(Picture of Tom, Emma and Emily)

Chapter 4

Gosh my head was hurting. My whole body was hurting. I slowly opened my eyes and then quickly closed them as the light was hurting my eyes. What time is it? Ah who cares. As long as nobody's knocking at my door it's okay.

I turned around in the bed to my left side when I bumped into something. I quickly opened my eyes and I was looking at peacefully sleeping and naked James lying next to me. And suddenly all the last nights events flashed back to my memory. Him approaching me in the garden and me losing control and leading him to my room. His soft kisses and his touches. Oh my god we had sex.

"No. No. No. No. No." I was panicking and quickly jumping out of my bed. Damn it I was completely naked.

"Good morning Princess." He said with a huge smile stretching his arms and yawning. I looked at him in disbelief.

"This is not happening again." I said and quickly took the sheet to cover myself.

"Aw. You don't have to cover yourself. I saw all your beautiful parts last night." He said with a smirk.

"Oh my god." I said with disbelief and shame. How could I let myself to lose control that much?

"And I kissed all of them too." He said with accomplishment making me to remember his soft kisses on my body and how much I liked it.

"I was drunk last night. It was a mistake. Please get out and let's not talk about it anymore." I said and tried to find my underwear.

"Drunk? I must admit you had a few drinks but you were clearly at your senses." He said and stood up looking at me completely naked. I looked at him with embarrassment.

"Please cover that up." I said pointing at his crotch trying to look somewhere else.

"Why? You saw me too. And this was not the first time Princess." He said with a smile starring at me. I took a pillow and threw it at him.

"I was clearly out of my mind." I said and started to dress up. "Both times." I added.

"I don't think so. You wanted it as much as I wanted it too. You are just afraid to admit it." I heard him to say while I was putting my clothes on with my back facing him.

"I don't understand you Emma. You can't hide you wanted me. If you didn't you wouldn't be leading me to your bed Princess." He said when I looked at him. He was already wearing his underwear.

"I was in lot of stress lately. I needed to loosen up." I said something to excuse my behavior even to myself.

"Hmm. So it was just about to get laid." He said and came closer to me.

"Yes." I said folding my arms on my chest as he was looking deeply into my eyes.

"I don't believe you." He said and came even closer to me. Dangerously close. Why is my body reacting to him so quickly?

"Oh please Jimie. It was same for you. You just wanted to get laid and there I was. We just made each other a favor. And that's it. It will never happen again." He was too close to me and my heart was betraying me. "Next time go find some of your girlfriends." I said to him and his face suddenly fall.

"As you wish Princess." He said and put on his clothes.

"This never happened." I said and he looked at me frowning.

"Hm. What a Déjà vu." He said coldly and left.

I fall on my bed breathing out a heavy breath. I can't believe I let myself to sleep with him again. After what he did to me. How could I be so stupid again? Jesus I can't learn from my mistakes? I was successfully avoiding him for so long and now this?

My head was hurting like hell but I couldn't stay here. I had to do something so I wouldn't be thinking about him anymore and my stupidity. I took a quick shower, changed my clothes and I walked out of my room and down to the halls. There were a lot of people cleaning what was left from yesterdays wedding. Gosh I hope nobody saw James leaving my room. I quickly walked to the kitchen and greeted the stuff.

"Good morning Your Highness." They looked at me surprised. There were probably four people there and Tom my bodyguard for almost ten years was sitting at the kitchen bar drinking a coffee as usually.

"Good morning everyone." I said and went straight to the fridge.

"I will serve you whatever you want Your Highness." One of the maids said to me surprised why I was looking into the fridge. She must be new here.

"Don't worry." I said to her and took a jar of orange juice and poured it into the glass. I took a sip from it and sit down next to Tom.

"Can I make you something for breakfast?" the maid asked me starring at me still surprised I was sitting in the kitchen.

"Don't worry Rita." Tom said. "If she want's something she will ask. You will get used to it." He said and smirked at her. I really like to be in his company. He was not only a great bodyguard but also a really great person. He was in his mid forties. I always said he was like my second father even though he was not old enough. He was ex army. He had eleven year old daughter and cute five year old son with his lovely wife Maggie. He was just like a family to me for being at my side for so long.

"Thank you." I said to him closing my eyes and massaging my temples.

"Headache?" He asked me smiling at me knowingly.

"You have no idea." I said and took a sip from the juice.

"You are up early." He said and placed a small pill next to my glass.

"Oh. You are a life saver." I said and took the pill immediately to kill my headache.

"I want to go to the Kensington to work on the house." I said and he looked at me surprised.

"Something bothering you?" he asked me frowning.

"Nothing. I just want to finish the house already." I said and stood up. He was looking at me not convinced by my answer but too polite to ask more questions. It was evident he knew me too well. He stood up, took his suit jacket from the armchair and walked through the halls outside to the car.

"His Majesty is still sleeping. You are the first person awake." Tom said as we got into the car.

"Oh. I am sorry. Not the first. Second." He corrected himself while putting his seatbelt on. "I met Mr. Philips this morning he was the first one." He said and I froze midway putting my seatbelt on. Oh my god he saw him coming from my bedroom.

"You saw James?" I asked him frightened and he started the engine.

"Yes. He said Prince Henry allowed him to use his bedroom for the night. After all he is on the honeymoon." He said matter of factly.

"Oh. Did he?" I asked him relieved. Thank goodness he came up with such a good lie. Tom just nodded and we were driving away from the Buckingham Palace. I saw a smirk on his face in the rear view mirror. Did he suspect something? I could never tell with him.

"Have you seen the news?" he asked me.

"No. Is there something interesting in there?" I asked him and he looked at me surprised.

"Only the reviews and comments about the wedding." He replied calmly. Damn it. I totally forgot. I was so absorbed by what happened with James that I absolutely forgot about the reviews. I quickly took out my phone and scrolled through most of the news websites nervous about what they said about the decorations. It had amazing reviews. Everyone loved it. They marked it as the fairytale wedding of the year. I could be relieved now.

The drive was pretty fast. The streets were empty today for being it Sunday morning. I jumped out of the car in Kensington and went straight to the Philip's and Emily's house I was designing. It was almost ready. Only few finishing touches and they can move here. I needed to paint the nursery and I decided I will not wait for the painters and I will do it by myself. I had to keep myself busy.

As much as I was trying not to think about last night I couldn't get it out of my head. The images of me and James in the bed. His soft lips on my body. His body pressed against mine. Gosh that was amazing. Damn it I have to stop thinking about him. I threw the brush into the paint frustrated.

"Wow someone is up early." I heard Emily behind me. She was standing at the door holding Rosie in her arms.

"Aww hello there." I said and came to them hugging Emily and planting a huge kiss on Rosie's chubby cheek. "Ah. Day by day she is cuter and cuter." I said and kissed her other cheek.

"Right?" Emily said laughing.

"I was outside walking with the stroller and I saw opened doors. Are you seriously painting it by yourself?" she asked me surprised.

"Well yes. That's how you maintain a balanced life. One day organizing and attending the wedding of the year and the other painting the walls." I laughed. "Either way I just wanted to finish it already. So this little one can have her own room." I said smiling at Rosie and looked around.

"I know we are bothering you with living in your wing and you are not having your privacy." She said.

"That's not it. And I am really happy to have you there." I said and caressed Rosie's cheek. "It's just I wanted to keep myself busy." I replied pointing at the paint.

"Maybe you need a man. That is also balanced life. You were keeping yourself busy with the wedding and with our house. You should start dating and waste your energy somewhere else." She started.

"Oh no. Please don't start with it." I said desperately.

"Have you been seeing someone after you broke up with Edward?" She asked me.

"No." I said quickly. I wasn't seeing someone I only slept with someone. And that someone was James.

"Have you been in contact with Edward?" she asked me.

"No. We ended it and that's it. I am not even considering to go back to him. We were just not suited for each other after all. Right now I don't have time for men. I need to take a break from them. Trust me." I said and took the brush and continued painting angry at myself for my yesterdays weakness.

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