continued lifting the weight up and down.

"I said something sad, right?" she could vaguely remember the nightmares that haunted her sleep until she felt a hand which definitely belonged to Liam save her from the world of mental torture.

"You cried. Valerie is related to your mother the late Queen but she is not your mother," he told her seriously as he continued his weight lifting.

"I know."

"Then tell you subconscious mind that. Your mother will never have abandoned you or disowned you the way Valerie did. Valerie is not your mother," he reminded her as a matter of fact. "You should not hurt yourself because she looks like your mother."

He suddenly returned the weight to its original spot and got up from the bench. Rose looked down at her fingers as she thought of how much she was affected by what happened and she was affected that much because of the physical similarities Valerie had with her mother.

Rose raised her head to see Liam coming close to her the bright lightening system in the gym making the sweat rolling down the side of his neck visible in a way that promoted his muscularity in a very sexy manner that she had to swallow the lump that formed in her throat.

Seeing Rose drooling with her eyes fixed on him, Liam could feel so many butterflies celebrate with him in his stomach. It was a very pleasant sensation that he almost couldn't focus on what he stood up from the bench to tell Rose. It made him want to show her more, to make her more pleased and impressed by him.

Rose took a step back what when he was only a step away from her and another when he took another step to her. She was mesmerized by his overly handsome appearance that it was hard to keep her saliva in her mouth and her eyes could not look elsewhere as it wanted more of the feast it was enjoying at the moment but she could not overcome the urge to walk backwards as he got closer to her.

The look of strong desire and passion she saw his grey eyes gave her brain danger warning. She yielded to the warning and moved away to seek refuge until her back touched the wall and she had no place to turn to but she did not stop seeking an escape route as Liam pulled her into his embrace and held her against him.

She surrendered like a soldier surrounded by his enemies and he knew that was the only thing he could do to save his neck without thinking of the future when he might be asked to betray his people. She has betrayed her self slowly breaking down the walls she built up around herself due to the fear she had of getting betrayed in the future by him.

When he noticed that she did not struggle like he thought she will, he smiled and pulled her tighter into his embrace and rested his chin on her neck. "You are not alone, Rose. I want to rule as king with you by side. So, I will not let any harm come to you and I will not let you face any insecurity or mistreatment under my watch. We are allies and I will ensure that we won't betray each other, right?"

Rose nodded in agreement. "Hmmm."

"When we arrive in Star city next week, you and I will get married and we will become legal partners. That way, we will be bonded together forever," he said sincerely anticipating the event. It is one of the events he has traveled through time to see happen.

Rose froze against him and bit her lower lips. She wondered why he smelt so good in the morning when a displeased part of her was wondering why she was very convinced by what he said to her.