Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8

NEOLA

"Your grace, you can't just ask a stranger to marry you just like that!" I stared at him as I tried to appear taller than usual on the chair I was sitting on.

"Well, you are not a stranger to me anymore," his voice slither down the nape of my neck as he whispered on my ear. "Oh really?" I push his head off and he let out a sigh.

"It was true, love , you weren't a stranger to me anymore...in fact, you remind me of someone I really knew. Someone that I have known from the past," His fingers paused beneath my elbow before he draw them back to himself to thread them on his hair.

I gulped. Is it possible that he finally figure that I am who I think he knew I am? The Neola West that he hated because I can't be with him which is also the reason why he left me in the first place?

"You know what? Forget it." I snap out of my trance as I hear the irritation on his voice. I watch him walk back to his seat and lean on his table. "Gran-I mean the King, wanted me to marry you soo